The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-03-03
THE WANDERERS.
From the Magic City to the Carbon
ate Camp and Return.

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There was a lively stir about the st.
James, Denver, early Tuesday morning,
caused by the early rising of the Wyom-
ing excursionists
Who bobbed up serehely, bobbed up serenely
And descended down below
To a six O'Clock breakfast, preparatory
to leaving Denver over the d. 81 SIP.
for LeadYille. OF course, the morning
papers added relish to the coffee, and
the light laughs, contempeous grunts
and plainly spoken disapproval an
nounced the perusal OF the several an
nouncements Of the arrival in Denver
of the Wyoming excursionists. The
Tribune, with its characteristic news
cleaning, made the matter a matter Of
News and Republican, the reporters of
which must think themselves humorists
in embryo, made the arrival the occa-
sion for some very insipid attemps at
humor, and manufactured out of their
Imagination a party Of country bump
kins enjoying rides in the street cars
and elevators, &C., with the air Of
huge enjoyment. The party excused
these labored r%eportorial displays with
a contentious pity, as a benighted con
dltion of the mentally strained Faber
pushers, and FASTENED to the Union de-
pot, where awaited the special Denver
Sc South Park train for the accommo-
dation Of the wanderers.
The special train was made up of FIVE
coaches, including Col. Fishers special
car, and was drawn by the engine Rico.
W. w. Edwards, formerly one of the
Cheyenne boys acted the pleasing part
Of a gentlemanly conductor in a nan
ner which Cheyenne railroad boys gen.
orally have.
The first hours Of the ride Leadville-
ward over this road offers nothing par
ticularly startling or pleasing in the
way Of scenery. The mountains
which are plainly visible from the city
Of Denver, bound the horizon Further
than this, only the brown grass of the
prairie offers its monotony to the eye,
and the passengers generally find plenty
of interest within the pleasant narrow
gauge cars, especially when there is as
jolly a set as va the case with our
Wyoming excursionists. And we don't
mean by jolly a drunken %carousal,
which is common difinition in Den
yer, judging from its press. Durbin,
the saloon mani met the many in
quiries after telegraph poles with a
quiet dignity, which at once cast a halo
of respect about the business. Coun-
Gilman Reel waxed romantic, aud was
found pressing to his lips the whitening
petals of a rose, which had fallen from
some lady's throat.
The fragrant weed scented up the
rolling club room OF the commissary,
and an occasional song or round of
laughter announced that Col. Murrin
had the boys well under his control.
AS the train drew neal the Platte
canon and the mountainous boundaries
of the plains drew together, the in
terror Of the car lost its attractions,
and all eyes were turned toward the
massive piles of rocks on either side as
the ~diminuative train turned and
twisted through the narrow winding
canon. The car platforms were
crowded by passengers anxious not to
lose a whit of the novelty Of the situa-
ton or the grandeur of the scenery.
The steep pitches in the grade and
sharp curves were a constant soupce OF
surprise and remark. Soon, however,
the constant and quick swaying of$hs
coaches rather got the best of some of
the passengers internal affairs and
there were some odd dozens of genuine
cases Of sea sickness, especially among
the ladies; and the widow O'Brien was
quoted occasionally.
At Webster the attention was at
tracted by the appearance of the road
bed far up the eide of the mountain be-
yond and over which the party passed,
making the celebrated horse shoe curve
and going three miles to make a point
which was scarcely a mile away.
The Kenosha hill climbing brought
the party to the summit Of the divide,
from which was had a delightful view
Of the Middle Park as its hundred
miles Of length lay stretched out off to
where tho indistinct mountaions
marked the limit Of vision.
Como was reached some time after
the dinner hour, but the stop was for
dinner, and If mine hoste Gilman ever
had a hungry crowd to feed it was the
rushing, surging, mass Of good-natured
Wyoming appetite which swept into his
dining room Tuesday afternoons; and
we but echo the sentiments of the whole
party when we say that Como gave the
excursionists the best meal they had
from their departure to their arrival in
Cheyenne. There vas nj taking orders
in that crowd. The walters brought in
the largest dishes Of all they had and
distributor them along the table with a
"eat just as much as you want, we've
got plenty" air.
Speaking about air, reminds us that
Como is an airy place. There is more
real genuine wind to the hatfull at that
point than at any other point outside OF
a furnace blower. Our hat started of
with a hop-skip-and-a+jump movement,
as we were gazing at the far off snow
cans and ~isanneared In the miatv dis,