Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-24

THE YELLOWSTONE PARK TRIP.
Grnns, Tells Interestingly the Incidents the TpDe-
s-rbes the Of Comfortable Travel-Ei
fence Well Guide to Others
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the Gardner farther on, and about 10
o'clock we rest our horses and drink
at Apolinaris Spring. strange phe-
rnmenon, a spring of pure Apollinaris
water, sparkling and bright and
charged as from the chemists labora-
tory. flowing out of the side of the
mountain. But we are getting used to
strange things in this strange and Won
derful country, and a spring of pink
lemonade would be taken in the ut
most good faith.
Obsidian Cliff now rises on our left
dark and forbidding, for ages neu-
trail ground, where the Indian found his
arrow heads, a mountain of black glass
SO hard that a diamond can not phase
ii. Crossing Obsidan river, we pause
at Beaver Lake to admire for mo-
ment the wonderful skill of that little
architect and builder. But there are
no beavers here, only the ruins of a
once populous little city. The man with
the gun has been here and now that he
has been effectually driven from the
park one hopes that the management
will restock the grounds. If this can
be done It will become a most interest
ing spot to the tourist of the future.
Just before reaching Norris Basin.
which is our lunch station, our coaches
stop at the Hot Springs and the Dew
lis Frying Pan. The spot is most APP
propriately named, as indeed are all In
teresting places 1t is not an awe
inspiring or wonderful sight, but 1t Is
certainly most strange and creepy and
sulphurous The frying pan covers
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slight depression in which the liquid
mud boils and fries and sputters much
like lard in Il hot frying pan when you
drop water into 1t. AT Norris Basin we
stop for lunch and the horses are taken
to the stables. Each driver is held re-
sponsible for his horses and they are
all kept in the pink of condition. He is
due at Norris Basin at a certain hour.
AS l now recall 1t, it is 1880 a. M. In
case of accident or to please his COM
pany he may be little late, but under
no circumstances must be arrive ear
lier. In this way the ambitious driver
is prevented from OVERRIDING his horses.
Here we encounter the inimitable Lar
ry. chef of the lunch station, who, with
his Irish brogue, his jibes and his
Jokes and his inexhaustible fund Of
Irish wit and humor. keeps the COM
pany laughing and happy. With his Ia
dies fingers for the men and his kisses
for the ladies, as he passes the pastry
and confectionery, we wonder that fol-
ly can be so funny.
AS soon as you alight you pass into
the wash room and from there to the
table. The table is long enough to &C
commodate the entire party and stands
on a substantial board floor. and is
covered with heavy canvas tent. AS
soon as you are seated you are pro-
yided with a slice of hot roast beef
large enough to cover large dinner
plate Next you are served with strong
hot coffee or tea as you prefer All the
other edibles are on the table and you
are expected to help yourself 1t con-
sists of hot potatoes, good bread and
butter, two or three kinds of canned
fruits, cold baked beans and brown
bread, slaw, pie and other pastry and
confectionery.
At Norris Basin. the horses are not
brought out until 1870 and this gives
ample time to see every place in inter
est in that vicinity and they are many
limited area. After lunch a young man
calls the entire party together and tells
them to follow him. We all fall in and
pass rapidly from one point to another
finally coming out to the road, where
shaded seats are provided, about half
mile from the lunch station and here
the coaches pick us up again. Num-
Der one in the lead and each tourist
takes the same seat he occupied in the
forenoon, the driver looking carefully
after all wraps, and luggage. You will
find everything just as you left 1t when
you alighted and here let me say
that luggage after you leave Mammoth
Springs is a nuisance. A hand bag, an
extra coat or wrap, and umbrella are all
that is necessary. The one that has
macintosh needs no extra coat, unless it
is later than August. A stout walking
stick is a great help, to elderly men. AT
Norris Basin you see many strange
sights in your brief walk. The Min
ute Man is little geyser that plays ev-
cry sixty or sixty-one seconds. The
Boiler is q thrilling and somewhat hor-
rible sight. 1t was not known two
years ago 1t is a hole about six feet
deep three or four feet wide and ten feet
long, looking down, the mud and water
boils and surges and roars and splashes
until, it is almost deafening. You can
hear it a half mile away.
The DEVILS Ink Stand is a cup like
formation with funnel bottom. 1t is
about six or eight feet across, and actu-
an inkstand while it is
filed with the blacklist kind of a black,
inky liquid mud, that boils and sput-
tiers necessarily. 1t is not an inviting
spectacle and many turned away in dis
gust. The Boiler holds you, it is fascin-
ating. while the Ink Stand is disgust
ing. Electric Spring Is most beaut-
iful and artistic little thing. 1t is not
over eighteen inches in diameter. Look
ing into it, from the proper angle, one
sees, every moment, an electrical dis
play and what seems to be a 32c-andle
lamp appears flashes and disappears.
But we can not spend any more time at
Norris Basin.
The guide politely bids us good bye,
some of us give him a nickle and some
a dime, and some, | am sorry to say,
give him nothing, altho this is the
Young mans sole occupation during the
tourist season. And how much he gave
us for a dime, how much for dollar,
yes. how much for SIS. Perhaps those
who didn't give are as happy as those
who did but l don't believe it, They
got the guides service any way, some
one else paid for 1T. What did they care,
but what respect did the rest of us have
FOR them? We are now on the road APP