The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-11-17
An Interesting Letter.
ss>>. S1LvERToN, CoLoRADo.

From the level p1airies of South
ern Minnesota to the heart of the
Mountains in Colorado, is a change
that to be appreciated must be ex-
perienced. Our trip from Worthing-
ton to Silverton was a most enjoyable
one. Leaving attwo d. m. Monday
We reached Omaha in time to put in
a full day at the Exposition Being
the closing day of the great show,
there were, as was estimated. some
thing over two hundred thousand
people on the grounds. To US this
was quite a large factor of tho whole
show. Leaving Omaha at midnight
we were whir1ed along over forty
miles an hour and reached Denver
the next afternoon. We were met and
entertained by old friends, and were
very glad to be able to take in the
Moody meeting that evening. The
noted Evangelist seems to have lost
mono of his old time power. What
wonderful man be is.
Leaving Denver on Wednesday
morning we were two days and a
half reaching Silverton:traveling day
times and stopping at hotels at night.
In this way we were able to take in
all the scenery, and this we did, it
seemed almost as if our eyes were
strained out of our heads. The Den
yer and Rio Grande Railway is called
and justly too, the "Scenic Route of
America" The Royal Gorge of the
Grand Canon of the Arkansas I do
not believe has ever been described;
and [ am sure no description has ev-
er been exaggerated, for that would
be impossible. If ever ono would
feel shut out from the world and
shut in with the Almighty, it would
be when wiuding around Through
that narrow gorge with those mighty
walls of rock towering up on every
side thousands of feet in height. The
mlghtest works of man dwindle in to
most contemplate smal]ness when
compared with these seemingly
boundless gigantic fetes of the Gre
ators handiwork. The second day
we climbed up into and over the
mountains in good earnest. Some
times we would go a mile or more
around to get but few rods In ad-
vance, but perhaps hundreds of feet
farther up. Such winding around,
going ten miles to get one; climbing
up where it took all the power of two
engines to draw three or four cars;
then sliding down where if the brakes
lad givon out-weil you would not
Fo reading this lettej cling;r to the
side OF 4 duff Or III; .alA We're it
a rabbit ,ould
!. = .. ...ti.Jut falling
off; ta., III all ie was trip that
cannot be duplicated the wide world
around. At least 1 do not expect to
ever see the like again if l should
live to be as old as Methuselah him
self.
The last half day we made only a
little over forty miles in four hours.
but such a forty miles. The first
haf of gdistance W as s4up aas most
fertile valley that seemed for all the
world like realization of some of
those wonderful pictures I have seen
of Swiss valleys and mountains. The
last half of the last forty miles was
in some respects the most wonderful
scenery of the whole trip, through
the whole Las Animas River (the riv
er of Lost Souls.)
But if attempt to go much farth-
er in my descriptions, you will begin
to think that even the preacher has |
lost his head: so for the sake of my
reputation, as we'll your patience, 1
will leave the description of our new
home and field of work for a later
mission. Suffice to say that every
thing more than meets our expecta-
tions; location, climate, scenery, op-
portunities for moral and spiritual
work.
I will close with best wishes for all
Worthingtonians; good bad and
badly mixed> G.. w. MERRILL.
An Enfornricip,n