Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-09-22
Hoston Transcript.
A MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE.

A MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE.
After spending n few hours rambling
over the top Of the mountain, TO get va
riops views of the mountain itself, M
also of the entire surrounding country,
east, west, north and south, the descent
began to be talked of. At this junct-
ure person came running to me L. in
quire If / were = Doctor Of Medicine, as
they heard me called Doctor, for a young
lady had fallen insensible on the top
rocks, rather on the western poItion.-
| came here to get entirely away from
the professional business and care, but
there was no alternative. He speedily
led the way aud followed. There lay
a beautiful young lady, apparently in
her teens, pale and suffering, with only
orthree young friends abouther Her
right foot was sprained by u miastop. -
The foot was already swollen and the
ankle twice its natural width. The
ankle had been turned inward, badly
luxating the joint and splitting off the
internal condyle of tho tibia. Without
a moments delay the shoe was remov-
led, the bfokeii bone and joint was set
and fixed I'm place, reducing tho tune
faction and lllling the pain. But she
,roa o., the top or lfouRt Moaddaock!
Those who have stood there, and may
recollect the high and frightfully steep
and rocky path, may try to appreciate
that poor girls situation; especially as
II was mentioned in her hearing that
all the seventy or eighty people on the
top had already started on their way
down the Mountain; and it was after
noon, while the few Who were about
her and knew of the.accident appeared
appalled, and powerless.
hv,r oil 70 hn ,f ~,
tain, where the companies were care
fully working their way over the prec-
ipice, and called to the gentlemen, and
said; \ lady has fallen and broken
her limb, here on the top of tho noun
tain, and it will be necessary to carry
her down." 10 this call there was u
general sympathising response, both
from ladies' and gentlemen, and many
returned to where che lay. To my own
mind there was but one way of getting
her down, weighing as | suppose some
one hundred and twenty pounds, and
that was, by being taken upon n mans
back, as one boy would. carry another
This was revoltiDg 60 her, and to some
of the ladies but there was no mincing
the matter. l thought of sending for. Il
chair to set her in, and turn its back to
his, as persons are carried across rivers
do, for the chair legs, and her feet would
hit therocks behind him, rs he step
ped down, and would pitch them head
long upon the crags below. Two men
could not take her between them, for
the narrow, crooked precipitous path
would not admit OF it. We ascertained
that she was from Troy, in company
| with quite a young man and young lady,
who were with her But her residence
is in Groton, Mass.
An old gentleman, bald and venerable
appearing, a farmer, pulled Off his coat
and hat, and ] loaded her high upon
| his back and shoulders; he clasped his
hands behind him, over her lower limbs.
| Another man ut his shoulder steadied
him, and so the descent was begun
He stopped wei, forward, struggling
along, with her head high above his,
and her profuse and beputiful curis float
ing negiigentiy about Ills neck and face,
n remarkable spectacle, as the old man
worked his way across the top of the
craggy mouhtaim. But when they APP
preached the brow of the almost perpcn-
dicular rocks, he staggered under ttis
load, her heart quailed and quite failed
her; but shutting her eyes and clasping
his neck with n iirmcr grasp this good
old man moved gently and safely down
with the prayers of fifty hearts abou,
him. Finally his forehead and face
flushed to bursting, and he was evident
ly glad to find a resting place to de
posit his precious burden.
Next came somewhat younger man
who offered his broad shoulders and
sturdy muscles to the trying and
dangerous task. Steadied by some be-
hind or some before, or at times 10y the
4 III Il .,,,,, ,nrt., .tt hnr
shoulder, he brought her safely down
another short space. There was also
good deacon John Cutter of Winchen-
don, standing upon rock below observ-
ing the difficulty and humanity of the
task, who OH with his coat and hat and
although probably betweep' sixty and
seventy years of age, came fight up the
rocks And offered to take his turn where
danger and death stared them in the
face. A kindlier heart was never NOV
ed her instinct politely accepted, and
she was gently eased down another
frightful space pfthe steep rocky, mount
ainside. T.1en came a taller and strong
cr MAJ, than any who had offered to be
her cdrrier before, who leaving wife and
children below, bound himself to the
burden, and nobly did he tijt her do,gn
the rugged steep. So by turns, these
StItIouS iHSii, CuCOuidSC'b ny thS iu'hSb,
relieved each other, until she was seat
ed in her Carriage at tho halfway
House, where multitude of kind
strangers offered refreshments and con-
graduated her for her fortitudc and sue
cess, Mayor Lincoln and family and
several others having departed before
the accident Was known.
| This was 6ifr first visit to Mount
Monadnock lit was her first visit
Doubtless 1t will be long remembered,
not by fsr only, but also by those who
SO tofled and exposed life and limp to
save her. 'Had'she attempted to bear
the least weight upon her foot, it doubt
less would have pried the bones apart,
the heel passing up between them, caus-
ing intense pain and fainting. 1t was
thus apparently impossibly to save her,
| except by those experiments, and we
pray that no such contingency may
ever ovcrtakc us again upon . mount
ain top.
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