The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE

the most agreeable and pleasant rides
on the Kansas Pacific over the ga
merican Sahara," ever experienced,
arrived in Denver city on Tues
day afternoon. The Kansas Pacific
Railway, besides being one of the
best managed, most convenient and
safest in the country, passes through
a belt of country which for grandeur
of scenery and quality of soil, is not
surpassed anywhere. The lands a
long the line of this road offer the
greatest facilities for stock raising
and grazing purposes, and hundreds
and thousands of acres are for sale
by this Railway, and at such prices
as to be within the reach Of every
poor man who desires a home. A
mong the many lourishing and beau
tiful towns and cities already sprung
up along this railway that We noticed
after leaving Topeka, are Wamego;
Manhattan, at which place the State
Agricultural College is located, and
is said to be one of the most success
full institutions of the kind in the
west; Junction City, in Davis coun-
ty, named after jeff Davis, then Sec
rotary of War; Abilene, a beautiful
and thriving village and in a rich
and productive agricultural country.
Here you pass the "boss farmers"
IF. C. Henry's) wheat field of l 200
acres! Selma, Wallace, and many
other neat and healthy looking towns
skip by you as you are whirled along
the road, until you reach the social
ed "American Sahara" and then as
far as the eye can reach you see no.
thing but an uninhabited, unbroken
and wild stretch of land, used only
for grazing purposes and free to the
man who puts his 1oeks or herds
thereupon.
Denver City, the Capital ofColo-
RADIO, is certainly a handsome town
and is a very a pleasant and healthy
place to dwell. From the city an I'M
broken panorama ofnearly three hun
dred miles Of mountain is presented
to the view of the visitor, with Longs
and Pixies Peak towering to the
skies capped with snow. Its private
and public buildings are handsome
and its streets broad and beautiful,
rendered more attractive by streams
of running water on either side,
brought from the mountain torrent
miles away. The business of the city
seems to be thrifty; il has many
large mercantile houses, a number of
fine banks, the United States Mint,
half dozen daily and weekly newspa-
pers, all seeming prosperous, and fine
churches and schools not surpassed
in many larger and older towns. The
climate is charming and the delight
full GOODNESS of the summer nights,
stimulated by the pure mountain
airs, always afford a deep and re-
freshing sleep, which is the theme of
enthusiastic comment among all who
visit the place. Malarial diseases
seldom occur in a violent form in
Colorado.
The farmers were just taking
in their harvest, which consists prin-
cipally of wheat, hay and oats. The
wheat is of a very superior quality,
and the bread manufactured out of
it far surpasses anything for sweet
ness we ever tasted in Ohio. The oats
and hay is only a moderate crop.
Corn is out of the question. We no.
ticed several fields, but they were
almost a total failure-not even max
ing fodder. 1t sells here at about
$1.S0 per hundred pounds. Oats is
also very high. We seen a gentleman
at Colorado Springs pay $1,000 for
half a ton ofhay, and not very good
article either. No fruit and but few
vegetables are raised in this section
of country. California, Nebraska
and Kansas furnish these articles.
The principal products of Colorado
are wheat, oats, barley, grass, potato
bugs and bed bugs! Everything is
sold to you by weight-apples, peach
es, pears, cabbage, tomatoes, and all
other articles of consumption and
use, except the two latter named
these you get by the measure!
Colorado is noted for her mineral
springs, mines, resorts, &c, and this
+ city is tie ~radiating point for all Of
them-their names are legion. A
mong the most prominent may be
mentioned Idaho Springs; Hot Sui
phur Springs; Forks Greek; George
+ town Fall River; Boulder City; Cen
trail City, and Colorado Springs. This
latter is the place where Judge GIL
| MORE and family are located. The
town is a very beautiful and pleasant
village and derives its name from the
I celebrated Manitow Springs, five
miles distant from the place and a
4 the base of Pixies Peak. The dis
lance from Denver to the Springs by
rail is 76 miles; the scenery alons
i the mountain of rich verdure anC
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