The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-07-06
Ghr nemrorrAf- Star
Letter From Colorado.
DENVER, Col, June %, 1888.

of counting going on between the
commercials of New Orleans and
Denver; and it will not be sur
prising if a union of commercial
interests is effected between them.
The Denver people seem determ-
ined to lavish courtesies and hos
pitalities upon us. They gave us
an excursion 10 Georgetown and
Silver Plume, fifty miles into the
mining regions of The mountains,
where there are mines of gold, sill
yer, copper and lead. They lunch
ed us on the way. Those hardy
mountaineerS seemed glad TO see
US, and with Denver band to lead
the way, Our company composed
of Northern and Southern people
of both sexes, marched through
their streets to the tunes Of Dixie"
and "Yankee Doodle.n 1t is need
less to say that cheers rent the air
as they came from our company,
and the rosy checked inhabitants
of the mountains; and thought l
detected what was called "a guar
ter OF a century ago. ''the Rebel
YELL" but how different the circun,
stances that prompted it. United
we are, and may profound peace
be our blessed heritage.
Nothing was so surprising to us
"Creoles" as that we found our
selves up in the clouds and passing
through mists and falling snow;
but how bracing 1t is. | do not
wonder at the push of these people,
the atmosphere helps them so
much. 1t would be difficult for a
person to be lazy here, but when
they get down South they get
sleepy and soon become like the
balance of us.
These Coloradorians have us
button-holed" still, and tell us we
must occupy their carriages and
ride around and through their city.
They are proud of Denver, and
want their Southern guests, Of
whom they seem proud, to see
what they have wrought. The best
hacks are furnished, and one each.
x-GovernOr, State Senator, ex-
Mayor and others of not0riety form
our escorts, and they carry US III
procession through the principal
streets and by the resident part OF
the city, and end with a visit TO
the smelters, where silver and lead
bullion is made. Well, it were
enough for me to say that we found
m~agnIfcence in every direction.
Commercial, public and school
buildings, and palatial residences
abound, while church buildings
grace the whole. These people
have not forgotten the Giver of all
Good in their material prosperity,
but have erected to His gracious
name some temples of exquisite
architecture. 1t is our intention to
mingle our devotion with those Of
the Denver saints tomorrow.
''Oh God our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home"
An invitation to us from Boulder,
a town thirty-five miles north. A
special train is furnished, and we
pass swiftly over the country till
we reach the depot of the noted
town. There We are met by clti-
zens and a brass band. Forminz
into line we keep step TO the notes
of music, and pass through the
principal streets till we arrive at the
hotel, into which we are ushered.
Soon The carriages appear and we
are taken in hand by The citizens
who carry US IN every direction,
showing us natures wonders and
mans art. Beautiful were the
sights. and enchanting the scenes.
The little city rests at the base OF
the mountain range, while Longs
Peak rises in its grandeur with an
altitude of 1890 feet above the
sea.
The gold mines here are said to
be the richest in the United States,
while limestone and granite is in
exhaustable. The level land around
the city is cultivated, and | saw
the most luXuriant growth. The
farming and gardening is done by
irregating, sand our escort TO us.
ave try to exercise faith, but we
believe in works" The drive over
we are carried back TO the hotel
where a sumpiuous dinner is pro
vided, 10 which we do full justice,
and at the close of which a num-
Der of tOasts are passed between
the Northern and Southern men,
mingled with keen wit, and all in
keeping with The happy occasion,
and which completely buried the
''bloody SHIRT" and knocked out
the sectional line-we were broth
ers and sisters. God grant that
the day may soon come when ami
mostly and bitterness may pass
away forever.
Well, soon we bid adieu 10 Den
yer and her suburban towns and
turn our faces southwark. NY heart
prompts ME to say that while | am
Southerner, and have been used 10
Southern cOurtesies and hospitall-