The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-01-17
TT'S THE TRUTH THAT HURTS.

they grow rapidly. Cottonwood
seems to be the farorite; but elm
walnut, maple and willow nro otter
planted. a growth Of 60 feet higt
and 10 inches across in from 6 to
years is not unusual for cotton
wood. The people have holiday
in the spring that they call "Arbol
Day." and celebrate By planting
trees. The river is shallow in the
fall, aud flows in Il wide sandy bod
that is always shifting its place
Along its banks and those OF its
tributaries game Of all kinds known
in that lnttitutlc iu the United
States is very plentiful. Tho edu'
cational advantages In the towns,as
inferred from the good school
houses to be seen from the road,
and from hearsay, are good. Land
Is from S. to sl0 per acre. at Co.
lumbus I saw for the first time 4
wind grist mill. The town is To-
Gated ut the mouth Of Loup river,
and it is said has good prospects OF
becoming.largo and important We
crossed Loup river on IN iron
bridge. It's waters arc perfectly
clear. At / P. NJ, we reached
Grand Island, = regular eating sta
ton, where We had Il good supper.
The population is 1900. We soon
had our little homo changed into n
slceping-room, turned in, and slept
soundly till daybrcak. On awak-
ing looked out Of my window to
find that we were still on the bank
Of the Platte. The water was rum
ming in several shallow channels in
the sand. 4 large wolf was prowl-
ing along the bank. I went to the
rear platform to look out. The
country NC had just loft was per.
fcctly lcvOl, along the river. The
track was rs straight as an arrow,
and could be seen along the val-
ley until it was cut by the horizon.
Tho sun was rising in its prolonga-
ton, and We were moving from it
a convincing evidence That We
were going NYcst. AtJulcsburg the
road leaves the Platte and ascends
the narrow valley Of Lodge Pole
Creek, 100 miles to Egbert. Near
there we saw the first antelope;
but we probably could havc ucen
many her,ls.if we had watched with
Il glass. All that day We passed
through a country exceedingly III
tcresting 10 tourists. During the
morning we had glimpses now and
then of noted mountain peaks and
ranges. Sometimes the train
passed majestic piles Of rocke,worn
into strange forms by the Ntmos-
phere. Sometimes there was not .
stone nor even Il shrub in sight TO
attract tho eye. At S:i5 y. NJ, We
reached Sherman, tho summit OF
the Rocky Mountains. While tho
train stopped many of the passen-
gers bought specimens OF quartz,
moss asatcs and other souvenirs
Of the place, kept there for sale,
and found in the adjoining noun
tains. Moss asatcs and other gems
arc found in abundance and Of
beauty in these mountainous dis
tricts. Several agates were picked
up by the passengers at stopping
places. But none OF any value.
The boys at the stations will sell
them for about ten cents each.
Soon after leaving Sherman wc
enter the Daraminc Plaine, the
great pasture land. We saw many
cattle as we passed along, and
quite frequently small herds of
antelope. see from my notes
TINT l am not done writing about
this country, but ! must give it up.
For Il detailed description Of many
portions of il see the writings Of
Prof. Hayden and others. "Therc
are things whose strong reality
outslIines Our fNiry land" and
riding on the Union Pacific L. r.,
is one of them. The weather WAS
beautiful, and I spent hours out
side on the platform. got oil;
Of bed Monday morning to find
myself i'll the Bad Lands. This is
region Of shells and bones and
fossils; but 50 far as | could see it
had no living inhabitants. Ii
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