San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-23
THE FIRST WOMAN IN c,vp
A Warm Welcome TO the Arrival Of a MI. p
the East. ""s ffoH
Denver Nau.

the East ""e RON
Denver News.
June 30th was day of iolifco,o
Carbonate, Col, being the oJv"n.n al
the first wagon, the first womsu OF
the first board from the mill. II ro anu
have been interesting to the reader svu.a
witness the electrifying effect unou =. 70
men in the camp when word was na.s 'ae
along the line that woman was pa aa
ing. Long before she was w;,S S4ni'
mile of the camp knots of men ''r m
gathered here and there watoh %ete
looking in the direction from wLan
the wagon was to come. As She LIVE
in sight each one gathered arond Ivy
camp, as when an alarm had ha ms
sounded in prairie dog town, WS VIII
within q few yards of the outside baI;
tation the woman alighted, and, accom- O,'
panied by her husband, proceeded ~
the county clerks office. ct had h0' W
advertised that the donation of fowl
lot would be given the first woman WIZ
came in.) Curious eyes were watcb;nO
her every step as she approached tISs
clerks quarters. But the crowd wb;oI
had gathered around the Office for mo;1
receded respectfully each side of tba
entrance. Asshe passed in Col Far '
guson serenely doomed up, and saiEnc
out among the boys, agitated recen'
ton.
Seized by the inspiration, hundred
hats were removed from the heads of
noble structure and design, silurated
somewhat, perhaps, and hundred
horny palms passed over unkempt locks
to smooth them down; vests were pulled
down and hundred pair of ewes ran
down the respective owners "digpnm
clothes" proudly inspecting the newt.
able "ball STITCH" which reioined the
dismembered seam, OF held in place the
patch of conspicuous dimensions. Bv
a look of common consent the colonel
was the man selected to make the re.
ception speech. Uneasily pluming his
mustache with carbonate stained fng.
ers, the colonel approached her, and,
followed by the uncovered heads, he
inadvertently yanked frog from his
throat and began:
'Respected madam" and a hundred
heads nodded assent. Appealing again
to his mustache for the needed inspira.
ton, the colonel resumed again: IRE.
spected madam-the illuminating
spectre of this most fascinating occasion
-" and hundred heads bobbed serene
ly again in assent. Pluming again the
source of inspiration, the halting colon
ell staggered on: Footprints OF thine,
which have first fallen on our carbon.
ferrous soil, we welcome thee. Mercury
IN her aerial flight, trails through the
starry architraves of heaven, to trail
over the siluran outcrops of Garfield
county, which has become sacred to us
from toll, vicissitudes, and privations.
1t is ours by right of discovery, and you
are welcome. We are conversant with
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 biscuits
in other days, and we languish for the
same. The deiicacy OF sewing on but
tons (thimbleless) is ours, and our toll
stained robes bear the traces Of silurian
outcrop. For months we have been
here, surrounded by the beautiful cryS-
talline pearls of heaven, which have
banked around us, and our only SOL
ace has been the chirp of the camp
bird and the weird wailings ofthe met
amorphic blasts. We have long anticl-
pated the daisy, struggling through the
snowy depths to comfort us, as the day
drew near when we laid by our snow
shoes on the limestone Lodges, but this
occasion is most sublime, undreamed
of, and unprecedented in the history OF
our new country. Thou hast come up,
on us like q perfume-fr eighted breath
Of the gentle springtrme, and thou art
the shrine to which we bow and bring
tribute, and, in behalf of these, my
partners in the struggle, who stand be,
fore YOU with uncovered heads, some OF
them glistening like FURNISHED DISC
in the silurian sunlight, heads which
have been robbed of capillary traces
from inevitable contact, l again say
welcome