The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-06-28

x1yr0niAL eoaa Es PonDEsCg-
The falls OF kinRshaha esks no sugges-
ion ef themselves pntil you are ir bodily |
presence at them. You lsss xous -hirling
over thu fns prairie road leading css ircw |
Fort Smelling. Before you broad stretch |
af prA,r;e ..silent ard with siyery hszs rp.
on e. a. thu, spread oat before the eyes Of
Era seiine Ig The left OF you. = broad
stretch on prairie f.scbipy away by ,weepa
and s~e!s TO the AiasDesa:s. marked by is
strip OF silver and blue. Tonne right Of you
another stretch ofnrairie, bright" ~ dat
before gov, arc 70 tie Ian Of you, with Tx
utiant eias;era IL rosesspd purple amorpsas'
This 10 tee right more varied than the Others
down 10 the Mississippi couple OF
.niles 4.sxy. rs banks marked. here and there
BY iistie patches Of trees ,hasare 50 low and
shrnbby as to scarcely deserve the name Of
frees Beyond tss s;ver the rising sweep o.
slher prairie, that is tsokan into hills sna
vssring the lastrous setting Of ia miniature
grores Of miniature trees. IT'S nearly tsses
niles tsom ths Fort, and 10 your hight there
= strip az foods. the beginning before you
running DOVE % the river the driver scarcely
furns cut from his prairie road and stops; in
a hundred PAGES you are ct MinnehAha; ia
soar ID ia your esrs--a very msraaayous, sub
dued and melodious roar indeed; as being )
thing Of beauty aud feminine, Mnnehahs
wouldn't indulge in masculine bass. So
the broad street Of water. in one volume, goes
lesping and sparkling over ledge of stones
and splashes down into the eddying ard
.paming waters with burst of sound, ~
clear ringing laugh in treble key. Just above
she iss,s, abe tosd crosses the little stream
that forms > esers rustic bridge. The water
only few yards ~ils, goes ripping ans
dashing among stones, bustss bsaS iog over
Il sad dip their branches into H. A few fes,
further and the stones becomes very esihst..
cal laboratory. The water 70 changed into
crystal dust and molten %,lvsr, and slistenine
and sparkling snew.wbite in The sunlight il
spsirgs fer down in the ROCKS below. In thu
sua.hine, dnptiextsd bow spsns the sprss
Of the falls below. The bushes shieken o.
the brow Of the falls aud trees, oak AID elm,
seia company, and hedge them in and multi
piT DOM tho stream into thick woodsa
shs as. where the water, seethins and muir
anrins sftArits leap. disappears siong de.
elivisols rocky bed. M,nnehaha IL pretty. il,
its 6Dsst mocds beautiful. The. 10 the ouI,
impression it gives one. There il poor re-
taprant nesr; and rustic seats, and on he
grass, under the trees, beeids tho falls, or
aosn tbs deeper woods along the streams.
iic-aie parties are went to come and make
day OF IL. Al Dubuque. We met or friend
Capt. Geo. ". Gsrdon. He had been On
sith Mrs. Girdon 10 Minaehsha few DAYS be-
s,rs to celebrate lhe thirtieth anniversary q.
sis wedding. BY . Picnic 1t the fslls lie
did this because thirty years before, when 10
sas married. he and bis new wife ale their
first picnic dinser At Minnehaha. Discre.t
tasse, oh, CAPTAIN friend f ours ,.of fns son.
ss6ilti.s and poetic nature, for twas haze i,
he lard o. the paeu,shs, that the A nc,.n,
Attov-maker, made his arrow heads of sapa
stone-srsow heads Of chalcedony, Hint and
5%srsr, smooshed aud shsrpened az The edesa
hard and polished, keen and costly. H.,s
ish him, dwels bic dark a.p,ht.,
ssysard - the Minnehsha, With her WOOD.
Of shade and sunshine, eyes that smiled and
ffewned alternA.e-feet a. rapid q tn r;v.,.
sresses flowing Ike The water. and :. ,...;,.,