Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-10-16
PILGRIMS PROGRESS,
He Wanders Abuut Oh Dangerous
Ground Badly Frightened aud
Promises
To Come Home. Grand Finale Death
of Former Great Falls Citi-
zen Etc.
Among the Geysers.

AiffostS tiiS 1eySSfS.
"Whoop-la there goes old Faithful
somebody shouted and away rushed the
crowd. This is one of the most wonder
full i'll the park. 1t spouts with marked
regularity every hour and six minutes, its
waters rising TO a height of about 150 feet,
continuing for about five minutes. It is
naturally the favorite with tourists for they
always know when to find it in action.
Considerable amusement Is had by pIac-
inS pocket handkerchiefs i'll its crater,
which come out cleaned us though they
had been done up by d Ils1-cj4ss laundry.
we were fortunate in striking tie Upper
| Geyser BASIN at the proper time to see
many irregular ge5sefs in action. The
| ''Splendid" performed for ue several
times and tie Grand seemed to take
particular delight IN showing oil before
US. Even the staiJ old T. L. President
("ho was CT our party enthused over the
| geYsers. He could not see anything very
Interesting aboU1 the Grand canson. over
Which ali the rest Of Us Went into ecstacies,
but when lie beleid these wonderful out
burts OF nature he had to acknowledge
that lit was immense" Is lie stood over
the seethlng sulphur Of the geyser craters
he remarked that he had waged a six
years K. Il. war with Jay Gould.
but had never been so near He'll
as this in his life before. All
this section OF the park is dotted with
beautiful little lakes of resplendent colors
which allured US as the candle does the
butterfly. We 1abored under strong i'm
pulse to leap into the gorgeous depths
Wlich looked as though they might be I'M
derground passages to paradise Bu those
delightful little places so attractive to the
eye would soak q person into eternity in
less than two minutes. One of the most
attractive Of these little cases is ssEyange-
line the hues OF which are as delicate as
the feelings of that noble personifeation
OF constancy. whose sufferings were so |
wildly portrayed by Longfellow. As we |
Were regaled with a learned explanation |
Of the cause Of these phenomena. The |
poor, conceited ignoramus had seen the
names OF numerous chemicals on bottles
IN Il drugstore. These lie brought into |
his discussion and after wildly describing
the suppressed emotion of the oxygen.
1l5tTr q.
birthstone etc, he wound up with a grand
upon the terrible open ware
fare OF the elements at the earth's surface.
He had about twenty attentive listeners,
who laughed 5,aaada6ly. Finally the dis
gusted Prof" (he Of the bug-net), broke
the silence by ezclaiming bah!ba The
pseudo scientist collapsed
The sponge" is a very peculiar forma-
ion exactly resembling huge sponge
Sediment has been thrown up in such
way as to form d perforated cone of
light brown color. Another aptly named
,rater is the Beehive, which is a per
ect representation of an old fashioned /
traW honey makers residence The
Lion and "Lioness'' were both sleeping
oundly while we were there. All attempts '
0 arouse them by string them with poles |
we're unavailing for they slept on and took /
heir rest. The same lack Of success fol
owed US to the gate Of the "Castle" which Y
sas booked for grand opening that day I
sut though we hurled stones at the para
cts no porter made his appearance to s'let t
he portculIis fall The ssMortar'' which a
US with a shot, gave US a part b
lg salute. We hastened from the Upper L
asin to the great paint shop of nature. b
here we found mammoth paint pots of b
Il known colors. boiling constantly, wait v
lg as they had been, for ages, to be utiIiz-
/ by man. ] don't see why this paint
ould not be utilized as it is oily and is
assessed Of adhesive properties. From a
leBce we were hastily called to the r,
Fountain which would be worth and I'M n
mited fortune If situated in some city Ct
ark or on private lawn. Gracefully it D
i'd its tribute to its admiring spectators. n
rlning beautiful circles from ten to forty G.
ct above the crater. But some people. 6;
1e ourselves, are never satisfied. We II
"a to so and interview the sMonarch'' 2
hose throne is in the Norris Geyser i
sin. He was suffering about some Ia
ing when We arrived. Hotter and hot o.