The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-07-18
HOW THE DEEVRRIFES SPENT THE
FOURTH.

AAObAI Oh bH@O SlOHlOuS HOuELH tAS
we were here in Denver, but / am
very sure of one thing, they did
not 60 to the mountains; neither
did they climb that magnificent
peak that my friend and self did.
We carried off the honor of climb
ing the highest, and descending
the toughest mountain of any 9TH
err ladies present. OF course there
were many of the stronger sex to
be seen slowly vending their way
to the tops of neighboring peaks,
but the ladies gave up before pro-
ceeding very far.
There were three distinct ex-
cursions yesterday, besides the
numerous picnics held near town.
One train to Colorado Springs
with this went our worthy DR..
Trueworthy and lady. One to
Boulder City and Falls, and the
other over the Colorado Central to
end of the track. This last was
the largest party that ever left the
city, and the one which your COR
respondent accompanied. The
ride to Golden in a coal car, with
our view unobstrueted, plenty of
pure air, coal cinders, &c, togeth-
er with jolly company, was a
very pleasant one. Not much to
be seen but towering mountains
and vast plains, with here and
there a small ranch in which peo-
pie were seen celebrating the day
by fighting grass hoppers, which
are very numerous ont this way
the present summer. At Golden
we left the cars for the narrow
gauge. After the usual hurry
burly we found ourselves comfort
ably standing in the front end OF
an excursion car and chatting
gaily with the brakeman, who
has been on the road ever since
its beginning, and could tell US
the objects of interest along the
road. Upon first entering the
canon, ordinations of surprise,
wonder and delight escaped from
every ones lips. But these soon
gave place to silence, for as one
great mountain of rock succeeded
another as we whirled around and
under them, we found that words
were useless. No tongue could
express the sublimity of the
scenery. The course of the canon
is very winding and, although the
road is perfectly ballasted, one
could hardly stand on account Of
the dip of the cars. We sat in
the m iddle car, and often neither
engine or rear car could be seen
so short are the curves. The roal
of the waters of the creek, and
rumble of the cars in that deer
and narrow gorge were perfectly
fearful. We were to picnic upor
Floyd's hill, but concluded the
cheapest way would be to eat oul
dinners first and then climb the
mountains, any one of which
might have been Floyd's hill from
any knowledge we possessed o
it's position. We ate our dinners
refreshed ourselves in the icy wa
tiers of South Clear creek, anC
then proceeded to climb. / have
spoken of this before, and will
only mention a few of the flowers
we found, which consisted of fit
teen or twenty varieties, most O.
them very small. The familiar
ones were the pretty blue bells
painted cups, wild geranium, anC
the most beautiful of all, a variety
of honeysuckle, with the loveliest
flowers of pink and white. Plenty
of ferns grew from under the
rocks, and cactuses in abundance
AT the foot of the hills were guam
titles ofwild roses, both pink ant
yellow.
After stay of four hours il
this romantic place, and after the
return of those that had preferred
to go to Idaho to eat trout anG
have a plunge in the hot sods
baths, we started for home. The
ride down the canon, with thu
sun hidden, and a delightfully."- coo
breeze blowing from the water
was more refreshing than up. We
were in open cars, no need of hat:
or umbrellas, the brakes on tc
hold us back as the grade is quite
perceptible, and as we were all in
a happy mood you can judge how
much we enjoyed that ride. Tc
increase the hilarity of the occas.
sion bewildered dog undertook
to run a race with the engine.
He ran for long distance, and
the enthusiasm of that dignified
Presbyterian company was per
fectly overwhelming. To satisfy
the curious, I will state that his
dogship outran the locomotive,
but if he survives long some en-,
terprising man ought to train him
for the turf.
Another change at Golden, and
a ride of an hour brought us home
just in time to witness n glorious
sunset. I wish / could describe
one of these TO my friends, for
they are too grand and magnifi-
cent to be lost, but it is useless to
spoil them with words.
My letter is already too long.
but when one begins to tell of the
wonders of the yosemite of
America" as one of our honorable
congressman called it, one never
knows where to stop.
Denver, July 9th. NJ. LIE.
A TRIP TO THE ARKANSAS VAL