The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-04
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Tbs Ansronds piieri"ss who .rt os.t
~o..Deshing over a month Y for the Yci-
lowstnne park, returned tai town On Friday
afSernoou. They looked nome tine worse
fur thssir experience. except that the nns<-s
of thc ladies exhibited rather an exhiiara-
tios ut color. Thc thin people game hack
fat. and the fat oncs lean, so all werc
pleased. The party all des,lare that they
had a splendid time. The horrors nj
ramp biscuit are locke hack upon as
merely 40 many temporary hugah'H,.
which have vanished into tise depths of
the past, as the revertserat,ois OF the
cooks whisper have finally hesrn swat
hills. for the hsssefit of those VINO are
Interested i'm the names OF tfs,
party are Mrs. S~taiinan, Mrs. Eiicn-
Miss Cohn, Mrs. Meicler and Mr.. lutte.
Slx gentlemen were expected to complete
sns' pAsr,y; n"' alas for M nase.ass aa nns,
another, vanished all two only were left.
Like the brave ones of lnernhopoius
they stood i'm the gap, and dared what wa:
before them, and were even u~ndaunted
by the suggestion of one of the younger
ladic: tina, they were two Mormon elders
travelling with their wives. Two teams
and two saddle horses carried the party.
and "a crew ut four looked out for the
Woe to the m-lstarl-plastcr hat cured
that cook of her cold! Providence bs.-
strobe her with h0isrsebless, and the uin OF
ller vocal clarion became as tire mursnur
of cipher among thc pines; but mis-
taken philanthropy suggestei mustard,
and "a howl as of roaring. waters was let
loose ou the party for thirty long days.
The trip down was by way ot the Pipe
stone pass, down the Jefferson valley,
then the Galiatin, through Bozeman and
To the Yellowstone valley, and
thence to- the park. The air was smoky.
and the roads dussy down tai the Yellow
stone valley. From there on the air
cleared, and the roads were excellent.
Twelve days were spent i'm the park, Civ
ing ample time tn see what was to he
seen. lhe party visited the Mammoth
springs, the Norris basin, the falls and
grand canyon, the lake and natural bridge,
and the upper and lower Geiser BASINS.
while some descended Mount WasLbIrn.
A camp of one or two days was made AIT
each place of interest, and at Yellowstone
lake enough fish was caught To last the
party u week. The travelling Ina the park
was excellent, with plenty OF grass for the.
horses and very few flies. On the 18th of
August the party were caught i'm a rain
storm, which soon turned into sleet, max
ing things unpleasant. but not interfering
with the good humor of the party. The
ice froze that might i'm the buckets nearly
an inch thick. The only Wild animal TINT
interfered with the party was Al pole cat,
who got into the ladies' tent in tine night
while they luckily slept OH ina blissful un-
consciousness of it's existence. The cook
was the first tn wake up. She had "a night
mare i'm which she dreamed that the meat
was burning. The trip back was by way
of Harris lake, through Virginia City up
the Madison valley, then through the Ruby
hack by way of P~ipt.stone pass tn Butte
and thence to Anaconda and home.