The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-06-18

Among the guests at the Livingston
House on Saturday night and Sunda,
forenoon was a party of distinguished
gentlemen from the Empire state, who had
lust returned from a trip to the Park
They were Hon. G. Hilton Scribner, for
merly state secretary ofNew York; Gilbert
Scribner, his son; Gen. F.. Jacobs, OF
Delhi, member Of congress from New
York district; Mr.. Spalding, of Bilg
hampton, and Mr.. Sibley, of Norwich, n.
Y.
In conversation with reporter of the.
ENTERPRISE the elder Mr.. Scribner said
their trip through the Park had been some
what hurried, lasting only week in all,
but they had managed to cover great
deal of ground in that time. He had
been for years very anxious to visit the
Yellowstone Park. In 1868 while he was
in England the United Service Club Of
London, gave him dinner and in the
course of the speech making, ETC., he was
asked to tell something of the wonders OF
the American National Park, and much
to his chagrin was unable to comply, as
up to that time he had scarcely known OF
the existance of the domain. But at that
dinner he found two OF three English gen
tlemen present who had visited the Park
region, and could say something of its
geysers, canyons, petrifications and hot
springs. When he returned to America
he sought out all the information obtain.
able at Washington in regard to the park,
and secured a large number of views OF
its principal features, to which he had
since been steadily adding until he be
lieved he now had the finest collection Of
National Park views in existence Last.
year he started to visit this country but On
reaching Chicago he found that the trip
would involve horseback ride OF nearly
800 miles, he turned back, as being r;l-
equal to the task. Though under ordi
nary circumstances, the present trip iii
volving, as it did, the necessity Of sleep
ing on the ground and rough travelling
would have, been a hardship to man OF
his age and habits, still he had greatly cr1-
joyed it and by what he had seen felt
fully repaid for the journey. He only
wished he could have devoted more time
to its enjoyment. The party went as iar
as the upper geyser basin but could nra
get into the canyon ON account of the
snow, and the guide informed them that it
would be fully two weeks before it would
be accessible. Mr.. Scribner described in
graphic terms his sensations when they
rode into the geyser basin, and were for
tunate enough to arrive on the scene jus,
as three of the largest geysers discharged
their grand artillery in immediate succcs-
sion. During their stay in this ssun:cal
world,'' as Mr. Scribner termed it, they
were favored by seeing all the main goy
sers in action, except the Beehive, which,
by reason of the short time at their dis
posal, they were forced regretfully to leave
in state of comparative quiescence.
He said he had been charmed with the
beauty of the Yellowstone Valley and
was astonished at the progress it had made
in the short time that had elapsed since be
in common with all eastern people, re
garded as the stronghold of hostile Indians
He had not much experience in the west
but thought that Livingston must be a
sort of phenomenon among towns as he
had been assured that it was scarcely six
months old.
At noon yesterday they were joined by
Thomas Ewell, of Columbus, Ohio, son Of
Gen. Ewell, of that place, and by two
other young gentlemen, and the whole
party passed on over the Northern Pacific
toward the Pacific coast.
James Pilditch, Gallatin valley pill
grim, brought with him to Livingston a,