Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-08-29
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A Trip to the White Mountains on Foot
FLuME House, Fanconia Notch,
Aug. 9th, 1865.


FLuME House, Fnncoria Noteh
Aug 9th, 1865.
Yesterday we a'cended Mt. lafayette and a
sorry time we had Of It, too, before we got down
or, iu fact, before We got up, for the weather
vi" excessively hot, and the ascent abrup, and
,iresome ior iootmeni but we had not walked
from home with any in,enton Of taking horses
now to take US three or four miles up the side Of
a small mountain which ste lsa little less than
siI thousand feet above the isvel Of the sea
We came across the country on foot, for Two
reasons. Ons was financial, TO save our money,
and the other was physiolog icai. The financial
reason /. recommended to two classes Of persons
those who have money to save, and those who
have not The physiological motive is good for
ell professional or other men whote corporal
status, from ssdentury habits, or habits worse than
those, has declined to point below par, and is
no, sufficient to enable them to travel " thirty
or forty miles day. Regarded physically, bat
iOg to days experience, the journey, think, will
prove paying investment, though It is bad fnan-
eiering for man who hss anything to do a, home,
unless be makes better time than We did bu,
bad concluded to take play-day of two or three
weeks, and thought we might as well spend the
time so as any way had also another induce
ment for taking SO long walk, and though it is
not of vital importance to the general reader,
believe will tell i. board when q, home,
With an NJ. d., who is an inye,erate tea.drnker.
And what is more, he is forever telling how he
Is going to leave off, aud asking i tho rest Of the
family will leave cG when he does, which we
have al sgreed to do, without the least fear OF
losing our morning and evening cup as long as
the Doctor lives "Come," he will say OF the
brsakhsttable, "when are we going TO leave off
our tea an oofeea' But he comes 10 TO dinner,
and says, "siie, guess must have a cup Of tea
this noon, and want the nose TO hold right up
prompt, alluding to a custom which he says his
wife has, when the tea happens to be little more
transparent than is specified in the directions, OF
holding the nose Of the teapot so low down in
N"N Sup WV" 'NN iuuEe W. lh's AN uou uleNN'N'
the discrepancy, and by putting in the milk she
swindles him out Of his ratious. Well, when
began to talk about coming here he said, " il you
90 to the White Mountains afoot, won't drink
any tea while you are gone I'll be bound to you. u
told him would do it, and here | am, yet
have no doubt but the old chea, is quietly slipping
his tea at home, leaving off from two to three
times day, according to his usual custom.
We started about eight o'clock from the Pro
Gle House for Mt. Lafayette, the foot of which
istwo and half miles distant We had no
walked far however, when VIII gave out an,
'aid he was not able TO proceed. The extrem
heat Of the previous day, with the long effort b
had made were too much for him. lie did n
think he would even be able TO ride horse u
the mountain so jumping on carriage whicI
overlook US, he said he would go to the Flum
House and await our arrival there. Submitting
reluctantly to the unwelcome fate which thus de
prived US Of one Of our number, South aud
proceeded TO The foot Of the mountain, and slowl
commenced the ascent. A, the end of thre
hours We had made nearly that number Of mile'
bu, we were both so nearly exhausted, that 70
the last half hour We had been debating m {