Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-02-03


blue light shines on, whether the sun shines or
is obscured by clouds, and even when he bas
retired 10 his chamber" The Geisers Kind
Of rolcano, sending forth in its cruptons
water, instead Of fire, smoke and lava Its
eruptons are what every one expects to see,
who visits Iceland "The Geiser itself is on
a gentle elevation of ten feet The diameter
Of its basin is about thirty feet, and that OF The
boiling cauldron is six or seven. Both are
full to the brim with water clear as crystal,
which are boiling slightly. The explosions
are preceded by low rumblng, and then let
whoever would see this mighty wonder, flee
10 the waters on the safe side. To witness
this sight we must watch all night and per
haps wait several days Madame Ida told
her friends before leaving home, that If ever
her courage failed, it would be when she pass
cd the night aone at the Geser What lady,
but Ida, would have performed this ieat7
Let us stand still and look on! There she is,
seated in front Of her tent, listening with
brea,hless attention for the signs she had been
told to expect. Towards midnight-thc hour
for spirits-we hear few dull sounds, like
those of distant cannon. Look she is rush
ing from the tent 30 see the awful, yet sub
lime sight. At those rumblngs the basin
filed, overnowed, md subsided Thus she
watched two nights. At nine O'Clock, the
morning of the second day she heard again
those ominous sounds. The waters are boil
inc over. But the sounds are dying away
Shall she again be disappointed? As
she listens to the expiring sounds, suddenly
the explosion took place. She says" it inf
nitey surpassed all my expectations The
waters were spoutcd with great power and vol
umu; column rising above column as if ii wa
bent on outstriPping The others When
looked around at the tent--how small, hoV
diminitye il seemed when compared 10 thos
pillars Of watcrl And yet ii was nearl.
twenty feet high 1t was lying, it is true
: rather lower than the Geiser; but tent nigh
have been piled on tent, five or six, one abov
the other, would not have reached the ceva
ton of those jets; the largest OF which,
: think, can affirm, without any exaggeratior
to have risen TO the hight Of hundred feel
and to have been three or four feet in diane
ter" Twice after this she witnessed thi
great wonder
. From hence let us journey to llecla. Fc
> nine years none had made tie ascent OF III
mighty volcano. But Madame Ida, fearln
no danger and possessing sufficient courage
surmount every obstacle, finally reaches I'll
highest peak, from which she looked dow
;, FAR and wide, upon the uninhahited land b.
low The image of a torpid nature, rasso
;. less, inanimate, and yet sublime. A who
world of glaciers, mountains of lava, fields
snow and ice, rivers and miniature lake
:. were included in the magnificent prospeC
But we can follow our heroine no furthc
We take our leave of Ida and Iceland for Il
- the present.
= Reader, if this woman alone can explore t
Holy Land, Assyria, the plains of desola
Arabia, the north sea, the Geiser, climb !
dizzy hight of Hecla, and pass around the ST
, face of the entire globe, what cannot the "
men of Christian nations do, in amellora:i
or the suffering condition of their fellow bein;
or 1Mey ~iH?
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