Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-14
ManitOu Springs.

VI course we went to ManltOu, for
every one goes thither. 1t is called the
Saratoga of the West an appella-
ton which pleases Manitou, and does
not hurt Saratoga. There are some
mineral springs there; and the quail
ties of the latter can be learned by the
curious from the pamphlet written by
DR.. s. E. Solly. of Colorado Springs.
The responsibilities of the place seemed
to be shared by colored brother OF
varied accomplishments and great COM
mand of language, and a fine specimen
of the great North American hotel
clerk. Wishing to realize the repro
duction OF the gay life of Saratoga at
the foot of Pixies Peak, We asked the
former about the prospects of a hop"
and his reply reminded us Of the man 8
statement that he had a match, and if
he only had q pipe and tobacco he
could have smoke, for he exclaimed,
with great enthusiasm:
sob yes. boss-yah, yah--dat's easy
enough. Well have lots of fus'-rate
hops. JUS you get de music an de Ia
dies an gentlemen, an can call de
dances bully-you bet!'
The latter, with lofty superiority,
stigmatized us as I" tender-feet," Colo
radoan for new-comers), but we found
that he was only saying, You're an
other" for his own stay in the country
had been brief in the extreme. Every
body. or nearly everybody, ascends
Pixies Peak, but we did not do so, be-
cause the Commodore discovered that
Montezuma's spirit was willing, but
his flesh was weak.
Manitou is "health resort" as are
several other places in Colorado, and
it may briefly be said. and with all &c..
robustness, that the Centennial State.
while it is no more of o cure-all than
the patent nostrums of the period, can
indeed afford blessed relief, and life it.
sell, to many forlorn and despairing
sufferer. Words" says the Chinese
proverb, "may deceive, but the eye
cannot play the rogue" and one may
see men and women walking about, and
using and enjoying life, who long ago,
ii they had staid IN the East, would
have, in Western parlance, "gone over
the range" or joined the great ma
jority.
"Why, they keep me here for an ex-
"A.RAOb Va CAO Ou0Ct6 u tuo CAlIuAC6,
said q worthy and busy man at Colora-
do Springs. "I came here from Chi
| cago on mattress"
And so did many others, and so may
many, many more, if they will only
display ordinary common sense, and
heed a few plain words Of advice, which
will surely have the Endorsement of
those who know the country we'll.
They should, firstly. on no possible
account lend this caution is disregarded
every day., think of coming until they
have sent to some respectable, response
bio and experienced physician, resident
in Colorado, not their own crude ideas
of their condition, but diagnosis pre-
pared by doctor who knows them
we'll. They should, secondly, make up
their minds that the climats may arrest
disease without curing it, and that q
permanent residence may be indispen-
sable.
They should, thirdly, be prepared
for careful life, largely outdoor, and
abandon. once for all, any ideas of the
working Of miracles in their cases, or
OF the propriety Of disregarding the
great laws of health in Colorado, any
more than in New York or Memphis
A. A. HAYES, Jr., in H0rper's,