Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-17

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August IA, 1875.

August IA, 1870.
Ep. APPEAL: Some busy dOiDgs and
Ions, tramps these three days past have
interrupted the thread Of my correspond
snce. You cant eat your cake and have
it, too, any more n you can't busy your
self exploring the mountains and shores
and forests and always be within pencil
distance Of Q correspondent duties and
the sight OF postmaster. Besides, !
am cnly q volunteer and am elf-priyi-
ieged to go and come. talk or be silent.
seribble or remain in idleness, Is list.
Twill skip my trip to Caicade Lake
shere fetched up on Thursday NOM
ing in time To catch the mornings early
.igh;a. shades and reflections as they
stretched athwart its brown and yellow
spotted shadows; / will defer all trivial.
fond record Of or bathinss and tramp
incs along these Biglerian sands; vii!
postpone an intended reference 10 the
Greatest Attraction OF the Age" the
Elston Variety Troupe and its perform
ings in 1ank' sprinG-iioor dancing hall; ;
l will reserve till future sitting en- &C
count Of the arrivals and departures here
and hence, and waive all small talk else
wise and to my own possible distraction,
and tell You what has befallen me and
the boys to day.
Bright and early We three left ouT one
bed in Yank . third story. We ventured
to brave the small explosive dangers of
Yank' dining hall to demand an early
breakfast. Then, with but brief delay.
We moved to the tamarack lawn and
waited for Mr.. Gilmore TO come for Us
and drive as up to his Soda Springs in
the Srea: rocky canyon which divides
Tsl!sc from Angora Peak. We found
ourselves accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Jno. Briggs, Of Silver City. and Mrs.
Monk. % San Francisco, their guest.
Our road lay by the eastern shore Of
Falling Leaf Lake. By the way, . Tall
ing Leaf" vas Delaware Chief, and he
accompanied Col. johnson who discov-
ered "Johnson's Pass, in his e1plora-
tons. johnson, and not "a party Of
emigrants," named the lake,
II you have ever ridden over the road
from Fridays station to the Glenbrook
o! bright. still summer morning whom
the lake was a mirror and no sound nor
motion was in the air, you can come
within the possibility of imagining how
lovely this drive along the bank Of Fall |
ing Leaf was. this cool, calm August |
morning. I have never seen anything
to compare with the perfeotnes of the !
beauty OF the mirroring in her bosom, Of !
this sweet lakes surrounding charms OF
mountain scenery. Indeed, Ir. Gilmore !
told me that Tom Hill, who has sketched |
the salient points Of picturesqueness in |
these parts, and who stands second in skill |
of color and brush to no landscape painter !
in America, told him that Falling Leaf |
Lake was the most beautiful sheet of !
water he ever saw-and he has seen ali !
the beauties of tho Yosemite Valley in
their grandest glory. Well. We drove
along through newly-made wagon road !
mot bad road by any means-skirting
along the whole eastern and southern |
shore of this magnificent sheet Of water.
Then we struck up the canyon. Here is
brawling brook, turnblins down over
ehtfs and precipices Of trap and granite,
forming cascades everywhere, and in !
ono place triple fall of surprising
beauty. Here on all sides is forest Of |
giant pines and frs, interspersed with
avenues of quaking asps, lovely in their
lights and shadows; and behind, before,
above and about, tremendous masses Of
s,acier-worn granite powders and
lodges. Il never saw tbs glacier marks
- distinctly As on these great stony de-
posits. They are very strongly marked
and very excellent proofs of the truth Of
Prof. Agassiz's well known theory
Well. again I must repress my rap
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