The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-09-16
the LAsoaER seeAks.
DENvER, Col, september Id

DENVER, COL, September 10th.
Being a laboring man / have
mingled with the laboring class OF
people, and what I have seen and
heard has been principally among the
lsboring class. Denver at present Is
not SO crowded with idle men as it
was three months ago. When work
stops in the mountains then Denver
will Ike over run with idle men. / say
to the common labOrer in the States,
If you can make comfortable living
stay where you are, it is a great mis-
take if you think you can pick up q
fortune here without work; here or
elsewhere it takes capitol and good
hard sound sense to make money.
The house rent is high here as also
the necessary comforts Of life. There
are many here who have hard time
to keep the wolves from their door.
A man raised on farm had better
stay where he Is: you ask man for
work and he will ask you what can
you do? Ifyou say you are a farmer
he will say you had better go out on
farm. There is great difference in
farming here and in Kansas, as you
would have every thing to learn over
again and you would know no more
about farming here than mere child.
There Is plenty of room in the noun
tains for brain and muscle to have full
play; ifyou want to try your luck for
gold pillow it out i'm the States; farmers
don't depend entirely on rain here to
raise their crop, as it frequently hap
pens that the grass-hOppers raise it for
them, as they do in Kansas sometimes.
The mountains offer the best show for
the common laborer, and If you can
drive team or chop wood you have
some chance of work. The greater
part of the men looking for work here
are from the eastern cities, they know
nothing about the work required of
them here, consequently become dis
Outraged because they did not pick up
a fortune. The first day they land
here they go back east disguised with
the country, and the man that comes
here without any money ia the man
that stays, for the reason he can't get
away. Colorado is u healthy State.
and people coming here from the east
are liable to spell of sick ness, az il is
several thousand feet higher than it is
in Kansas. The air is lighter and also
much clearer, and the small contracted
lungs that can be used well enough i'm
the east are not large enough here,
they will gradually enlarge
SO that in the course of two or three
months they will do very well. After
you arrive you feel sense Of Oppres-
sion in your lungs you can't account
for, aud in walking or running you
are troubled with shOrtness of breath,
and you are liable tObleed ut the lungs
or nose. We have cool nights here In
July, and sleep comfortably under
blankets and quilts.
John Chinaman Is doing q thriving
business here, and so are the saloons;
any one comingohere with the capital
and hard hearted enough to deal out
the poison liquors to his fellow men,
can make money fast.
The iron works and machine shops
are doing thriving business, supply
ing the mines and miners with ma
chinery to work with.
Uncle Sam has very poor post
Office here just think of ca, 900 people
waiting for their mail in one day.
They fall in line and go into the office
and wait for their turn, and only one
haggard care-wOrn individual to dis
tribute the mail.
Denver is building up rapidly, there
are fine residences going up daily.
Brick POmerOy is here editing paper
called the Great West, and it is the
best paper published in Denver.
TEAnERFOOT.