Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-04-10

say that they are far more healthy than
those that lie around the town,
There is considerable complaint of sore
throat and colds. do not think there
are many deaths. 1 hardly think thew av-
erage two day, and yet wonder why
there are not ten on the average, for there
are hundreds that never sleep in a bed,
but lay around saloons and alleys drunk,
and expose themselves in every imagina-
! BILE way. Why, if men would expose
themselves in South Bend as they do here
the city would be depopulated in less
than six months.
To be sure there are weak constitutions
that cannot stand this high altitude and
should not stay here when they find it
has bad effect upon them. As for my
self, I do not feel much if any difference
in my health here, from that of other To-
ealities in which 1 have lived. But
what effect warm weather will have is
yet to be seen. One thing is certain, and
that is, unless the city goes to work and
has the streets and alleys cleaned up, I
fear there will be sickness, for they are
very filthy. However, they are agitating
the question and will undoubtedly attend
to having things cleaned up.
The town is still improving as fast as
facilities will permit. The lumber is all
used as fast as it is sawed; besides this,
large quantities of lumber is shipped
from Chicago already dressed.
The population is not increasing as rap
idly as when 1 first.came, but is steadily
on the increase. think there is about
one person leaving here to two coming,
and they are scattering about to the many
different mining camps. The camp of
Ten-mile is growing very fast. There
are nearly as many persons in that camp
as are in this part of of the
country. There are four or five different
towns in that section. The town of Ko-
komo seems to be taking the lead, and is
distant 25 miles from here.
have not visited any of these outside
camps, but expect to soon. The snow is
so deep that it is impossiblet to do anything
should 1 go now, without subjecting my
self to more hardships and exposure than
feel able to stand.
am about to organize company to
prospect this country, and Ihope to make
a success of it.
have made no investment in anything
yet, although everything in the shape of
mines or town property keeps getting
higher. Business men of all kinds seem
to be doing well. There are large, fine
stocks of goods of all kinds here, and ap-
parently plenty of room for more, as ev-
erybody seems to be doing thriving busi-
ness.
1t seems to me that there is more whisky
sold here than in all the rest of the Uni
ted States. There are saloons here pay
ing as high as 81 800 per month rent, and
the building did not cost that much more
to build it. So property that viii pay for
itself twelve times year is pretty fair
property.
Hotels are all crowded and cannot find
room for near all that apply for accom-
modations. They charge from $14 to $25
per week for board and lodging. Where
you sleep with FSTom, Dick and Harry
your fare is $14 per week. Ifyou have
bed to yourself you have to pay 500, and
if you have fire in your room you pay $25.
So you see it costs something to live here.
[ am paying $40 week myself, for I will
not sleep with everybody that comes
along.
/ Hotels pay for good head cook $24O
per month, and he has to pay his helpers
$50 piece per month, thus leaving $12O
per month for the head cook, for they
generally have two helpers here. Cham
bermaids get from $50 to $35 per month.
Women get from 81 TO 81 per day for
sewing, and if they understand cutting
and fitting they get So and 81 per day.
| But how long this state of affairs will
last is hard to tell, although it is my opin-
ion that when spring opens up, so ladies
can get in here, that prices will come
down. And as to mems work, common
laborers get from 81 to 81 per day, gener-
ally So.
There is only one photograph gallery
here and it seems to me that it would
support more than one. There is one
strange thing here, and that is they have
no bowling alleys.
There are some ten or twelve sawmills
running, and they cannot furnish lumber
half fast enough. There are several
mills here waiting for the snow to go of
so they can get to the place where they
intend to locate. Besides these, there
are many others on their way here with
mills.
There is plenty of good timber here tt
work up into lumber.
see there are several iewe1ry stores
here, and all expect to get rich in a shor
time.
Printers get 40 cents per NJ, and art
, plenty, although there are other open
f ings in other new towns that spring up
Carpenters get from 81 to So per da!
and can get all they can do, but as I SAT-
before, how long this will last there is n,
f telling.
, would not advise any one to come on
here unless they have money enough t
, take them back, provided that they dom
find things to suit them, for this is
, country where it is ''every fellow 70
a himself and the devil for us all.' Wit
\ regard, JOHN THOMAS.
: This is the heart of Garfield's gres
it speech in the House March 29th:
v Gentlemen, addressing the Democrat
side of the HOuse } we have tried TO cOuL