The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-16
REV. MYRON W. REED.
A Pleasant and Cosby Letter from the
Former Pastor of the First Church.
DENVER. June 6.

DENVER, June 6.
Dear Journal-Denver, in summer garments,
is handsome city, "Sweet fields beyond the
swelling flood stand dressed in living green"
The swelling flood is the Platte; living green is
here conquest, and eternal vigilance is the
price of keeping it green. On mypiece of desert
have planted blue grass and clover, and, with
plenty of water expect harvest Happily the
rainfall has been unusually abundant
AS go about the State am surprised at the
number and extent of the titled fields. Crops of
all sorts promise finely l am told by the old
timers that the city is dull 1t does not seem so
to me. The mountains are satisfactory, per-
fectly so. I have made several pilgrimages
through canons, and gulches, and passes; they
are more interesting to me than to my horse 1t
is a pity that our dumb relations have so
little liking for fine natural scenery
L was at Georgetown on Decoration Day-the
trip thither is now by rail The road twists and
winds along Clear creek and finally coils
couple of times and comes to head at Sill
yer Plume. Our celebration of Memorial
Day was nearer the stars than any other in
America, Georgetown being about two thousand
feet higher than Mount Washington. In the
cemetery in 'the shadow of great rock" we
found the graves of twenty-five federal soldiers
and five of confederate, and we did not discrim-
nate, but laid flowers on all of them Seven car
loads of children stood by and looked on the
ceremony. l noted in the procession company
of Italians, members of the ''Order of Carl
baldi." The Italians had seen here had not i'm
pressed me as being a desirable addition to
American society," but the members of this order
in line of march that. day had a different
bearing. am told that thew
have the American idea and are
frst-rate citizens. The Grafton was
made by Nlyron W. Reed, of Denver He did
not quote, ION flames eternal camping ground"
etc., or Right forever on the scaffold;" or BE
good, my child, and let who will be clever"
doubtless thinking these already somewhat
''overworked" by w. P. Flshback and E. w.
Haford, of Indiana; and then also they must do
campaign service between and November
for "the Plumed Knight" 1t is well enough to
take their shoes off and turn them out and give
them rest Everything is entitled to Sun
day, and these have been long worked on the
Sabbath
The speech was "middling." Thefaces of the
people of Georgetown and of Colorado have lines
of work on them, and the ceremony of shaking
hands must be entered into by
tenderfoot advisedly The hands
are deal harder than their hearts. L
Denver reminds me often of New Orleans;
similar absence of conventionality a similar
minding of ones own business and for a similar
reason, that gunpowder is very handy here. No
man buries his face in a newspaper here when
woman enters crowded street-car no man gets
up scowling; the man nearest the door gets up
with alacrity. | never sit next the door; |
move to the front, and draw the line high
school girls going home from the skating-rnk.
Holding on to the strap is not only good but a
necessity to equaliZe the circulation in her
case. But when reasons of hygiene do not abso-
lutely forbid, like to see the man next the
door, coming home from a days work. rise
promptly and sweetly. and give his seat to
lady. and then like to see her as promptly and
Sweetly refuse to take it. She who does this has
covered multitude of sins, and made a convert
to the doctrine of woman suffrage.
For a new city we are very conservative
abb was fired out of our orthodox Hebrew tenn
pie for building fire" and ''eating spare-rib"
on the seventh day of the week. He built fire
by lighting cigarette / think the congregation
did the just thing. If a man wants to smoke, let
him smoke tobacco, and when summer is coming
on spareribs are out of season. do not see any
intolerance in the action 1t is not severe enough,
it is quite likely that the rabbi will be regal
ing himself ere long at the table spread at
Greencastle Junction, or, perchance, at Peru.
'Let guilty man escape There is too much
laxity. To think of this offender being greeted
by the glad, free smile of the Goldfish"
and the Southern hospitality of the ''prune,"
after such a crime, moves me to tears
There are some amusements here. We have
the finest opera-house in America, and the
Jersey Lily is in it. There were two skating
Kinks, and now there is third-a 'colored
skating rink" dedicated last night. The rink is
not painted black.
Churchwise, we are doing the important thing
Any stranger among us will find a church to
suit him-even member of the IN E. Church
South" 81. P. Presbyterian" or heather
Chinee." The flag of joss house floats free
here to scare a bluegrass fed horse. Denver is a
mixing-pot, and out of it comes a cosmopolitan
society that, perhaps, is better than any of the
constituent parts. R.