The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1892-09-22

ACROSS THE PLAINS.
FROM ST. LOUIS TO DENVER
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
OF THE JOURNEY.
Exploits i'm the Mountain Wonders
Gathering Flowers and Trading
DOnkeyS-Garden Of the Gods
A WOman'S Grave.

Il Letter From WeIe Norton 10 tse
Old FoIks at Home.
Below we publish a letter from
Miss Nellie Norton, of ST. Louis, to
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
G. w, James, of our town. Th ougll
not intended for the public eve, it is
too valuable in its elegant diction
graphic description and happy
mention of incident and adventure
to escape from the Immortality ol
cold types. OF all the many learned
and labored, and high journalist il
efforts at describing Denver and
its surroundings, we have met with
none that impressed more clearly
our our mind the ''slghts 10 see''
than this pleasant, chatty letter
from a little Logan girl 10 her
grandpa and folks at home.
The mention, though apparently
incidental of the Grave in this
world of wonders In Pagan par.
lance, the "Garden of the Gods ,
shows that Nellie, with a keen eye
10 the beautiful in nature, has a
woman's heart full of Christian
feeling, and instinctively knows
that works in good to humanity
performed by al. H." will gleam
in glorv down the ages when the
m0untalns that bear her dust will
be considered cumberers of the
earth.
MissNelle. formerly of Greenfield
has many personal friends in Lo
gan. and they especially, and oul
readers generally, will We know
enjoy her interesting letter.
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, Aug. 25, '92
DEAR Folks: You wanted me to
write a letter home as soon as
got back, and give you some o!
the details of my trip. scarcely
know where TO begin, and may re-
peat something that l have said
before, but guess | will begin al
the beginning, although it will be
Impossible Tor me TO give you d
complete history of everything.
In the first place the trip out to
Denver was hot, dusty, and very
undressing, as far as the country
was concerned, although he com
pany inside made it quite pleasant
We went over the Burl ngtoE
Ronte, and went by the way of ST
Joe instead of Kansas City. We
first crossed the entire state ol
Missouri, which IN appearance is
very much like Ohio, then went
into Nebraska, where the only no
ticabIe point of difference was that
everything was corn" For miles
and miles along each side OF The
track were corn fields, one aftel
The other, until IT. almost looked
to me like Nebraska could supply
enough for almost the entire
United States. When we crossed
the Platt River and got into Colo
rado, the country began to change
and get more level, and instead OF
the continuous field of corn, The
main thing cultivated seemed to
be "Alialfa. | had 10 ask what
that was when it was pointed ont
10 me. ! thought it was a weed
that had a very pretty blue flower
on it, and grew about two feet
high +; l was informed that it was
The finest kind of hay when cut,
and that he peculiar thing about
it was that they cut three crops
from 1t every year. They plant il,
ard that seems to be the end OF
the trouble, for as fast as one crop
is cut off, j! grows right up again,
and as ] said before. produces three
crops per year, and does not run
out Tor several years. l asked why
ii was not cultivated in the eastern
states, and was Informed that III
the eastern states the ground was
too valuable to he devoted 10
shay" On the prairies we saw
numbers of prairie dogs, and in
some places regular cities of them.
All along the railroad track, there
IS bright gleam of yellow, it be-
ing The hundreds and hundreds of
small wild sunfiowers. which iDfest
this country. 1t is only when you
get within few miles of Denver,
that you get a view of the noun
tains, which, to one unaccuslomed
to The sight as l was. is a glorious
view, and although it is distance
of about twenty-five miles 10 The
nearest foot hills, and much far
ther 10 the high ranges, yet the at
mosphere is so clear, that it looks
as though you could walk to them
quite easllv In a little while. The
depot a: Denver is very modern
and beautiful structure, and IN
honor Of The visiting knights was
highly decorated when we arrived,
the entrance being surmounied
with beautiful illuminated arch
with the inscription in electric
lights. God Speed Thee on Thy
Way" | believe told you before
that Denver is charming city. II
is one city where you look in vain
for the poor people," The bust
ness blocks are magnificent, and
there beauty is added 10 by the
fact lnat everything is as clean as
though il hadjusl been built, which
was a striking contrast TO the
smoke and dirt stained buildings
of ST. Louis. The residences are
for the most part works of art. l
never saw in any one city so many
beautiful styles of architecture,
while lie fact that no frame build