Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

them, and take away the terrors
of the August u at midday. l
was met at the gate by my host
for the day, and, entering, found
agreeable and congenial company
in the persons of the hostess, her
daughter, Mrs. Carter, Miss Pat
ii, another daughter, and Miss
Marie Gratiot-not to overlook the
four grandchildren. Dr.. Bliss and
wife from De Soto also were pres
ent. So you see at table there
was a pretty fair.sized family of
US. I'm not going to tantalize the
reader with an enumeration of the
good things set before US. We
did eat-Dr. Bliss and | in the lead,
as became our years and avoirdu-
pois-and enjoy them. Fortunate
ly this is a good crop year and my
friend "Sam's" fields and garden
and chicken.lot have yielded
handsomely; else | might have
misgivings as to the lot of the
hungry coming after US. Cigars
followed dinner-that is, for US of
the coarser fibre. To me, the after
meal cigar, in it's relation to the
pleasures of the table, is like that
of the keystone to the arch-it fin
ishes and makes perfect. How the
ladies, down in their hearts, look
on it, of course l don't know:
whether dislike, or envy, or a
commingling of both, is hidden
beneath their desire to please;
but I confess, as the smoke from
my Havana graces the air, to a
sneaking feeling that the rule de-
barring them the same enjoyment
is not con the dead square," If
the ladies will confne themselves
to a good cigar, who may reason
ably obiectP But l draw the line
on the hither side of the viciously
favored, disgusting cigarette.
After dinner we had several hours
of conversation, suited to the con-
genial company, and the shades OF
evening began to gather ere we
were aware that the u had again
run its daily course. Then I came
home bearing with me regret that
the parting had to be SO soon
made.
Our old friend, A. Hale of Belle
view, sends us the following let
ter, which he recently received
from his daughter, Miss Ethel,
who is at present in Colorado for
the benefit of her health: "Dear
HomefolE-This is my birthday and
| guess I'll celebrate by writing to
you. I went with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ring, their daughters, and some
friends of theirs to Glacier Lake
yesterday. We left Denver on the
Colorado & Southern Railroad at
8:15 in the morning. The cars are
open-observation cars-so that
we could see on both sides. 1t was
an excursion train of eight coach
es, drawn by two engines, and a
third, part of the way. The road
leads out of the yards, then the
factory and manufacturing dis
trict Of the city, then through the
suburb Of Englewood and the out
lying district of truck gardens and
farms, past the convent, "Loretta
Heights" and military post, Fort
Logan. Then along the Platte
river. Pretty soon the road be-
gins to lead into the hills, which al
first are only hills, bare, brown
mounds, covered with the native
grass and a few shrubs. They
gradually get higher and few ce.
dars appear. There are several
miles of this, then, suddenly
around one of the thousand curves
of that wonderful road, we come
into the mouth of the canyon. And
here l may as we'll stop writing.
for no pen of man, or language
given by God Himself, can describe
the grandeur of the scenes that
follow for thirty miles. 1t is SIM
ply beyond description. The roar
ing, turbulent cataract fills Platte
) river, the grand, rugged noun
tains, their terrible and unsur.
passing peaks, the wonderful
growth of pines and shrubs and
vines, the glistening and beauti-
full rocks, last and least, mans
skill in the marvellous feats of en-.
cheering and railroad building
, We arrived at Glacier Lake abou'
: 1890 o'clock, spread our lunch
under'a magnificent pine tree. Aft
or we had rested we walked to the
!, top of the mountain. And here
! have to stop again, for | canno
, begin to describe the m~agnificen
view. While we we're still in the
! foot hills of the mountains we wer,
! several thousand feet higher thai
Denver, and as far as we could Sc,
in every direction were the highe
peaks crested wsth snow. 1 haC
= my Gamers but was actual,
! ashamed to try to photograph any
thing 80 indescribably big and
: grand. l hope the one picture
took from the top of the mountain
7 will give you a very faint idea o
2 what ! saw. | win send it whel
finished. We left the grounds a
$3.50, arriving home obout 9:45
i 1t grew dark soon after leaving tn
lake, but we had a delightful,
I cool restful trip home. l am to
9 tired to move to-day, but shall
I, never regret my trip to the Plat
River Canyon. Folks, you ough
9 to come out here. You must Sc
some of these things before yo'
die. I am feeling we'll and goinI
7 to work again in the morning"
9 From G. A. Thompson.