Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-19
LETTER FROM COLORADO.

EDITOR 1NTELLlGKNeER: - About
seventy five miles south OF Denver and.
just at the foot OF "Psak" SO iamouslys
known as ''P. ke" is the lovely little
town Of hIantou.' Situated a. it ID in
miniature valley between the hills.
through the center OF which windA
swift. clear mountain stream. whils 10
the east stretches the broad veruant.
plain. on the other hand the place 10
surrounded by the Es.odOrous piney.
woods" VIII Gu with their never change
ing hue OF green, aud arom ttic flavor
given to the atmosphere, makes lite I'M
this favorable spot pleasantly endura-
BILE, and lends q charm which few other
Mountain resorts possess; thea, too. the
novelty OF living aMid such grand and.
magnificent scenery makes it lin eviry
degree SAL ails,actory. The principal
points OF interest around Manitou ar o
the soda and iron Ute springs, Williams
canon, cave OF the Winds. .,gasdenr OF
the gods, Glen eyrie aud; Cheyenne
canon, besides the ca6"n scenery. THE
cave OF The winds. Uncovered some
two years ago) presents the most at
traction, tho entrance SEVERAL hundred
feet above the b. d OF Williams canon,
is reached by ascending flight of steps
partly Of rock and p .rtly OF pine boards.
There are some thirty or ior,y rooms,
the longest OF which is 23O tert long. 80
feet wide and 40 ieet nigh. The walls
and ceilings OF many OF the rooms are
ornamented with stalaclites and stalag-
mites OF unusual fOrN, size and variety,
the result of acid carried by water Oper-
ating npon limestone. #sa a
Missouri, [ presume, scored higher
yesterday than for u long while, (being
1000 feet or more) her representatives
were from Lafayette. Carroll. Saline,
Howard and Macon courtiss; this we
think pretty good as the majority were
Missouri's lair daughters. aud in ives.
tern psrlance all were 'tsnderfeet ;"
Ordinarily the tourists experience is
about the same, but occasionally there
comes change, and while it may pars
take OF seriousness to the particular
individual. yet sometimes It is q source
Of amusement to Others, AS the following
incident will illustrate. Coll John b.
Hale. uf Carrollton, Missouri, 30 we'll
known to many OF your readers and
one Of our party ut the hotel, wishing to
enjoy some OF the sights on horseback,
accordingly ordered one tor that pur-
pose. The colonel may have heard OF
.bronchos," but being new conner to
the west. probably only knew OF their
qualities in vague way The animal
in question was very ordinary looking
one, and in Missouri won have the
name OF plug" with such a meek ex-
presslon that one might consider him
the very persouitication OF innocence.
such must have been the colonel's con-
clusions as he mounted him without the
least hesitancy, and to use q rough ex.
preston then the ''circus began" The
beast put its four feet together while ita
nose took an angle Of torty.tive degrees
upward as il to get good breath to en-
able him to go through the performance
all right. Then came peculiar tilt to-
ward the ground, with Its back arched
like cats on the neighbours back fence;
about this time the broncho was putting
In an extra charge, and from all appear
ances it seemed evident the colonel
would certainly get the g,and bounce,
When from pure sympathy or some
thing else yet unexplained. the
animal changed It's miud, and both
rolled on the ground together. Neither
was hurt; both scrambled to their ieel
with all possible speed. The broncho
ambling off TO ono side looking as meek
as Mary's little lamb, while any one a,
all acquainted with horse nature could
have Geiect"d II modest expression o
triumph overspreading his countenauce
Col. Hale refused 10 make another at
tempt. but compromised by exchanging
for another mider looking horse which
took him up the canon ami brought hin
back in safety.
|, With three cheers for the success 0l
the Intelligencer. l remain,
Very respectfully,
JOHN ID. FRIsTOE.
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