The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-23
IN THE 6dRDEx or COPS.

IL ever there was a place on Garth where
the gotisof the Greeks and Romans may be-
supposed to have;lived and had 4 coed time.
that PLACES must have been Ia Colorado Near
the fuvt Of the famous moontain known as
Pike's Peak Hes the { Garden ii the Gods.
y y small valley, just iii liz edas.df ~
Rocky Monnfaiusand il conlpjste1F slIiFouod.
Cd ~ hixIi perpendicular w;.Il a. Mime
sandstone, There are two ent~nces through
this wonderful wan one If t:,stn--tbc lary'.y
lis called "rhe Beautiful GATE. q Il Is 4
marrow gap IN mass d rock more than ono
hundred feet high As you enter. YOU look
over valley fenced In OH all sides viii, ,sl,te
sandstone and, nearly opposite, at tile top Of
NIL, IL another smaller gateway, half.cous
ceaied by q huge rock about the size Of an orr
binary cottage This mass Of rock IL so bal.
anced on the edge Of the slope that 1t looks
as II 1t might jump off and 10 thunderipr
down the hill while you loak at II.
The Gardner of the Gods abounds with
beautiful trees and foliage, and towering
amidst this loveliness are SOME Of tile most
extraordinary, queer and fantastic shapes ev-
er made out of rock Ages ago, when this
part OF the wort~was in. state OF terrible
commotion, vast layers Of rock we're forced
UP out OF the earthlin all sorts af positions.
Some were vertical, some slynting; and some
were sriss-crossed and mixed up generally
Learned men say that was the way these law
ors OF sandstone, which once were fiat, got up
edgewas aad mall other ways We must
take their word for it. There was nobody
there tosse.,
Trees and shrubs, after time, grew uu
around, and the disturbed earth had peace
Then came the mountain winds and the long
Antnnlii rains. The wind blew tile sand flew
against the rocks, which are 50 soft that you
could dig holes in them with jack-knife.--
The sand and wind and water against these
stony surfaces carved them into All sorts Of
wild and funny shapes. Ages and ages pissed
away, probably, delure these grotes1uv scup.
lures lookcd AS they do now.
Here and there among the trees raise up
fantastic shapes like spires towers and steep
les. Sumo II the fanrfulnames given these
are Myntezuma's Cathedral, p" Gleopatras
Needle, : Washington Monument The
Cathedral Spires, and I. Needle Rock
But, of course, the half-huuan- looking OBJ
jects thai gave a name to this curious garden
are most likely To attract attention T,u
names by which they are knownare as fantas-
tic as the SHAPES themselves One, Il figure
OF u woman, drape,l and standing mournfully
alone, has many namss. 1t is called 'rho
Mourning Hride,a z The W dow 4 The Old
Maid, and BY otllertitle any one ii which
may happen to stick to the pathetic figure,
that might be called .sLot's Wife, only chat
1t is IA pillar OF stone instead Of Il pillar OF
salt. Then there is a huge water-worn bowl
der, that looks for all the world like gigan-
tic frog in the .acE Of getting ready to jump.
You get tired looking at this stony frog lie
seems just ab,nt to leap, but he never does.
He has been in that position for don't know
how many hundeed years, ani ha has not
jumped yet
On one part Of the wall, where tic whlso
sandstones is mixed with red, is gigantic
head OF a buffalo, There it rests--horns, ears
nostrils and all--glowing down at you, just as
II it were a petriiied mammoth buifllo's head
stuck up there 10 trophy, ~ the head and
antlers Of deer are sometimes hung tip--tio-
phies Of the chase. Another singular group
is . The Nun and tic Seal" You will have
no difficulty IN making out this picture and,
Us the sell is peering over the rock at the nun,
who seems to have been at prayer, this group
issoinetnes called interrupted Meditation
II might be allowed should say il might
he called 9 The Height of Impudenee.' tits
about fifty feet high.--Sk Nicholas for d.
ceBsber. 9iil