, 1884-05-22
DOWN IN
A Visitor Expresses His Views About
the Town.


Correspondence of THE Al
GREELEY, Colo, May 2l.-Maybe it's
so. Take away liquor selling and the
business of the town is ruined. Some
thing has made Greeley a very quiet town.
Whether it is the lack of beer saloons or
want of business enterprise NOM the
people | am unable to say. The place
has a quiet repose and nestles sweetly
among long vistas of trees, now ieafng
delightfully."-. Greeley is a tame, good
place. 1t has seven churches and a num-
Der of other religious societies. As a
place of meditation and ~self-abnegation it
is probably without a superior. The aver
age Cheyenne citizen has a plethoric, ro-
tund look, with his pores all apparently
open. The Greeley citizen has a sort of
dyspeptic, cadaverous look, as if he drank
too much coffee with no neutralizer to
counteract its effects.
The town is moving along, however,
in its own quiet way. Here and there
residences are going up. 1t seems to lack
Il DuSllcSS CClllGI anu hIdl DUSllGSS Is
done is scattered over the entire village.
1t is now sharing the fate of all a%gricul-
tural centers. Plenty of general thrift,
lots of innocent fun but money is too
evenly divided. Probably the place has
now reached Horace Greeley's ideal, but
| question whether Horace could have
been induced to live here after bordering
so long amidst the roar which surged, and
is still surging, around the base of the
tall over" Greeley is the county
sea of Weld county, and a
fine Court house has Just been completed.
The cost was S3l 600. In the park an
%artesian well has been put down. After
reaching a depth of 1900 feet a~rtesian
water was struck which rose to the sur
face with rapidity; but, alas, the gravely
soil absorbed it as fast as it cam up. I
was informed, however, that this defect
will be remedied, and the engineer claims
it will rise as high as the derrick. Just
why they needed an a~rtesian well here |
could not divine, seeing such copious sup
plies in the streets. But as | am writing
a citizen informs me that the object was
to reach a softer water than that which
flows from the mountains. 1t is claimed
the water struck is mineral, with medi-
cinal qualities, being like one of the
waters at Manitou, A leading physician
thinks Greeley will yet be made famous
by it. How every locality lives in imagi-
nation of its own greatnessl Generally,
however, it is prospective. Evil
IDENTITY there is a feeling of
rivalry between this place and her
sister own of Fort Collins. A citizen
to-day mentioned with evident pride that
Coles circus would show here, but not at
Collins, supplementing his statement
with the remark hat if the Collinsites
wished to see it they would have to come
over.
The leading and almost only hotel in
the place is the Oasis" kept by r.
Olney. 1t is a large and.cheerful hosiery
and withal has a neat and well managed
dining room.
Instead of a Jail in Greeley, with grim
and towering height" the merest Gala
boose satisfies the md of justice. And,
| am told, not a single prisoner at present
ornaments its desoluteness.
A man was arrested to-day for selling a
''bitters, " the authorities suspecting that
something alcoholic might be obtained
among its ingredients.
If anybody wants to retire from the
busy scenes of life, | would recommend
Greeley as a place to go to. The average
Cheyenne man would soon mummify
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