The Worthington advance., 1903-11-27

Falls, Bear Creek Canon, Cheyenne
mountains, and hundred Of others,
which would take days to see, and
as many days to write about. The
points of interest going through the
Garden of the Gods, are many queer
formation, the red rock, represent
ing, with imagination, animals, birds
etc, such as The old Baggage Room,
which looks like a great many
trunks piled up, at depot baggage
room. Mushroom Park, like 80 many
mushrooms growing, Deerhead, Ant
Eater, Old Mans Loine Cellar, Bal
ance rock weighing something like
500 tons, resting ut the bottom on
about six square feet, Wash Woman,
Eagle, The Gateway, Punch and
Judy, Old Dutchman, Egyptian
Sphinx, Turtle, Queen of the Gods,
Seal and Bear, Cathedral spires, Ca
thedral Rock, and many others of
lesser interest and perhaps some 9th
or which I have over looked, but it
il al worth seeing, as it is a nice
drive, Ut about five miles. Vending
our way back to Manitou, we had
lunch and started for another drive
which was up the Williams Canon,
one Of the most delightful drives
about Manltou, and which was our
real initiation Of mountain scenery
and canons, and if you are fond
of the beautiful and grand in
nature, in it you will certainly be
pleased and gratifed. The door
way of the Canon is near the cent
or of the village and once in the
canon, every knob and peak will po
sses charm for you, with towering
walls of solid granite and ordinary
rock with here and there only room
enough to pass up the canon, if a
deluge Of water from a cloud burst
should come rushing down, all would
be lost, as there is no way of getting
out, there are castles and fortifiea-
tions chiseled out in by gone ages,
with sidewalks several hundred feet
high and most perpendicular. Lo-
Gated amid the scenic grandeur and
panoramic picturesqueness of this
beautiful canon, under the cap Of
the mountains, about three miles
from Manitou, is the Cave Of the
wind. I do not know where it de-
rives it's name for we dld not feel
any wind. On, ascending to the
opening, by a trail up the noun
tain side some 1900 feet, and only
room enough for buggy, we SOON
reach the entrance; we pay $1.O0 to
go through so We secure our ticket
and register our names, and the
journey into tho cave is begun,
which is about three quarters of a
mile, a guide is furnished and we
start into the perilous, as we'll as
peerless cavern. Every now and
then the guide would light a mag
nesium light, by the way each car
ried light also, and the illumina-
ton was grand; this light is more
powerful than electric. The things
in. there are to numerous to men
tion, some places W. had to climb
down and up long stairs, the first
is entrance hall, then curtain hall,
q fine formation of Calcite on the
wall is known as the curtain, then
we come to Canopy hall, then Bos-
ton Ave. In the brilliant magne-
sium light, much more intense than
electric light with which the rooms
are Illuminated, every inch of the
walls, sparkle and scintilliate each
color and shade, giving
perfectly the effect of walls of d.
amond mosacic work, from here we
90 to the Grand Art Gallery, here
are translucent stalactites of ala
baster, with trembling drops Of
water on their tips, sparkling like
crystal flowers of delicate
designs, then Bristol Chamber, cling
ing on the ceiling and easement are
reptiles. dancing devils, acrobatlc
beasts and birds of every
form, the Crystal Palace, it is IN re-
atty a casket of gems and jewels,
and flowers of alabaster then we re-
trace our steps and come out into
light then we wind our way down
the mountain some 1900 feet, down
we see the road we came over, TAR
down the canon. My next letter
will be about the cogwheel railroad