, 1875-11-13
COLORADO.
Ienmblca Among the Rocky
NIountAins.
characteristics Of the People, and Doau'
ties Of the Scenery.
Tie Dcnkcy---A Very Important Anlmal
In The Territorial Economy.
A Lengthy Tralnp--0limbing Five Peaks
and Finally Getting Lost.


Special csrrtspendtnef of Tte chMaco tribune
GronokTowS. Col, Octobsr. 1s7d.-GoEorado
Ia a delightful Territory! am ready TO excfaim
aftcr having been within It's limits for ai1 weeks.
Ard, although hAve not wandered far from my
prcaent ai.uation since arrived here. l,avo
overy day been glnddencd With new acenes
which beEear description. and must DO sccn
to be appreciated. For Fomo tho noun.
tains l1aro little charm; hut for NC, ns
STROLL aloug their TANKS or trArerso
their intervening valleys. gazing over and anon
At tho sno.-crowued submits. am overcome
with senso Of their awful grandeur. and rcAlizo
MY own iusignlfcaoca when contemplate their
cuormitr. 1Iowovor. when 1 hare. hftor haIf-a"
lny reached tho srmnft of ono OF tho most
.cfty, the foeling IL quite different, and l am
quito cxullant with Joy ut having conquered tho
.,teep ahcents and rocky bnrriers, apparently im-
pAsaable.
aEnnoETowH,
nv present location, IL snyenty-aoren hours from
Chicago. B.IG0 feet above tic aea-loye1, 10 miles
from ra,road contains about 5000 inhabitants.
and In situated ia MI expansion OF Ctcar-Crecft
Valley. It is 35 mitee Oh Ill Rir-ine, nntf 10
1nilea by rnil and Htage, from Denver. Tho
Colorado Central Railroad rnns train FROM
Denver to Golden, about Is tnilcs. and there 40
change cars nlld enter nnrrow.gAnGo train.
Tho cara arc not mich larger than Chicago
cross-town horBe-car; the locomotive Ia decdeti-
y miniature; and tlo whule train presents tho
alpearance OF being tho property and delight OF
III amateur RhilsoaI Ccmpany, From Golden TO
Floyd Hill, tho lido h ono OF tho gTandest
Imaginable, especially If you aro fortunate
enough to mako the engineers acquaintance and
take scat III his cab. I WAS thus fortunate;
md, rs sat In tho tironana hoat, WHO has littlo
timo to rest Gu this Trip, our miniature engine
pufrcd and tnEgcd away With all energy truly
strprislDg. The rfEyes ia tho cannn arc no ah
rupt that sometimes, ~ VIC looked ahcad
Of liz. aB Wo wore seated I'll tho e1i-
gine, there seemed 10 ba no opportunity to pro-
coed Any farther, or. at lcast tho only way in
which vo might do so was to plunge hcadlong
over steep precipice into tho foaming, surging
creek, which Is our cops.ant companion by rail
aud stage. oven 10 Georgetown, and running
through thu great sitvor-HininE roguM OF which
Gso1getoNu is tho centre, aud hence has re-
covcd tho Robrilaot OF tho 'Sliror Quonu"
City,
Soon We elacsoued speed. md stopped 10
alako the iron puny'B t!.irst lfo drank long and
deep. Meanwhile had stepped across 10 q rude
wooden swing Nhic', son,e person lad placed up"
VI t4V 4QuA4 OkIho "a kot 1ttGAA1s pGtA"P3 AJ1
mcrconary purposes: for, in swinging. ono
would ba carried iar ont above the dashing
crock. Ii wo ,eerc7.1 afraid to HssiuE, We ,sere
straid The pony would start and wo 10 lnft.
Altar BI!ort rit1o from our swing station, we
rived vt Floyd Hill whe1,. thanking our hospitablo
engineer, aud securing our traps from tho pas
senget-c7r. wo proceeded TO make the most IF
tho rudo comfort to be derived FROM the old
fashioned four-horBs atsge awaiting us. 1t was
my fist yien OF this pioneer Of American trayc.
It will accommodate twolre OF fifteen passengers
eud their lurgage. Tho best placs y ride il on
called to mind tue stories of the rook[ossnesH Of
lila c!aas in handling tho reins. oloaa tho ill
terror, which waH lined with sol,.-'eather.
