The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-08-23
A TRIP TO THE FAR WEST,
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Efitor .dmlerson MtelHyencer We'll, |
am here. After four days Of tedious
travel | arrived Saturday morning last
at 1880. might give you an account Of
my trip here grand and beautiful
scenery about Chattanooga ard on to
Louisville, from St. Louis to Kansas
City, and also say something Of Louis
vile aud tho Southern Exposition, as |
stopped nine hours in Louisville and
visited the Exposition -bu, wha, SAW
on my way, though pleasant at the time,
has been 80 far rxccIlcd By the grandeur
OF the scenery in Colorado, ami the
beauty and magniiiccncc Of Denver and
my stay here has been SO pleasant. that
will only attempt to give you brief
sketch Of what have seen and heard
since arriving in this city
When arrived here and had regis.
tered at the Windsor Hotel, which, by
the way, - in keeping with this Queen
City, and had knocked oil some of the
dust Of travel and refreshed the inner
man by i'ar,aking heartily OF sub
siantIal breakfast, WAS Informed tina,
All excursion had been planned hy the
Grand Chapter OF ColorAd, for the
General Grand Chapter from here TO
idaho springs, a distance Of thirty eight
miles west from Denver. Though tired,
could not toregO the pleasure Of this
TRIP. At distance Of about fifteen
miles from Denver the cAcur-ion train
entered Clear Creek Canon, and for
about twenty miles we were carried up
| oy a RAPIDLY flowing stream ~ large as
Rocky River, on each side of win, b
rose almost perpendicular walls Of rock y
and rugged mountains, nt places 2,UUO
i:"i Aig! No pen Can adequately dis
crlbc the grandeur of the scenery, aud
10 Artists pencil fully portray it.
There are places, as we'll as times and
occasions, when speech seems out OF
place. Such seemed the feelings ui
those on board the excursion train. us
they inten,ly viewed nature. works 40
grandly and p'o!uscly thrown together.
AT Idaho we were refreshed by an
excellent dinner, which the committee
of the Grand Chapter of Colorado bai
previously ordered To be prepared.
Alter dinner the purity scattered to the
different places Of interest With NV
friend, ID. a. Iengler, whom | found
here, and who returned with NE to Den.
yer, has shown me every Kindness in his
power, | visited the Hot Spring, the
Mineral Spring, and the Natural Turkish
Bath. The last has been recently dis.
covered by some parties prospecting for
minerals, aud is nothing more than u hole
dug for some distance in the mountain.
side. The temperature is 80 high within,
that profuse perspiration is caused to
flow III soon as one enters within GER.
tain distance from the entrance.
| Many kindnesscs have been shown me
here, not only from the Masonic frater.
nifty, which has so magnificently re-
celved US, but from others, among whom
are Col. Sparnick, formerly from South
Carolina, and i. G.. Caskin. who is we'll
known by many Of the citizens of An.
derson. Mr.. Caskin has been here two
weeks, and will remain few weeks
longer.
Yesterday went to the First Bap,is.
Church, which | have heard called here
The religious theatre of Denver" 1t
is certainly Il magnificent building.
In the absence Of DIR. Jeffries, the
Pastor, n Mr. Putnam, from New York,
preached, and seemed TO delight to
dwell on the recollections "of the late
rebellion" more than in the salvation of
souls-for what good can these sermons
10 now. Why not ''let the dead past bury
its dead - was told by the popular
pastor of the Baptist Church ut Lexing-
ton, Ky, who heard him nt night, that all
OF his illustrations were drawn from the
Incidents of "the late rebellion" and
that 90 horrible were they, and in one
instance 80 palpnbly untrue, that he
should have left the church had he not
been with two estimable young ladies of
this city. The singing, however, at this
church is splendid, and ! imagine, with
DR.. JetIries in the pulpit, it would be a
pleasure any time 10 drop in and wor.
ship with the members of the First
Baptist Church of Denver.
At night | attended the Episcopal
Cathedral here they have, 50 was in
formed, the second largest organ in the
United States. 1t Is really treat to
listen 10 the music in this church.
The General Grand Chapter met this
niorning-the procession from the Wind
sor Hotel to the Hall was, including the
escorts, about one mile long. Will give
you M account of this and of my further
stay here in my next-must stop and go
to the banquet given the General Grand
Chapter tonight. There are, think,
over two hundred in attendance.
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