The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-09-14
the mountain sides and falling softly

the mountain sides and falling softly
back to unite with others, to again |
mount upward and onward until lost in
the dim distance beyond, or dissolved
aud dispersed like the vapOr they were.
The view from the mountain takes in
all the famous battle-ground. Standing
on Lookout Point and looking TO our
left we see Bragg's Point, with its stfel
tower, where now is located the Nation
al Park, with the cannon used In the
battles still standing on the field. ut Is
to be dedicated In September.) just
below us is Wanhatchie, where Fight
ing Joe" Hooker and his men scaled
Lookout mountain, captured the crest
and planted the stars and stripes. 10
the north lies the city, and q little far
ther to the right the National Cemetery,
where lies the dead. OF both armies.
Still to the right is Orchard Knob,
where Generals Grant and Thomas had
their headquarters. just beyond the
Point, and on its brow, stands Sunset
Rock, from whence can be seen = mag
niicent sunset, the 'day-god being plain
" visible, and lighting up with . bril-
liant glow the towering tops where we
stand and that are all about US long
after the valley below Ms ID wrapped In
the grey Of evening. Not far away is
the Garden of the Gods" where the
mighty, massive dull grey striped, moss
grown rocks take forms OF quaint tow
ers, ptnnacles, castles, and giant men,
and animals and magnified semblsnces
Of thihgs real and unreal, in earth and
sky and water. .'Natural Bridge Is no
less attractive, while Rock City" II
seemingly city, which under the tell
spell OF some malignant genius Of the
mountain, has been turned to stone.
Lulu Lake" rests placidly in its basin
Of solid rock upon the dizzy heights.
and 6ows peacefully onward until 1t
reaches an immense boulder, where, q
II startled by the abruptness Of the stop
page OF its onward peacefnl dow. 1t
takes q sudden leap OF lis feet over the
precipice to the depths below, and then
after foaming and boiling and bubbling,
it dashes on over boulders and bounds
over great grey rocks that Lift themselves
up to oppose it, until Forgetting it, mad
fury 1t flows rapidly down the steep
mountain side till 1t reaches the river
below.
At the Point we climbed the noun
tain (s0metimes having to put our knee
on the rock In order to get up), and
mounted the three flights Of wooden
steps made fast to the rocks eighty
steps in the two first flights. We stood
upon the very crown OF the mountain
and looked at the still far-away heavens
above us; ct the distant mountain peaks
peering up above the clouds below ns
and at the beautifully tinted, painted
picture down, down ! 500 feet beneath
US. and a. we looked We drank In thu
lovely vision and fixed 1t 90 firmly IN ths
picture gallery OF the mind that 20 lou(
as life endures II shall never fade.
Coming down from that lofty emin
ence, We climbed under "Umbrelll
Rock, !" and tried to find q specimen fO
our cabinet, but other tourists had beer
before us. / said we climbed under. i
is impossible to reach the outside OF TIN
top, so we had to content ourselves with
climbing up and touching the unde
surface Of the top. We left the Poin
and went across the mountain to catcl
the down dummy" for II We did not !
meant stay on the mountain all night
and this We could not do. We got 4
the Confectionery Depot" just ON
minute ahead Of the dummy" an
getting aboard We made the circuit O
the mountain, came back to Lookou
Inn depot. took the "lncline" to POin
Hotel. there changed to the other car
and landed safe again at st. Elmo
where we took the street car for tn
city. We then drove back over tn
mountains, recrossed ChicamauRa
, Spring Creek and Woolftewah, an
with the moonlight shining brightl
above us, we reached the quiet little vii
lage OF SOltewah, nestled smOng tn
. mountains. about half-past' nine-tired
20 tired-but fully repaid for the labo
and toll that it cost to secure . never-tn
be-forRotten, and perhaps, never-to-be
. repeated pleasure.