Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
Colorado Jottlngs

AZ look ifOm the suoatu' W lVHus
city | see prairie. brown aud dry aud
dusty. The morning sun Psns,ia,s'
everything exposed to i'sray Children
are playing out. in thi, April sunshine,
in broad h., and 'unbonne..
Farmers ATE drawing gres, load. OF
potatoes. Ia sacks to the cars bound for
the eastern markets. Sin wagon loads.
In . train. from one farmer. "dugoui.' '
i.. common sight. returning. time .f'sr
time. for mor. These potatoes have
been stored securely through cold wave
Of two -eek' duration, With the ,h,r'
moms,er ranging from zero TO IS de-
gree. e.lo-.
Other farmer. are preparing their large
farm. for the coming crops. Upon these
forty. eighty. one hundred sixty. and
three hundred twenty acre farms. the
.alky plo- /. ever busy. urs., fields
are already seeded to wheat.
The young city lie. TO the -s', With
the everlasting Rockies beyond. white
and gli,,sning in the morning sun.
Numerou, spires, above its churches.
hall. Of Learning aud other public build.
ins., are family outlined amid the bare
bnnehe. Of the wilderness Of trees
Yondsr comes . ,-o.wheelsd cart 90
f..hion.ble In ,hi. new eouniry. A
.m.r, horse. driven by. woman IN vel.
We, bonne; and black cloak, gets over
the stretch Of level ground wonderfully
fast. There /. = brigh, eolored robe
folded upon the small sea, OF this 'shi-
Gle making very attractive setting 'of
the gem Of woman upon IL.
A, the olive eolored cottage, on the
nett block, the milkmAn !, stopping With
hi. white covered wagon. lie jinsles .
large dinner DELL and oa, trips the ki,eh-
en- maid. With white pitcher and q red
ticket. This ,ieke, !. one from . pack.
age Of twenty. bough, Of this man. las,
week, for . dollar. She receives her
quar-, Of milk. pAs.e. him the ,ieks, with
a bit Of nsw,y talk. and he !. gone to
rins hi. DELL =, . hundred other rear
doors, before noon. Thi. lOrdly custom
Of delivering milk give. mays = kitchen
inmate BIT Of sunshine and fresh ait.
The broneo.bre.ker. hard by, has be.
gun hi. morning work. lie uses . two.
wheeled vehicle with very long shaft.
A yard square dry goods box ten inches
high serve. for the body Of ,hi. primi-
tive gis. with board upon ,h. back Of
IL for . seat. Here the broneo-breaker
.i. in safety aud hold, the long lines.
AT the farther end Of the shafts, the
frightened bronco rears and kicks and
plunge.. and ocea'ionAlly throws him.
self. lie soon tires Of this, and starts
ou, on run. This jus, suits the bronco
man and he sits .ersnely in his dry goods
boz, grip. the lines and enjoys the fresh
morning air. Round aud round the va.
can, blocks. humping through the small
bitches. this und.un,ed professional hies,
Now he takes q straight line down the
river road and is soon los, in the dusty
distance. After . half hour be reap.
pears; broneo. We, with per'pirs,ion and
foam and willing to walk. This gives
me a opportunity to see ,hs, there Is
strong strap passing over The "huriean'
deck" Of the bronco, and fastened 10 the
heavy shafts.
Here comes On immense hock OF sheep
q good three ,honsand. driven by two
men, Who run back and forth to keep th'
flock from the gardens. No. there ar
no fences, and l, Is problem hard Il
solve, for those men. They csnno, do Il
The sheep break and run from one sid'
Of the hundred foot street to the other
and jump the small iuisa,ing bitches. t'
6nd, perchanee. some stray garbage from
last year. crop Of cabbage. Not . bsa
b.a, falls upon the ear. They are 80 &C
en.tomed TO out Of door life. and to mot
| from one poin, to another iha, they g
in silence. The tap. tap, tapping OF tn
thousands Of footballs upon the hsr
road, and the voices Of the shouting mel
alone break the silence Of the morning.
Slowly following the h'ck, are ~
carriages occupied by women. probsbl.
wives Of the sheepmen The hrs. WON
al drive. q span Of horses, herself perch
ed upon the sea, OF the great wagon
which Is filed with household and camp
ing goods. There are mattresses on toI
Of all, with . tansle OF heavy wire use'
no doubt. to hold the sheep "in = bunch
q, night, for this party is probably 20
Ing oai to fnd . summer range for ih
nock. beyond the valley Of the Lon
Tree. The other vehicle contains
woman driving q buckskin horse. and be
side her 10 the top buggy lies an iDfsl
upon = soft bed OF quilts, with . tin
ruff ID pillow for in head. Nov an
then she ,enderly adjusts the veil Tia
shields the precious babe from the fresh
ness Of the air. and looks eontentedly ou
upon the moving meas In front.
CLIxxsA O. HowARD.