St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-02-07

~ some procCsS-we Know not whtt-
mo the heads Of the We,tern farmer,
and traders. God has not worked a
miracle, and is not going TO work Il mir
iclc, for the benefit of tle Wet, though
he pfairies were twice as b., aul the
cOal-tieldS twice rs deep AMI, the H',>t
may rel Y on it, it will yet crna fall butt
against the laws OF nature, AMI fad il i
eku!l-crackiug experience Na,ioa.
Tie ERUruoS OF NrorvIus bly,
ard Taylor paid Il visit 10 Mount N2-u-
! HiUs on the 1Ih ultino, and thus describes
what he saw when upoI the mountain
on that day III \ letter to the Tribun, ::
line double stream of lava tro.a tnc
crater was pouring lis full, ilctnde-cent
rock into the valley, aud the bur my
mass, constantly pushed from behind had
.lrraiy entered the rI> imc We hal cross
Il .itle distance below. mOSinr down
ward over the distorted laYt-b.I< OF
ISIS. There was much smoke but lit
lie tame at times = roaming, rafting
noise was heard, bat | noticed no lrcm II
~ oscillation III the Garth, either then or
later. Vt the edge oil the oil is>a-
which here took only the shape OF loose
,.uuc>-wc lett oar h1r- :, and went lDr-
war. On tJUt. Inece WAS "a trnId,u pain
~ first, but II soon Disappeared. AMI our
progress over the rolling aYd s!lLu-
hrapr, which had the sharp grit OF
ground glass, WAS rather painful. We
nad already passed the lower point OF the
lava current, ami reached il At a point
where ;he larE~r eruption OF the pre-. lou,
night had CONF down. The heat and
smoke incr- a>el with every step; The
rafting noises were confirm rus. aul Ines
ot creeping lire hccamc visible. There ap-
peIrcl 10 Ot two streams, boin inc, ~.
in tie sane minner-.hat Is. only part
y flowing upon the surlIc. of tn Old IA
~. but burrowiug under lis loose cruSi.
splitting and u,yhelv.ng it, and mixing
is materials with the new mass. IHc
noise OF the flow WIS thu, pr .IucrI
I"e fire WAS silent and irres.- iJ.r bn.
there WA" no hiss OF spu.tcril- OF tnr
mo!;en elements, but the stream Iii; /
and threw oil lid misses. even tom, i!
weight, without the least apparent force
or check. | had ALWAYS ina -inlI ::
dick, s.ug-isI stream. with = tu..r.3.v
SnOpth >uri.ce. something ike the d,.vI
from >mc.ltn- fnrnacy-blt here wer,
moving mnlni-, roJLh anl shhp,lc-~. til.
ciH po"'1f OF With lay in ,h.ir ha,e..
hidden from siGh;-,trauge creeping.
mining forces moving forward with j
horrible. piiilr~s cert iatv in their mIn-
nar Of lncomo.ion. Ii the scene wlS lr-,
Grand il lis features tnn one wuni cx-
poet, 1t WAS at least ia ,Holl ally impress
I'VE. l: expressed Cniy Distraction, ana
ct the most cold bloc Jrl, deliberate Iin..
he man stream ha9 r.ti>eI 4 ,onr ride
some twenty tee: III h4hi. apparently |
cold on the surface, until som, sqii.n-
lnS movement in adv'iH Z shook OH the |
crusi in scales. and showed fam, AMI !
IHr"at> OF lntcnsest fire. The ron: OF
tins ridge was constantly hurting hug,
masses, some of item re !-ho,. down III (
9'rae The nearer stream was hot m1r.
ihan Jour let IN hight, and allowed H. /
- approach near enough TO poke liz
@ioWinG SIDES VITA SHEA. All ai'r4 liz /
'"Ie n'Hs were busy roasting egg for
,'"'e'eFS' or embedding CONS IN iit li""I ,
''N"' "hl'h lhey sni'cHed out OF tn> /
mass ana twisted on, very much as |
nave seen children manage molLSstS cav
ny. lAe heat, even nj Il hund'ei y,riS
distance, was uncomfortable, and | could
not stand beside the moving Lava t,r
more than lew seconis at a time. w
o'"'u ",S''hc''y see the he" cFa'er' just
.''.':, ','o SUNNI. u ''' gene II vas
NV ~ ''''e''. ''''o''' III! an ehtFfPH'
:! ''''s"' ''.'He c,''i'"'" 10 W't"ih
. "'>'"'ct ol H. l was not strong
+ r, " u"'.(f'aNe 'n1 'Sten'' nor diL
'.' ':I' 81" ~, { t"al The l"'lsne would be re
r,''I '"'', an amount Oh steam and
'S''eu from 'ile opening ana rOS'
~" ''''" DIS II oVefrah the lower rim
',,'' ,'o''' "he!her hlurh else could
navy 'e'. seen WAS most Interested
- ',''e'' ,'S Inc manner III winch The la
e" hSe forward ana the pos-lbIi-