St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-06-01
WESTWARD H0. Nv.
cnyiues and Denver.


westerner who said all his
lD' ,aobed was water and good
'oG s;.ty could not have been rest
' ,'s If Colorado Springs, for this
'at;ful place has both. And 1t is
O''' one Of the few places in Colora-
p ~ rhere there are no saloons All
90 T ronor is sold at the drug stores,
wv "1d fl they evidently do a good bust
" 'D.s for the leading saloon at cripple
c..et one of the new mining
''' ' near here, is called Colorado
Springs Drug Store" -.
! ,,,t though the springs, for which
w.. I,' city is named, are five miles
4 away at the little town OF Manltou.
I.is IS miles south of Denver and
',;,h;o 10 miles OF Pixies Peak. The
,nn Rockies can be easily reached
wv w., here and electric cars take
".oole directly to South Cheyenne
r,oou one OF the most picturesque
oorees in the Rockies. The streets
o.. wide and lined on each side with
..ooe residences. This isa resort II
mooths in the year, and no matter
how deep the snow may be on the
ADJACENT mountains in winter no
,,ow flies in the streets of Colorado
So,;ops The Antlers, the biggest
hotel in the place, is unquestionably
N. haudsomest hotel in the state.
Colorado College is located here.
Three Amherst graduates, including
President Slocum, are on its faculty.
The Childs- Drexel Printers Home is
inst outside the business part OF the
cty. This is supported entirely by
the Typographical Union OF the Unit
ed States, by whom it was built,
and is the home of invalid members
If the craft. Editor George W.
CElds of the Philadelphia Ledger
and Banker Drexel of the same city
each gave the union $4,000 a few
years ago, and their generous gift
helped to build the Printers Home.
This part of Colorado is a great
resort for invalids, aud about the on
II drawback to the region is thu
mental shock experienced in being
seated in the cars or hotels beside.
such cadaverous people. In men
tioning this to c. H. Sage of Denver
he reminded me that all Of thos
people were Eastern tourists wh'
had come out here to get toned up
and presume he was right. Der
yer is 5314ft. above the sea level an
Colorado Springs 600 #. higher, an
w account of this high altitud
ne6nd it difficult to live here an
havw return to the East. 1t
hard realize that you are on
ltyewith Mount Washington whe
the mercury is 80 degrees in til
shade at 8 O'Clock in the morning
But even in summer there is no sue
oppressive heat as is found in Ne,
England. One always gets a goo
breeze in Colorado, and sometime
too much of a one.
| said Colorado Springs had goo
society. We certainly proved tn
even in our short stay. Prof. F. T
Loud, the accomplished professor
mathematics at the college, took I
to South Cheyenne canon, and Il
scenery there was grand. From tt
mouth of the gorge to the seven fal
Enearly two miles and the roa
winds around precipitous red san
stone rocks of all sizes and shape
Al the head Of the canon are Il
seven falls, but only the last two ca
be seen from the pool at the botto
OF the cascade. This whole regit
4a'been INN )rtalized by Mrs. Helt
hunt Jackson, and it was on Z
summit of Cheyenne mountain th
she was buried. Indians bore h
body up the steep trail, and l
monument marked her final restil
place save pile of stones made
admlring tourists. Recently h
Oody has been removed from til
eyre, as the place had gradually |
come a picnic ground and pleasu
resort.
Two ladies at the Springs MAJ
yur short stay there very enjoyah
Wy their wholly unexpected hosI
lalty, and to one of them | am i
uVOted for a story Of the Charlest'
' On.a One of the lad