The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-03

an hour yet till dinner time. Or sup
pose some citizen Of Grenada dies
there at exactly twelve O'Clock and
close connection is made by telephone
with the telegraph office and a dis
patch is sent to some friend in Den
yer and reaches him in fifteen min
utes notifying him Of his friend S
death. On receiving the telegram he
| tildS that his friend who expired ff-
! teen minutes before at Grenada won't
be dead for forty-tive minutes yet.
In other words, one who dies in Gre
NADIA at twelve O'Clock wont be dead
in Denver till one O'Clock by Grenada
time But would you believe it? This
| is in accord with nature. | watched
thu sun 90 duwu at Denver and took
| out my watch U had rot turned my
watch back and found it fifteen min
uteS to eight O'Clock. The sun really
sets an hour later than at Grenada |
presume it rises an hour later also, fer
| was in the mountains Saturday night
and rose early to make trap TO
Grey'S park and as | saw the sun peer
above the mountains bevOnd me.
looked at my watch, and found it was
five minutes to seven O'Clock. These
are facts no matter how incredib bic
they may seem to people in the far
S<uth. | made another observation.
One who contempiates journey from
Grenada to Denver needs to provide
himself with a good deal Of scrip FOR
his trip and he will make no greit
mistake to take good batch of New
York exchange, for travel out here is
strictly on the European plan. You
pay for your lodging and meals separ-
ately for your lodging (on a Pulman)
you pay six gzeat big dollars, as for
your meals, you can get enough for
ninety cents TO keep you from starv-
ing till the next time. Still you could
eat great deal more il only you had
the money to pay for it.
A third observation: If one wants
to see pretty weather he had better
take good look at it before he leaves
Grenada for it has rained in the
mountains here every day but three
days, SO | was told since the oath Of
June. But it is but fair to say
that according 70 the oldest inhabi.
tants there has never been a season
here like this before. Furthermore, it
does not rain here all time, nor dies
it stay cloudy here long at time like
it does there. Rains come up sudden
ly or rather down suddenly, for they
come from the mountains and disap-
pear suddenly. Ii you want to hear
thunder that is thunder sure enough.
aud see tightening that is the pure
and unadu:terated articlethen come to
the Rockies. 4" They have no tUrna-
does or cyclones here, however
A fourth UbServa tim: Ii you want
to keep cool when you get to Denver
bring along good sized chunk of ice
from Grenada to sit on for / left a
temperature of ninety-two there (the
highest point reached the day | left
Grenada, August l3th) and found one
OF ninety-fOur here. But let no one
think for a minute that am knock
ing" the west or that | am diSap
pointed for such is not the Case. This
country is glorious beyond compare
and great beyond conception. just
li.tle past five O'Clock August 18th, !
got my first sight Of Denver, the
Pearl of the Plains I think l will
copyright this appellation and sell it
to Denver as l have never seen it in
print anywhere } 1t was a sight nev.
er to be forgotten.
About Denver-But it is nearly
twelve O'Clock and | must seek my
weary couch" If you decide to use
JhiS and are not mobbed after pub
fishing it, may send you some ac
count of what | have seen here and
nereabouIs. II | do write about
some of the things | have seen | will
art ask you to vouch fer my truth
and ver2city.
Cordially yours,
n. w. Z. BACON.