The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-28
AT THE GIANT SPRING.
Impressions of a Bright Girl at that
Wonderful Spot and Rainbow Falls,

Impressions of a Bright Girl at that
Wonderful Spot and Rainbow Falls.
Miss Maud Houston, a pupil of the
High school, is the author of the follow
ing impressive sketch:
almost the first question addressed
to strangers in u city is Have you
seen the Giant Spring or Rainbow
Falls:' And almost the first desire of
these strangers is to visit them.
Soon after our arrival in Great Falls,
we made a journey to these two exceed
ingly interesting scenes, that rank among
the rarest of Mother Natures magui-
ficent possessions.
Early in the afternoon we left the city
and after a pleasant drive of three miles.
reached this spring, which is reported to
be the largest in the world. Words
are inadequate, language insult
ficent to convey even a feeble impression
of its wonderful beauty.
1t might be called a mirror of natures
soul clear, pure, bright, beautiful Gaz.
ing into its Transparent depths, we see,
in fancy, a mermaid's emerald house,
but in reality people say only the rocks
thickly covered with moss and water
crosses.
But, oh how picturesque! How en-
trancing! How sublime! Here one may
dream a poem of purity, or weave a ro-
nance, with thoughts far removed from
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the glories and delights of nature.
One visit to the Giant sDrinp furnishes
d charming object lesson to the brain, a
state of felicity to the soul. This spring
is situated close beside the great Mi
souri, and as its softly tinted, purlinp
waters flow onward and outward TO
unite with their gigantic relative, they
become wild and turbulent, as if to re.
slst the power OF the mighty Missouri;
or, vainly end%eavoring to retain their
tranquil beauty and purity instead
OF becoming stained with the waters of
the muddy stream they are forced to en-
ter.
The waters of the spring are cool and
Here is an instance where the
bitter is not mixed with the sweet, but
where all Is alike in sweetness and puri
ty. Truly. Il would be greatly disap-
pointed if the waters of the spring were
not as refreshing to the taste as to the
After gazing in silent admiration for
quite a while upon this scene, we con-
tinued our drive a few miles further till
we came to the Rainbow falls.
Variety is the spice OF life,' and SO the
change from the gentle spring-waters to
the roaring falls only serves to increase
our admiration Of the new scene an
before our view.
Here, in the presence OF this mighty
cataract, which falls over the massive
rocks Il height Of - feet. we arc spell
by the wildness and magnitude
Of II al. We are entranced by the
grandeur, the magniticence, the awful
ness of these foaming. surging, roaring
waters. The pearly spray. ike a downy
cloud over ali the black stream below, is
IN striking contrast with the constant
thunder which resounds around.
L cannot refrain from contrasting our
thoughts here with those at the spring.
Instead of dreamy felicitude we now
have a restless longing to go onward in
the worlds mad race, a wild desire to
achieve greatness. an energetic determin-
alton to progress. All this is occasioned
by the vastness of the scene and the
wierdness of the surroundings. We
we're Just in time to witness the rainbow
arch its mellow tints across the falls,
Instantly subduing the wildness of the
scene and forming a glorious effect by
The blending of It's colors with the spray.
We hesitated long before departing,
ana when we finally did we all agreed
n thinking of all the scenes we'd ever
seen this was the grandest of all.