Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1879-08-30
IN CORRESPONDENCE.
Is. er from the Far West.
DOUGLAS, CARBON County,
WYoMn-G TERRITORY,
l1rl,St LIZ 1870

rece iy left my bc.se in Eoth2rt and
cav nto this so.ltry to view the
7. ospec 8, and having been 'laas5ed
By or to write your paper u 2ka5ch
OF my observations, I have concluded
to make the effort and thus fulfil my
promise.
! isfG Frostburg at 10 a. M, August
Oh, fo' Piedmont. where I secure Z my
| ticks 'yhich had Sen sent from. Eal-
more to that '3lGl---an "emigrant,' y
good from Ba' .u-ra to Laramie Citv,
Wyoming Te-ritosy, costing $45.7O.
Left Piedmont aS 2:45 P. m. The
cars 5re pretty we'll filed with pass
ergars, some of them looking very
uch Jaded as if they had come o
con i1erable distancs. 1t is supris
ing the great amount Il travel there
is continually passing over he rail-
ways in this country.
We arriv 4 Grafton a taw min
ute, nast7, .aged cars for :. aeeling
and topped entv mir utes for sup
par. When we erri, 1t Pellaire,
ins,aad of crossing thc r;y2. q ogce,
the tya;n went up into W. ,el.og, a
distance of five miles, and returned,
and we the. rossed tho bridge !nto
Bel'air', res h ng there at r'idnight,
ard daybrsak found US Just entering
N3w&f&, Chic. From here we passed
through northorn Ohio west Of Tole-
do, a coed farming corntrv. They
raj here vsry line corn fad wheat
and this year nave an abur ant crop.
As we Nearoi the lakes the country
became level; there he been no diff
cult in ma i,,g rsiiros g tb "oush this
section of the country. The GOWNS are
a et yGt distanca from the railway and
passengers are copd ucted to :he no.
te.s ON laes 4o majority of
these ow,'s ok i.a7 skel .ons of
c..t,az we eH7s 70 be built up, and
maEy vers' lie streats and residenc IS
nay be found. n ulk of the rop-
ulation arc faroezs, and although
IL, ,;o 10 sell their crops very
c vetthev ore doing well. Wages
are very low for laboring en-, but
they by tt cir ptoduce very cheap
and ,usnago . live The manufac-
tur.e Industries through this section
O u. Try are beginning to re-
ave. he railroads are thoro lghly
equ.. pel and in the best of ord :.
The majority CT tie officials on tie
passenger trains wear nice uniforms
and insignia OF raDZ, go tha * pas5-
ongeg m at once ! withca diff
cul' ,. 70 TO add::ass in crds . o.
tai. any information that .. oe
wal; ng The greatest attention pcs
sihlo is paid TO til, ladies', especially
those travelling s.lone with chil-gen.
If 6. lady wishes % travel long Dis
tanc vithout a gu 2,dian, she should
uake It Known at ter starting-r1 ut
wheZ = gats her .?kst, aud she WI
ba flrnished W. 'stters to present
to the conduct s her route, who
are positively irs u.,ed to pay the
s.rictest attention 10 ! er safe conduct
L not that ample time is given for
me- This is change since my last
western Tip several years ago.
.ld the oampaign is opening up
pretty lively in Ohio. ran across
a democratic politician in the arg
a prominent rHer Der of the Legisla-
ture, ana no candidate for .e-alec-
tion, and &C, ,ng tc his S; ,sment,
no drubt a. his success. He is
also ed sor and prorrj d. If demo-
craft county papar. He sd ne
from the cars ths homo o. -..arles
Fo5cer, republican candidate for
Governor. :. IS a beautiful mansion
in the tow of FosJoria, Seneca
county, Ohio. He also gave .ne a
po:.lsn of his pedigree which | dis.
covered was entirely rem a demo.
crate standpoint. A aorjing TO hic
stat ant nc Money can nov bo used
in d pyli'ical canvass in O 10. He
said tilat he I'd not spent one cent
in q preseht canvass, md this wa'
sect ed by =, act of last Legi9la'
ture. l hope it is true. noSorm il
nece ,,,.ry in mis- direction all over
this country,
We nov .,asse the State Q
Indian, no, :. . the .ppear
@1e- y. tt ion oEcountry as WI
as nat W had Ju.' passed TIL ous h
There were greet ny swanpa n(
L i TIL .