Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-07-24
LETTER FROM COLORADO.
WAdERs RANCH, HINsDALE Co.,

COLORADO, JULY 9th, 1878.
To the Editor ofthe Republicdn--Dea,
Sir Thinking perhaps a few limos
from ono OF your Clearfeld boys, now
on the western slope of the Rocky
Mountains, might be of some interest
to some Of your many readers Of the
REPUBLICAN. | left Clearfeld county
on the 9th day of May, and, after Q
long ride, by rail and stage, | arrived
here on tho 2Sth Of May. This is quite
different climate from Pennsylvania
They have frost here almost every
night. On the Goth Of June we had
eighteen inches Of snow on the top Of
the Cottonwood Mountain, about three
miles from here, but there was none
fell down in the valley; while it was
showing on the mountains it was rain.
ing in the valley. Snow lays on the
high mountains, in sight Of this ranch
the year round. This is very healthy
climate. have been afflicted with
asthma for number OF years. l was
advised by my uncle, who has been a
iron',cisniah ior nearly twenty years,
INA. II ! wol,d come 10 San Juan l
arriving here l find he was correct,
as a. nI'v @ no. hau symptom oi !,
s,neo @ navo peen mere, anu = nnu
h 'hany , J.heis 'na' caine mere almost
leaa ,.;. M''li A ~ 90. en''feiy wen, Inc
~,A'l'auo ~ nere ~ 10 hlho thousand, three
nuuuieu io9' auoNe seu ieVei, anu .no
snow. w.onPPeu mountains surrounding
.u'' 'a'oy alo iro'n 'weNv W iour.oeh
,ho .lousanu hs., ioes @ nlgn, WIN s'a.e from
wy sno ues. 4 I''r iearn from an oiu anu
espeiienccu n'.ner' tnat tnis 10 uestin-
~ ~ " ~ one VI .ne pese silVer ln.nlng
anP' yn VIC m.e'o,h siopo ou. ono %
s'oa. ',awoaoh 70 'nls country ID lor
wv wan. VI onp'tal 70 work ,ne ore,
20 .no oes. 'n'nes are owncu W poor
aon ,a, .naI .e a.e ny ''o,e W ueveioP .nen
~ s"aos a yo.n ., .,nho anu l,lonVy 70 ProP'
Iy In:o tIs.'Ip ,1.. s',Sci G mines, nm, hnu men
~, o,V .tn sna. NAV nav ~. rion 'n,hos Una, nave
ny ~ w eooJnu ,, su,e W .nolr . oheh, oa.
.noy aa,o na,' wy wy "ol'o W s'ay WIN .neir
pyTPsO;s, ;m;poo;,." ""u ua no Souo' my m'' pe
','i'ou"i.s 1, Iouio uay no. lar ~ .no
iusuro, MI hul.or, l want 70 answer
q -" " 'no many quos''on7 asAou 'iie
auaoos" , i oui oJ,u,,n9 ,.s ~ losat1 oo 40 eo
Ways, * oo uoou iii,noIs eel irouh eo'ov
" oo'ov per uay' put there ID hot mucn
ue,iahu ior common iaoor' ! wouiu
noV auV'se poor 'lcii W coho 10 TINS
oouh.iy ior mo,A ~ 'no plcseh. tino'
nei.ner wouii l recon,nenu III, .nis as y
soou M N,lnpE a ooun.ry; lnoy la.se soou
o,ol , uowil ~ ,ne Valeys anu III many
p'aoes s.ooA wlll IVY ail WINTER on .ne
Iroupsa'i W h rangos wl.nout pc'ng leu.
", me nav nave ,, ah apunuance Oh goou grass
a an wv 'uo ,iiVun''''is ~ @ ~ .no SUMMER
,or e'ooh, oue 'ne s,ow ia'is very ueeP
~ somc Placcs so .na' s'ock cannot
slay up mere lvnger lnan lne nrs, ol
NoVenocr' We nave goou t'moer
anu p'cnty ., '.-most'y whlte ana
rvu spruce, nr anu aspen uamc -
P'enty ncre oi an kihus-ueer, eik'
mountain sneep, oiack, Drown anu GIN
nalhon pear, ahtcioPe ana moun1aln "a,
non, GROUSE anu mountain yuan. lno
.srl S.loal's upoSnu WIN lrou. anu ocsver'
tnere 70 no nsli III .ne vun''isoh iiNcr,
aooVe LAKE wy, Us tney cahho, get
o'or 'no iaiis. in 'no iast year 'nere