St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-19

fENHtTt dong the PARK
@.AA&NGA is undoubtedly
F from Sept. I'M
EOCSH Iii Oct. Is, and
LIT&M until the latter
(Nl date, all the no.
W. tets and stage
accommodations will be available. [ stood
on the grand piazza of this mammoth hotel
last night, and watched the enormous crowd
coming in from both ways. Tourists just
entering the park and tourists about to leave
it. Upon the faces of the former were
pictures of anxious Xpectancy-peoplew who
had read and heard so much of this region
of wonders. and were, at last, about to see
all the startling marveIs of nature here
abouts for the first time The beamng,
happy countenances of the latter were sufi-
cient proof that none had been disappointed
III the realization of their anticipa-
tions. This huge hotel filled to
overlooking, reminded me for all
the world of Saratoga OF Long Branch
in the flush of the season, and how much
more there is to see here than either of the
above watering places could ever boast of?
Your correspondent has made the tour of
the park often; in early spring, in mid
summer and late fall, and he is free to say
that the best period of all is during the
chinook months of September and October.
Now is the time above all others to visit
this wonderful region. Perhaps many
hold back by reason of the expenses; but
little investigation will show that this
is a
FALSE ALARM.
Let US take Livingstone as starting point.
The Northern Pacific railroad certainly
offers cheap terms from St. Paul to Living
stone and from Livingstone to Cinnabar,
Gardiner, Mammoth Hot Springs, Norris
Geyser basin. Lower GeySer basin and
Firehole, Middle Gevser basin, Upper
Geyser ssbasin, upper and lower falls of the
Yellowstone, the grand and gorgeous canon
and all the way back to Livingstone again,
the round trip ticket, including all expenses,
hotel accommodations, etc., is only $40.
And what does one get for this simple sum?
Something that cannot be described in
words. The journey of this sublime land
of wonders is simply beyond all word paint
ing. The United States government has
not the faintest conception of what they
possess in this grand park. A
nation is wealthy to own this
and nothing more. Well, to go back
to cold blooded expenses. desire to help
those to visit the park who have little
W SpdlO, dIlO W IOil Ili0ul tllC mOSJ
economical way of spending it. Now, the
round trip from Livingstone to this point,
including all expenses, is only $40 bill.
Once here, lose no time in hunting up Mr..
w. w. Livingstone, who has charge of the
transportation office in the park, and he
will send you through in special conveyance
and at special rates that will hurt no ones
pocketbook. The benefit of this arrange
ment is, that the tourist can go to any
place and stay where he pleaseS as long as
it suits him. There are hotels all through
the park where excellent accommodations
are given. At the Norris Geyser Basin,
Nh S. FL. Emerson, the genial proprietor,
and one of the few who knows how to
run hotel, treated myself as we'll as all of
his guests. to a most palatable dinner Of
broiled moose steaks, broiled mountain
trout and many other delicaces. [ really
believe | never did before, in all my pre-
vious existence, relish such rare treat at
dinner. Immediately back of this hotel
are some of the finest geysers in the park.
THE MONARCH
went off every two hours, not to speak of
the New Crater, Minute-man, Constant, mud
geyser and many other novelties in the way
of startling wonders. The tourist can very
we'll spend week at Norris basin, and
then come to the conclusion that life is en-
tirely too short to see everything. Hell's
Half-acre is always surprising. The grand
prSmatic spring stands without a rival,
and yet is rivaled by the lovely turquoise
spring within few yards of it. investi-
gated the two stories that got abroad about
the park short time ago. and found one
of them false and the other true. L refer
to the sea serpent reported as having been
in tho YallOVStnnQ ial.a faIv dave
ago, and the eruption of Excelsior or Sheri-
dan geyser, said to have occurred about
the date of the recent earthquake on this
side of the Atlantic. The former is a hoax
nothing like the awfully lied about sea
serpent having appeared in Yellowstone
lake at any time-but the eruption of Sher-
idan geyser (which is the largest on earth)
was true and no mistake. This awful
abyss actually did get on spree recently,
and in so doing tore up the earth rounda-
bout frightfully and scared a few tourists
nearly to death. When | last saw this gey-
ser in 1883, the cone or crater was perfect,
but now it is badly torn and disfgured,
which only could have occurred by reason
of violent eruption. 1t must be grand
sight when in activity, but l want to be far
away at the time. At the upper
basin things are little changed
Old Faithful still SpoutS with
great regularity every fifty-fve minutes,
and has never been known to fail, in the
memory of man. Within few hours, say
half day, saw the following geysers in a
state of action: Old Faithful every hour,
Riverside, Growler. Fan, Grotto, Grand.
Splendid, Lion, LioneSs and Cubs, Castle
and numerous smaller ones. All of the
above spout to an altitude varying from
fifty to two hundred feet. Old Faithful
seen at moonlight is sublime beyond words.
A tourist entering the upper basin and re-
manning but an hour or two is bound to get
the worth of his money ten times over. /
will not say anything of the falls and
THE GRAND CANON.
The finest painting Of the canon that
could possibly be made would look cheap
alongside OF the original. No art can
touch them. The painters brush cannot re-
produce that gorgeous coloring, and Niagara,
while mightier in volume, would pale beside
thewonderful beauty and magniticence of the
lower falls. A writer is foolish to attempt
description of either the canon or the
falls In looking down upon that stipend
Gus scene from above, one can but family
realize the sculpturing of God upon those
vast and solemn walls. 1t marks period in
ones life, for after viewing at length the
miles of unearthly painting spread out upon
natures canvas, you turn away with a
different fee ling in your heart; a feeling of
solemn awe at the mysterious and awful
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