Frank's ranche, or, My holiday in the Rockies : being a contribution to the inquiry into what we are to do with our boys . ssessesa family picture painted by Holbein whichhe regards as of priceless value. This goodand loquacious old landlord is full of the his-tory of the great valley and river in front ofhim, and if you have patience to listen hewill tell you everything that ever happenedfrom the time when Hendrich Hudson firstdiscovered it to the present time. LETTER No. IX. Arrival at Saratoga—Season over—Hotel crowdedvv^ith Deputies for nomination of a State Governor—Mugwump—Arrival at Nia
Frank's ranche, or, My holiday in the Rockies : being a contribution to the inquiry into what we are to do with our boys . ssessesa family picture painted by Holbein whichhe regards as of priceless value. This goodand loquacious old landlord is full of the his-tory of the great valley and river in front ofhim, and if you have patience to listen hewill tell you everything that ever happenedfrom the time when Hendrich Hudson firstdiscovered it to the present time. LETTER No. IX. Arrival at Saratoga—Season over—Hotel crowdedvv^ith Deputies for nomination of a State Governor—Mugwump—Arrival at Niagara—The Falls atmidnight and by moonlight—No letter fromFrank. Niagara Falls^ Sept., 1885. ;E left the Catskills on a Mon-day morning for Saratoga; butthe glory of Saratoga had de-parted ; the season was all butover; only a few stragglers of the flock ofthe summer birds of fashion remained, theothers had already migrated southward. Theshopkeepers were packing up their goods andshutting up their shops, and resident hiber-nators were preparing their winter quarters;but the great hotel was not empty. On the. 74 MV HOLIDA V contrary, we found it difificult to procure anights lodging there. The house was crowded,but not with youth and beauty ; there was nosound of music and of revehy, but there wasa great clatter of the tongues of men—strong,healthy, earnest-looking men, who had comefrom every village in New York State to votetheir ticket. It was the time of conventionfor nomination of a Governor for the State. It was pleasant to me to be affordedan opportunity of seeing such an assemblageof true American men in one hall. I pre-sume that every man I saw in that greatcrowd was the chosen representative of hisown village or parish or township or city;and I own I was agreeably surprised to ob-serve that so very many of them bore sucha strong family resemblance to the best ofmy own countrymen of the like class; thechief difference perhaps being one which Iregard as favour
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