Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-08

Qfon, MI. E1noTSOn ouleIeo Ills uOLle.
Mr., Emerson always had the felicit-
Gus faculty of creating an affection
nate personal interest, though no
man was ever more radically unlearn-
ed in the arts by which popularity is
won"
HOW AN EDITOR SEES TT.
Mr.. Stone of the st. Johnsbury
Caledoni0n, who has lately been trav-
cling in the Western States and Ter
ritories has the following in one of
his interesting letters to his paper:
At Ration, New Mexico, our party
walked up under the lee of the noun
tain to get better view of the val
ley and the mountain range beyond.
Close to the base of the mountain we
came upon solitary grave with a
wooden and nameless headboard.
Nothing in particular was thought of
the matter; while one thought the
site beautiful one, another consid-
cred it a singular locality to start a
graveyard. On returning to the
town a resident friend volunteered to
show US the grave of man who was
lynched few days previous, and the
tree on which he was hung. We
told him we had already discovered
the grave and the tree was soon
pointed out. Going into the post
Office in the same town, one of the
party heard loud talking as though
an auction store was in full blast
next door. On investigation it prov
ed to be gambling house under full
Roadway. In the first room there
were five men behind tables or count
ers in different parts of the room,
while on the other side of the tables
were the men who were being feeced,
as thick as they could sit OF stand.
The currency used was silver dollars,
and there were as many different
games as there were operators
some had cards, some balls, and one
| had a large wheel. The men 9amb-
ling were Of the lowest type of white
man, MeXicans, Spaniards, etc.
The eager countenance, depressed OIL
elated look, either as they lost OIL
won, was q study and a lesson. IL
one corner of the room stood the pro.
prietor behind a bar, dealing out Ii.
quid fire to the thirsty. This he
does seven nights in the week, get
ting off Sunday forenoon long enough
to lead the singing in the only churcl
the town sustains. was told tina
his place was thronged nightly b,
poor men who there spend ever,
dollar they can raise-money which
urrpy eUrTu tutII IdIuIIto H6tu IOr UT
necessaries of life Nevertheless tn,
owner has made $4,000 in two
years.
l had intended to say something il
these letters on Horace Greeley
famous text, "Young man, go West
but | have already exceeded reason
able limits. My observation thu
far, however, have led me to certain
conclusions, one of which is that tn
laborer or mechanic without capita
is better off East thanWest. A ma
with capital, can get rich faster W es
than East. But there are compensa
lions and disadvantages in all sec
tons, many of which have alread
limited at in these letters. Much O
the talk and blow about the West
made by the railroad corporation
that have pushed their roads int
the new country, taking up all th
available lands, and now want t
sell them out at an enormous &C
! vance. They mislead the ignorar
! and unwary. They give only Oh
side of the story, as thousands {
poor, discouraged men and wome
all over these plains will testify.
met Presbyterian minister at Pu'
h bio who has spent seven years in e.
E tablishing churches all over Color1
+ do. He said in these seven years l
E had travelled 16, 900 miles, going in
nearly every habitable part of tt
. state. He is young, bright and il
telligent. In reply to my question
he said: Oh, it is a God forsakel
desolate treeless, without W
ter, with no resources but the min
and grazing. But the climate
. good, replied. The most change
bic in the world, said he One m;
start out to ride and be too war
without outside garment; a clor
= comes up and obscures the sun, al
in ten minutes with all the wraps
can muster the driver will chatt
. with cold like man with the agu
! No, the climate Of Colorado is Or
but not equable.
So much from man who kno,
- all about Colorado. Do you wond
then that | say let DO man 90 We
without taking money enough to g
. back East again if he wants t
And it will take considerable none
: too. Railroad fares are ten cent
mile, and the distances are immens
, Milk is fifteen cents a quart; pot
Il toes S150 a bushel; corn meal abe
Il the same price; house rent So
/; month for three rooms; board fro
six to ten dollars a week, and ever
thing else in preparation. VIII
n. Won hear q man advfCino aVarvho