Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-06-01
FROM COLORADO.
Correspondence of the Ledger.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
PUEBLO, COL, May PA word
from a friend, of not only the LEDGER,
but of the people among whom it is
published, may not be amiss. 1 am
in the West, the broad expansive
West, the region to which Horace
Greeley advised young men to wander.
/ have done so, and many are the
inquiries 1 receive from ''friends of
yore," by letter and by message.
One asks, "Shall / Gomez" Another,
''What can I do out there?" And
still another says. "Give me your adj
vice about coming West?" May L,
through your columns, say to friends
that to-day 1 have basked in summer
sunshine, and yet have seen ON the
mountains around me. not only the
snow of winter, but gentle Mays
contribution to the snowy cresting of
the GreenhOrn range and of Pixies
peak. l have seen the success of
men surprising an Ailadanic dream,
and l have seen the sign of failure
and disappointment written Oh many
brows. What is it? Is there any
exemption from the fiat, "With the
sweat of thy brow shalt thou ear thy
bread?" l answer, none. To my
friends let me say, that opportunities
are presented in the West for energy,
industry, sobriety and faithfulness to
win. The opportunities are not greater
in number than in the East, but if
one by the exercises of the named
qualities does win, it is very probable
that his gain will be exceedingly larger
than from the same labor expended
in the older and more settled portions
of our land. 1t should, however, be
remembered that no golden apple is
held to the lips of the new conner.
Work-constant, faithful and hon.
est-must be performed, and is re-
quired. The rosy tint of the sunset,
even though it be seen gliding the
western skies, must not be taken or
understood a a golden diadem or a
silver leaf, to be gathered with the
touches. Gold there is, silver ahounds,
wealth lies around us, buried by God
in His wisdom. but he who wins it
must do so in obedience to the fiat
mentioned-''By the sweat Of his
brow" &c. In answer to numerous
inquiries, 1 ask you to allow me
through your paper to say that the
West does present many and great
advantages to young men; but the
gist of my advice is, that none should
come expecting to escape the labor
that liz older countries would yield a
competency, Which here might yield
q fortune. Well, about M~exico-ans.
Many have been here, some have hied
to the Eastern cline, some have gone
to seek buried treasures tn our noun
tains, and some still linger in the
Pueblos-the new Pittsburg. Will
Lakeland goes to the mountains in
search of health and wealth shortly.
Instead of dealing in mercury and
nitrate of silver from behind a drug
store counter, he desires to count-her
by the million from behind a"Knight
of Silver mine in the San Juan
mountains. Now, as to my home.
Pueblo is the supply city of Southern
Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
1t receives the ores of the mines,
smelts them, sends the bullion east,
and her merchants ship IN return the
groceries, dry goods, drugs and all
necessaries (including whisky,) back
10 the hardy, blue-shirted pioneers.
Pueblo is a manufacturing and COM
.aercial scentre. OF this more anon.
May 1 ask, MI. Editor, that ON your
pages this scrawl may appear, no merit
it has but its recommendation is truth.
Yours truly, LEE Nc.
u. A. Carter, of Audrain county,
lr MiddletnWn- called Monday