Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-07-31
On the Tip-top q l5t. Waahington.

Rev. Theo. l.. CuyIer furnishes the N.
Y. Independent with the following beau
tffuI sketches of July sojourn on the
summit of Mt. Washington.
AS we rounded the last dizzy ledge Of
the summit, we caught our last view of
the Glen House, which showed like Q
child's playhouse of white blocks, full
six thousand three hundred Ieet beneath
rs. Scrambling over the rocks from
the stables, we reached the rupcOuth
cabin which bears on q gilt sign over its
door the high sounding inscription
Tfp-tor House. Ae last we were upon
the cupola on New Englaizd a. horizon
Of six hundred miles bounded our mag
nificent prospect But what bare,
awful, Sinai-like spot is this on which
we are treadiugt Only q wild heap or
bold, barren rocks; not shrub, no6
blade Of grass not a particle of food for
the colony of red sQirrels (sole perma-
nent Inhabitants Of this spot)I except
the refuse thrown out frOn the caDin-i
hotel. Only an acre or DeH.loeES se9ovs
the eloudsf- Noah himself could not
have felt more desolate when he made
fasti' on Ararat.
4 sFsli11 f5fflQ on af5fIeo Of rocks, we caught
o1f view OF the sunset. The dark form
or Mount JenersOn-With 2 surYlY1ng
bank of S1lOa0, which showed IKE 9 sltY-
fr clasp on its shoulder-rOse just De-
fore TIs. Next lowered the sharp peak
OF Mount Adams. IN. the nortneast1
Katahdfn was driven like a wedge into
the sky. Far south Ioomed the black
bulk Of old Monadnoek. BEYOND She
Saeo Valley, beyond the Carter Range,
hevoud uunum bered. hills ana Ya4es,
elsaus occasionally a bright spot 0tWa-
ter. which reveals the harbor OF Port
Now let us turn on our heel, and look
westward. Do you see YonoeE ~ slEsau = y
of silver winding through the greer. =
That is the COnuectfcut-oVer bhiFSS
r15fles a5rzs7y. Do you see q flashing star
lust below the hOriHOnf Thas u 2 us
tant lake. with the sun-rays kissing lIs
waters, The little shell-fulI OF WaGer
on Mount Monroe is the Lake OF the
Clouds" and the birthplace OF the XIV a,
er AmTaDnoosuc. Over yonder are Ghe
ITrareo11iv TSanpe-Rreen, purple, ViO-
let, lust as the light chooses TO colr-lr
them, The light belt of sand through
the forest below us marks Jne. oath of
the new railway, which is "a process Of
construction from old "FRbyan's" to
the summit of washington 4 The as
cent of the road is, in some places, fifty
feet in hundredi To hold the Iocomo-
tive to the steep track "a third rail is ele-
vated in the center and into this railWOrk
q set Of wheels parallel with the ground.
Before the season ends this road will be
so far completed that a Yankee engi-
cockneys by steam up the very sleeps
wh4eh old Abel Crawford climbed alone
thrOugA Ehe forest more than a half
century Ag0.l And then the romance
OF the Dear old merry bridle-path will
have vanished forever.
Yesterday was the Sabbath. We
spent it, like the seer of Patmos, on the
mount where an apocalypse of sublime
gTe.ndeur was disclO lOsed TO us. I trust
that we were somewhat Gin the spirit
on the Lords Day." We spent the Sat
urCIav night very comfortably, on q
feather-bed, in the little eight-feet
square "state-room," close under the
roof of our mountain cabin. Over the
roof were bound series of iron chains,
to fasteu the caoin to the rocks, Against I
the fierce gales which hoWled all night !
around our ears. When we aWoke, we |
were imprisoned in a dense fog. The /
thermometer was at 500, and we sat by 4
a glowing fire all dayl A party who |
came up during the day through Tuck !
RaYine" $50 named, as the dry |
Yankee guide CaEAul1gS says, "because |
it fuckers a man out te get there" ~ \
found the snow-arcA there st1ll one /
hundred feet long and twenty feet deep! |
But down at the ssGlen House" the /
thermometer was standing at ninety
two gr u esEa
s At nine O'Clock the mist broke, and
gave us q glorious day. How the squad
rons OF clouds swept around us, And
when the sun was going down, and I
kindled huge fire in the air under 4
Mount Clay, oh how the masses Of va
Dor cCfz1rey-FT5-f- EroEa-slzlc slJylz3;
like volumes of red smoke from huge
condaggation. The noou-day was more Il
quiet. And then a little company of /
Worshfpers gathed in the cabin of the Il
Summit House7 a rude twin of the 4
tTip-Top'3 and there I preached to /
5hem Of Jesus on the Mount Of Trans
dguration, For those hallOWed mo-
ments tried to make my few auditors
tsee no man save Jesus onlY.n 1t was
q solemn, sublime service to us here,
above the clouds-the Ioftiest coDgrega-
Jon that called upon Jehovah yester-
lay in all our broad republic. We can
never forget &c. The spot was fitting
1ne to read, Before ever the mountains
we're brought forth, even from everlRs-
ing to everlasting. Thou art God.n
My two days 'sojourn here closed this
morning with a magnificent SUNRISE
All around this solitary peak spread an
ocean of mist Of steel-blue tint. Up
brOugh it rose a few of the tallest
like islands. Lafayette's
Iummit lay long and dark, like huge
ron clad, on the Vapory sea. Over this
vide, silent ocean rose the crimson sun;
md at once, 10 ! the blue sea became
me vast pavement of roses and of gold!
rehearBed to myself Ooleridge's
Hymns before Sunrise in the Vale Of
and mine eyes ran down
With tears. .r.r .-.s. f-.l5.-1zt e-zi
Good reader, let no fatigies of the
ourneY hitherward, or no extortionate
harges upon you in this high region,
lreve11b you nom spending, before YOU
lie, at least one night in this eagleis
lest on Mount Washington. ~ lreI,
~ Z