The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-07-30
A SUN MER JOURNEY
CHEYENNE TO PIXIES PEAK.
Colorado Springs, Manitou, Pixies
Peak, Garden of the Gods,
Glen Eyrie, The Cam
yons, Etc, Etc.

NO. 1.
When the LEADER representative
donned his travelling costume, which
consisted of a new-boiled shirt and a
newly constructed smile, and checked
his lightly burdened collar box for a
journey, he did so with that feeling Of
anticipated pleasure which lightens all
burdens and renders one almost imper-
vious to the lesser evils of travelling.
The one remarkable circumstance of
the whole affair was that n newspaper
man could go ON a tour at all, however
short. Compared to this all the other
events Of the trip became dwarfed.
Indeed it was NO until the train drew
up to Fort Collins that the scribe felt
really assured that he was cut loose
from the tow line of the sanctum and
on the way to pleasure.
There was nothing In the trip from
Cheyenne to Colorado Springs worthy
of note, outside of the pleasing scenery
along the Denver & Rio Grande road.
We may remark that the time made on
this narrow gauge road is just as good
as on the broad gauges. Arriving at
Colorado Springs at 12 O'Clock m. we
found the stage coaches for
nSrro,, ,,,,,,os
:, w,itino This IL a ~nr;vata line and
a OK IL cbaroad for the ropnd tr;n ao-
gregating twelve miles in length. They
oou,.v nassan,ars % ,ry ~ the sayora,
ho,a,. o. nr;rat. ho,rd;no honses An
80 a. to.a,s .ra ,ra,t,l, I,..,od ,.et-
Iina .nonn ho,,o,a IS ,roa. an5 oao,
v;ng /, nr,v.,e rarl nice,v fenced
ab,ut Na.r ,ha CI;0 hone. > soda
and s,,nhnr snr,ncs uh;ch = CON
SANITY resorted 70 nv tbe thirsty and
nv otbars Who desire to..Gu nnr for tbe
medic,po, v,r,,e of the water- Tho
oro,nt that ooos-t 70 uroo,o ovorv dav
would make n oood sized reservoir
nh wator ,,,,,h,es from tho orornd
o,d 10 c,,,ht in ort;ac,aI s,ono hasins
About tbree-fonrtbs ~ 81 mile mn WI.
liams, canon 10 The iron smine also
highly valued The wafer tastes verv
bitter-mucb Ike rain water drank ont
~ a rns,v lin cnn n Tho reodor tnous
how that tastoa
Thep tbere ara doctor s,,o,s q, o,.orv
hand. where they nrescribe for the sick
and get fat fees; then more prescribing
and obese collecting. Catch-pennies
also abound in the divers curiosity
shops digniGed by the title of museums.
Stones from the creeks near by are sold
as coming from Pixies Peak, and SINH
lar imposition is practiced upon the un-
wary. 1t would be a safe rule for one
to take a notary public to assist in maxi
ing purchases of specimens, as the
notary could qualify statesmen in every
case of doubt and stamp his official
seal on the specimens Then one
might be sure of getting something
genuine, otherwise humbuggery must
rule. BY the way, the hotels in Mani
tou are tovercrowded, and the proprie-
tors may well rub their hands in glee as
they count up their gains. For several
weeks the rush will continue, the peo-
Pile generally departing by the latter
part of August, just us the finer season
of the year sets in.
OF course eyerybody takes in the
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GARDEN OF THE GODS
and we did likewise. The other points
round about here were also taken In.
In TACT we 0 in eyerything-except
the landlord, the attempt to do so prov
ing a failure. The Garden of the Gods
often been written up, and strong
ly too, so we Will be brief. There are
some very pleasing objects to gaze
upon, the principal ones being Balance
Rock, am immense boulder weighing
hundreds of tons, that rests on a point
about two feet in diameter; the Old
Scotchman, being a rock that presents
a profile similar to that Of a man wear
Ing a Scotch cap thrown over his left
ear; a rock on which fancy easily shapes
a seal and a bear. Various other Gu
rious formations OF lesser interest
abound. Wewere intent upon know
ing the origin Of the name Of this beau
tiful enclosure. and supposed it was
because
at was a scene wherein a god might cast his
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