Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-10-06
Romantic Incident.

Romantic Incident.
A correspondent Of the Boston Transcript,
who with party OF others, recently visited Mt.
Moaadnock, gives the following account Of
painful but somewhat romantic incident;
After spending a few hours rambling over
the top of the mountain, to get various views
of the mountain itself, as also of The surround
ing country, east, west, north and south, the
descent began to be talked of. At this june
ture person came running to me TO inquire il
were Doctor of Medicine, as they heard
me called Doctor, for young lady had fallen
inscnsibe upon the top rocks, rather on the
western portion. ! came lere to get entirely
away from professional business and cire, but
there was no alternative. lie speedily led The
way and | followed. There lay beautiful
Young lady, apparently in her teens, pale and
suffering, with only Two OF three young friends
about her. Her right foot was sprained by
misstep. The foot was already swollen and the
ankle was twice its natural width. The ankle
had been turned inward, badly lnxating the
Joint and splitting off the internal cOndyle to
the tibia. Without delay the shoe was re
moved, the broken bone ard join, were set and
ixed in place, reducing the tume'attOn and
billing the pain. But she oaS upon the tap Of
HDlnf MoRadnocti Those who have stood
there, may recoect the high and irghtfully
steep and rocky path, and can appreciate the poor
girls situations especially as 1t was mentioned
in hearing that all the seventy or elghty people
on the top had aireauN S'ateu an 'nelr wa!
down the mountain ana II was afternoon,
while the few VINO were aoout her ana Nhe" OF
the accident appeared appalled, and poweress.
hurried to the brow of the mountain, where
the companies were caretql,y WORKING thelr
A.. LII.
way over the preclplce ana sald "A lHuy
has fallen anu broken her hmo' mere on the
top OF the mountain, ana u VIII oe necessary TO
! carry her DOWN. 10 ms call there was
Seherai sympaih'zinS response polh from Ia
uieS ana gentlemen ana many returned TO
where she lay. 10 my own nina there was
nut one way oil ge''inS ner down. weighing as
supposed some one uunureu ana twenty
ponnds' ana 'naI was Nv oe'hS taken upon
ma, mans oacN' as one ooy "ou'u carry "np'her'-
ms was reVo'''hS 10 her anu Soune oi lhe IA,
dlesi out mere was no mi"c'hS '"e matter
'houSht OF Sehu,hS i0r cna'r 10 SET hei III ana
to turn It's back TO MS as persons are carried
across the rivers OF South America; but this
would rot do, Tor the char legs, and her teet
would hit the rocks behind him, as he stepped
down, and would pitch them headlong into the
crags below. Two men could not take her be-
tween them, for the narrow precipiious path
I
was from Troy, IN company with quite young
man and another young lady, who were with
her. But her residence is in Groton. Mass.
An old gentleman, (Alr. }. w. FdSsett.) bald
and venerable appearing, farmer, pulled of
his coat and hat, and | loaded her high on his
shoulders he casping his han IS behind him
over her lower limbs. Another man at his
shoulder steaded him, and so the descent was
begun. He STOPPING well forward. struggled
along, with her head high above his, and her
profuse and beautiful curls floating neggently
about his neck ard lace, remarkable specta-
Gle. as the old man worked his way across The
top of the craggy mountain. But when they
approached the brow OF the almost perpendicu-
lar rocks. he staggering under his load, her
heart qualed and quite tailed her but shut
| ting her eyes and caspinS his Aeck with hrm-
er grasp, this good old man moved gently
and safely down, with the prayers OF htly hearts
about him. Finally, his forehead and face
/ flushed to bursting, and he was evidently glad
to find 4 resting place to deposit his precious
burden.
Next came somewhat younger man, who
offered ms ofoaa shoulders ana sturdy muscles
TO the lriihH ana dangerous 'aNK' oleaulea OS
some oehlHG or neioIe' or al lines oy 'ne klhd'
~ support OF na"u upo" eacn SnouIGer' Ie
nr"nSh' her SaieIy Gown H"o'hrr SNORT space,
lneie was also soo1 Deacon John Gutter ol
| N'hehehuoh, S'a,NIhS upon tocN oe!oW oo'
serving 'ne u''"cu''! anu humanity "' 'ne 'aS'