The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-11-18

suggests high life and "money to burp,''
and it would be q pleasure TO see the
beautiful horses If their beauty had not
been turned to painful deformity by the
crime and abominario1 of the s'stump
tall" But it is English, you know, and ir il
fashion. That changes ugliness TO beau
Gy and outrage to kindness. Between
these specimen turnouts, you may see q
variety of good teams, comfortable car
riages, and sensible riders. They are
out for health, pleasure, or business, and
/ frequently ali three objects are combined
lt Is happiness TO see tourists and in.
valids out every fair day (and most days
now are fair), gathering In air and sun
shine, on horseback, or wheel, or in car
riage.
Interested citizens and some tourists
speak of Colorado Springs as the greatest
health and pleasure resort in the world,
and a recent author calls it the paradise
of the idler." Many novel or wonderful
natural scenes and objects are near at
hand or within reach by carriage or troll
| ley and in the summer months it is a
center of travel and Sightseeing.
Among the places and points of interest
that command the attention of tourists
may be mentioned the Garden of the
Gods, Glen EYrie, the Canons, Ute Pass,
| the top of Pixies Peak (by the Cog rail-
road, and the grave of heIen Hunt jack
son on the side of one OF the mountains.
This last mentioned spot was the goal OF
| so many excursionists that the remains
have been removed to the city cemetery.
The greatest altitude OF the city $500 feet
| higher than the one mile elevation of
Denver), gives il the pure and rarefied
| atmosphere that has been found of the
greatest value TO those who suffer with
1 ~ 1hnwn has See H.,
said in my hearing that there ia not one
| family in ten who is not here, or who did
not first come here, on account OF one or
more of it's members being afflicted with
this dreadful destroyer. AND yet, as on
| walk the streets day after day, at this
| season, you
MEET VERY FEW APPARENT INvALIDs,
not more than in most other parts of our
country. You are often surprised, after
| meeting and couversing with q person
who appears in perfect health, as to
weight and color, TO learn that be would
not for his life trust himself to 90 to
New York or Boston for months visit,
and you will further learn, perhaps, that
he was brought here on cot from three
90 five years ago. after having been given
up by his physician to die in month.
ILLS aIGouAIss ~ may pCf III part al 1CnAts
for the fact that the city contains one of
the best and most cultured populations
Of the West. Many people OF talent,
education and high moral standing have
been forced to make it their home. Hence
he scott ty Is superior. There is not q
saloon In che city, and you seldom meet
with the element that la accustomed to
haunt or loiter about these nurseries of
vice and dissipation.
The schools, like those In most cities of
these Western states, are Of the best
modern character and are housed In the
best OF buildings. The High school here
10 one Of the most substantial and impos-
ing structures to be found west of the
Mississippi. / am told that the dial OF
the clock in It's tower is the second larg
est in the world, measuring I6 feet across
its face, the hands being eight feet long.
Wherever you can see iU, In any part Of
the city, within radius of nearly a
mile, you can read the time of day. I
might say word for Colorado college,
located here, already well known and
bidding fair TO be one of the leading in
situations OF our country. The churches,
too, are numerous and well attended and
are presided over by men OF ability and
piety, several of whom, by the way,
would not be here but for their inability
20 live in an eastern climate. Their dis
tinguishing characteristic. as whole, in
my mind, is their freedom from the secta-
rian straight jacket, and this permits
them TO live and labor together in entire
unity. giving their undivided effort TO all
that ia for the public good, while faith
fully attending to pastoral duties.
Some OF the peculiarities Of the altitude
and atmosphere may interest you. The
dry air, as Ia generally known, enables
you to endure, with less discomforf, a
considerably lower temperature than in
Connecticut, or on the sea board. have
been surprised, on clear cold morning,
when the temperature seemed only brac-
ing, to find that the mercury was near
zero. | thought the matches given me
ignited much more readily than any [
ever used. The slightest scratch or
touch, upon smooth surface even, |
would set them ablaze Instantly. / am
told it is not the make OF the match but 1
the dry atmo sphere chat causes this
ready ignition. The air has little of the 1
moisture that makes it 30 hard in your
state, on dog-day, to strike light.
am told that postage stamps do not stick l
together when carried in the pocket as
they do Ia the East, &nd have observed /
that it taxes more pains TO seal an en-
velope than in New York. The lightnessl
of the air let's water boil more quickly /
than In lower attitudes, and so, having /
less heat, it takes vegetables longer to 4
cook than with you. For the same rea-
son, high winds are less destructive than Il
In lower parts of the country, since they
lack force or momentum. "A wind that
have experienced, blowing n miles an
hour, did no damage. The voices OF
singers, coming from the East are some
Times, At first, 80 afSected ia not to BE-