Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-11-17

lando1ice, the banks, the provision shops
and the carpenters. though there are men
of every trade and profession among the in
habitants, and the city has six daily and
two weekly newspapers.
Everybody wears huge goggles made of
mica with leather rims. They are a neces-
sity to protect the eyes from the fine white
alkali dust with which the atmosphere is
constantly laden. But even with the eyes
protected it is not always safe to venture
outdoors in the face of the desert winds
that drive the burning. .. z dust into the
ears, mouth and most -. making life an
endless torture for those S.. no are the least
bit sensitive in those organs.
There are four classes of men in Perry
those who have money and want to make
more; those who have but little cash, but
are endowed with a strong determination
to make homes for themselves and their
families; those who are generally desig-
mated as "shiftless," who never have done
well, who never will do well, vet who are
eternally protesting a willingness to do
anything, and those parts of all new com.
munities and some older ones-the gam
blers, thugs and backlegs of various kinds.
The last mentioned class are perhaps
trifle too predominant just now, but time
anu d lew IuOTt COrOItTS lIluueSIS Will rem
edy that
The desperadoes seemed at first to have
control of things and staggered about as
if the earth were theirs, but they soon
found themselves mistaken in their esti-
mate of the settlers who came to stay. No
drawer set of men in the protection of their
rights ever lived. They realized that there
was no law but that of force, but refused
to be intimdated by the bravado and pro-
truding revolvers of the bullies When
their rights were infrnged, they lost no
time in useless argument They shot and
shot quickly. \ dozen or more nameless
graves and the absence of as many famil-
lar faces from the haunts of the despera-
does came pretty near settling the question
of supremacy, and gradually but steadily
the DULLES are seeking more congenial
fields.
Still there is much gambling One of
the first houses built in Perry was COM
bination gambling den, saloon and dance
hall, which still gets "A larger share of
patronage than any of its numerous newer
competitors 1t is conducted by woman
called BLACK Nell' and was open and do
ing brisk business before nightfall on the
day of the great rush. The house is built
of pine boards. Along one side runs the
bar, with the usual display of barrels and
bottles behind it. On the other side of the
room are tables for faro, keno, craps and
poker, each of them surrounded nightly by
a crowd of desperate men, vainly hoping 90
win enough to take them out of the territory
and back whence they came. In an join
ing room walled with canvas is the dance
hall, and there are carried on nightly such
uncouth orgies as are appreciated best in
such a town.
There are more women in Perry and
throughout the strip than are usually met
with in such a newly settled community.
Quite number of them came in the rush
and staked out claims or town lots for them
selves, but most of them are simply the I'M
complaining slaves of the men whose names
they bear. They are not unused to toll, for
that is the lot of woIlen of their class every
where, but the unusual exposure and hard
ships of every conceivable kind and the
total lack of those comforts so dear to
women make their lives especially hard.
Many of them are the only real workers of
their families, and all of them are to be
pitied.
There was great deal of suffering for
water during the first couple of weeks after
the town was settled and good water is
not yet by any means plentiful. But, such
as it is, there is an adequate supply, now
that the number of wells has increased and
the crowds have dwindled The water is
very alkaline and utterly unfit for drink
ing but the patient boomers make the best
of it.
There are two banks in Perry. One Of
them was started in tent within four
hours after the firing of the signal gun
and soon moved into more comfortable but
still not very pretentious quarters in
small frame building. 1t has been incor-
porated under the name of the Bank of
Perry and has a capital stock of $4,000.
The other bank was started later by T. NJ.
Richardson & Son, and both of them seem
to have quite enough business to insure
them one day becoming entitled to the del
icate attentions of some Jesse James or
Dalton gang.
A German scientist claims to have proved
that a solution Of common soap Il to 900