Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-05-05
A Letter from the West.
DENVER, Colo,
- An annn

April 23, 1875.
DEAR REGISTER This is Sunday
and a lovely day, and just now saw
a boy come along with quite a nice
string of tish-some bass, Il few trout
and the bulk of them perch. Natu-
rally my thoughts flew to old PotO-
mae, and knowing very few people
here. consequently having no one to
talk to, thought | would drop you
few lines for publication. | am just
about returning to Old Virginia from
a trip that has been so near 1t. that
for the sake of round numbers SIll
say, of forty thousand miles. L left
the "old burg" as you may remem-
Der, the 2lSt of last August, ana nave
not had Il chance to 20 back since. |
have taken in the sunny south ana
the great southwest. While there |
met great many old friends. among
others Miss Mary Swartzwelder now
Mrs VIM. Tidball, and her little boy
and her husband. Speaking OF the
great southwest, | want to tell the
Young men at home that Texas is the
coming State Indeed, | expect to
live to see the day when she may be-
come a republic all within her own
boundaries Tue rolling prairie lands
around Fort Worth, with "A constant
land breeze, equal TO that from the
sea, are rs fine as any | have seen III
all this vast country. The water,
which comes gushing from arteslan
wells driven two thousand feet into
the earth, at the rate of one million
gallons per day of twenty-four hours,
is as pure as crystal. 1t is quite warm
As il issues. and all the towns OF any
size now have natatOriums, III which
YOU can have any temperature you
desire, from quite hot TO a cold
shower. Great swimming pools from
one TO fifteen feet deep enable one to
pick Just such depth as one desires.
These wells are only a recently dis
covered thing in Texas. | mean by
that that it il only during the past
two or three years that it has been
demonstrated that the water would
flow from such Il depth, and even now
scientists cannot account tor the rea-
son of it. | will venture to say that
to-day Texas is actually worth, III IN
trinsic value, twice the sum she was
valued at before this discovery, for
the water question was very serious
one now il is mere matter OF II few
hundred dollars outlay. Ice is cheap
or there than it is with us, because 1t
is made by artificial means. 1t is so
pure and clean tn I I; lump OF ii III Il
glass Of water, il the glass Is of clear,
good quality, Is almost invisible.
After Texas | went OH down through
Louisiana and back up through Ten
nessee and even beautiful Kentucky
and on. on, on until | got as far north
as Toronto, Canada, where every
thing was snow, although the early
part Of the winter (NOvember) was
very mild there this season. But,
oh how we made up for it after re-
turning TO the States and starting
northwest. From Wheeling on
which wgs about the first Of January
we saw nothing but snow, snow,
snow all the way Michigan, lu-
diana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the
DakotaS. on up TO Winnipeg, Nanl'U-
ba. Oh but it was snowy and cold
Why, in Winnipeg one could walk
across the hall of the hotel and be-
come so charged with electricity
owing to the intense cold-that by
twisting u copper wire around u gas
jet, with its point immediately over
the opening, just by touching the
wire with ones finger, il would light
the gas.
You can we'll imagine how | longed
for spring-like day aud a row on the
old Potomac. But until the 18th day
of March | did not see the ground.
Reaching Sioux City on that day it
was pleasant aud there was no snow
on the ground. We had Il terrible
on the 14th. however, which
soon covered it. Out here in Denver
it is delightful Just now. We have, it
is true, had two furious snow storms
during the past ten days, and fruit
trees, apples, plumS, &c, &c, all of
which were in bloom, must be badly
frosted This is one OF the lovellest
and cleanest towns in the West. As
| write | can look out of my window
aud see the Rockies for fifty or six
ty miles, some Of the peaks, OF course,
white with snow. | had thought OF
here and trying my luck in
the mining districts but the fishing
season is here and it is very lonesome
for NE here. SO will return about
the 18th of May TO old ShepheI dstOwn
and take up my rod for Il few weeks,
at any rate. If | can persuade my
brother, the Professor, however, 10
come out with me, may return at an
early date. | ain going during the
next two weeks TO visit every town of
much Importance III the State OF Col
oradO, and will, of course, be pretty
we'll posted as to the best locations.
One old fellow goes out prospecting
tomorrow, and came to me a few
days ago to join him, but as he was
going way out to Idaho, Il wagon trip |
of |, 900 miles from here, | declined to !
90. as it takes sixty day TO make the |
trip. | was in Kansas City a few days |
ago and saw our young friends, |
CHARLEY Powell, who, by the way, |
tells me he has just been married, and |
Willie Morgan. They were both look |
ing rema "kably we'll and prosperous. |
Before returning | will spend few |
days in Chicago and takein the great |
fair, and when | return, if you desire |
it, will give you short description
of It.
Well, I'll close now, but one word |
the good people in the NirginaS-l |
along the Potomac and in the Shen-
andoah Valley-you should give daily
hanks that you are Virginiaus and
i've in a country so rich in so many
ways Go where you will in this
country, there is none more beautiful,
here are no flowers that eXhale
'weeter perfume, nor birds that sing
more sweetIy than in our own God
blessed land.
Yours, Very Truly,
FRANK II. BOwLY.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
1y local applications, as they cannot