Nebraska advertiser., 1876-09-07
FROM THE BLACK HILLS.
Home Observation-Disclosures of
Scenery.
Black Hills. Central Park. Centennial Dis.

Black Hills Central Park. Centennial Dis
| August goth, 1876. !
Editor Nebraska Advertiser.
THE ADVERTISER has been In my
family for many years. came tC
Brownville when your paper wa:
quite young; it was in the summer oi
1856; only one store at Brownville al
the time, this store is the one now oo-
cupied by Mr.. Pom, then owned by
Capt. Whyte; Rufus Rainey was
clerking for Mr.. Whyte. But few
families at Brownville at that time
Gov. Furnas then was editor of THE
ADVERTISER. have been acquaint-
ed with your paper ever since, and to-
day am happy tosay it is hailed with
happy welcomes every week at our
little camp, and is noticed by all,
every one that sees or reads in have
to acknowledge it to be the best coun-
ty paper they ever saw. Many of the
little incidents written by r. w. Fur
mas and DIR. Holiday, and published
by THE A ADVERTISER since the Attn of
July, 1 was an eye witness to, and
seeing it published it all came fresh
to my memory, especially the sad fate
of poor old Billy Myers. Mr.. George
Wheeler and myself dug his grave
Mr.. Wheeler now lives on the head
of Patrick's branch, eight or ten miles
south west of Brownville. Davidson
Plasters, now your Sheriff, was one of
the few that came with the remains
Of Mr.. Myers to the grave yard. How
few were the spots then marked by the
little mounds of the dead how few
at that early day could say ~, too,
have loved ones lying there )" but
draw the curtain aside to-day of twen-
ty years standing, step into that
little cemetery, and how many little
mounds have been made to mark the
spot where loved ones rest; yes, many
hearts have been made sad in twenty
years on account of death entering
the family circle in twenty years
many tear has fallen on many lit
tie mound in twenty years ; many of
those beautiful flowers, that kind and
loving hands have planted there, have
been watered by pearly tear drops,
that have rejoiced at the sight, and
have often, l have no doubt,
Carried the news 20 their beautiful home,
And said, behold, they weep
1, too, have a spot marked by little
mound, little Willie sleeps beneath
that spot. 1 want to visit that little
mound once more If God is willing, if
not want to meet little Willie and
many of my Nemaha County friends
where congregations never break up
and Sabbaths never end.
1 am very sorry to tell your readers
that the grasshoppers have been flying
east for some three or four weeks
Such armies of grasshOppers l never
saw, some days they are just likesnow
storms as far as the eye can penetrate
upward from four to six hours each
day. Wherever they stop everything
must be devoured by them. L earnest
ly hope Nebraska will escape their
ravages this season, at least.
The little park we are camped in is
about fifty to seventy-five acres in ex-
tent and slopes from the top OF the
mountain to the west; it is about half
q mile long. On the south side of this
park are beautiful springs of water,
cool and clear. 1t runs by where We
are camped in little stream two feet
wide by six to twelve inches deep.
wish THE ADVERTISER and my Ne
maha county fciends could see all the
wild flowers this little park contains,
they are growing all over the noun
tains. Many varieties are very hand
some. Spruce trees under which we
are camped are one hundred and
twenty-five feet high and three or
four feet through, these grow along
this little stream of water, which runs
west a mile then empties into the
middle fork of the Little Laramie
river, the middle fork then crooks
around and strikes the U. 2. r. r. at
Wyoming City sixteen miles above
Laramie city. We are eight or ten
miles south of the U. T. R. r., and
eighteen or twenty north of the Colo
rado line.
Our boys are all we'll except Paul,
who has been slightly i'll for couple
of days, but, i hope, will soon be bet
ter.
The Centennial Mine still looks and
turns out well. Very fine free gold
specimens can be seen daily. But few
capitalists have taken hold at this
place as yet. This is what Is greatly
needed. Poor men are not able to de-
veIop mines. We have favorable en-
couragement from some parties which
we hope will become interested here.
Nothing more special at present.
Will close with kind regards to all my
Nemaha county friends should be
happy to see them all; best wishes
and good will to all.
Yours with respect,
Joseph IOVFIFSS
P. S.-The snow capped peaks of
the Snowy Range is twelve or fifteen
miest west OF our camp. We can see
it west of Central City, Col. 1t looks
to be eighty Or one hundred miles
southwest of here. On clear day tie
white peaks look beautifully grand in