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Show 158 TALES OF THE COLORADO PIONEERS. man refused, saying, "you will have to fight for it," which Mr. N proceeded to do, and after a hard fist combat the rogue agreed not only to surrender the property but to assist Mr. N in getting it to town. I was also informed that the first coal oil lamp in Colorado was owned by Mrs. A , of this city. Her house was papered and partitioned off with white cotton sheets, as was the custom in those days. The first night the lamp was lighted the door was thrown open and the white walls added considerably to the brilliancy of that nocturnal luminary. The neighbors, who had been so long accustomed to the flickering rays of a "taller dip," thought the Indians had come and were burning the house. • Mr. Andrews was calling his cows, which they mistook for a cry for help, and a neighbor rushed to his assistance, replying, "I'm coming, I'm coming." The alarm spread and all the people in the town fled to a place of safety. CHAPTER XXXVII. SOUTH PARK. The morning after our return from Boulder we took the South Park Division of the Union Pacific. As we glided out of the city a splendid view of the Mining and Industrial Exposition was presented. This important enterprise was established in 1882, and promises to grow in value with increasing years. It is said that the spirit of an age or country is written upon its industrial monuments, and this is Colorado's pride. We admired extravagantly the diminutive cars that swept |
