Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-08-21
An Interesting Letter,


We have many tunes thought since we
coilsre1 grip and went forth to ramble
over all the earth Of writing few para
graphs for your paper, feeling that they
would be pesused with pleasure by those
whom we are proud to call friends, II by
no others, but up to the present the
thought has either been bllghtsd by the
heat of summer or nipprd by scarcity
OF time, and now situated so pleasantly
and comfortably In this beautiful little
city where we spent almost five years of
our useless liie, and feeling an Inspiration
from the cool fruit laden air, as well rs
from the recolltctlons that throng upon
ue, yet It's with dlfldence we assure you
that we grip our peEcil lest you dear Ed.
may wish telore we finish that this
thought too which at last has been taken
form bad likewise sucsumbcd to o gem-
blight.
Tho first subject that suggests Itself to
us Is the innumersble number OF drum
mers that one pnceis everywhere. They
arc n Jolly good set OF fellows, and are
certainly very important factor In the
composition of commercial life, and we
also believe that some of the Western
railroads and notels too would have to go
TO the wall II 1t were not for them, for
.
The writer has met them In every brauch
OF business, handling everything from
clear-starch to building lots, (the latter
class didn't carry samples). Have met
several lady drummers too. Sunday, d
not long since IN town in Western Iowa
where there were about d. zen travelling
men and one travelling lady, the latter
ceiling corsets for q New York house
She was very accom- piished, n slick tslker
anu we'll venture there we're lew mer-
Giants who gave her en- audience that
she didn't catch for gooi-sized order.
Believe she could tave sold dozen or
two to every drummer In the house.
We noticed u marked Improvement in
the towns along ths U. T. road, since
passing through th-m eleven years ago.
Cheyenne, Laramie, Rawlius, Rock
Springs and Green River. Stopped over
day In each with the exception Of Raw
lins. They had lyncbed a man and
woman there lew days tcfors we ar
rived, VIII ch shortened our stay consider
ably. Also spent a day in Pocattllo, a
email town on the Fort Hall reservation
about $50 miles east Of here at the June
tlon of the Utah & Northern and Oregon
Short Line roads. Although 1t has over
a thousand population the land has never
yet be opened to settlement. II ey are
literslly Ali squatters. There will be
some lively "scrapping' when the Cos.
ernment Places II on the market, which
will be soon, for IN some cases there are
two or threa houses built on the same lot
each claiming prior right. There, one
sees poor Lo, In all his "Jeffersonian
eimplic ty," saw all ages and sizes.
They tre not very particular about their
toilot The bucks usually wear blanket
wrapI cd around their shoulders, some
times shirt and Government pants, cut
with lots of gore. Some OF the younger
fquaws were dressed very much like their
more enlig htened sisters, n In Cape May
bathing suit, or like Mrs. Potter In Cleo
patra." The older ones usually wear a
loose calico slip, fastened with an "ah
CONS Oh air about the neck aud cut
bashful with few tucks aud darts. L. e
latter has been fsyofite with taem for
centuries.
The Inelan, like his colored brother,
has q weakness for Watermelon, One
trader who had shipped in some-rrob.
ably from Salt Lske-wAs doing q land
oiice business, dealing them out TO the
American Braves. Even the little pa
poos's, when they were 'oriunate enough
to secure piece, were treating their it,
Tia cholic-prOof stomachs to surprise
party Later In tie Afternoon We saw
several of The noble reds IN TIE back yard
OF the hotel delviny deep into the myste-
rions r'ceas-e OF an immense slop pail,
fishing up the dainty t.d-blts Of porter.
house, veal pie and su,cctaris, and judR-
ing from the relish with which they de-
vonred their nauseatipg plGnder, it was
evidently better than they had been ac-
customed to. We expressed horror and
disgust at such sight, aud was told
that IL was nothing unusual; that they
nearly all had trl weekly back yard lunch
routes. Let those clviize them who NAV.
we give 1t up. In no place along the ,ine
between this city and my own antique
Wilmington did we see So many changes.
so mulch improvement as In this place
and vicinity,
You have heard the old chestnut about
this man being philanthropist who had
made tw0 blades Of grass grow where for.
merly nature by Indicating her forces
had produced but one, here where six
years ago one stem Of grass grew single
bladed like Barlow knife, 10 day these
are ,ither b DAD fields of Luzenc clover
or wheat siubb'o, and tito WORK OF the
frontier philenthropist is yet in It's Incl
plency, aud In this city where four years
hRo iucIo tloou Ouo story frame Dulld-
ings, to-day thero aro two ana three
story bricks. 1t already has population
Of over 1000, is lighted by electricity, has
an opera house and Eome elegant stores.
This is tho capital OF the Territory and
the County seat OF Ada County, which Is
larger in area than tile wlols OF little law
cufsed Delaware. One who has never
been In the far West cannot realize the
extent OF n ountry like this, Every thing
Is larger here even, tho mortgages on the !
anches. There is certainly a bright fu- |
lure in store for Idaho. Even now the |
town Is all o i've with preparation TO re-
ceive the Senate Committee, who are ex-
pccted here the coming Thursday to cx-
Bm.ne the elaine OF the Territory for ad-
and Idaho is abou. ready to put
of her pretZcl shoes and blouse waist and !
lcn he more sombre garments OF State
he cd. 1t Is now quite late. have written |
much more thin | at tirst IN ended. Ask
ing pardon for this bad break into your
.ine and space and promising that 1t shall |
no, occur again, l am, yours, A, Nc /.
Weigh.