, 1879-05-25
ARIZONA.
4 Vegetation Whose Principal Charac'
teristic Is Thorns.

-. terlstlc Is Thorns.
; Towns Of the Territory-The Noble Red
, Man in Demoralized Condition.
Three Great Mineral 0hannels--A Sunse
Among tha Mountains.
For The 7rfbuns
Among the staple productions OF this country
are bachelors, cacti, and jack-rabbits. would
not cast a reflection on the cactus family b!
giving 1t this association. It is generally ex
pected that the incoming railroad will make
change in the first factor of this product, both
as to quantity and quality. 1 have heard 1t
mentioned that ladies here who decline to
migrate to the State OF Matrtmony are all cftf-
zens OF the State Of Siege. Lady friends Of
the East, whose sympathies are touched by
their suffering sisters here, will please come to
their relief. .:
The future OF this country as an agricultural
region is not very datterng. But proper
outstanding ofits Watersfor irrigation purposes
would supply far greater acreage than can be
cultivated by the present wasteful method.
| But without doubta sufficient quantity Of nearly
everything can be produced here to sustain q
large population. The lack OF water will pre-
vent this region producing the amount OF
stock it would otherwise throw upon the mar
ket. But the same fact will make stock-raising
here, with the demand for beef, which must In
crease, very, profitable enterprise for those
| who fortunately have, abundance Of water.
Large quantities Of wool are not likely to be
barn 1fhorx tao and
| the cacti too thick. The poor sheep have too
many attachments served on them in this coun-
/ try to live very happily. 1t is very prickly
| fact that almost everything which grows here
grows thorns. While Flora has scattered broad
cast with most lavish hand her treasures,
until beauty Of design and variety OF shading
become almost monotonous, 5ctyou must touch
carefully the fajrest flower, or you may be likely
to say more than your prayers. There is a cac-
tus. It is just about as large and as long as
one piece Of six-inch stoye-plpe.. But It looks
more like q porcupine standing on his head:
In addition to the innumerable long thorns
prominent and ready for use, as many we'll
formed 1sh-hooks. hooking downward, wait to
greet you. So, caress this thing which way you
will, you arc certain Of being catched at II, But,
ugly as it appears (and 1T ID no hypocrite) 1t Is
beautifully crowned with from twelve to twenty
OF the most lovely magenta flowers you ever
saw. They are. about the size Of the double
hollyhock, and much the shape OF that flower
when about half-blossomed. They are simply
charming. Well, you pick just three OF them,
and then pick your fingers the rest OF the day.
The entire calyx and large part of the corolla
are covered by the meanest, mad1est little hair
like barbs you ever tried to bite out OF your
finger. And, If you do succeed In biting them
f,f hur haya rT1f. II
where you do not want them. By actua! count
their name is 'tLegion,'' more or less. Shrub
and plant alike bear thorps and prickly memo
ries for the passer-by.
The towns of Arizona are quickly numbered:
Prescott, Phoenix, Florence, Gl0be City, Picket
Post, Tucson, and Yuma. These towns are en-
phutically built Of tue: IS dust OF the earth ~
(adobe), except Prescott However,, I do not
think they date back to that early age Of intelli
Santa Cruz River, at one Of the few places
where it blesses the daylight with its rippling
SMILES is an old town ofcommercia1 Importance,
doing large wholesale trade with the Sonora
have bright future. Though the population is
largely Mexican, yet number OF first-class fam
lilies are laying: the foundation for good society
there. Florence, eighty miles northwesterly,
the base Of large mining supplies. 1T is the
county-scat Of Pinal County: Phoenix, sixty-Hye
miles esfarthernorthwesterlY, is an ambitious town
in the Valley OF the Sale River. Aud you need |
crowned Capital of Arizona Prescott, still far |
ther northwcsterly, the Capital OF the Terrific |
rv, is live American town. Do you remember |
reading somewhere OF not marrying or giving |
5000 feet high, ,-pretty we'll up. I wonder if
this nearncss to Heaven had anything to do |
with facilitating her Legislature In SO readily |
dtssolVing marriages at its last sessIon2 Globe !
$r $ow3r4 3x4 :, 7nt Vnt1a
do not know that the people are overly pious
there. ! have heard that gentleman preached
to them few months since. who did not just
fill the bill to suit them. They took up col
him across the way to saloon, and made him
treat the crowd. They then prayed him to go
on his.way .uutcs; and it is supposed that he
prayed that they might 60 to-Yuma. Globe
rrict, ind must make record common to such
towns. Picket Post is rather dangerous rival
Ut Florence for tha county-seat OF Ptnal Coun-
tv. It nestles in the southerly foothills OF
Iinal Mountains, and is the head-contro Of the
enterprise. =. ID, g.:
- INDIANS,
These towns are blessed with men and women
OF culture and refinement Ia sufficient numbers
to insert saving clause in society. But who
thinks these GOWNS have no art-galleries should
Or il you prefer, rolling IN the dirt,
IN the roadside. They SAP they are demoralized
By the vices of the white man. Why don't they
take Kindly to some Of his virtues? There is
oiEsk hair, white, beautiful teeth, and listless
eyes, rolling In the sand. Do you want to exam
INC those pants? Well, I just believe that he has
worn those seamless, thrcadless tights longer
than Israel was in the wilderness; think: they
ire the first ones be ever had.
They say witch weighs hfuety-nine pounds. | .
Well, this Belle u is not witch; for, though
am not good at guessing on this stock OF !