The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-05-21
UNITY Funny ills TO Catch More Than Two Three

C anyon.
just below the falls Is Yellowstone
canyon. This Is not the largest can
yon known ID man bit, b yond doubt,
II is Ia It's celebration the prettiest In
all the world. The most beautiful
point for observation Is known as To-
SEPARATION Point. II Is three miles be.
low the falls.
Leaving the falls and those with me
| started to walk this distance. On
the way ! stopped TO look at doe
and two fawns by the road. had
seen many fawns but these we're the
prettiest and smallest being but little
larger than jack.rabblts. Farther on
q big bear crossed the road and just
beyond came to great bowlder such
as are seen at DEVILS Den on the bat
tie field ut Gettysburg. Scientists tell
US that this bowlder was brought from
the north q thousand miles during the
Glacial period and deposited here at
Its present resting place nine thousand
feet above the sea.
Going obe mile farther, then turning
to the right and walking out on ledge
Of snow white rock, | stood on lnspIr.
alton Point. Down, down. almost per.
pendIcular, one thousand i've hundred
feet below me the Yellowstone River,
seemingly but ten yards wide was
winding It's way, It's waters twisting
aud writhlng Its way through the mar
row gorge. Looking down the canyon,
q beautiful scene presents itself. The
wallis, 10 places, rise two thousand Eve
hundred feet above the river, the
rocky pillars aud pinnacles are mar.
velous aud the celebration beautiful.
I turned aud looked up the canyon.
What shall say saw! cannot tell
In a way that would give but q faini
idea OF the magnincence OF the scene
that me, my view. No man can stand
on Inspiration Point and look up the
canyon and come away aud tell what
be saw. Three miles up the canyon
sere the falls, beautiful beyond des
cription. Four and Eve hundred feet
below me on great plnnaclcs OF rock
we're 4 dozen eagles nests, In some OF
which could see the young. Far ovef
head were several eagles, soaring A.
u held In space by some mysterious
power. shall not try 10 describe the
canyon, it, formation and coloring.
ralmage, after touring the world. was
asked, as he stoOd where sas stand
Jog, what he though, Of H. He answer
ed. "Bow can answer your know
Of nothing so beautiful unless IL Is the
gates OF heaven" DIR Boyt said 10
In speaEing OF Yellowstone Canyon;
81 have seeo the middle age castles
along the Rhine; here those castles
are reproduced exactly. have seen
the great cathedral spires beyond the
sea; here they are In prototype, only
loftier and more sublime. You are
fascinated by the magnihcence aud
utter opulence OF color. Those are not
simple grays and hoary debths aud
reaches aud domes and plnnAcles OF
sullen rock. The whole gorge danes.
Il IL as though rainbows had fallen
out Of the sky and hung themselves
there like glorious banners. The 40
derlinlng color Is Of the purest yello'
this rushes onward Into orange. DOVE
NJ the base MOSES unroll their draper
les Of the most vivid green; browns,
sweet and soft do their blending; white
rocks stand spectral; turrcis OF rock
shoot up a. though they we're drcnch
ed through with blood. II 10 \ wilder
ness OF color. Il cannot be exager,t
ed. IL Is a. though the most glorious
sunset you ever witnessed had bccu
caught and held upon that resplendld
awful gorge" / vas loath 10 leave IL.
felt that would like 10 stand there
throughout oil the ages aad watch IL
changing color with every changing
light
After passing tho Welded Trees, the
Virginia Cascades and the great rocky
lodges beyond the cAscades, again We
came 10 Norris Geyser Basin. Here
we eamped for the night. The neat
day Aug. Sun, We arrived In Gardiner
and left 90 the evening train for home,
arriving Aug 10Th, passing snrouie
the Clusters famous battle ground.
J. r. Snyder.