The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-08-29

The Mammoth h,Ot SprlngS has e"S
appearance now of an eastern watering
place. The grand hotel with its electric
lights, the people promenading through
its central hall and the groups gathered
around the fine Chickering in the public
parlor, are sights new and strange to the
old-time rangers Of the Park. Notables
of all nations.are here, and dudes and
dudesses innumerable. Among the titled
ones are the English Duke of Ipecac, the
French Count, De Ha'mbone, and that
noted Russian, Lord Ivetakenmysocksofi.
Uncle Rufus Hatch is here with party
of seyenty-five and it looks rs though he
had taken particular pains to get the
oldest people he could find. There's
Englishmen in tights and there's Ger
mans in Stacks. The Englishmen ride
with their knees doubled to their chins,
and think they make "blarsted" fine
appearance "you know" Some Of the
English ladies' ,aye bloomer rigs and
ride the same Is the men. which is cor
rect and jolly. The Germans and east
ern Americans ride all over their saddle,
norses and always have on their faces an
excruciating smile as though they en-
joyed it, when in reality they are wish
ing themselves dead. There were rumors
of some parties having been "held up"
in the Park by highwaymen, and some
of Uncle Rufus party expressed wish
to meet the road agents and cut them
down in the flower of their wickedness.
Ten of these brave ones went to hot
lake about q mile from the hotel to battle.
Uncle Rufus sent three of his workman
with shot guns after them. When the
party had stripped and gone into the
pool the three desperate characters came
up and two of them, with terrible threats
kept the bathers out in the water while
the other one went through the pockets
of the clothes ON the bank and took al
money and jewelry, then mounted the
horses and dashed into the woods and
their victims walked back crest fallen.
Next day when their things were given
up they were as angry to find the whole
thing sell, as they had been at the rob-
berry. Neither did Senator Conkling get
through unscathed. When at the springs |
he expressed wish to have hot bath
and Messrs. Hobart and Henderson in the
kindness of their hearts gave him one.
There was new bath house put up by
three gentlemen into which no cold
water had as yet been led to temper the
bath. Mr.. Conkling went in and dis
ROBBED and without testing the water
jumped in. With an unsensational and
hasty remark he jumped out. Mr.. Hobert,
who had walked swiftly away before the
exclamation came, met Mr.. Conkling at
the hotel afterward and assured him that
the residents Of this country bathed in
much hotter water than that, and Mr..
Conkling remarked that he now knew
the reason why SO many people in the
west were irreligious, "'Twas because
the heat of hell had no terfors for them
The management of the hotel at the
Springs. and the carrying business
handled by Wakefield 4 Hoffman are
well and satisfactorily done. but much
complaint is heard Of the tent hotels at
the upper geyser basin and the falls, for
the charges arc the same as at the springs
and poor food and accommodations given.
But no hotel can give the pleasure of a
camp under the trees, with the gurgle of
q stream near by, with bright camp fire
apd brighter eyes around it, with happy
voices in song and jollity and when tired
with the days sightseeing and frolic,
and you have laid down In your fragrant,
piney bed, then take a look at the clear
stars twinkling through the tree branches,
listen moment to the fine music, and
to sleep. T's. +.