Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-23
EDITORIAL ExCURsION1sTs.

Scenes in Two states-List OF the
PARTY and the Resolutions Adopted
Regarding the Trip
At the very moment when the rain
had turned our streets INTO rivers, ouI
vacant lots into lakes and our cellars
into frog ponds, an avalanche Oh han
sas inkslingers from the northwest
came sWooping down upon poor, Qe-
fenseIess. fiood-ridden Abilene. In
cInding their wives, sisters, Drotners,
nncIese aunts and mothers-in-laW, there
were about one hundred and twenty OF
these universal pests, when seem III
digenous to all communities, young
and old. as well as Oklahoma. Inns
was a very choice lot. They were hand
some. hearty, naughty and hungry.
They deyoured StantOn's dinner WITH
annarent ease, and seemed to be anx-
IONS for more. We Immediately put
in our appearance, not with any view
tn being masticated, but with grip ana
ulster, prepared to accompany them ol
a three days eXcurt over the Union
Pacific railway to Denver AID Ihe
The train which we boarded at 4
o'clock D. m. of last Friday was maze
mn of an engine, two ordinary coaches
one Pullman car and, as nearly as can
he estimated, about one hundred anu
TWENTY-FIVE sleepers. 1t was decorated
with canvas bearing suitable notices
and emblems. Our train was a speclal
and was in charge Of Mr.. G. L. Brown,
of Omaha, an advertising agent OF the
Union Pacific, handsome, prepoSses5-
ing Young man of about tWenty-seVen
winters and twenty-six summers. lie
is one of these merciless monopollsts,
and. without blush or embarrassment,
monopolized the attention OF the ladies
of the party, to the absolute crushing
out of the hopes of many who have de-
voted sleepless nights ID trying 10
think of something pretty to say 10 the
fair ones.
Beyond Mud creek we plowed
through a sea of water covering hun
,lreds of acres on either side the track,
which filled the Office Of Johns carriage
fontorv with about two inches of fluid
that appeared to be stranger IN tha5
locality At So,'amon we took on board
Bro. Warren, who wastes many valu-
able moments in writing 1ree-trade
editorials for the Minneapolis 'en g
ocrat. There was only one other o.
his political 1lk on board. We took
care of them. although it required two
watchers to each after we crossed the
State line.
The heavy rains extended westward
beyond little village called Salina or
Saline, twenty-five miles west OF the
metropolis. From Brookville on to
Ellis, where darkness and supper
awaited us, the crops and all vegeta-
ton were simply immense. When the
Creator piled up the mountains and
leveled out these plains he dumped the
finest soil along the line where he
knew the great Union Pacific railway
was to be constructed, and he arranged
the elevations and depresSions with the
view of making place of unsurpassed
beauty.
Supper is always acceptable to a
newspaper man, and at Ellis we ate
one of Mr.. Stanton's best. Then came
the retiring process. The elite and
other unfortunates took the Pullman
and slept their precious time away.
The rest of us went to see and we saw
men and women in all conceivable
shapes, attitudes and pastures, trying
to crowd a fve-foOt-ten body into a
three-foOt-SiX car seat. The next
morning when we had washed the dust
out of our eyes we caught the first view
of the Rocky Mountains. Towering
against the western sky. more than 15t
miles away, was Pixies Peak, standing
out in this rarefied atmosphere with q
clearness which deluded the ineXpe'
rienced jayLawker into belief that he
was already in close proximity to the
mountains, but as we rode on, mile
after mile, watching the mighty peak:
which disclosed themselves one after
another, this idea was soon diSpelled
and as we reached Denver, at 7:15, we
could still see one unObstructed panO
rama of mountains, snow clad peak:
and plains more than 800 miles ii
length-a scene of unapprOachablt
beauty and Undesirable grandeur.
Twenty-four hours is too short time
in which to see a city like Denver. NJ
conception of its size, its magnificenct
or its immense enterprises can be gath
cred in so short visit. From 5000
| in 1880, it now has population of owe,
5000, and is still increasing with ;
| rapidity unequaled by any city of it
ii cir ~, &c 70
handsome commercial buildings, U. s
mint, magnificent churches and schOo
| houses, elegant private residences, i'm
| mense smelling works, numerous ant
| beautiful parks and many other object
of interest are well worth an extended
visit to ColOrado's capital. We Spen
Saturday in sightseeing on foot, or
cable, street cars and the motor line
| The reception committee. among whom
were two formerly of Abilene" gen
tlemen, Hon. 7. G. Henry and Jas. r
Wilson, did all they could to make on
stay agreeable, In the evening WI
were banqueted at the restaurant o
Mrs. M. Given. Toasts were responded
to by Mayor Londoner, Hon. r. w
Woodbury., Hon. L. G. Henry and DR.
Moore, chancellor of Denver University
on the part of the Denver people, ant
by L. L. Aldrich, j. T. Royce, j. G
Eek man and Mrs. Mary L. Burton, o
the association. AT II N, we all re
tired, very tired and very sleepy.
Early Sunday morning those of u
whose conscienees were sufficiently phi
able to violate the sabbath took spec
ial train, provided by the U. p. r. K.
for Clear Greek Canon. At Golden
sixteen miles from Denver, we found
very pretty city nesting among tn
first foot hills of the Rockies. Her