The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-03-09

through mi,t,ke, selling you fbofs
gold for the genuine article, To boz
rowing your money at 5-per cent. per
month on property that docs not exert
pr has no real value. This last trait
is not confined to til, 80 or alone, but
seems to have found a resting place in
the bosom vt saint aud sinner alike,
aud especially in a certain class oipco.
pie found the world over, who live aud
thrive Ivy imposing upon the trusting
nature and crcdulity vt their fellow
man. The shrewdcst aud sharpcst
men in the world live in this State,
and many make money aud grow rich
without striking a lick Of work. They
play all games, from three card.monte
to big land swindles, where they scoop
in millions Of acres ut time. They
have got the check of the devil, and
would make fair members of Return.
ing Boards. This cliss presents an
other phase Of Colorado society, and
us in Denver, mining in the best cir
clcs are respected on account of their
wealth. Every State is represented
here, from Maine 70 Texas, aud as
they come in daily contact the preju.
dices engendered by the war become
less strong, and will in time. die cut.
Nearly every nationality finds home
here. The beer loving German, with
his business habits, adding materially
to the wealth Of the State, drinks his
beer from the breweries of Denver or
Pueblo. The jew, like the Methodist
Circuit rider, found on all out posts of
civilization, is here. The Mexican
grcaser, digging his home in the side
of hill, for which a good insurance
company would not insure for five
dollars, forms another feature of Colo
RADIO society. Speaking a foreign
tongue and with an inveterate hate
for Americans, with different habits
and customs, pgiestrilden and re-
vengeful Indian blood flowing in his
veins, he is a useless member Of soci.
ETY.. lie has only one redeeming
trait, that is, he always votes the Dem
otratic ticket if not bought by the
RAIDS. The niger" too, has come,
setting up his barber-pole, charges 20
cents shave bu. here he enjoys all
the dignity of white citizen. They
are no, known as 'niggers' here, but
colored ladies and gentlemen, and are
addressed as Mr.. and Mrs. BY the
State Constitution tie public schools
are thrown open to all classes of peo-
pie, and frequently at school little
niger is sandwiched between two
white children. The Mexican chill
dren share the same sad fate at school,
being placed on social equality with
the white children.
John Chinaman is here, too, con-
stantly on the round for "washee.
John is consummate liar. thief and
cheat, on a small scale, and willprove
a great detrimeut to American civili-
zation if allowed to come here in great
numbers. Broken down milionaires,
wind-galled politicians, gamblers and
sharpers, young ladies of doubtful
age, seeking schools or husbands, ill.,
valiGs in all stages of consumption,
the rough miner CrGsus one day on
the whirlwinl Of excitement or the
next day broke, the "cow-puncher"
and "bull-whacker' with sun-burnt
faces, with big spurs, big pistols, and
"big on the Shoot" in for spree and
ready to "buck" at the tiger, all form
peculiar features in Colorado society.
One class of people do not prosper
here like the others, and that class is
the preacher, they either starve when
they come here or adopt some other
profession. Bread thrown upon the
waters here, seldom returns.
Society is slowly crystalizing and
these features which characterize q
new country, will, in time, disappear,
for Westward the star of Empire
takes its way" X. w. l..
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