Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-14
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| nose, and are not at. all comfortable If it | were possible to gather it. 1t would make l good paper, but I should not like to be | obliged to pick up pound of 1t, as it grows
 in minute pods and only escapes when fully | ripe. There are many small elms and naples,
 but they grow so slowly that the cottonwood,
 a tree of rapid growth, far outstrips them. l On either side of nearly every street are the l irrigation streams which keep the trees green They would die but for them, for 1t is months at time that no rain falls. Rain is more | frequent though the more settled place be- l comes, and that fact has been noticed here The streets are quite wide and the driving 1 is generally excellent in every direction | though there is no public park garden or l specially pretty drives to take. It is very | is very good for about five miles in the part called North Denver. It is laid out in streets, and in time will probably have the handsom- est residences in all Denver on it. This city | is noted for its fine horses, especially saddle horses. Many elegant turnouts are seen daily on the streets, and equestrian parties of two
 to four or more may be seen almost any hour of the day, both early and during the bright moonlight nights. I've often heard them galloping by long after people like myself from 'the land of steady habits" have re- tired. There are many fine riders too, par
 ticularly among the ladies, and their perfect ly fitting, elegant habits are most becoming. The livery stables furnish splendid saddle horses, which are constantly in demand, and
 are used for nothing else. These are mostly
 'single-footed." Now, be sure you will want
 to know what that is. I never heard of this
 new gait till I came here. It is a gait to
 which horses have to be trained. It is
 neither lope nor trot. Each foot moves
 independently of the other three, much as a
 man would do if he were compelled to walk
 about on 'all fours." It does not seem as if
 this would be very graceful, but when one is
 used to this gait 1t IS very comfortable and graceful too.
 The sidewalks are just dreadful many of them, at least This summer has seen much improvement. Miles of good tar walks, or cement which is better than the tar even, have been laid, The cement is made this way First a firm foun- dation of earth then wood is laid in the form of hollow squares which are filled alter nately with light and dark cement. This be- comes hard as stone and looks and wears well. Where there are board walks they are much worn and full of holes and projecting nails, very hard on one's shoes.
 There are two streams flowing through portion of the city, Platte river and Cherry creek. The latter seems of very little i'm portance. Now grass is growing in its bed and it is about dry. But it rises very suddenly, coming down in mighty rushing flood, the first wave three or four feet high, and rising higher covers the low land for great distance. That is when sud- den heavy showers arise in the hills. It often thunders and we can see lightning play about the very mountains when here in the city the sun shines brightly and we are passed by without drop of rain.
 Everybody is called ''tender-foot" till he has resided in Colorado at least year. and old residents Gall of one year or more Imean) are privileged to tell fish stories," the more improbable the better, and the ''tender-foot'' is bound to believe every word. We usually do, but I know gentleman who is an excep- tion. He has been here scarcely six months, but if he chances to meet a newly arrived party who does not know he is not an old resident, woe be unto him. Not a '59 Colo radoan even would dare to compete with him in the thrilling stories he tells. May be the newly arrived asks, ''How long have you lived here ?" He replies, 'I'm going on my ninth year" And he insists it is truth, as he is so in love with Colorado that he intends living here all the rest of his life. The other day, meeting gentleman who had found out to his sorrow, by ill advised investments, that it does not do to believe all one hears, the way M. D. sympathized with and then told him at last really just how long he had been in Colorado was very amusing.
 have made but beginning of what have to tell you of this very remarkable and, to me, fascinating city. If this is of interest shall be stimulated to write you something really brilliant next time hope.