Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-25
Ye.ter FROM Wyoming.


LOG to communicate upon the Zulu war, the
Canadian crisis or the negro exodus, but if it is
all the ssmo 10 you and the WOODLAND Farm
els Club, will indulge 10 few musical and
dramatic notes" upon the subiec! Of cattle rails
irg in Wyoming. 1t isn't every man who can
talk cattle, any more than every man can
invent telephone, or every dog climb tree.
AID l au aware that in presumiug to discuss q
subec. 50 profound, SO replotc With the niceties
aad absrusities Of learning. that am liable to
get beyond my depth. l have listened to the
"Ruperts Of Debate" from D.npis kesrney to
Faystte MoMulliu; | have dTeIt With apturous
delight upon the cuDhonious melody Of an AL
cx.ntra brass band; have heard the deep
sea noau, the American eagle squeal, and the
wild c;ote howl, but there ia one, and only one
sound that con stir up the innermost depths OF
the sJul. aDd that is tho voice of the Wyoming
c,s boy. They say that Napoleon sleeps his last
sleep, AID has fought his las. battle, and that
10 SQUAD cao awake him to glory agaiJ; this is
all mistake. for fever the dulcet yell of o
COW boy peuetratcs the recasses Of his scpul-
care he Hll be tie iveest corpse 10 tbs uni.
verse.
This stock raisiog oteres. 10 this Territory
has been OF rapid growth, 1t was only few
years ago that an enterpriSing alissouIlan arrived
st Laramie overland. with t. big coll CT rope
aad weak eyed calf tied to toe end OF It.
From this little acorn tho mighty oak has
ercwo, aGd DOW the aforesaid enterDrlslug Mis-.
sou!iln sOd maDy others count their cattle on
thousa1l hills. Tho grand feature OF tho
grczog portions Of the Territory is the Tact
that grass is cured By atmospheric acloo, so
that i affords nutritious food for cattle the year
cCuad, and es SNOW is rarely found Cd the
ranges. oWiog to tho strong Wnds. there Is 60
tinc Gurlng the average year that stock cannot
obtain their Own livlog. But there il nothing
abs oluteiy perfect, eni the sroog winds that
ore SO selvicaable in the winter to blow the
sno,p away, also blow tho brands OFT the cattle.
and thereby occasion great loss and confusion
among the stock owners. | am told that all
you have to do 10 this country to secure I'M
.,.oasa wealth is to buy COW and sit down and
Wait, ju. il does APPEAR to mo that II l we're
CIV. it would take forty acres Of such Grass ss
| have seen to make breakfast Oh. Never
theIesa, there ore probably at this moment not
lass than half million of cattle grazing 10 the
valleys snd Oh the great plains Of Wyoming.
The profits realized from this BUSINESS Datur.
oily depend upon righteousness IT location, terms
Of purchase, skill OF management, aud toe
ruag of the markets during the season when
sales arc made. 10 the past, enormous prohts
have been made; 10 some cas- even 5O 10 lOO
| Ter cent on tie Investment. But With the 10.
creased number OF herds introduced, tho ad-
vance in the price Of young cattle, owing to the
| growing demand; and ab7ye sill with tho pres
cnt low prise of beef tho profits more likely
rIgo between 20 TO 40 per cent But evan this
pays better than an Investment 10 tho "Qlr3lo
! la Peat Company"
Iraceivcd my Qlarte, Ssalary lew days ago,
SlT.EG, and went over to LeadVille and slapped
il into mine. leaving the Atchison, Topeka
sod Santa Fe Railroad, at Pueblo. you take
stage coach, with accommodation tor eight
persons and after being packed like sardlno
10 box, among bundles and babies and barrels,
ecu splash off throegh the mud at tu'l Tit. line
| coach only stops to change horses; no time to
cat dinner or even look back it was like Napo
Icons mad drive to Paris; like the charge Of the
Light Brigade; like tho reckless sp.ed OF the
sSi'. erd commodous steamer Virginia Whcn
she strikes cut for the Maryland shore! You
arrive at L:a67ille, tired, sleepy. and much
soiIed 10 linen, ard ttu1ge through the mud,
s. deep and thick aud sicEy that every step
pre- cmpts good sized building lot; and on
reaching the Grand ~ Hotel, on Chestnut!
street, tho first thing to be done, alter coRgrlt'
ulatisg yourself upon your wonderful escape
from burial without expense to relations or
nrblic authorities Is to pay o bootblack half
dollar 10 clean your boots. This is paying
business to the boolb!ack-ho gets his belt dol.
lar, AID thea assays the mud and gels enough
carbon to keep him 10 grub. beer, and cheroot9
fur week. The atXt thing is t. get something
to cat, if you cap. This trick, II is said, has
been performed 10 LoadVe. but it ever, EEL
dom over, and uoW hardly never. 1t Is with
the hungry traveller like it is with h ls0n aod
his electric light, the chances ore that be won't
make it. The hotels 10 Leadsille, Ignoring the
European and all other plans that consult the
vaults CT the inner man, adhere strictly and
without variation to the example Of that ex
detrimental philosopher Dickens tells about.
who undertook to prove that horse could live
on nothing, and who, 10 all human probability,
would have proved tho CORRECTNESS OF his phil.
osophy but for the fsct that Oh the day be took
tie last straw away the horse died. L2vo nor
money are pctber good for Votua5 10 Lead
vile; the huogry man must ait like duo OF
the bar Of the hotel, nursing bis wrath and bis
aching void, and pay three dollars day for
the privilege. If Elijah had lived 10 Leadvllle
the ravens would have foisaken him. There
Is OGIy orc metQOu ny WHICH, u ~ uaIo Aeai oAu
he procured in that city, aud that is to hire
hand organ and accompany i. with the recta
taliou CT Hugh Thomas Douglass poems on
mineroloa7 and the geoloeical resources OF tho
Blue Ridge. When fellow tries this ezps.
dent he fods his Efforts crowned with COM
pcto success, for they will give him aoytbiog
to stop. from bullet to a full dress bail, or q
dinner to dirk.
1t is very difficult to make even a good
reckon" at the population OF LoadVille; it is
estimated at Is 900, and this is at present be-
INK decreased OF the rate Of nearly two hundred
day. When Icad0illc collapses, as it ueceS-
sari!y must in the COURSE of few years, thoro
vii! be weeping aud Teiliug aad gnsshing
of tseth.' The towo is built almost entirely Of
frame structures, 8ith only 90 occasional brick
building. The people are all wild With excite
meat, While the aalouses and squabbes that
prevail among the miners Gre disgusting No:
body there wants aEybody elsc to Tad good
rnne. or even to get POSSESSION of one. There
is more Intriguing to the tqusre iuoa done 10
L,sd7l!c every day than takes place at pa