The Worthington advance., 1903-11-27

tire block Tho town until recon ~
has been 4 wide open western town,
but at tho present time there are nc
saloon, but the drug store pay one
thousand dollars per year to coll hq-
uor in tho bottle and understand
they do q land Office business; there
ore . good many people living there
who come from the east, some who
are engaged in business, others who
como foretheir health, others again
for the climate, leaving the eastern
and southern states to go to the
mountains in the summer. We motto.
I'd soon as We landed at Colorado
Springs the difference in the at
mosphere, the altitude being 600O
feet, and what q difference there
was in taking or getting our breath,
seemed as if one could feel the
breath coming from way down from
the toes, like one of those long
breaths you desire in the hot mug
gy days in July and August. up
there in Minnesota, when you try
so hard after eating q big boiled
dinner, when your pants fits too
tight, and you can't get in sufficient
air, to satisfy that craving, for long
breath. Up in the mountains it is
80 different, you can take at each
breath, just US long a one as you
wish, pure and invigorating and
every breath pleasure. The breath
comes 80 easy, just like it was greas-
ed, just like the wheels on an auto.
mobile running on ball bearing
spindles, no effort whatever, COM
fort and pleasure. The only discom-
fort found was getting out Of
breath in walking fast or going up
a little hill, but that all disappears
after getting climated. Colodrao
Springs is surely a resort place, pop
ulation I think about 10000, a de-
lightful city in which to spend a
vacation, on account of it's excellent
hotels, the pure dry air. salubrious
climate, lovely drives and many
places of interest. This is all fine
of course if you have the money to
back it up,if not you can enjoy the
climate and go on foot if you like.
This place is tie junction point
with the short line for Cripple
Creek gold district, which has help
ed build up Colorado Springs. From
this place we begin our journey ov-
er the Scenic Line of the world, for
it is surely so. For with nature COL
orado, are scenes too grand for Ian
guage to describe. The artist fails
to convey the idea such being the
case, you must not expect but very
little from my pen as I am not able
to give you it's real beauty, And
since we have gone through this
wonderful NATURES architecture, I
will say, a. I know you like poetry;
'I'm going to paint picture with
a pencil of my own,
shall have no hand to help me-, !
shall paint it all alone,
Oft I fancy it before my hopeful
heart grows faint,
As I contemplate the grandeur OF
the picture I would paint.
Its awful but can't describe it,
you must see it to believe it, you
must see it to appreciate it, you
must SEQ it in order to ever believe
there is such, you must sec it be-
lore you go, if not you will miss
the grandest and the most awful of
natures picture gallery; it is worth
the time and money to see it; as
words can't convey the idea, or
writing cannot describe it to you;
you must SEQ it;then you know it:
lon It miss it; you ought to see it.
We left Colo. Springs on morning
August 22nd for Manitou springs,
IN the electric car miles west, this
little city Of about 1900
people, nestles at the foot of the
mountains, looking up we see Pixies
Peak, seems as if one could throw a
stone. if on the top, down into the
own, hut such is no5 the case for
he distance from tho top to the city
8 nine miles, Manitou il famous the
world over and is visited by more
people they tell. me, in search Of
health and pleasure or a summer
.esort than is any other place in the
vest. 1t has fine hotels, elegant
oaths, delightful drives and grand