Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-06-18


way will be found, either by artesisn
wells or reservoirs, by which it can
be irrigated and it will then be a
fertile country capable of supporting
an immense population. At present
the only two things / think they can
raise are the ID and an umbrella.
| left Lordsburg at two o'clock and
after a ride of forty miles through
/ the cactus l reached Duncan, smaiI
town about the size of BrownlngVoh
village, but containing half dozen
saloons but no church, and met MT.
Day at the depot. The river Wnlcn
we had to ford to reach his mouse mao
been on the rampage for several days
on account of the heavy rains in the
mountains of New Mexico and was
very high. We had an express wagon
and a pair of mules and we plunged
into the stream, which was rapid.
The water came into the bottom OF
the wagon; the mules were UP to their
sides in water and half swimming,
and l expected to be swept away.
was telling Day to break the news
gently to my wife that | was lost IN
the wild waves of the ella when the
mules touched bottom and puiieo Us
out onto dry land. 1 made solemn
VOW never to cross that river again,
next day however 1 got my courage
up and crossed it on horseback. l
made Day go first and l followed on
thinking at least would drown MIN
first. He gave me directions TO take
nv feet out of the stirrups ana curl
them up, but when in the oeepeso
part of the stream the horse gave
lurch. down went my feet to save
myself from falling off and my shoes
we're filed with the dirty water, ont
I can do better now. Mr.. Day has
the best place in town, nice orlcK
house we'll furnished, bathroom, etc.;
a most excellent wife and three nice
pretty children, lives we'll, with good
food and in great abundance. he has
no knowledge of the number OF cattle
! he owns, for they are scattered tor
, forty miles in every direction. he
. has just started party OF men ~
aunt up and brand the calves; they
o will b. gone two or three WeeRs'
q sleeping on the ground at nlghF
q taking pack mules along TO carry 1000
g for the trip. On mule that Wontc
h weigh about 800 pounds they put
Y packing saddle, then a bag OF gran
20 on each side of it, then sack OF hopr
a side of bacon, coffee pot, baking
n powder, frying pan and ott er Things
" too numerous to mention, so tha0 hs
a looked like a small haystack. Th'
A men saddled their horses (every mai
:, has a saddle worth from thirty t.
y fifty dollars even if his horse is wortl
n but ffteen)- and started off ais g 4 hlgl
!. glee. They invisa Ee $40 8
20 out ten or fifteen MID - them
~ but I have ridden so 80 81
. horseback since comfngThere tbast
% am taking my meals stanfing npa
. present, 30 declined their iils II tse
J, Everybody rides on horseback, me-
- and women, ard all ride aatride (sld
: saddles are unhnown), taking Ion
- rides about the country. A yoan
IA lady here rode. forty miles one da
= and was not tired. Henry and nav
~ taken long rides about the country
=, meeting many of his friends, an
- when he tells them l am from Vel
mont some of them gaze at me as
~ thew hardly knew whether that plae
:, was in Boston or New Jersey. Or
- old man when told that was frol
l. Vermont said she reckoned L
IN knowed where that was" II
- schooIhouse near here Is rot
- boarded up and down like barn
90 Vermont, stovepipe for a chime.
A. no paint about it inside. or on
,id Twenty or twenty five .gchola
- attend, and the teacher, who boar'
NO with Mr.. Day, is from Kansas and is
+o bright, intelligent, and cultivate
,at young lady, an. excellent player G
ad the piano. She 1sSgettlng Sixty 90
ell lars per month, is I am sure GOO
ba teacher, and seems ID enjoy her worl
de One day last week we went
ITO Clifton, where the Arizona Cops
yo 90. works are situated, about th'rt
q, miles from here by train, followir
orc the course of the ella and Frise
oh rivers through very narrow canyol
OBJ There is but little room for a tow
~ the mountains core almost to II
- banks of the river on either side, an
"a at high water much damage has bee
= done to buildings along the riyersid
re After supper at a very nice hotel
&C called to see friends OF Mr.. Day wi
are residents here. One of them, NJ
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