The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-08-31

consist of ladies and children. Deeming
it unsafe, or rather to hard, for the
ladies and children TO spend q rainy
afternoon aud night in the tent, sought
and obtained vacant room-about the
size of the tent-in the bath house.
The three ladies after taking their eve
ming bath, made down their bed on the
floor for the night, and after supper sent
to them and the children, retired. &C.
cupied room adjoining them. Very
soon after retiring, | heard GLORIOUS OF
complaints about the itching and sting.
ing sensation, produced by the baths. 1t
did no good to tell them that it was only
the usual and customary effect of such
baths, for they protested to know that.
About Ii o'clock they declared inability
to sleep, and requested me to bring a
lighted lamp in their room, as they had
none. On doing so the baths were i'm
mediately acquitted OF their supposed
permicious effect, and especially their
hostility to sleep, and the disagreeable
sensation complained of was charged to
the account of not less than one million
former occupants of the room, those
harmeless, active little insects, against
which housewives wage relentless
and extermanating war. And if any
one is very anxious for the savage ami
mostly of the three ladies, just let him
seriously ask them what IS the effect OF
Mr.. Montague's baths. l once made
that harmeless inquiry, but will do so
no more. / too well recollect pair OF
flashing blue eyes and stick.
The town of Idaho is really beauti-
full town, situated on both sides of Clear
Creek in a narrow bottom, surrounded
on all sides by mountains. 1t has good
hotels, well filled by tourists and inva.
lids, and is quite lively on account OF
the stager running between Georgetown
and the terminous Of the Narrow Guage
part of the G. c. Railway at Floyd Hill,
meeting here. Everything is very high;
but this is TO be expected, for there are
no farming lands around here. On the
road we travelled for twenty-three miles
before we reached Idaho, and our re-
turn by another road for about SINH.
lar distance, wo did not see as much
land in cultivation as Frank Wilkerson
sowed in oats last season, and the grass
hoppers had pre-empted what we did
see.
On the evening of our fourth day at
Idaho, we broke camp and moved still
futhcr up Clear Creek canon to Fall
River about two and one-half miles from
Idaho. The scenery through which we
passed is grand and magnificent, and it
is surely impossible to describe it. We
passed by large and costly buildings tor
crushing or retaining ores or metals, |
don't know which; as | don't under
stand anything about mining. Our
camping place was on a romantic, tri-
angular shaped spot of level land, with
a high mountain directly in front, and
grand and rugged mountains on each Of
the other two sides, with an entrance
thereto just wide enough for the bed
of Clear Greek, and a wagon road. Our
camp was within 100 yards of one those
inevitable Colorado institutions, toll
gate and as it would have drawn from
our depleted treasurer 81 for passing
through the gate and the Same amount
coming back, we availed ourselves of
our improved health, and walked all
around the country, viewing the noted
scenes, for foot travellers do not pay
anything. Just beyond the toll gate we
saw the famous "Old Man of the Mount
aims" which is located high up, the
mountain of solid rock and looks exact
ly as If some sculptor had carved from
the rock the face and neck of an old
time gentleman. Near by was also an
almost perfect representation of top
buggy, formed Of solid rock, and stu
ated in gorge between tho tops of two
mountains eveD.:the whip was not lack
ing, but this was placed there by an
adventurous lady, who last summer as
scended the mountains for that pur-
pose.
Coming back to the toll gate, which
is at the bridge over Fall river, near its
mouth into Clear Creek, we went up
the Fall river or Central and Black
Hawk road short distance, and there
saw the best of all the representations we
saw on our whole trip-which was the
Quaker family. On the top of high
perpendicular rock, about 700 feet up
tho mountain, was perfectly distinct
group of three persons-formed of the
rock-the wife, husband and daughter.
The first of the group is good repre-
sentation of an elderly lady, with per-
iectly formed Quaker bonnet on but
still not binding her well deliniated fea-
lures, STOPPING down to kindle the fire.
A short distance from, but on line
with her, is the old an-bare- headed
with perfectly formed queue tied up
back of his head, and holding Bible in
his left hand. Still further on, and also
in line with the others, is young
looking woman, with broad brim bat
on her head and bouncing baby in her
arms. Our driver, being photograph
er, took views of these representations
as well as of ourselves at this point, as
ne had previously done of our party at
other places.
On the third day of our stay here at
Fall river, we broke camp and started
1t is said that q person never
enjoys the real luxury of camp life IN
til be has passed rainy day IN camp
and has lost his team. Having before
enjoyed the rainy day, we were destined
TO enjoy the luxury of lost mule just
IS we were ready to start from Fall
River. Our habit had been to lariat one