The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-09-27

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.Essll 0ssehite tsegu,pAaa
!, embrace a few Of the many leisure
moments that have had for CORES
Pondsqse, since nv arrival in this part
OF the Sossl vIhsJArd, b eosrect a few
inaccofxGsA6 160fd mn DUmmunicatiou
fro.nklGxJaResR alB6; clipped from
tho Claiborne Guardian by the Bossier
Banner a August sth.
FfIst-As to q view OF "the snow-
capped peaks Of the Rocky Mountain"
Such q thing would be impossible,
even from the highest elevation in the:
vicinity u Mr.. 6ligi's eamp. II he
had been better posted he would have
said the Spanish peaks. .-t., ., 4
l l6eoo0d-The altitude above sea level
b shout 6, 900 feet, and not 10000. ~
Thlrd-In my ostiraation Texas 10
far superior to Colorado as Q stock
country. This, however, Is q mere
difference Of opinion between Mr.. 8.
and your cofreepqnt,! I fhlly agree
with him jnnlo dgfoi NE. water aud
mooaepin air. BoeAf.are, all that the
mpst exacting couh desire. But to
those who have been accustomed to q
warmer and dryer climate, q great
deal Of pEocastion r. necessary at this
SESSION Of the year II they would escape
tie pains Of rheomatism, mountain
1evess and schills, and perhaps other
Complaints resulting from too sudden
change Of climate, or q rash exposure
ito the heavy dews and drenching
showers peculiar to this section.
Scarcely q day passes but what we
have showers which, I am told by the
natives, are something like the April
showers In the East, but which have
been more frequent and abundant this
season than usual. The nights and
mornings are quite cool, rendering a
good supply OF blankets aud flannel
for underwear Indispensable to all new
corners who have the proper regard for
their health. The cool nights, 80 con-
ducive to sound and sweet repose and
the absence OF the mtssqulto's familiar
buzz, are blessings which those who
have tossed to and fro In q sweltering
bed, while blood-suckers piled their
attacks ON his helpless anatomy, can
not fail to appreciate.
The statement by Mr.. Sigh, In re-
gard to gold and silver, coal and iron,
Is correct, but Is calculated to mislead
SAsNoo WAAV SVSsSoAOHAeSSo COA11uK e6ts
Let no laboring man abandon employ
ment that affords him q respectable
livelihood to seek his fortune among
the coal and iron beds Of a country
that will require the thousands of the
capitalist to develop its resources, and
where coal Is cheaper than wood.
What may DO done by moneyed mon
towards opening up these mines when
the railroad places this country in
communication with the marts of trade
remains to be seen. doubt, however,
II they can be made to compete suc-
cessfully with other mines more con-
tiguous to market.
+ And now for Tom Scott vs., the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Co. How much credit the latter may
claim for their enterprise in putting
their road through WITHOUT congress
sional aid, I aan unable to say, but
they would probably have been ms
ready to accept such assistance il they
had stood the ghost of a show, as the
Scott combination. But reasoning,
like business men sho0ld, that it the
Scott ring failed it would be useless fol-
one of lesser magnitude to attempt 1t,
they set about putting their enterprise
through at the least possible cost to
sought to better their condition in their
employ can testify. A few figures will
suffice to give the reader an idea OF
what It costs to put a railroad through
when laboring men are compelled to
work for wages which barely support
them and afford them none OF the lux.
uries of life. Men are paid 75c pc,
day to do grading, with board thrown
In quarry-men, $l.75 per day and
board themselves; tie-choppers lOc pei
tie, and other laborers in proportion
Living in this country is high, and
goods and provisions are not sold al
Eastern prices. Let those who arc
adopts In figures show how the work.
Ing man betters himself by leaving
even small wages In the East, where
living Is cheap, to como to this country
to work. The writer has failed to sex