The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-17
LETTER FROM MYRON W. REED.

''Truly the light is sweet and pleasant thing
it is for the eye to behold the sun" That is the
golden text for the day. Not cloud the size OF
of a mans hand in sight weather that forbids
overcoats, "India-rubbers, etc.; everybody jubi-
liant except the sellers Of winter clothing.
have, as usual, taken no thought of the morrow,
and enjoyed perfect day, most of it on the out
side of horse He thinks of the bluegrass
country, but is not homesick. He finds that the
Colorado oats are heavier than those that he re-
members, and four quarts mean more to him.
1t is cheerful country although now and
then hear story like this: The Great Creator.
having made the rest of the world, pronounced
1t very good" and rested, and sent an agent a.
make Colorado. But he got into politics, and took
to drinking and gambling, and fooled away the
time. until he had only day to devote to the
job. Went out in hurry and threw in the
mountains and scattered seed here and there SET
out cactus or so, started couple of coyotes in
| house keeping forgot the water, and went back
and drew pay for full time, and misrepresented
the country thereby setting the fashion.
This climate fails to cure death, but it brings
the PALE Horse" down to slow walk. Charley
Gee and family are neighbors Of mine, and he is
BILE people doing business here with zone lung"
is considerable. People with lung troubles are
all quick, bright and hopeful The stupid
people are carried off by some complication of
the stomach, liver and bowels, so we account for
the life of Denver. People come here for rea-
sons of throat and lungs, come here to
stay for a few months, get better,
get we'll, and after year or SO
would accept life in Boston as Danish
ment They buy lot builda home, and go to
work to make Denver more of queen city.
Times are dull for Denver but 1884 managed
to id to the coin of the realm II am a silver
mani twenty-one millions, and the volume OF
business of this city aggregated flfty-two mill
lions. For city that did net exist had not be-
gun to be at the time cast my first vote, lama
l am only. that will do.
1 was warned before came here that the pop
ulation were 'buzzards and hawks" that life
here was game of ''grab and swallow" | find
that eight days work in behalf Of "relef of the
poor Carried on by method like that of Rev.
Oscar G. McCuloch, only not so good), placed in
bank over Sc, 600.
Owing to the reasons for coming here, the city
is literary to degree. The ''cubs" are numerous.
If your wife likes TO hear well-written papen
or Herodotus or some other ancient, she caa
(if she can) join club of ladies that like that
sort of thing; and there is the "Fortnightly,"
the pleasant Hour for women, and there are
the "Denyer Club, 'The Cactus" and the clubs
of the States for men who have the honor to
have been born here and there. Some Of these
clubs more convivial than literary, but not
enough more either way to occasion dullness or
scandal All of them help TO make the city.
The city is cosmopolitain. charitable and free.
The Southern element is large, and does much to
humanize the more rigid immigrant from Mar
blehead and all along shore The Englishman is
here, with his peculiar notions of how TO ride
horse and how to hold land ard how to live in
one country and own another, of wiich we will
cure him; and the freshman is here to assist in
the cure
Speaking of clubs, I neglected to mention the
natural clubs" those that were never organ
lied; have no constitution or bylaws those
that grow. They are found in every town I
remember vigorous one in the Office of the
Journal" 1t met once every day or so and had
a session. did the necessary killing and skin
ming" and went home. | miss it much. Out of
its deliberations / usually got the germ what
people in attendance on a teachers institut
call ''seed thought") which Powered ont into
a sermon on the following Sunday-(which SER
mons are now in the brine-salted down to be
reached for and again perpetrated any Sunday
after week of funerals, or weddings or of tea
fights l do not like to do it. An old sermon is
obnoxious to me, but what is man to dol Il
cannot be red hot all the time" as was remarked
by former editor of tie journal"
But writing of natural clubs" one has
grown somehow 1t meets behind the
heater of ''gun store.". It's game and fish
club" We have killed good many elk and bear
behind and around that heater this winter We
have invariably hit them behind the fore shout
der, and have paced off the distance between the
shooter and the game. None so far have got
away, and they have been of immense weight.
We have, single handed, tackled "bear" behind
that stove, and bear with cubs and killed her,
with no shot-"Didn't expect no bear, but
coming on one did the best we could.n We have
in our club gentleman from Georgia, citizen
from Indiana Teller from New York, a - from
Marblehead. We are going to the exposition in
New Orleans. We want to see the Italian who,
in 1870, sold our wife poll parrot eggs
He sat on the flag stones of the French market
with pyramid of eggs before him, and this
with the necessary gestures) was his converse
tlon;. Madame, buy poll parrot eggs-two dolla
set EN- under hen-hatchie out poll parrot"
Wife bought couple of eggs-put them under
hen and in due time had couple of ducks.
She went down and stated the case, and he said:
Cant nelpl III; poll parrot Gam raScal-SomeumeS
lay parrot egg-sometime helay duck egg" We
are now electing United States senator, and we
are in the same qaundary as the black-eyed SON.
of a gun who sold eggs of the poll parrot. Only
he knew, and we who read the morning paper
must wait and see. We are we'll The Journal
comes to hand and is read, and despite sun
shine and the mountains, / would like even in
the dismallest weather to see indianapolis and
the folks" If they can be what they are the
best in the world), what would they become in
the foot ki.S1
DENVER Col, Jan 13 MYRoN W. REED