Smyrna times., 1878-09-25
Letter from Colorado.
The following letter intended for private perusal
only we place in our columns, it contains interest
ing information pertaining to our Western country

The following letter intended for private pcrusal
only place in columns as it contains interest
ing information pertaining to our Western country:
DENVEI, COLORADO, Sept. 13 1873.
W. G. PIERCE, SMYRNA DEL-SW:-l arrived here |
OH the 18th inst and of course have not nch TO say
about this place yet as have not been mere ioms ps
pose it the very place for "grunts.' Denver IS inc
pretlicst place ever saw for style, order shade and
good looking people They have the finest livery |
teams in the world and only charge moderate prices
for their use You can hire an elegant double team
for dollars per day The streets here are very
wide and resemble trottingt and people generally
drive to suit themselves. -
meats and fruit from California. | lcit MccllahlcS-
vile last Friday and went to Council Bluiis, stayed
there one afternoon and night. 1t is Il very good
place. but when they have nice cool shower OF rain
the mud gets stickey that if you cross the streets
you viii loose your shoes and 80 out III very few
hours after To find them and it is dusty you cannot
went from CDuucil Bluffs to Omaha and spent
one night there. ,uw title Of Importance ~ Omaha
place should think then took train over the
day aJ supper thhG Ip.HhhbuS Is a thriving Hiie
town and must make very large place eventually.
took stage trip of twenty miles north Of the railroad
and SAW onr OK the richest countries has been my
lot To We took stage al O'Clock in the morning
two nights there. The next day took train io- Chcy-
cnuc and after crossing the river Platte, only iCw
miles above Columbus the land is just lie reverse of
what have previously described. luis Iui of Alka.I,
and. thcy say il is good for nothing truui ilat" river
| to Cheyenne. J Travelled three hundred mics and
Sa" no grass, nor Cycn tree growing; reln:'tdri
mo of being on the ocean from lc"cS T. New l"rk.
! We saw no houses. lust nothing but blank barren
waste OF land; but Notwithstanding me apparent "
sCGrC danger, the train ran very slow and We arrived
| az Cheyenne AL safe. Cheyenne is about twice as
large as smyrna and there Is not tree in il as high
Your hcld there fences to bCScClI, no Ts,
nothing but dead looking sod all over thi. section,
and unless they rrigSc they raise nothing FROM
the land.
Let Cheyenne for Denver and lad most unplca.
no grading. Sometimes would think We were
going along on our heads when, suddenly, we would
hc rigltcd again and Immediately whircd the other
iS IL. a lp
| run slow. The most Of the land from Cheyenne tu
Denver is irrigated They bring water from the moUn
taiu5 and water their lands with small turrOWI, and
raise very good wheat and hay and all kinds of veg
tables. We came through town called Golden right
train from Georgetown and the silver mines back OF
the mountains and arrived at this place at o'clock
There are about two hundred -uInts" here and NOR,
| coming all the time. All sorts Of sickness may T.,
seen. You would have to laugh % see cthr " Pilgrims
and sore icct taS they are called here come ~ al
drawn up. &c. They inform me here, thatmn of u,
| Ni''N va ''lIl' '''N " 'f'C "l' O'iC ''rN
ana olrc not 60 back. I'm, llacc IS twelve hht
from the foot of the mountains, but il docs not seen
t. be more than three miles loA can :" on lh'
front porch OF our hotel ana see the snow on 20" "
the mountains very plainly, indeed amy day III tn
year Denver is all irrigated very nicely every quite
las clear stream OF water running IN 1t all the time
the trees are green and III" cutters kept clean
The side walks are plank l2Xl = feet long, on thci
edge, the buildings are all brick and Very styIls
= structures. There are lots of deer, antclopcs am
prairie chickens near here, and expect to % ont u
| morrow and shoot some Just say 10 all my friend
G that am getting better all the time.
would Il kc 10 Scc Samuel C., come out here. Ihcr
are now at least fifty persons here suffering With hi
complaint and they are Just as bad as he was when
left home, and they say they getting well. wi
write YOU often with fun ACCOUNT of The W,ndcrf
- | cures that are being performed here.
If any of your friends are suffering with lung di
+ | ease. or most any alicticm, advise them to 70
- | Omaha or Columbus and stay there a few week
y and then come in as soc as possible to Denver.
- mean stop at every pace where there are Grcomm'
dati0s because if they afflicted very badly it vi
f not DO to come all the way at once The air is
light for weak lungs but if they will do "a say. viz
4 come slow say take two months from PM!
dclpha to Omaha and they viii be sure To yet wei
or ut lcat sufficiently well To- remUucratc them Il
Is coming. matters not how badly they are Athlete
l. that i> if they not beyond sitting up. The VOL
q dertu cures that going here j. the sole sube
Of conversation and has been since have been her
: They are not mere here says, but each man relates i
.y himself just what il has done for hin: but fear
:, have about exhausted your patience this time al
Will defer writing more until some other time.
Will your please ask Mr.. llontcacr 70 send me
IS | copy Of the TINES every week.
tr Yours. Very truly,
II HE%itI ". TYGEEI.