The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-11-30
tur TiI. Cecil VIII.
LETTER FROM THE WEST.
ELLIoTTs CANT, Arizona.
October ,ih, 1873.

ELLIOTT tAMr, Arizona
October l1ih, 1873
DEAR WHIO:-l have been giving you
sketches of life in the miners camp, and
pictures of town life ia the West and will
now try Ia give you look at a western
Transfers life on the road. Any of my
readers who could spend few days on the
road would find much To wonder 4; and
much tn amuse him. There is no State OF
the same SIZE which presents Is many
different scenes as this. Everywhere you
see wild freaks Of nature. aud in the noun
famous country it does no; take very
strong imagination to discover old castles
was the architect, wind and water the
builder. The vegetation is strange to the
eye of the eastern traveller. The cactus
family is large aud well represented in
! Arizona. There are thousands Of acres Of
the pTickly pear, also The choya with its
! long bearded needles, terror Ia cattle and
horses, for a needle once through the skin
never can be removed until 1t decays. In
straight trunk of the grand Laguara. some
times bearing up from tive To ten branches
a. large the main trunk.
! To return 10 the teamslcr, whom fear
we have lost, in the contemplation of his
more wonderful surroundings Ont from
| PhTnix, one fine afternoon. rolled. not
quietly, four teams. The short, sharp
! quick cries of the teamster to his mules
/ the spitsful crack of the long buckskin or
! short blaoksnake, the creaking of heavy
wagons and the rattle Gf chains. ard the
| prairie schooner is aiipat. Many of these
are enormous in size, some measuring
bows, the beds being ten feet deep and iif-
teen feet long. Two Of these aud some
times three are put one behind the other
One team of mules hauling all this is called
trailing" When the tramsrer comes to
hill he drops and takes one at time
On eirhe: side of each wagon is chained
barrel for hauling water on the
deserts. In fine weather no covers are
I
wrestling with the canvas when they see
shower rising among tho mountains After
one Of these sudden heavy rains, AS we
we're working slowly along over desert
few miles ont from the llasaampe, we met
an emigrant OUTFIT" of eight horses and
two wagons. On either side acre soft
banks and no room 10 pass. Down grade,
pull out Is the war cry on the road
Both teams stopped and council of war
was held. = Boys, you'll have to give me
| lifr," said the granger. Deed, yes, "
said his lady, stepping out from the trail,
and very pretty she was, too, cause our
animals are bout played out" This was
plain talk and easily understood, so we
doubled and pulled the granger around.
During this performance the madam show
ed herself an adept with the blacksnake,
sailing Barney with all the skill of an old
mule peeler.' While pulling through
the quicksands Of the liasaampe. there
came near being 4 serious accident A
driver fell from the top of his wagon under
a wheel, but the ground being very sof, lac
WAS pushed down into the mud and the
would have had both legs broken. Although
the tears were in his eyes from pain. he
only said, Boys, you'll have to dig me
Out, and dig MIN out they did. but for
several days he could not get around
Danger passed lis soon forgotten and
few seemed TO think how near there was To
being another lonely grave in the rocky
canon of the liasaampe
The night heIdrrs have the worst of il.
being out ali night with little time To sleep
during the day. Wild are the times MANY
al the boys have when they reach town
Dancing. drinking. playing faTn or monte
the careless fellows may be found, believ-
ing IN the motto: - Let Tomorrow take
care of TO morrow F
"a Lieut.. Thomas 4. Fitzgerald, of y.
w. PolIece Station, Baltimore reports a
case Of severe attack al Seuralyi.: that
came To his notice, which was PROMPTLY
aud efrctually cured by kcller's Roman
Liniment.
"a 1t was formerly the habit of many
ladies' to let their watches run down In
wind them irregularly, and To let them re-
main idle great part Of the time This
was becaus. they had an idea that constant
running would ~ssr the works ont. Ladies
who nave WALrHAM Watches need have
no such approximations. The WALrHAS
is made for regular and reliable use. II
costs less money than any other good
watch, and stands far ahead of all other
al