Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-03-12

all visited.
A trolley ride Of an hour took Us 10
Liflleton. At EngIewood. where We
changed ears, j. seen the sole survivor
u the horse ear s'tsherilyn.M an old
white horse, draws the ear ~ The hill
several hundred feet. then mounts the
rear platform and rides down. Two
trip wefe made te the mountains: one
10 st. Lookout. IL miles distant taking
trolley to Golden, where i located the
school Of Mines. letter NJ on the
mountain side, made Of stones and
painted white, can BE- seen FOR miles.
/ Is ioD9 feet above Golden, and a.
placed there bs the school boys. Mr..
HiHcke accompanied ns on this trip,
beng = mountain climber u note, he
and nay uncle walking to the summit
u Pixies Peak aud baeA from Manitou
in one day a distance Of - miles, his
article. Pixies Peak or Bast3 being
pubii= bed In the PATRIOT some years
ago 4 brother, Albert Aldfich. made
the ascent in 1s9s, being - years old
\ four horse stage Was waiting at Col
den % take the "TeHderfeotn 10 the top
Of the mountain four miles distant.
Mr.. Hlncke preferred TO walk and
reached the summit fully ten minutes
ahead Of US. The suns rays are very
hot In that altitude, 100 feet, eonse-
quentiy the ladies In the party were
badly sunburned, as no one wants 10
carry q sunshade 10 shut off the giori-
Gus view. Castle Rock Is point great
~ admired BY tourists, and al Windy
Point, around which the trail winds,
looking down nearly 300 feet. one
wants n steady head. We ate our lunch
overlooking tiearitreek GanyoE. 1900
feet below US track runs along the
creek for miles ON it, way To Mt. No
Ciellan and the Georgetown Loop. Be
fore leaving Mr. Hineke picked among
the aspens large bunch Of the beauti
ful eoiumbine. the state flower laNen-
der and white. This only grows at an
altitude Of 1000 feet of more and eoase.
queniiY is quite rafe. Although some
what wiited on reaching home, they
came ont bright aHi lasted nearly A
week. They pies inc aud keep their
celoane We al walked back u col
den. aud il Is really harder than The
CLINT, tbe paths being somewhat stony.
! could hardly step a. we neafed our
journey end.
During Convention week Mr May
aad took trip o. The N9flau Road
10 eorona or Rollins pa, 80 mics
ffem Denver, reaching an alttu e Of
I / 800 feel, being Two nile altitude.
one mile higher than Denver. We
passed through 81 tunnels, two OF
which are solid granite, and the cost
OF tunneling these Two was equal 10 the
cost OF building ali the railroads In the
state. \ climb Of 600 feet was made
in = minutes, tnn feet In II minutes.
Two engines aud nine coaches made up
| the train which was crowded with
tourists from nearly every state in the
/ nnien. \ card WAS handed each pas.
sensef TO write name and address. 4
paper printed IN Holland, about half
Nay, MAS sold ON the return tip. Mr.
| May and | were the only ones from the
Nutmeg State. - from Nebraska
Two teams were run eaeh daY We
had "A sta4 Of three hours al the sum
nit, the Train going an Ia Arrow seme
ten miles beyond the Continental ii.
vide.
The road Is being built To sail Lake
city, bilt II will be some years befere il
Is completed, reducing the distance 20
miles and the time Ten hours. on the
ninth of July 1t was 40 ia the shade al
Denver, and showing at midday at Co
| roma, from Summers glow 10 winter 5
snow all In three hours. ONefcoats
and heavy wraps are much in evil
denee. Soon the sun appeared and II
MAS delightful. snow sheds several
miles In length are built on the sum
nit, A climb OF 40 feet drought the
party To the top OF James Peak & kept
Ing two delegates Of unusual aNoifdu-
pois. 1t il very hard climbing in this
altitude, and enc has 10 stop and rest
every few minutes. We were probably
more than half an hour climbing at
feet. 1t is almost impossible TO draw
long breath, and your heart is ihump-
ing n though il would il burst. SeSe-
b
tainted and were unable To reach the
summit. A line view from here was
had of Yankee Doodle Lake over loo
feet below, being M feet eleN alton
The train Winds around this lake max.
ing loop
The most beautiful flowers grow on
The mountain side, forget me nots OF
deepest blue, also red, white, pink and
, yellow flowers. We collected some OF
each variety, also rocks of curious for.
nation aud eoloring. The continual
change Of scener. Is one Of the delights
OF this trip,the first twenty mites being
| through the valleys and foot hills. Ii
WAS estimated that lsl,ea passengers
were carried over this road last year.
While III Denver We renewed our se-
| Qusintance With Mr.. and Mrs. John
fat>ons, he heing former pastor oi
The Congregational churches in East
and Meth Woodstock Mr.. PARSONS
gave ap preaching several years ago,
and j. nov assistant hesanaa IN the
Paolic Library. Miss Mary Lyon OF
j MnosistNek vas their gnssi dnfinE The