Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-18
A First Woman.

June 80 was a day of jollihcation at Carbonate, Colorado, being the advent of the first wagon, the first woman and the first board from the mill
 IL would have been interesting 10 tbe reader 10 have witnessed the electrifyIng effect on the men in the camp when word was passed along the hDe that woman was coming. Long before she was within mile of the camp knots ot men were gathered here and there watching, looking in the direction whence the wagon was to come. As she hove ID sight each one gathered about his or their camp, 8s when an alarm had been sounded in a prairie dog town. When within few yards Ot the outside habitatlon the woman ahgLted, and ae- accompanied by her husband proceeced toward the county clerks office. Ut had been advertised that the donation Of a town lot would be given tO the trsl wo- man who came in.) Curious eyes were watching her every step as she sp- preached the clerks quarters. But tLe crowd which had gathered around the office for mail receded respectfully ehcb side of the entrance.
 As she passed in Colorel Ferguson SC renely loomed up. and, sailing ou among the boys, agit6ted a reception. Seized by the inspiration hundred hats were raised from heads of noble struc- ture and design, siluriated somewhat, perhaps, and a hundred horny palms passed over the unkempt lOch s to smooth | them down, V, sts were pulled down, and q hundred pair of eyes ran down the Te ,pectiye owners digging clothes,
 proudly inspecting the inevitable ''bai stitch" which rejoined the dlsmembere' seem or held in place the patch of coI- spicuous dimensions.
 By a look of common consent the col ] onel was the man selected to make ttt reception speech. Uneasily pluming hl- | his mustache with carbonate stained fingers, the colopel approached Der, and, | followed by the uncovered heads, be ID
 advertently yanked frog from hs throat and began:
 "Respec ed MadaIn"-and hundred heads noded assent Appealing agan tO hls mustache for be needed ilspirs- tiOn the colorel resumed again: "Rs spected Madam the Illuminating spec ire of his most facinEting OccaslOn- And hundred heads lobbed serene. again in assent Pluming again the source of insF iration, the hRltlng colonel staggered on: Footprints of thin
 which have first fal en on our carbouI' erous soil, We welcome thee. MercurN in her aerial flight trails through the starry architraves of heaven, to trrIi over the silurian outcrops of Gar6elc county, which has become sacred to us from toil. vicissitudes, and privations. It Is ours by right of discovery, and yut are welcome. We are convt rsant witl your sex and some of us have been vic. timized. We have learned to love and cherish in memory the tiny fingers which were rubbed over our blscuIts ID othe- days and We languish fir the same. The delicacy of sewing on buttons (thimble less) IS ours, and our toil-stained robes bear the traces of the silurian outcrup. For months we have been here surround ed by the beautiful chrysaline pearls of heaven, which have banked about and around Us, and our only so- lace has been the chirp of the camT bird and the weird wailings of the meta morphic blasts. We have long antIci's. ted the daisy, struggling through the snowy depths to comfort us, as the da, drew near when We laid by our snow- shows on the limestone ledges, but tHis occasion IS most sublime, undreamed of and unprecedented in the history of our new country. Thou hast come upon us like perfume-freighted breath of itt gentle spring time, and thou are th. shrine Co which be bow and bring tril ute, and ID behalf of these, my partner m the struggle, who stand before yo. with uncovered heads, some of then ylistening like a furnished disc in th silurian sunl ghi, heads which have bee robbed of capillary traces from lnevi'a. ble contact, 1 again say, welcome
 And she dropped.-Denver News.