Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-12-14
.Clinch Valley News.
FRIDAY, DEC. Ia, 1888,
DENVER, COL, Dec. 1, 1883.

MIR. EDITOR Need of rest and
free transportation, brought me to
this wonderful city for Il vacation OF
month. Am glad l came, MS it is
my first trip 80 far toward tho set
ting sun. Denver is called the
"Queen City OF the Palms. and it is
well named Tho plains may feel a
just pride in Denver, as Il city, but
Denver cannot BIO proud of the
plains, except on the score of much
ness. There IS more nothing 10 the
acre iii this vast Sahara of North
America. than anywhere | have been
III the world. | left st. Louis ten
days since and came by the Frisco"
IOote, making the run of 1912 miles
i'll 10 hours Tho oxten. of barren
country over which 1 passed can not
he given by me. Much of the last
day of my trip devoted to the study
of tue vastncss of emptiness. love
to contemplate the sky with its bios
soming stars, sprinkled over vast
area by the finger OF the bountiful
sower OF celestial gems. bnt on these
plains, there arc presented appear
ances like seen on the face OF the
moon, aridity and death l was i'm
pressed with one thought. In fur
nishing ample ballast to steady the
globe, as it spins round the sun, ma
ture gave evidence of the nunlicenca
of her resources. | cannot sec what
this dead part Of Il world is for I'M
less to servo rs ballast. GIuciul
agencies did their work tifect,,ally
here. judging from The formations
every where observable. Two dread.
ed conditions met me as / viewed
The vast out put Of waste matter on
the plains, viz GREATNESS and 81
lence. fancied myself standing Oh
the seemingly bonndless out. stretch
of dcnuded earth in the hush Of eve
ming. With the falling OF nights
dusky mantle comes n sense of lone.
Illness, intensified by the startling 81.
lence, which concentrates itself. from
unlimited fields of droary desola.
ton, into Il focal point, and that
point is my ear. The silence is so
deep TINT one can hear 1t. Did You
ever listen TO the bells oil silence
Heavens, how they ring. They al.
most split the car drum. Go on some
iono mountain peak in tho night
time, breathe lightly, listen intcnily,
aud forget everything but to listen.
If you do not hear silence ringing
her chimes tell me of ill., On these
vast plains; stiffness has the hu Ii OF
death, and silence becomes tho grand.
er presence. The mir ia the most
rariiied and serves as II good conduc
tor OF silence 10 car and conscious.
hess. Lost i'll this ocean of wild.
tlroary darkness, felt aud asked,
''What is infnily without life d? Aud
how can there be life in ninity with
out God" ArousinS myself from the
reverie of silence, | thanked God |
was in The living world, though there
was around me the evidences of moth.
ing but dead matter. just then The
old giant, steam, who had been TUG
Sing at our heavy train. gave an un
earthly scream, rs if to Brighten 81
lence further back into ininily, and
behold, III ~ minute, we were in the
midst of life A city of one hundred
Thousand people, planted upon the
plains, and booming with life and
prosperity told me thut oven the
plains may be yet garden, ''and
blossom rs the rose was prone
to forget the sights Of two hundred
miles OF desolation. with only barren
wastes, sage brush, cactus, coyotes,
mud prairie dogs to break the mon.
otony.
Who has not heard of this city /?
Tell citizen OF Denver that his city
Is not known TO The outer verge of
creation, and You had better not re
peat the remark. What this city is
not, no other city need try to be,
]u'Sing from the opinions of Den
verians The surface of the town,
like the country around, is fiat. The
streets are not paved, and during
the recent snow were wet, very wei,
and equally muddy. The city is well
laid out and handsomely built In
summer it must be IL very lovely
place. with thousands of trees cloth
ed with foliago lining every street,
while water pours along each side
thereof, making it quite romantic
and sylvan. Real estate is the rage
here and has been, out OF which for.
tunes have come to the fortunate in.
weston. This kind of property is
needlessly high. Rents are exorbi.
tant. A small, six room house rents
for the same that l pay in st. Louis
for large nine room, stone from,
residence. Everything is high here.
And the people put on airs, many of
them, at least. This being an Gle
waited city, (as 10 location) and en-
lowed with much rare md pure mir,
the population must keep up it's rep
utation. Hence prices are high for
everything, and airs must be put on,
The first and rarest specimen of airi.
ness witnessed was an equestriene