The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-01-24

sort for young people when the weather is fine. II
Is about two miles long and 200 feet deep, threaded
by small stream, and when was there last 1t was
lined with trees, ferns aud wild flowers, growing
among the rocks-Edwyn r. Lerch, Erie, ia.
| read and reread that Vermont Autumn letter,
and II was a true picture. My home IS IN valley,
and the mountains towering above are so grand IN
the Fail. am now where j old ocean IN
his many moods. 1t is magnificent after the gales
To the {. c. who love flowers / would say have
an Easter lily that think viii bloom this year
Fannie J.. Ward, sea View, Mass
Ii Is a bright Winter day; let US take a Tamole
down TO the Missouri Crossing Mosquito rats
and prairie mile wide, come TO the beautiful
TAILS aud farther down the rapids. Passing over
The river ana climbing steep bluff, we nave me
view OF the bottoms we have just passed over aud
the town beyond. Here is one Of the Oldest Mexl-
can Missions, with walls three feet thick portfolios
for cannon and a secret tunnel leading TO the
river. II Is Older than the san Antonio Mission,
built In iTl6 its name is San Juan point OF great
interest to tourists and archaOlOgists.-E. d. lie
Siamgeon, Floresyille, Tex.
On Oct. % we left our home nj Prattburg, Kan,
TO seeS1or pastures new, and we livedin the wagon
or the tent ali the time for six weeks. During
tins time / could not see a NATIONAL 1KlB-
UNE, and felt lost without it. This Is the SKIN
move. each of from 100 TO 600 miles, that we nave
made IN the last Il years. like to travel IheTe
Is nothing more conducive to robust health ana a
vigorous appetite. This country Is rough, rocky,
aad broken. II is covered with vast primeva
forest, that abounds in wild game OF ali KINDS
Clio Harper, Crane, Mo
We live among the foothills of the Sierra Nevada
Mountains, and about % miles west OF what are
called the " Fresno Big Trees, grove of monster
redwoods aud one of the many wonders OF Cali
fUrnia. Although / live so far away from most OF
YOU / shall wait anxiousiy to know how many of
Won will give another soldiers daughter kindly
welcome.-kloy BurB, Squaw Valley Cal
wonder how many of you have visited Lake
George2 Many OF you have al least heard OF It,
as II Is last becoming celebrated AS summer re-
sort, and well deserves every word of praise which
u receives 1t Is 50 miles long and from half mile
TO three miles wide, and has IL Is said, 800 islands
as have never counted them. The water Is ex-
ceediugy clear aud pure, while the scenery IS
simply grand-quite beyond my powers OF descrlp-
ton. 1t must be seen 10 be appreciated, and In
this case distance does not lend euChantment.-
Nellie J. Smith, Lake George, n. Y.
Last Summer / made trip TO the White Mount
aims, and WAS delighted with the beautiful scenery.
Before reaching the Crawford House, where we
spent the night passed through some of the
most desoatc country imaginable. In the morn
ing we walked down through the notch, which is
more than / 300 feet high and only y feet wide In
its narrowest part. A little way below The notch
IS place known rs the Dismal Pool, which is 1000
feet deep. The remainder Of our journey took US
through the most beautiful part of the mountains
the Saco Valley. From the car windows we
could see Mt. Webster with the old Wiley House
at IFS base. The railroad winds around the sides of
the mountains for long way. We crossed the
famous FTankiustein and Wiley Brook trestles,
and must say they dangerou5looking con-
Observation-Disclosures f. Clark, Bratteboro, Vt.
The young men of California have very little
time for peasure at this season of the year. as every
one is busy putting III their crops Tor the Winter
live IN the San Joaquin Valley, and IL Is indeed
a large, level stretch of ground, 200 miles
long and from 20 to 100 miles wide. On the cast
are the Sierra Nevadas, and on the west the Coast
Range. We have had no frost this Winter, and yet
within go miles of where l am writing there are
many feet Of snow. The snow on the Sierra Ne
Yada Mountains is visible to the naked eye the
year round even when it is over 100 degrees above
zero Ia the Valley Everything for miles has
green look, and beautiful wild flowers cover the
ground. As this Is newt ysettled part Of the State
land Is very cheap, and with irrigation anything
can Hsa aTGad q. a Inl G1al
Last Sunday / visited the Garden of the Gods
where Is found some of the finest scenery in the
world. First we entered Mushroom Park, named
from the formation OF the rocks. The lower strata
being softer than the upper, wears away by eFo-
SON. hence great variety of curious shapes. Ad-
yRncing little further, came upon huge rock
on one side OF the road which seems TO be lonely
sentinel guarding his beat, great does he tower
above his fellows. We looked closer, and saw for
the first time that il seems to rest upon pivot;
and one little might hur it far down the path,
we think. But no; 1t would take many, many
TO roll this great rock from its bed OF ages II
ls the celebrated Balanced Rock" The Temple
Of Isis lowered above with its red-sandstOne strata
and beyond were the Cathedral Spires. the Irish
man, the Bear, and wonders innumerable-G. III.
Edmonson. Manitou Springs, Colo.
have just returned from four-months' sojourn
IN the Sunny South, or more particularly War
rlor, Ala. ! went there IN September and it was
stlil warm and pleasant when left. think there
are great opportunities IN the South for Northern
people OF energy and grit, and the climate Is de-
ilghtful; but Leyer, no never, could get used to
their peculiar style of living. Where / the
mountains lowered their lofty nights to the Skies
and their slopes were covered with stately pines
and lovely flowers; but grass was conspicuous only
by It's absence. A short distance away the Warrior
River winds its sluggish way through narrow
valley, where the cotton blooms. The principal in
dustries are mining and lumber. The pine forests
are extensive and the coal good. In the near
vicinity various kinds of mineral springs that
are famous Summer resorts.-Eunice Carol
Moss, Centre Point, Ind.
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And bid you come from every land.
Come. with your hearts full of kindness,
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