Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-27
TOURISTS RESORT.
The Season in Colorado Fairly Opened.
A Trip to tue Rockies More Fash.
ionabIe than Going Abroad.
rhs Entire state q Grand Wonderland
Charming Mountain Parks, Gems of
Lakes and the most Beau.
tiful Waterfalls
special Coyrespondence of the Gaze.te

VINO ually arrive 10Q depart at the big
Union depot at this city, the season bids
fair to eclipse all previous ones. In con-
'versatien with keen-eyed reporter at
tsched to one of our prominent dailiss, l
learned that the average daily num-
Der Of people who pass through
Denver en- route TO the summer
resorts located amid the Rockies, has
been, since the ar5t of the month, s5cut
700. There is g growing taste among
the more intelligent classes, for the at
fractions OF our land, in preference &c
those ACROSS the seas. met party the
other Gay, which consisted of gentle
man, his wife, his two daughters, his sor
and sn Invalid sister. They had all been
abroad. Last year they Were
on the Continent The young
ladies were both graduates OF Vassar cols
lege. A slight service rendered 10 pster-'
fsmilias II the matter Of some informa-
ton regarding some localities the party
proposed visiting, placed me upon terms
of sociabiIi,y which add so much to the.
en- joyment of travel The young lediag
were enthusiastic over Colorado's sttIkc-
ticns. -
show do you find Colorado compares
with SWi z7rland2" l asked. A.
"Why, Switzerland is not to be CON
pared 10 Colorado. There are so many
POSITIVE DIsCoMFoRTs
over there Why, we had the hardest
task Imaginable TO obtsin even decent &C.
cemmodatiOns in many places. Just i'm
ssgine having to sleep upstairs in a little
house where the ground floor has been &C.
cupied for ages by an odoriferous COW
and six aromatic goats. Ugh! Why,
papa said he guessed he owned about all
of Switzerland, as at every place where
we stopped they brought him bill of sale
of the premises and demanded payment.
he used to pay the bills aud say awfully
naughty words. And then we
had the greatest trouble to secure
attention for poor Aunt Eunice. The Al
pine scenery is very beautiful, but l do
not think it is as grand as what We have
already seen here; and besides, one does
not find in the old country the delightful
ly invigorating air which we have here.
Why, all of us have developed ravenous
eppetites since we have been in Colorado.
Even Aunt Eunice has begun to take some
interest in what is to be had for dim er I"
"You have been in Colorado some
timer" asked.
"Why, yes" replied one Of the young
ladies'; 1--WE have been In the state nearly
a month.n
"You see" broke in the young brother,
who hitherto had been deeply epgrossed in
hopeless endeavor to swallow the
big round agate head Of his walking cane,
"Dsd took US out early this yesr on &C.
count of Aunt Eunice. The doctor ad-
Vised the Hot Springs, and We went to
place in Arkansas. There was narrow
valley with high hills thstsE ept
THE BAD sMKLLs
from blowing away; and there WAS lots of
mud, and that was I'll. Ofe oil dads
friends who hsd been out here told US all
about this country and mother said she
wanted changstand here We are"
"Do you likS3he changer"
"Why, its 4mmense," exclaimed the
young man. HWe have been at place up
north OF h6fe There there is splendid
not sprin gEaud than there is no mud, and
the air is 30 good makes fyllow feel
awful )B. We hsYA had splendid sport.
Alice and Lou and IShave been hunting
jack RABBITS every dsg. Dsd says he is
going tabuY place o1fAere."
The Happy and charmf4g combination
OF medicinal springs, with & atmosphere
OF phenomenal purity andstxni ating
properties, together with scenic sur
rouadings unsurpassed in beauty or
grandeur, is one of the attractions of
Colorado. With the exception Of strip
along the eastern portion, the.
entire state is grand wonderland, req
p1o uJit charm vuopdorfuI contrs atcJ
land Of surprises. The finest mountain
scenery Of the continent and, with the
exception perhaps of the Himalayss, OF
the would is here. The most charming
mountain parks, the most perfect gems
of lakes, the most beautiful waterfalls are
here. Marvellous mineral springs whose
restorative properties are as
POTENT AS THEY ARE VARIED
are here and each and all, mountain and
park, lake and spring, from one
end of the state to the other
are easily accessible by railroad. The,
comforts and luxuries OF modern Ameri-
can railroad travel, make the tour of
Colorado delightful pleasure trip for
the most delicate invalid. But one Of
the Chi attractions Of the Centennial
state is her supero climate. sm aware
that SO much has already been written OF
Colorado's climate that the imaginations
of many strangers have been wrought up
to pitch the ideal of which csn only DE
reebzad In otner spheres than this.
Tropical fruits do not grow tere, nor is
every breez9 "balmy zephyr" of the Da-
kotas. Colorado is in the temperate
z)ne. Her winters. are cold, never se-,
we're, except At the highest altitudesi
Her summers are warm; heE
nights always cool and refreshing 81
Here are no miasmatic vapors, nor LAM.
guor. no mere pIant-like existence that
falls to the lot of the scjourner in Flor
ida. There are no mosquitoes to remind
the tourist of the
TORMENTs OF THE WILDERNESS
OF the Adlrondacks. There are no 6eas
to bring back lively remembrance Of the
sands of Southern France; no combina-
ton OF cattle stables and bedrooms to
remind the foreign traveller of Alpine
Switzerland. But there is in Colorado
bright, redundant, life giving sunshine,
aud the purest, misunderstanding air that
on the globe. There
is, besides, for the pleasure seeker
q most prolific fl I'D. The clear mountain
streams and the crystal lakes are fall Of
trout. There are broad plateaus and
rlsssant valleys where game is abundant.
This yea: number of parties, msde up
of q goodly mum Der Of the fair sex, will
amp out among the pines, untroHbied by
moe quitoes or flies, with venisoH and
trout for diet, plenty Of elbow room, and
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