The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02
A RAMBLE OVER UNCLE SANS TERRI.
TORY.
NUMBER SIX.


for a long distance, is another of the
memory pictures never to be effaced.
This is the great delight of travel, when
the journey done, its hardships and dis
comforts forgotten, we look over our
gallery of mental pictures, and the cares
of life grow lighter and easier t0 bear;
our world has grown larger. The va
riety of flowers blooming in the park is
something astonishing; 300 different
kinds are said to be found there; we
found them in great profusion every
where. The registers of the hotels in the
park are curiosity. have never seen
/ their like any where else. They
read something like this: Berlin, New
York, Paris, Boston, San Francisco, Rio
Janeiro, St Louis, Denver, St. Peters
burgh, Omaha, Troy, Honolulu, Louis
vile, Mobile, Melbourne, New Orleans,
Los Angeles, st. Paul, Amsterdam Hol-
land, Philadelphia, Brussels. Cleveland,
| Naples, Charleston. Havana, Buffalo,
Vienna, Portland, London, Glasgow
Syracuse, Manchester Eng, Utica, BuenOs
Ayres, Rochester, etc. Every city men
toned will be found on these registers,
and many others. Ayoung antelope had
been brought to the hotel and had be-
come quite tame; its legs looked like
pipe stems; seemingly as If they would
snap every step the little fellow took.
At I next morning the thermometer
marked 400, an atmosphere that fitted
like a straight jacket when one stepped
outside; as we started away atS30 we
were not wearing linen busters or straw
hats, and had no use whatever for fans.
The ride was very pleasant, after we had
passed the disturbing piece of road along
the canon; up long grade, through a
heavy forest of pine to point where we
could see many miles over the central
plateau, then down, down, down to the
station at Norris, where we met the
party of that day bound out through the
park; then we began to realize what old
stlgers we were. For two or three miles
the road wound along the bank of a
pretty stream which was quite like some
in the vicinity of Bennington. After
lunch we started back over the piece of
road we came out the first morning, past
the beaver lake, with drink at "Green
Creek" and the "Apollinars" spring. a
halt at the Obsdian cliff for specimens,
and then on across the plateau down
through the Golden Gate, the grades
seemingly sleeper than when we climbed
them; scattering once more the gophers,
and then with rattle drew up at the
door of the Mammoth hotel, and gladly
descended, our long drive ended. Fiji
teen vehicles formed the inwarI process
sion that afternoon.
As we sat on the piazza of the Nam
moth next morning, and saw the stages
deposit the new corners who arrived that
day to make the trip through the park,
we all laughed and talked abuut the
tenderfeet. We had all finished the try
ing trip, and knew the hardships of
which they were in blissful ignorance.
Where ignorance is bliss, etc We did
not enlighten them. they would find out
for themselves soon enough, and be-
come old seasoned travellers like the
crowd who were looking at them. We
knew then Just the feeling the veteran
westerner has for the tenderfoot from
the East, At 100 p. m, the big coaches
drew up before the hotel and in short or,
der the outgoing party was off and on its
way down the long grade to the railway.
The cars seemed the acme of luxury af-
ter the long days spent in the stages, and
many remarks were made about the good
old days of our daddies when railroads
were unknown; no one seemed to sigh
for them, however, the present style was
good enough for us. Soon after the
train got under way tremendous gale
accompanied by rain. came down from
the mountains, and it seemed as if the
cars would be tipped over. Such storms
are common in that valley, but almost
unknown at the high level of the park
We left the train al Livingston in pour.
ing rain, and as none of the stations out
that way have covered sheds beside the
tracks, only the station building proper
it is no joke to leave a train at any OF
them in rain storm. In few minutes
we were on board the Overland Elk
press" which dropped its one locomo
tive there and attached two for the long
! climb to the Bozeman tunnel at the di
vide. The railway went over the pass
, until the tunnel was built, the floor il
nearly 5000 feet above sea level Emerg
ing on the other side we were on the
western slope of the Rockies" and il
an entirely different country. The hilli
and plaius were no longer bare anC
/ bleak, but green with grass and fairly
well wooded; the Gallatin valley is one
of the garden spots of Montana. Jus
before sunset we were favored with til,
most beautiful views of the long line o
! the Rockies to the westward, with thei
/ snow caps shining in the rosy light O
+ the setting sun; the whole horizon wa
/
: ley run three rivers, which unite AM
7 form the Missouri. The early explorer
J could not tell which was the Missouri, S,
! gave each a name, Gallatin, Madison anC
Jefferson. After the Missouri wa
: reached the train followed down til,
: north bank for some distance, through
g the upper canon of the Missouri, whlcl
. afforded us many views of the curiou
: rock formations, and soon after dark tn
electric lights of Helena began to hasl
8 in the distance. The Northern Paciii
9 station is on the outskirts of the city,
7 mile or more from the centre; two line
: of electric cars connect with it. Tw,
b. other lines run out three miles to tn
i Hotel Broadwater, which is surpris,
and vertible oasis in the desert of dust
travelling, to those who stop there
This fine hotel, with its numerous gal
leries, verandas and sheltered hooks, re
y sembles large private residence, an,
is built, andikept up by the family who's
= name it bears. aud who own all the LAM
!, for % miles beyond. 1t is electri
y lighted, steam heated, well furnished, lex
: quisitely kept, and provides a splendi
y table; in spite of the fact that almos
: everything has to be brought thousan
u miles. Any city might we'll be proud @
. the establishment, which unfortunately
does not pay, the running expenses ar
= so very heavy haYe no where else, i
hotel, seen so fine plumbing as here
! and hot mineral water is in all the rooms
a 1t is indeed an ideal resort, the fowe
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