The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

hear 1t letting out its steam for miles
away. When in action it belches out
steam enough to run any hundred
of the largest steam engines ever made.
When it commenced to go of the tour
lists ran to il from a mile away to see
il, every one awe stricken at its gran
deur. Then another of especial mention
was the" minute Fountain" called so be-
cause it plays every minute regularly.
1t is an opening just on level with
where you walk, and about two feet
in diameter, and when not playing the
water disappears, but you stand over
ii and watch it; /; soon it boils and bub-
bles up, once, twice, and the third time
up she shoots about fifteen feet high
just like fountain, only the water is
boiling hot. Well we watched this tor
ten minutes, and admired it. My wife
admired il 80 much that she begged me
for an hour to have it taken up and
removed to our yard; but fearing to
get the "old boy" 100 close to us,l con-
cluded | could not grant this request;
and 80 we leave 1t behind US. SO we
move on to see others, there being
hundreds of them, too many to attempt
to describe, and after continuous walk
ing for four hours, we turn back to our
hotel, tired out, to rest awhile, having
all this time, from one to five, had OIL
my overcost, although walking. After
supper we took another round for an
hour, then went to bed and slept well.
Upon Monday morning, August 9th, d
hearty breakfast, and just as we get
into our stages of goes "Old Faithful"
as if to give us farewell performance; !;
it looked like it did it best as farewell
eruption to us; our driver cracks his
whip. off we go, one stage after anoth-
er, everybody with overcOats on and
blankets and shawls over their laps,
away we go for a forty mile drive to-
day. After going about ten miles Oh a
level, we commenced to go up, up, up,
over the MOUNTAINS; we ascend some
| two thousand feet to-day. In going up
our road leads around the mountain,
and we go up some places so steep that
it looks like it is impossible that any
team could pull wagon up it; but
slowly we 60 up, and i'll many
places if any of our harness was TO
break do wn, we would 60 hundreds,
yes, nearly thousand feet below. We
soon get to the top of the mountains,
and drive by beautiful lake, where
we see the other stages (going in the
opposite direction) had stopped wait
| ing for us to come up, as the road is 80
narrow no two could pass each other
we salute as we pass on; everybody
getting cold, it being cloudy and
threatening a storm. The storm soor
comes, and it proves to be genuine
snow and hail storm, the snow show.
ing quite plainly on the ground. Or
we go until as we go down lower i
turned to rain; il rained until five
O'Clock. We soon reach the Yellow.
stone river, where we see beautiful fisl
(mountain trouO jumping up by thu
hundred; fisherman can here catci
them as fast as he chooses; when yor
j throw your hook iD the fish almos
fight over which one is to get the bal
IAN imitation fy) first. On we 60 to th'
Grand Canon Hotel, where we stop fol
the night. Here q big red hot stow
greets us again, and we gladly thaV
4 out; after nice supper we soon retir'
to sleep, and with plenty OF covering
on our bed we sleep sOundiy, and by
Six O'Clock we are up, and actual.
shivering in our room while dressing
| anu lhS Jul W hiAO hot oeoN'
we warm up, when some one SAYS
did you see the ice?" mo" 30 on
we 60, and where it had rained on thu
step just outside they were slick wit
ice. A hearty breakfast eaten ant
enjoyed, some start ON horseback
others a-foo; (having tried it horse
back we prefer walking), Oft we 60 NJ
a narrow trail, up higher and higher
around gulches and heights, down th
Yellowstone canon, now to the frs
, falls which are 1862 feet high, then o.
to the other falls 800 feet high; grain
to see them; on to Point Lookout, the
on to Inspiration Point; having walk
! ed four miles down and four mile
back from the latter point. With ou
field glasses 1--WE having fine pair) W
see on top of high pointed rock a
eagles nest with two young eagles in
as large as full grown turkeys, the
being fully 1900 feet below US in th
Yellow stone canon. We are convince
no grander view can be had than froI
off one of the numerous points
> this canon. After walk down an
back, along near the canon for fou
!, miles each way you can imagine man
: ma being little tired to say nothing {
myself. Well, we rest about halt a
, hour, when we jump into our stag
and of we go for ride of ten mile
to dinner. The whole trip SO fl
= through the park, with but only fe'
; miles, is over different roads, henC
= seeing different scenery. We arrive
at the dinner station after having drive
, the whole ten miles down, down, til
7 mountain, ,,past the beautiful Virgini
!, Falls, some 800 feet high, aroun
curves Oh the road where, if OIL
= driver had not been a good one, "
) might have been tumbled down hun
/ dreds of feet. We are again greete
with hot stove, thaw out, eat u goo
), dinner, and off we go for twenty
n two mile drive back to our Mammot
Hot Springs Hotel, arriving at 8 p. IN
- stay here all night, until 3 p. In. neI
a day; 10 get good nights rest lea'
. here at 3 p. m, and stage it eight mil
. more back to Cinnabar, the railrOs
= station; all aboard the cars run dow
= to Livingston; arrive there at 6 p. III
! stay here all night, and a. III. tai
= the sleeper again for Portland, Orego
:, one thousand miles more. On the ws
u out we cross our old friend again, Il
II Missouri river, about $50 miles abO'
:, Fort Benton, but failed to recogni!
= her OH account of the water being
= clear, but, being told it was the Mi
>. souri,, we gracefully and joyfully DO
, rccognition. On we 60 TO Helen
= Montana, where | dug the gold, ,lweni
:, two years ago, to have our weddii
!" ring made of, and had it made
- Helena at that time. OFF again aero
u the Rockies, where we wind aroul
:, snake like and gradually get high
- and higher until the summit is rcache,
> when down we go towards the Pacif
y slope. Now we get TO see our tir
= Indians; all the passengers eager
, looking out the windows 10 see theI
= My wife says she ~ ould like to ha'
" one little red one for pet. hard
= think, however, can capture her on
:, On and Oh we go; now we see our iir
~ Cinnamon working on the railro,
=" u SECTIONS; on through Montana, ldah
= Washington Territories and Orego
" where, to-day, August 10th, we e.
u pcrienced the only unpleasant, trave
o ling we have had since our first ds
4 out from nome, ii being dusty comil
= through the sandy desert for about II
- miles; we soon reached the Columb
:, river ami are highly pleased with Il
:, beautiful scenery coming down aloI