The rond was "ofuIiy dusty, although rain Lad
tIulo wo reached idaho, no woro threatened with
destruction III q manner similar At 1rast to thai
OF 11osculaueniu and TompeiI. We tlinctt at
Idaho, and wcro aghin cn route, and reached
fioOrEotown at t:3h.
Ilo lrst thing TINT attracts tho tourists no.
tice is
TIE E1oEB1TAST PRICES
demanded for everything. Iu Danyer, after tea,
] Walked out from my hotol, and. passing fruit
stand, invested, and offered 10 pnst payment 4
suppose tint merchant would take that kind Of
hard mvney2 Not he Should ho do so, sud
mako practice Of it, he might exclaIm indeed
will viii otholo ~ "Wlo stea1s my pnS5se; stos!s
service ln holding, my pants pocket III oqu!ib-
rum, and are liable 10 do so TIL return. PEN
nies arc mover seen II you want dsrninx-
ncedlo, yon pay, wolt for 1t, OF the storokoepor
smonhta to 7 cents, you pay s; II to cents,
you paY 10. Ordinary day-laborerB receive 50 to
si.50 per day. nul thu poorer classes liye batter
hero thsn IN any Other pkca have ever heen.
Another point of notice Ia. Of cDHrpe, tho dry.
nens and rarity Of the atmospheric. Peoolo
breathe harder ana deeper aud, on any exoftion
10 tue way OF climbing Or manual labor, bfeatl-
ing is accelerated, ana ono puts and hlows llko
my recent friend, tAs iron pony, though would
not be positive ~ to whether tho cauaes OF our
distressed condition vera identical or not At
any rate. with mouth wide open fliko ursngor
IN tho cty), TO Admit of freor roapiration halt
to tnhe rest aud nsw-comers maHt tako pro-
caution against ovrroxcft!on, as co ugcHtion ID
1ot unfralueptly. and bleeding at tho nose very
lraIuantiy, tho result.
Tho tourist. or pilgrim AZ he viii bo cbrlstenel
hare. ou having rs4stea .a the SUNNI: Ut q h,il,
aaHcsna will notice The undesirable spilcf lle
lcela. and ho atema to bo propelled without arv
,I1ort OIL hia part, aud walking eecms oleasurc.
Anoflgr ponliy ly,tas tao plsFa y,ll nGs ta TO
II the Continent, IN thia vicinity, hs hears no
subject 1foRohcd save that OF
MINING,
Hlines. snd minors lcaHes, and patents: and.
uuless ho make Tue acquk!utapco Of somn sfYaI,ls
lsty who viii bcguilo the agsns lola u or ausu!e ss
craltopicA. or goasipif you allow her chtucs, he
will Sigh for homo and Bocioty. Men lors i've
aud move i.lgk ~ though thsy had Just 80 many
yeA1s days, and hours to 1.-Two In tho mining 4ia.
trlcts AFTER which tmo ti,By anticipated 10 live
in tho East aud enjoy '. the almighty dollar "
which they here nleanuhiss aro strainlng every
70 hoara. undergoing pxisatlona innu'aet.
stle.
Tho socln.y ia unrelued, as q whole, 1t wou1;
socm; but yet oue will bo surprised to in.
lou tnsny anely-oducasel. intelligent poo
els theso NO hers wHose clothe
tso always teCrImmed with dust and dirt, iucI
dent 10 their DccapHtsons,-mfpsng, and it
sister, milling. ] hASn remembered moro fore,
t'ly than eyeF before tho old hdago, ''Noyes
judge horse by hla harnoss." There ia loss OF
what IL called loaaug 10 this than any othol
oountEy.to~n hhve sser seen. Unlike mos
such. where tho stpEes are almost always tilted
wath all tho Idle man in town, hers every out
ahnwn orcry ona eiso by his lnlnk. elasti
sten. that ho has busiuosa TO astsnd to
Ihay have geuuno Chicago soahoadlslven
1ioWeyor, VIII close my eutogy upon the
character, apd tell Of the way 10 enjoy oucso
when IN this country.
II you SIC Ia hurry, a horse Ia Indispensable
Il sou coma for yauE Aaalth tbs sot,ilpr he II
slispensed with tho better, Procure ss heavy i
YJ1fF of