The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-06-12
would try the slow and sure method of

would try the slow and sure method Of
freighting.
The multitude in Lcadville must eat, must
be clothed. The white covered wagons
(Studebaker or Balm with long trains of bat
tered mules, guided by villainous looking
Mexicans, who speed their mules with oaths
and blows, creep through Utespass, through
winters snow and summers thick red dust.
They are weighted with all conceivable com.
modities and receive four cents pound for
their load. On their return trip their freight
is heavy sacks Of ore.
ssWal," said one weather-beaten freight
er, 10 relating the losses one might meet
with in his business, ssFhar was a woman
up to HIS, AN her ole man was kinder
sick, an she thought eff he could have
rockln' chair ter set in, he'd feel better. So
she seq ter me, sez she: the mex time yer
come from the Springs, bring me rockin'
CHAIR SEE she. So stranger, l bought the
prittiest rockin' chair you ever see, in black
wood with yellow stripes runnin' up an
down, an histed the pesky thing to the top
NV my team, an thar it sot, a rockin' an
rockins till the very mules kinder set up
their ears at5it aas SHE'D, an ei the boys
didn't chaff! oh, no.. But KEEP on, an
when got thar, stranger" with an em-
phatic slap Of his horny hand,) el'm blamed
efthe ole man hadn't up an died on me, an
his widdea acouldn't buy the rocAin CHAIR
ssThe land of the tin CAM would be an
appropriate name for Colorado. On, the
cans that 60 to Leadville the cans that are
dropped by the way! Every canyon, every
mountain, every stream glitters with the
shining cylinders. "Signs of civilization"
they call them. We often muse upon the
speculations Of future Swans, who shall, ex-
hume these relics when our race has passed
away. Will they know the use OF these an
tique vessels? Probably rows and rows of
them will stand on the shelves OF some fu-
ture museum, like the mulItudes OF earth
en- lamps found by DR.. Cesnola in Cypriote
tombs.
Living OUT is another thing that pays
well in Colorado, and the demand is in ex-
cess Of the supply. In Colorado Springs
servant girls wages are from twenty to
twenty five dollars month, and in the
mountains much more. The cook at the
Fair Play House received one hundred dollars
per month.
Agriculture must not be forgotten. Col
orado is watered by various rivers-the Ar
kansas, Platte, Rio Grande, Grand and Col
orado. Along the banks of these streams is
belt of cumberland, but in the main, crops
must be ensured by system Of ditch irrl-
CATION. Its claimed that this method is an
Improvement on nature in the long run, for
the farmer is sure of lis harvest he chooses
to irrigate his land,) Independent OF atmos-
pheric influences. Failure of crops from
drought is therefore unknown. Colorado
soil will yield twenty eight bushels OF wheat
to the acre, the average yield in other States
is twelve. Fruit and vegetables are culti-
waited sparingly here, but their growth might
be most important industry. There is
always great demand, and they bring high
prices. Strawberries are seventy-five cents
per quart at the beginning Of the season.and
are cheap at thirty-five. Apples, peaches,
potatoes and plums are sold by the pound,
An eastern lady declared that pound OF
peaches (25 cents WORTH. consisted of ''taco
ordinary peaches and a little one.''
Let man with small capital come here,
take up his claim and irrigate it, plant fruit
trees on the borders of his bitches, and lay
out his plots with lettuce, corn, peas, rad
ishes, &C.. combine with this the keeping
of fowls, -(fora chicken is rara auis in Col
orado, and eggs unco mmon) and he is in
fair way to 'smake his ple,' in miner dia-
lect.
An advertisement appeared in local pa
per recently, inserted by a man who desired
establishing chicken-ranche, but, like Ad-
am in that other garden, he was at a loss
without a he!pmate, so he determined to
procure wife in answer to this notice. Her
duties were clearly marked out-milking,
churning and complete knowledge OF fowls
and their management. AS reward for
these conjugal duties, certain percentage
on the eggs and chickens was to be hers.
Whether he received numerous applicants
for the situation, and whether he is now en-
joying and profitting by his Arcardia, in
company with his fair unknown, we have
never been able to ascertain.
NJ. V. D.