Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-27
plk,.s peak and Rocky Mountains
DENyEn-Irs INSTITUTIONS AND
BUSINESS.
Emis.aat 1.orinstonians in Denver.
DENVER, Coli, Aug. 10Th, 1878.

u most VI peIso'is
DEsEIGING TIE CONDUCTOR
For accommodations which were en-
tircly out of his power to give. One
little black Caucasian woman
II white husband, whom l after
wards asccriaiucd was Mrs. n. from
made n great TO do, and
scolJcd the conductor for not having
before telling him that she had
lclcgraphed and had them secured;
this was found TO be the case when
she cooled of enough to talk ration
and the Accountable little old
millionairess got her scat. TWAS mol
more than two minutes and u half
after she got into the car, before
everyone knew who she was; and
though some had supposed her to be
Il Higgcr when sho first got III, she 'lid
not look half so black and ugly when
they thought her the rosscsscr Of q
million. "Sich is life, al!' At clever,
o'clock We were Oft, and very sooi
VIC were
ALL IN BED
Adding the melody of our various
shores 10 the runb ing IF the wheels
| slept souudly and awokc refreshed
ut 5 o'clock, and got up To look ut
'THE PLAINS"
| found that We were one hundred
and eighty miles from Kansas Cit!
Oh the waters of the Republican,
about the middle OF the State o
Kansas. We passed in the forenoon
the valleys OF the Republican, Solo.
mon aud Smoky rivers. all OF which
run through beautiful valleys OF
very fertile land, hundreds of thou
sands of acres of which lie unused
These are the most beautiful grass
prairies that | have ever seen, and
only limited in extent of view
by the utmost power OF vision.
expected 10 find
Quite n business place, hut I:s day i.
past, its glory has departed, aud set
tied dow II Oh j point sOlncW hat fur
thcr from civilization.
ELLSWORTH
Is now the great cattle shipping poinI
for Teas and ludian NnIiun stock
AT this place | saw II crowd OF mcl
standing smoking and talking, and q
bcvv OF finely uillrcd women looking
at the train. These Acre part OF tho
three hundred and fifty gamblers and
the three hundred and fifty dcHi.
n, "a Al xJ. xyhI..l, nr.n .n,trru,r,tnr I,.rn
to make light the heart and purse u
the Texas drover-and all this in
town but little ii any larger than
Wellington.
The day was spent in looking,
looking, looking, until at night OuI
eyes were absolutely tatigurd will
gazing upon the
LIMITLESS EXPANSE
or brown below and blue above. Nc
one can realize to the full extent thu
boundlcssness of these plains with
ed t!.at it was lik.: being at sea; fol
hours and hours of rapid motion, NJ
tree or other obstruction 10 the view
was seen. There We're some young
men on the train who amused them
selves shooting ut
JACK RARBlTS. PRAIRIE DOGS, AM
A~NTEIoPES
however, was entirely harmless TO tn,
game. We saw II great many villa
"rs of prairie dogs, with the littl'
fellows running about, standing ol
the edge of their burrows, or sud
denly making IL dive. throwing ticiI
tails in til" air and disappearing
One jack rabbit ran race with til,
train for nearly IL mile and kept III
without amy apparent effort. ii,
finally switched oil, reared on hi
hilHl legs and inspected u appear
alirc RS We passed him. We saw
quite 4 number of antclopcs: some
times single ones, sometimes four o
five i'll a groun,but generally in pairs
| suppose | saw sevcmiy-iivc or eight,
amt as nan more were seen from
The other side of the car. We unl'
saw
ONE HERD OF BUFFALO,
And They were ut Il considerable dis
lance. After another good night
rest | tore myself from my pillow
III our O'Clock 10 see our
APPROACH TO DENVER.
AT that time we we're some sixt,
miles from that place. Just on the sun
init of the ''diride" between tn
waters of The Platte which runs int,
the Missouri, and the waters of tn,
Arkansas. From that point it is
gradual descent until YOU reach Del,
Yer, which is the lowest point IN Iii
vicinity and fourteen miles from tll
loot hills of the Rocky Mountains
The first fine view We had was OF
Pixies PEAK
Which is c~igiiy-iivc miles from De,
Yer AMI about tie nm distance froI
where VIC first saw it.. 1t appcarc,
De ten or twelve miles at the fan
'irs': lis sn"w-rappcd summit lit b
tie mornin" sun looked like I'll.
most beautiful! white silvcr-tippr,
ri"ud that YOU eau imagine. Thi
peak Is not 81 rnnical in shape as III
prcc"nccivci idea of it. but is an I'M
hiri'Se mountain covering Il consid
cfabi" area. 1t rises eight tlousan,
ice' " tl" plain, and iourtccj
thousand feet above the level OF til
~.
As beautiful and as grand rs wa
this sight, which called forth cjacl,
!atioL : or surprise, admiration an,
praise from all sorts of people, j
sank into hcommon-placr affair whcl
the
WHOLE EANL.E OF TnEEoCKY NOUN
rAIHS
Came into view. As far ms the cv,
can reach l., first, ~ range of darl
and browning .'tains, wEicl
glow where the sun strikes them
and which arc dar: and for
bidding where thrown into shaoe
beyond aud above, and still above
until clouds aud sky and mountain
are blended into one, glistens and
shines the
TIE SNOWY RANGE.
No one who has never seen a range o,
smow-cappcd mountains can conceive
of its beauty, and ! cannot attempt
to describe it. Suffice it to saw that
| believe l would weary OF
looking at the cver-changing beauty
of the scene, as different lights and
different positions cause it 10 vary.
DENVER
Is n very pretty miniature city it has
more the air of n city than any snail
place l was ever in; its population
is about seventeen thousand it has q
most elegant public school building,
which was erected at e cost OF sew
cnty-tive thousand dollars. 1t has
the Holly works. which supplies thc