The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-28

here meet amt mingie In tn, superb gsrni.ure o
these gay-colored, colossal walls: thrilling IN
Lehaider and bassa ins 'isTiriptior. m.
Father, thank thee w.ilci up from my hear
in grateful praise TO the Mastpr-Nature's Grea'
A~rtiicer.
But the Falls? Come stand with mr.. Look
down beneath us Z Thousand rerpei dicuiar ie.
and see tine iOaming waters arch out Of sight.
From our position We can only see the top III the
Lower Falls rs they take their splendid plunge
of $50 vertical feet. ook up stream. There, in
fill sight. only eighty rod5 above Us, are The
Upper Falls, masking = magnificent cataract OF
40 feet. But Your eyes will not linger in that
direction. These Falls, grand a. they are OF
themselves, here seem mere side fixtures to
adnrn the marvellous concayity beneath and
before us.
Gle who observes IT, ere he passes on
CAFES his I'LL, and comes aud comes again,
That he may call 1t up when faraway.'
My first Impressions rs recorded in my pocket
diary, are here introduced: .
"rHus>DA1, SEPTEMBER iTI, SI3.
About 10 o'clock I reached the Grand Canyon
and Falls OF tn" Yellowstone. No words can rN-
Astonishment, wonder, glui surprises meet me
on every hand. moved cNcitctlly from cliT TO
Cliff, aniciu-ht SliInpscs of
TIE BOLD II Err LEApINc Dow
y precipice several hundred feet high, forming
a mighty cataract; but in the wondrous Canyon
it seemed II little Cascade Il thousand feet beneath
me. The river, though 200 feet wide and - feet
deep, seemed a frotiing brook u chill might
step over, IL II sped away from the SNOWY
spume nj The brttoIn of the Canyon. Some en-
ergefic scriIljling soon commenced in an effort
to reach The rocky verge OF the Lower Falls.
Down, still down, l struggled and slid-linger-
ing on each basaltic Rampant to sweep with eager
vision the siiierUi'!nl cogclyc, stretching to dis
tant miles of
SAFFRON Mo--IED rNIe,D-; ,xD Situated
GORGE>,
Whose every cliff ami every escarpment was
flushed viii irideScrnt ~sliecn-until. at Last, the
shelving buttress: was reached. Then I stood
where n few nlDnIppts sire. thnuplt i eOnI6
dip the water with lay hand. Delusive thought
it Was still thirty feet below. Grasping the
branch ofa frieldly pine that grew from a cleft
in the rock, ! leaned over the dizzy ledge and
breathlr.s watched the crystalline deluge curvet
and plunge 50 grandly into the misty depths
beneath; then, under the ambient nlazc, again
out, as from II cloud, to scurry, and whIrl and
eddy in virescent foam down the gorgeous can
yon. The whole vast survey was magicai-in-
toNicating.
4 BEAuTIruL EscHANrMENT
Held me slielibound. Beneath and around me
was arranged q mighty amphithcaire, studded
WIN r'sf,"s, domes and towers; ana places OF
sculptured ruby and moss grown cathetrals;
anu 5aiieSIes of Titanic statutes and fortresseS,
carnage stained; and gilded adamantine walls;
snnc osfr an dw was sRR ,,ia = many h nis gauzy vel,
see. Did l dream? Turning myself and seek.
ing reinsurance by reelection. again 1 looked
and again saw all before me in reality: Oh, can
there be, thought i. In Natures whole realm a
sight comparable to this? If SO, let Natures
deyotce see i: and die"
All conceptions of the Grand Canyon must he
feeble. Ii we could take mans loftiest strlc-
tures-our Capitol, nj Washington. st. Paul's,
st. Pcter's-and set them in the inches of this
vast amphitheater, they would appear as n child
ish trick, like that to adom the starry ornament
with Il jewcI,d trink.t. The aaeIirand tan-
yOn-misleads. You think ut once of precipi-
tate gorge between two high mountain ranges
gloomy nj midday, even. Not so. This is n
.tupendous chasm, washed out from an undulat-
ing grassy plateau. Instead Of dusky shades,
its archiieciual sides are
- BRIGHT AND GLowING WITH CoLORs
yellow, pink, red, maroon, blue, green,
Orange-all these and more; not stinted and
dimiy seen, but more copiously spread out than
has ever conceived. The undcrtone of
ground work Of color throughout this grand
q 0eHrre, are tints and shades of yellow.
But, whether its walls rise in gothic columns, or
slope up on slides of variegated sands and clays,
the colnTlng is everywhere present, unique lii
character and without 4 parallel in the world.