The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07

varied and gorgeous cOlOTinC. Here
are mlnarets of red. there towers of
yellow and everywhere a harmonious
blending of colors. The great depih
mellows the sunlight and seems Ia
soften the touch of Natures brush
There Is delicious Cooluess I'm this
mighty gorge and the immensity of
| the cliffs does not oveTpOwer because
of the chastened beauty OF then orna-
mentation. Were these towering sides
not softened by color and invested
with a mellowed radiance they would
Cypress by their subhmity. As it is
the soul seems to love in this opulence
OF beauty while quicAened by the I'M
mensity of the scene. The river is
compressed into rill on blue set IN
the mighty framework of the s.npeud
Gus sides. Its onward movement is
not apparent from this great hight and
1t seems held 10y enchantment. Drop
store from the top of the Falls and
so long Is IT Ill Its descent You fancy
it Is resting on the spray. BY follow
! ing a trail one mile you reach a crag
which juts out into the canon from
which You get a front view of the Falls
looking up the canGn. Soon you will
hear the taT of an eagles wings and
ITS no:.es of anger At quite distance
! below and nearer the center of the
| canon rises a stately shaft of basaltic
rock and ON the summit of this is the
eagles nest. The scream OF this king
of birds is grand in this lonely place
| and You envy him the power OF fight
as he floats over the mighty chasm.
| | heard Ingersoll describe tins canon
as the grandest sight he had ever seen.
far surprising anything in the Yo-
semitic
| visited the Falls unaccompanicd.
On reaching the platform at the head
of the Falls / became aware of the
| presence of a young lady. seated on a
| bench writing a letter She was clad
IN mountain costume. Her hair was
cut rather close, culed gracefully and
| her little silk cap lay beside her. She
| evidently had been some time in the
| mountains, as her face was Drowned
| by the sun and air Her manner indi-
Gated culture and her face intelligence.
Her dress bespoke wealth for though
of strong material it was costly. She
was the picture of health and decided
| ly handsome Some lines of SCOTS
Lady of the Lake ran through my
mind as l gaZed on this mountain
| nymph and | became curious to know
| how she came to these vast sol;tIdes
claiming kindred with the hills and
seeming to have her claim allowed. |
| found her to be an excellent CONVERSE
| tlOnalist well informed on thetOpogra-
ply Of the Park and quite willing to
give information. She had come from
Philadelphia with her father and the
rest Of the family They had their
own outfit, tents, horses, servants and
supply teams, This was the second
summer they had spent in the Park.
| The whole family preferred this no
made life to spending the summer at
| The fashionable watering places which
they had tried and dishked after
ward found that the young ladies
| could noe horses at bTeaEmeck speed
over mountains and always sat their
i beasts astride My conversation was
| arrested by the arrival of the rest Of
the party. Soon the lightning began
to play on the mountain peaks and the
thunder reverberated in the valleys.
| The wind blew in gusts and threaten
ed to sweep us over the Falls The
party quit hastily for the camp. |
| climbed the cliffs to make d short cut
but the mountain maid wrapped her
| plaid around her sought the shelter of
a cliff and braved the god of storms,
the lightning and the gale"
From the Falls party OF eight Of
US crossed the mountains taking a trail
with the intention of visiting Mt.
| Washburn on the way The rest of
the party returned to the hotel by the
wagon road, drive of 13 miles while
we with saddle horses and rough tray
ell, could make it i'll 40 miles. Soon
We were among the SHOWS and had to
wade through immense drifts. The
dora was most delightful, the flowers
| having a G,elicacy Of tint far surpass-
ing those of the lower plains The
| sun beat down warm hut the air was
cool. We assembled Mi Wa~hbum
with horses until they became an en-
clmbrance and then myself and a
| Brooklyn clergyman pushed ahead on
| foot. Here were immense snow drifts
and above them in clear patches
| blOOmed the flowers 1t was a si0pu-
lar companionship. On little shelves
could be seen where animals had rest
ed and everywhere We're evidences of
the inhabitancy of the Rocky Noun
tain sheep. The head swims before
the summit is reached and we'll il
might because this peak is 10000 feet
above the level Of the sea The top is
flat, the gale piercing. the flowers many
and beautiful though the fTOsts are
still there and what beautiful pan
Drama IS spread before you, Clear
around Ill an unbroken circle sweep
the mountain peaks their banks of
snow glistening in the sunlight. What
were sOmber pine forests when Won
rode through them are mellOwed into
a beautiful dark green the inequalities
being wholly hidden from the eve.
The blue waters of Yellowstone Lake
rise into view and the patches of mead
ows look like well kept farms. The
whole Park is beneath You cinctured
by a chaplet of snow. 1t is a Grand
sight and one not quickly forgotten
and repays one fully for the WEAKNESS
OF the ascent.
fear [ have written more already
than the patience Of III, reader, viii
warrant and must break off lest dis
gust succeed to WEAKNESS. Puck's
cynical advice 10 those contemplating
nat1monT ~ Don't commends il
sell to me as the proper one to offer
any person with a half formed resolu-
ton to visit the Park. Don't 90 un-
less you have weeks to spare, and if YOU
have-gO somewhere else. 1t is .ne
costliest trip you can make and Il is as
| laborlous as you can fancy. Not I'll
the beauty Of scenery IN which ! have
reveled and the wonders 1 have seen
while there can dispel an distinctive
/ Shrinking from recallin., thut L..il II