The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-10-23
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Tssss.hsz Xsssth, lsst' Whieh Esfrxi Body 4
sdf [EHmthe I.eadsgdia Ghre,iclebd ,.~t
| Ahout. = dozen miles from the famous
Twin L;skas, Which are the wonder OF |
this coneiaent in1regayd to scenery, and
perhaps 25miles from the magic city OF |
Ieadttffffe, dtffffe the traveller ofi the nesws road
toahe ueMnninme issictasarretinding |
Ihdependenees Gpleh comes to clear,
sili,ious 1ittle" Stream known rs 'Half-
NIoOnEeek 1dttearsslpwn theeasterp
slope Of the great divide, through beds
of shows Whose uifdcrhiost layer has
ae,sef feltahdMafneesy tlls,snps and |
OVER .gSassY plots. where fragrant and
deIicate flowers are ntirsed m The noun
tainestoransss .Foibwai itsU oourses downs
ward. and it .sYill lose itself in; Lake
Creek, which feeds the twinsfhentioned,
and by fonswing 1t up perhaps as hours !
tide from WHERE the Iaad strikes the
creek sts is lost sight Of in Haf-M0on
CANYON. t through whose dterhang ging
pineseands dscliffs he su9 9srays nerersfallA
70, the shadoYeds waters HaIses ssfsat.sr ads, ,l
The mouth OF the canyon IS barrel-
slisped sid AhS sHtsaidce fovSriahe tfirssd
hundred yards is made by swinging from
one. rock TO another in, the stream by
means = of overfanging boughs and
branches At everyi step, the scene he
comes more enchanting, the luNuriants
thdergrowth at times reaching nearly to
tllefWater's edge.and again quite shut
ting out the view 2 few rods to the front,
The enchanted explorer on. coming to I
these parts mightfesfily believe that he
had feaekeda datRe cna, II arei it not forthe
music of the waters, which may he heard
seemingly miles away coufsing down
thr5dgh 5he aglo1edteaverngall sound,
being thrown .opt. Through qf. the canyon yy1r to
its mouth When III about the distance
named thecanyon ope nsssoatotwiceithe
size Of thai. t.porton Of it now passed ,apd
on the right Bank 4he traveller comes to
atfail, whic Il headssatyasgreat bowlderl
here, hst.is. well defined as,it reaches in,
to the eanvofi, as If made by the con-
stans anssread0fsanhrmtl seninsl;i wboser
duty it might be to halt all sintEuderss
from below. IN this break In III the cam
son, and for perhaps smother hundred
Eafds,, TIE strafp has lbeeh followed blythe
gold7seekeT aad ,hpntsman, Il when both
are turned: back through absolute fear
ofzwh isses INDY DE ewfoar nd aBeyenl.si srhe
trsiles eslbWsAg heater, at this this point, as as
oyer the part passed, but again the pines
ovefhans the eanyon,ahe stream widens,
aud hs tssgslsH leass Ri Is 4stfEmnatlan 4g patio
More than oneman; prufessing great
ereehrage than those whts had gone be-
fore, has, gained this point, wondered "a at
what might be unfoldededtoh beyond,
and, like the rest, retEaced tins steps,
congratulatiag hitssslfthat- he was al
lowed sllpnld ested to Istlsral 81 Some say
that it is, inhabited only by bears and
1nntUyudntai1 fioris, ana thatth6 beaten path
has beenAznade lbysthern ate the: great
howlder. where it ends. and that these
Wild Beasts are noN, ana pefhsp always
haveheen sKrtsabpEis within their.
oSt 4 santissmSasd On st1Ss Rtgle~stsaths
Wonderful and unknown canyons, was
interviewed by a-sspeltar for the ChrO'a-
ice. like perhaps alnindssd Others, ,Ahe
went Ato sees,apdsperAaps discover the
unknown Beyond, but his Heart faIled.
llffsf,y asfd hefwsssq qaitesAsis6edto lnesrl
related the strange storiessofs those ,Whs0, is,
had made bold enough to reach the
point aafned. .sGThis eentleinanwas,tolt
THAT miners had brought ppt quartz
picked from the sides of flie canyon,
(which contained more gold than rock !;
4 that 2fnnaff1vys III fsaklievesaa that Its
wallssyaer inAdes on such stuf vet rnq1
one was bold enough to pass on to as
certain The estfitff, bteadse cf Che stories
tehl in regsrflstoutbescanlen aosQnsl at
these was to the. effect that some years
=E.t ~ H2 fSqT 5sSRad''gsss ma Bind & sRe
seosndH vsifssokepadfaahoye, pssseduen
and. neyer returned. Our informant def;
ciares M that there 4 10 tfohbt Btltt Il fhay tsvo
nisai passed III. .se:ns Tlof gold sarils that
they never, returned is q fact attested by
those who waited anxious1y' for theff re.
port. The Ch73ntts man. suggested
tifatsthes inighsshs<e passeRohtth throhgh
sons easaiag inthe qaay9ar las yst ,lasI ~, Z.
known, but this idea was EXPLODED oy
the tsseme4A WouTs TshfofhAmrby those
who were left behind, that if they had
lived they would have certainly returned
spa s ssgsrtsa s74S isa@ssea IA @a,s eabic ao
VA N We traveller rs to4hesaffect thntfht
James, eoyssass this h sapyen "a si B, ie9ya' gs}s
and hiding place. One man has posi-
1 lively asserted that while prospect
ing upon riYcssnn6fnit of a noun
|Itain Witch oveflosks atlIe8 break in ltht
saaysp, thai. he saW, an armed sentlnlfe Is
i pacing to and fro over the trail. At hrs
ssykthe MSNgih the personde be afhun
ter, but as his strange mo- smoYemsnts H en- !. at
tracted his attaptian~ he made CLOS
MatehS that atthss mans 5nslnes 9l
there was that of a guard, and IS read
Ms 8sweafstS feS ohly ystiAsspatt Of tn
hssorys hptt at one time he qhserye 7g1,.
two men there, and that he believes
was the ptTposeso4 the efsscondtHEclies
the first frefn-~aatys---Mhether thes
(stdas<itnHaearfal ses saaes thing isce1
! tain. no man, to-day can be driven
e eeosSeH Yof ereater 4 difstaiaee aHan abci
bseO yanastk II Moons CaaEope
HUNTINGTON. PggpING;-One pnt'
milk, and ope half CUP ricex pgt .pto
n Tn and set IN u poS Neatly 7hah fall
! 3bpihA gIsMtarskseH ithez waters boi!Il
until the rice is steamed enough to We We
4 when pressed With thtlfffb ana nnge'