Show missionaries in denver editor we wc arrived in denver this morning at 8 a m having passed over some beautiful scenery for which the black canyon is is deservedly noted high overhanging clefts apparently feet above the cars as black as night and as smooth as glass borne however are rough and rugged with trees growing out from sides and top lop where there seem to be the least particle of soil this together with the gunnison river dash dashing irig and foaming down the canyon presents a beautiful picture in fact there was nothing to break in ill on the grandeur of ones onea thoughts as we glided so smoothly through such rugged an 1 picturesque places except that our colored porter refused to let one of our party wash in his stationary dish pan at marshall pass we ive are cliva ted feet above sea level can see the railroad in five different points each about feet above tile the other with mile posts toot not more than eighth of a mile apart i e looking across the canyon at seargent we were delayed three hours because of u burning snow shed which by tile way ay are arc very numerous in the black canyon we are endeavoring C to accustom ourselves to the english way ol if ea eal t ing ng five times a lay day at least thi this to a man mall with a poor appetite and little else to do but sitting here to eat grows monotonous we have very pleasantly spent the lay day visiting tile zoological gardens the tabor grand oper house riding on the elevated railroad and mailing unit addressed postal cards etc well denver deliver is larger than houn bonn city and we imagine our 1 dignified I city council would revo revolutionize lutio things wonderfully if they only had bad hold of the reins of government here already tile the two honored members of our city council who by the way the rudder of that honorable body have sugg suggested unvested many improvements in tile the streets sidewalks and public buildings we leave denver at 8 p ro over the chicago brock island railroad should arrive at chicago at a in sunday providing we dont stop off at kansas city JUDGE DEN clr june 17 1893 |