The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-11-04

A"'SA VI tho SiihibNS IhoNihk bohthSiul W
them. Sd. If they are enthusiastic de-
votees of some of the sciences, for the
study ofwhich there is here such grand
field. 4lh. If they are lovers of noun
tains and desire to form an idea of the
wonders and extent OF this great country
or to experience In some degree the fas-
cination which tho very atmosphere Of
the far West has for some people. But
those people who will not intelligently
inquire about possible destination who
deludo themselves into expecting to dis
cover paradise, or the gardens of the
Hesperidss, or the fountain of Ponce de
Leon, between the 37th and 41st degrees
Of north latitude, and the 25th and 32nd
meridiars Of longitude west from wash-
ington, will certainly find themselves
mistaken. II any want the pleasures Of
Newport md Saratoga, by all means let
them 90 there, and not look for such
things in State where there are less than
three inhabitants to the square mile.
The observant tourist through Color
ado will naturally take Some account Of
the growing industries of the State aside
from those connected with gold and sill.
yer mining and the business Of stock
raising, already referred to in these let.
ters. Without leaving the main routes Of
travel he will see collieries, hrs-brick
works, grist-mills, saw-mills, papsr-mills
and other enterprises, and he will also
feel some interest in the agricultural as
poets ofthe State. Knowing what prices
are paid in the Mining camps for food
for those thousands Of busy, hungry men
and their equally hungry beasts, one
would very likely think the Colorado
inmer person to be envied. But the
following story Of an "old timer" here
aptly illustrates the fallaoY of that theory:
II was mining up Central City way onoe,
and there como along an old chap with
onions to sell. You bet we was glad tt
get vegetables about then. They were a.
email and mean onions as ever you Bev
but was bound to have dozen, and b,
charged me dollar and half. Well
sir, didn't soy nothing, but I just al
lowed that farming must be an eTerl.at
ing sight better business than mining
and I'd better go into it myself. So
quit ray claim and struck likely kline
of ranch, and hired dutehman st SO,
a month to take charge, and 1 skipps,
out Esst for seed. 1t took long tim
then to 60 and como, and whom l com
back The flrst thing saw was an old fel
low ploughirg in my field. Then whsi
l come TO the house l saw some one hat
jumped that-a widow woman fron
Georgia had moved in. l sung out +
her 10 make herself as home, bu; that
had an idea tha! was my house. Well,
got things straightened out and my vegs
tables began to come up. Ohe day Jir
Ewell, 9 sort of msrket-msn, come alOn
aud stopped to dinner and had eigp
on the piazza, and knew he was coun
J ing the sabbagss in ons of my foldi
! Says be, Joe l must have them cahbages
| and he offered me 81 500 for the lot, an
. | took him up and he pulled out bag
. gold dust; but l didn't want it in II
house, and told him to put it in Il
. bank and give me check whom lie likst
t and 10 send for those cabbAges any tin
: Aud when he'd gone ! Sat smoking sn
I with the fumes of tobacco came vi.iol
of my wealth. Why at that rate the
was $50, COO good in that crop, and l b
h gan TO feel tony l tell you. As kept c
smoking, the sun Was kind Of obscure
! and l looked up over Table Mounte
and saw queer kind Of Il cloud; al
i, While was looking, out come the gu
!, and the air was full of millions Of di
O n'ond points, just sclntillating and sci
# tillating, sir, tell you. Aud Whist "
n it but grasshopper's wings. They se!tl
;. down some inches deep on my ranch q!
n the next day out of my $50, 0C0 crop
y had left just one hat full of lettuce I'll
:, WAS under grass" This true stsYy is o
d of numerous experiences in Colorado al
/ Kansas few years sso. am told III
a. tho grasshopper is Eot so much fear
a now as formerly, and that crops can
~ protected. But this terrible insect is Q
" ly one Of the many drawbacks to farmi
,f here. Dom PEDRO.