New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-06
A Valley of Flowers.

An Ellen IN the siouis-how shall lie.
scribe it: confess have too much pleas
ure in this lovely scene to make the attempt.
As well try to paint the flavor OF a peach
or the odor OF rose AS TO tarn this beauti.
jul valley. nestled sweetly in the hills. 1000
fee: above the sea. with al! it's wealth OF
bioum and fragrance. into plain. prosaic
printers ink. Perhaps one poe: liz the
wnrli might translate into verse the Inys.
:ery OF :his charm; perhaps the soul o!
Menie!ssohr, in new song without words
might phrase in sympathetic melody the
sweet emotions which this little Eden
awakens. but only the greatest of
painters witt, brusi, inspired could
convey to the imagination Il picture OF
the vale itself. Yet what a t:sk fer a
painter. Il is not 20 pain. the :.r:,nd, the
which, write is none II these. Tae mills
are :ofty Indeed. strong and bold in their
bearing. and guard the vase beneath them
with :, jealous PRIDE, which seemed to
frovn a: our intrusion. As !Se trampled the
lovely flowers beneath orr feet and man.
sed their roots with cur wagon wheels.
But magnificent. grand or sublime are they
NOS. Nor is there anything here tina: IS.
There are no gushing seysecs. AS ~ the
Yellowstone park. sending their spray higi:
in the ai-: no great rush and goa: Of water.
colossal trees as il the grand pr.meva:
forests Of California: rc:h:ng q: all sensa.
t:onai. Eack element III the cicti;re-the
lofty hills, the hos: III tail pines, the CLEAR,
pure stream Of swift bu. allEos: silent
water. and above all. the !nexpressible
wealth and eloquerce Of flowers 20 waicl:
all seemed to coEtr:hu.c--each oi ::lese :s
bu: a word III the u::erance Of The whole
picture.
would lie very difficult to ara'yze :he
facts and elements in this scenic charm
which EFFORTS admiration and praise from,
even the most cynical Of circles. Coione!
Ludlow could measure the hills and the
VALLEY and reduce them 90 figures and
angles in his note book. Professor Winchei:
with his hammer could catechise the rocks
and t:anscr:te their evidence. DR.. Williams
could catalogue the exuberant .:ora il you
gave aim .he privilege OF naming d few o.:
the flowers which have aloomeG mayhap
for centuries IN this Gu:etuGe uLGu. STONED
br the ho:an!s:. Tie SOL. the atmosphere.
the running stream. the nuDbiiug. mess.
lined springs. could al. he enumerated.
Blu. viva: engineer. bo:anis.. ma.hemat:.
clan, OF chemist could add up :le eiemen.
and arrive az the beautiful unity into which
nature has merged then: a.: as well :ry
by counting the strands il a Gope:in tai.es.
try TO picture to the mind the interviewer
design: as Well attempt W anatomy. ?nys:.
.,i,gy and chemistry 20 retrame and reani.
mate The form, which these have resolved.
5, right here in this heavenly valley science
il :'.tfied by a naMeless beauty. which it
car :.Ialyze and destroy, bui can no: re.
produce.
Pardon the apostrophcs. but away up
here in the clouds thought. like air. be.
GENES :a::fed. and blood. ike water. is
easier brought to the boiling point. But
have oyers:epped OF. record: !erus 90 back
10 the Heer 2. ya.Kara. and wit, true from.
tier instinct follow tine !ra;..-lnrresyoHdsn!
I.:. j.c, Ii.ibuue.