Year: 1878

| what find relief in a short time from


this disease. AS one approaches


the mountains the air becomes light


and elastic and the invalid at once


realizes a sense of relief to which
be has heretofore been a stranger.


The great pressure upon the weak
lungs that one feels in the moist


climate peculiar to low countries


disappears, and then it is that life


unfolds one of its brightest pages


to him who has suffered, and he


feels like girding his loins for a


start anew. Oh, how thankful l


was when this weight that had


born me down disappeared. When


l came to Denver l could scarcely


walk two hundred consecutive yards


and was compelled to lean upon a


cane for support. After little


while the paroxysms of my cough


became milder and l could go far


ther, and soon 1 laid my cane aside


as | hope forever. l am in a fair


way to recover, and now weigh


nearly as much as l ever did. To


all who are suffering a living death
dying by inches-I say come here


to this ife-giving country and get


well. Do not put it of, but come
at once, because you might put it
off too long and then it would do
you no good, but on the contrary
might do infinite harm. The sooner
you come after you once become
convinced that you have the dis
ease the better, and cure can al


most be insured. 1t is far better to
live here and enjoy health as there
to suffer and die. To the tourist
this is the country for grand seen
cry and enjoyment. Let those who
contemplate spending the summer
solstice away from home pack their
trunks for three months ramble
in the Rocky Mountains, through
its awe-inspiring and innumerable
canons or gorges and beautiful
parks, begirt by snow-capped noun
tains and interlaced with sparkling
streams of crystal water alive with
trout that can be had for the cast
ing of a hook. A few hours ride
from Denver over either of three
railroads brings the traveller amid
rugged mountains that tower above
him in all the grandeur imaginable.
But one could write about this
country forever and then never tell
the half. AS 10 crops and wheat
we raise TO eat have but little 20
say. Everything that is raised here
is raised by irrigation, ard natu-
rally that limits the yield, but as
the country becomes more settled,
which is the case every year, of
course the yield will be much
greater. Wheat is the main crop
and will grow wherever you can get
water to it. Enough is raised at
present to supply the home demand,
with a little to spare, which is
sought after by parties in the East
because it will bring fancy price.
We cannot hope to ship much away,
as every year the demand at home
increases, and before long we will |
have to import it in order to supply |
our home people. As to other crops |
everything that grows nearly can
be raised here, but only in small |
quantities and at great labor. Our
plains are the best for cattle and |
sheep, and large shipments are
made to the Eastern markets each !
season. This trade is increasing |
every year also. Our principle |
product, and that too which brings
in the money, comes from the |
mines. Right here l wish to say
that this subject Is too great to be
dealt with in any other than a letter
by itself, which l will leave for some !
one else to write. The creeks in
this country are about as surprising
as most anything else. Tuesday |
night last Cherry Creek, that runs !
through our city and which is COM
paratively dry the greater part of
the year, suddenly became roar
ing, rushing torrent, sweeping away !
our bridges and inundating the |
lower part of the town. The water
rose five feet in fifteen minutes and |
the waves were ten feet high. No
thing could stand before it. About |
80 miles from town another creek
rose as rapidly the same night,
caused, it is supposed, by a water
spout bursting on the Divide, south |
of town, which divides the waters
of the Platte and Arkansas rivers,
and washed away railroad bridge. |
Into this break a freight train soon
after plunged, killing three men and |
so completely burying the locomo-
tive that not a vestage has been !
found of it since except the cab,
which was found seven miles below.
Efforts are being made to find the |
locomotive by probing the sand |
with iron rods, But nothing has
been discovered yet. Mr.. James
Lester, well remembered in old |
Giles, who lives in West Denver,
was cut off from his office for a day |
or two, but says his house sets up |
too high for the water to reach it. |
His health is not very good at pres
ent, but he thinks it will improve |
now that summer has set in. He
IS as industrious as ever, and is |
seen upon the streets every day. 1
have said enough and will stop.


Yours truly, JOHN H. KIRK.





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