Fairfield News-Herald July 21 1899 pg 5 - A Wyoming Letter

Thermopols Wyo, July 4th

Mr J H Moore, Fairfield, Neb

Friend John and family

  I happened to think that we spent our 4th with you one year ago today, rather made me feel that I would like to spend this day with you and other friends in Fairfield but as this cannot be the case I will content myself by writing you a few lines to let you know how we are getting along.

  Well we have had a very pleasant trip so far and have traveled over 700 miles. We are now laying over for a while, have been here since the 25th of June and expect to stay at least two weeks longer. This is where the wonderful hot springs of Wyo are located and we are all taking baths from these springs. I can't see that they are doing us any good as yet, but they say we haven't bathed long enough to get any benefit; but as they claim to make some wonderful cures (which I known they have,) we thought we would give them a fair trial while we had the opportunity, on the whole I don't think I feel as well as I did when I came here but they say these baths are weakening and make one feel worse before they get better. If that is the case I have hopes of being benefited by them. They say these springs cure nearly every case of rheumatism and is good for nearly every disease except heart and lung trouble, and that their medical properties are second best in the world, but is they were first of all they would not do much good at present as they are undeveloped and are to far from the outside world or in other words too inconvenient for the general public to get to. We are now 143 1/2 ; miles to nearest railroad, over rough and mountainous roads and country.

  There are a great many of these springs but the main spring is about 30 ft. in diameter and runs 18,500,000 gallons every 24 hours, and at a temperature of 135 degrees which is much to hot to bathe in or even drink without burning one's mouth.

  Well I was a little disappointed in the game over the country we have traveled. I thought we would find plenty of game especially for our own use, but we have seen but very little. One man at a ranch gave us the hind quarter of an antelope which was very nice and lasted us a long time. We haven't had any trout-fishing as yet the trout streams all lay west of this place the first one I think is about 30 miles from here. I bought me a fine trout rod at Sidney, but lost it out of the wagon this side of Douglas but bought another one at the next town.

  The law is out on sage-chickens the 15th and when I start through for the park I expect to have some fun. Old Cap. is alright yet.

  Mrs E said she had been intending to write to Mrs M., but she has all of the work to do and when she has time she is to tired to write. One needs lots of rest on a trip of this kind.

  Give my best regards to all of the boys in town, there are numbers of my friends in town that I thought I would write to but I am some like the Mrs, to tired. This is the first letter I have written except on business since I left home.

  Will close for this time hoping this will find you all well.

  When you write let me know how everything is over at our place and everything else of interest.

Truly your friend L Emrich.