Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-02-22
Colorado.

LIFE THERE FARMING--THE GIRLS
WOMEN's RIGHTs-sCENERY-C
DO RAILROADS.&C. BOILING SPRING,
&C.
Correspondence of the Staunton VINDICAToR.l
SAN JUAN, COL, Feb. 6th.-About an
hour ago, while sitting all alone here in
my frontier home, was agreeably sur
prised, by the appearance of the VINDI-
GATOR, and enjoy hugely the perusal of it's
newsy and interesting columns. Indeed
it requires but little play of the magma
tion, while reading the familiar names and
business notes it contains to be a citizen
of Staunton again, tho separated by sew
eral thousand miles, and living the glori-
GUS life of frontiersman
To all of old Augustus sons however,
who are contemplating a move westward,
in the hope Of bettering their fortune,
would say it cannot be found here easier
tran elsewhere, for the world is the same
all over, money scarce and labOrerS IN album
dance. Colorado is undoubtedly good
field for the enterprising capitalist and we
would like to see more Of them coming in,
and fewer empty pockets. AS farming
stock raising which is carried on largely
in some sections The best farming land
is found along the rivers and streams con
siguous to the ''fOot hills The ranch
man builds his ''adobe'' house, runs his
irrigating bitches and with yoke of cat
tie, and half dozen goats for the dairy, is
farmer in every sense of the word
The girls play, drive bulls, are skilled in
tho use of the rifle and lasso, and in fact
do everything that men do. When young
gentleman ''pops the question: he is told
to mount his horse, the young lady doing
the same, and taking about ten steps the
start OF her sutton, promises to be his ii he
OvertakeS her in a half mile dash. aid tile
nuptial knot tied on the spot. The major
ity Of the fair sex are in favor OF female
suffrage and it is an amusing sight to see
how they muster the old fellows who are
no longer enjoying the delightful freedom
Of single blessedness, to the polls and make
them vote the straight ticket" One old
lady with whom l discussed the subject
and who has increased The census OF Colo
RADIO with 10 living children, and expects
soon to gladden. the heart of her liege lord
with the 18th, was violently opposed to it,
she declared the move was a ''disrupter,"
t at 1t would overturn the broa fabric of
human liberty and lead to social disin-
tegratian of the moral forces and precipi-
tate war and rebellion. | told her it was
all so, and she called me a "master man."
AS a mining district, the San Juan is
the richest in the West. The mountains
are scanned and traversed In every direc-
tion with veins Of ore, and the stake of the
prospector defining the metes and boun-
diaries of certain lodes, is scattered on every
hill side, and such names -here is Plutarch
over yonder, Red Rover, Sound Democrat,
Whispering Mary, Thunderation Bill, The
Bold Buccaneer, and so on thro' every
grade of nomenclature that the mother
tongue is capable of furnishing.
The scenery, no language is expressive
enough to convey correct idea Of, the
rugged grandeur OF the Rocky Mountains
from the summit of Re- mountain, which
is just in front of my door, and which
raises it's snow-c capped peaks $4,000 feet up
into the clouds from which can be seen the
beautiful valley of the Cncompaghre yelled
in a tleecy mist and the plains of Utah. Y ou
can look over and beyond the borders of
Mexico and Ariz ma, turning to the east
ward, the beholder catches a birds-eye
view of the ESangre de Cristo'' range, $50
miles distant. Over this range runs the
D. & r. q. r. r., having grade of $50
feet to the mile and the ''mule SHOE" a
thirty degree curve, having a radius of
292 feet. There are eight OF nine curves
as sharp as this in distance of 4 miles,
but this travels 1870 degrees of a circle and
is more noticeable because of its length.
The ''Pagosa Springs deserves to be
mentioned as one of the great natual curl
osities of the world. They are adored by
the Indians and are the wonder and adj
miration of the whites. The spring is of
clear boiling hot water, so feet in diameter
and having as yet no discovered bottom.
1t contains soda, magnesla, sulphur, iron,
and other minerals. The spring is on the
Ute Indian reservation and is regarded by
them with great reverence on account of
the healing properties of the water. 1t is
rumored here that the Utes are preparing
for the war path in the spring and some
excitement prevails. The Indians have re-
fused to receive supplies from.the agences
which IS a significant move; they claim to
have been robbed by the government is
the cause of the trouble.