Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-16
FROM THE FAR WEST.
Extracts from Private Letter wfItSrn
by Miss Florence NJ. Baines from CoIOfa-
do Springs.

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all eh"i'>S amount ol information '"h''Ii
ing my week of unallOyed pleasure Wit
4 only "A tinge of homeSicknesS 10 mar m
h,npipass ou "Wednesday last dr,,a :
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mes regular little mountain climbers. II!
day was perfect, and aS We drove dow
Pixies Peak ayrnuc tnward the AutIrr,
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""'A' III i"d" carts ana carriages. Ie"Pl
al the Springs Inv" for pleasure. They are
with few exceptions, people Of wealth. nI
at least mod.rot, means and ,r, h.r,. rn
,rair h.,.,I,h ,,., ,,,,,,,,, -, ...,.,., 80.
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IL Is oealtliuI Town, with streets ON
hundred feet in width. and every thr,
street is an avenue of l4O feet
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Tn. ,ntIers n:cuI,ia. an on.,
so,I,r. =, tha f,,, ns pir.':. n.i
a,rrra II il ill., rbiTJa iI,r,I,I., .,t,
| th.r's honsa n y,n.r.hIa r;Ia., ~ s,,,,,.
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the mm,rtains ri. in tL,.ir rnci,,. ,,r.,,,,j.,,t
and the mad winds down zach 81. nf !, g.,
| th, d..not IrvaIids II, ,1aria,,. - ,a,,',
and rncti,g c,air. nc,'n,, ,ha "'' ~
the mnrningS and the RriiiSh s,y,,iII ,.h"
frsom,.nt the h"tai i"oling liz. Crar parI.
or rictur.s ~ E,,Ii.h ,rro,,,s ~, tI'.
R,lar vail mn and dawn in thnir r;dim,
suits whins in hand am aIwsvs inter
,stej in reading the arrivais at th:. .ntI.,rs
in the morning naner
A pr.at n.ny Ihin naonla from, CoI,,,,
hus nayton and cincinnati arn ,Iwa|.
coming and going Yesterday norrin,, us :
a fair samnl, of the cosmoEoIi,an crnrJ
usually conyrspa,ed Fer .mer;co,, civ.
of imnortance had ons nr rnra rsnr...,ta,
,ives r.eistercJ and nndnn ,r.,raI;, a,,i
Italy were also down
IwoILad do,.r Tho ,,,r.r. ,,.;,,, Nv
and aS his train u,s two hour lot, No., sa,
on IN. y,;da cnnI vsrand, ua,.Li,o 49,,
FngIisb snnhs far oyhiIa W. Via ,',,
Cascade av.nra os tho s,,, ,,as sa,,iu',
and ,,iI,I;r,, tLa ,nou,,tain .,,,,, i,I' -
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ara oil h,,iI, i, ,ba ia n',,,h ,,a~
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rich ana ann,,ba,,f - w II W"it;':! h!
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,i,I 49, "rtt ~ wa"
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,hr'r,,h im3 ',t ,ha am VIM" ~, way
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Rnth rho sod. and iron s,,rinc,s La,.s ,r.,.
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tha,. hnhhi. in S,ato Ill, ths snda hr,
tha IRON j. tnn ,,iin ~ toll, ahnm,
W.. nn,Ia b,. t,,o corja,, 80 ,ha
Gods II,ct, ri,rh,i,, no,oaJ
Low. cruId find nn moro ,randIy haamtifmi
nlare in which 10 sit and Sin his aftnrnnnn
nectar WHOM mot any,,,ad an, r,,n,. ,,aal,,J
Olymnus As we annToarhei the gateway
which ahruntIv rises yn0 foot in crimson
r,ck nj each Side and thrnngh which tho
snowy summit nf the n.ak Surrounded IN.
the lesser mountains enyeIon,.d in faci-
na,iny nnrnIa haze can ha IN h.artifwIr,
viewed cousin n said IN me. ..Nhnt
wnu,d vo,,r mother say9" What yyopIJ ,my
dear mother saw on how wish
Won conId see il and realize the erpst.
ness of Cod as Won meyer diJ
hafor. 7, saap,ad almost ~ 10 ,ya Stood il,
the very nr.senc. Of m. Infinite One
am moi ,hIa ayar IN ,ttemnt a J.scrintion
of the Garden " II is ahout nl. miles
through and nj the further ..ud IN. crimson
crags ,Tain arise and form a grand natural
gateway An thrnuyh tn. ancInSrra ,b,.S,,
curious formations nf red rnck arise tahu-
lar and 10n foot in baigbt ill., tb. tr,r,,
Throughout the garden groups of Statuary,
animals heads. old womanS faces, and
nuns at prayer stand out of the
rock almost as If fashioned by a
human hand. gathered few anemoneS.
,,x,, ,h. ..R,I,no.,I R,cL., or tho ..Sn,i
uer' or any of the hugh monolithS around
me, chose more modest souvenir in the
purple tinted anemoneS, and send them Ia
SoG H.,,,;, .,., C.,.,. wa.
sIa.ny. It,r lila, NH, co,,s in ,ho -,
now known To the inhauitants As odd