The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-08-15
HOUX AT HOME.
What He Saw While Absent
Three Weeks in Col
OradO. :
Caught In q Snow Storm, Afflicted
With Deafness, but a Good
Time Withal

| Among the passengers who came in from
the west on Conductor Merri6eld's train,
yester day morning. was Mr.. John w.
Houx, the weli-known and popular Main
street hardware merchant, who, for three
weeks past, has been seeking health and
recreation among the mountains and wilds
of Colorado. A representative of the BA3OO
enjoyed the pleasure of his company from
Pleasant Hill to Sedalia, and during the
trip obtained brief outline of hew he
spent his time and
ENJOYED HIMSELF WHILE ABSENT.
Leaving Sedalia, Mr. Houx proceeded to
Kansas City, and thence to Pueblo, where
he spent three DAYS, meeting several for
mer Sedalians, who extended to him the
hospitality of the city and pointed out the
Numerous sights to be witnessed To
COLORADO Springs was the next jump,
where one day was put in examin-
quality of the waters, and admiring the
beauty of the mountains, at the foot of
which the town stands.
While there he procured a bronco, or
pack mule, and ascended to the top of Fixes
peak, where he was
CAUGHT IN A SNOW STORM.
The peak is, in some portions, covered
with snow and ice the entire year, and Mr..
II. says he saw "the beautiful" lying on
the ground to depth of four feet
On reaching the top, he said it seemed
as If he was sailing on the ocean, and for q
time he was deathly sick. even going so
far as to almost throw up his socks. He
also became quite deaf, and his experience
in this regard, as he tells it, is interesting
in the extreme, he being unable to hear
distinctly for six or seven hours.
While on the peak he met a couple of
ladies, who had also made
THE PERILOUS ASCENT
on the backs of brOncos, and they, too, be-
came sick. When it came to making the
decent, Mr.. Houx said he had considerable
curiosity to see how the gentleo sex would
go about it, hence was all attention. One
of the ladies Was quite bold, however, and
declared that she was going to ride astride
going down, aud, suiting action to the
word, did SO, to the establishment of the
Sedalia gentleman, who could do nothing
but look on and admire
Leaving Pixies peak, Mr.. Houx returned
to Colorado Springs, and proceeded to Dem
yer, where he was
HOSPITALITY ENTERTAINED
by Major Suess and Mr.. Ilgenfritz. He
also met Ed. Bichsel, the jeweler, who is
doing q frst-class business The tourist,
in speaking of Denver, was enthused
greatly, and pronounced it the cleanest
and most beautiful city he had ever visit
ed. Especially did he refer to the cele-
brated Tabor opera house, which was
erected at a cost of 500, 900, and is pro-
ncunced by competent judges to he the
handsomsst in the entire west
While IN Denver ne also visited the
grand exposition, which opened August
lst, and will continue throughout this
month. The display of ores and bullion,
he says, is
PERFECTLY MAGNIFICENT,
and represent millions of dollars in value,
A liberal patronage is being extended, and
the chances are it will be as grand sue
cess financially a. in point of interest.
Black Hawk and Central City were visited,
and from the latter place he proceeded
across the mountain to Idaho Springs and
thence to Georgetown, where he enjoyed q
boat ride on the widely-known Green
lake. This body of water is about one
half-mile in width, by about one and ONE
nsA! Whes IL ienStn, anu Is at an an eIe-
walton of IL 600 feet above the level of the
sea. While there he also admired the
GARDEN OF THE GODS"
Back to Denver was next on the pro-
gramme and thence to Leadville, which
latter city Mr.. Houx pronounces at .
stand-still at present, although the pros,
poets for its future are bright. After re-
naming there day, he returned to Den
yer, Pueblo, Kansas City and home, greatly
pleased with his trip and enjoying the bess
of health.