St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-10-02
From the Burlington Free Pres.
4 PiUcHy RniirOad.


devil piece OF railroad that ever gloritied
the aspiring genius OF hunan cuntrvance
and human achievcment-the most ad-
venturOuI line or incline of railroad that
ever fought the ascending scale of the
quadrant against the law OF 9ravitation :
or spanning toaming tides in proud tri-
umph, ran along perilous Drinks and
through trIghttul detle., until the face
grew pale and the nerves OF the strongest
>hoUk-is that much-ta i>ed-ot and writ
ten, but little known, Mount Washington
RtIlroad. Don't tell Inc now about Ih Il
PaltIy Mount Gents hrrmaphrodIte-tha
cObbled up, patched up thing, rising like
a hroken-wirced bird 10 nest, with many
IA tiutter and hrt. Ii is full of jog and
curves and cowarily zigzag>, timidly
creeping around every abrupt point and
every hard ascent, and with bated breath
and cautious step, crawling under every
cliff, Don't talk to me of inclined plane,
up he A and Andes, and the tta,s OF
the great Pa 'itic among the Sierra Ne
yada for compared with this brave
bold up track, that fixes lis eye upon the
towering pInnacieS and marches straight
inward r. rho c.ol ,lo, ,ro all ,,,'a,
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iv along the horizon, huEgIng the ground
with their grovelng bellies IN the dust =.
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rr,duIo.- smile he mock. aI ,our ~. =
tiuus ol 4 rtIIrnad ON ~,,ru = nr,,.iniin,,.
ascent. rhounh tb,. ,nn,,. ,t' in,. ,.u,,,,.
ls p!.iniy visible. and uui,,. ra,il Iirnh
I IL, lcaiinr heart. the ruulic ot il-
wheel. and the shriil IONS of ir- whistle
are III his ears.
Insured with n lofty amhiiinn to rival
and e,.Irse all comp,r,tpr. far. TN, main,
that uIIlr Stubborn. lu,iu,;blr railroad
once started never way.r. from #. skv-
clravlup course towards the mark of the
priz. OF It's L,uh caIluo. and il never i,l-
tcr- or grows weary clear to the div top.
Ii mounts. il sUare-. YOU sec il ri~iu. ~ rr
higher and higher aloit, until il Is lost in
the thick clouds and ml>ts or pierccs the
blue tiImamrnl above yuur head. Tncr,
J., not a level hairs breadth from base III
summit. With strouu mo.r,,l,pr vioor !,
spurn, auy even spor. anv easy rIac,
Where the wild gpat and channels can
find "A toothold, there it presses almost an
air line To the crest, climbing very ia
cob's ladder indeed
The exclamation Is frequently heard,
.N.y, II is more a curio.itv and wonder
Than the mountain itself" PERHAPS 50.
Olher railroads skirt the remote edges oI
the mountains distant Slopes, gazing up
with awe and trembling IA the ulidc pa>r.
Other railroads have been truwned tan
north and south hv the threatening aspect
OF the mountains fierce lock but this
dautlcss hule Puck meets the griSly
uial,t .uuare in front. >prin.- ,,f.i.nt I.
his siI,ggy breast, clinches his granite
shoulders, vaults upon his head. and the
.reat ruck-rlbbed mountain i subiued.
vanquishcd, tramplcd under foot, and adj
nirutiun turns from the colossal form &c
i the daring spunky little sprite that runs
nIcrtulIv pulling no and down his precip.
!, ltuus flank. from sole 10 crown and crown