The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-08
For the Kenosha Telegraph.
Correspondence -go3"
L9NcAsrERs n. H. June %, 1869.

Dear doctor, / promised you when l
broke bread with you last at the good
table of our friend Halliday, that I would
occasionally give you few jottings on
my line Of march from the new to the old
world The DIDO granite hills had SO
much attraction that when got as far as
New York was irresistably drawn up
here at this little quiet village, resting
peacefully within the shadows of old
Mount Washington. In the summer
months, Lancaster is the resort Of tourists
from far1and near, who visit the noun
tains for pleasure and69comforte This
| year, however, the season is SO cold that
few hare come and the hotel, Keepers
wear elongated faces. Greatsnow banks,
| for miles in extent, still fill the deep "a
vines on The sides of the old monarch of
the mountains. Good fires, in the. houses
and overcoats without are still indispen-
sable The traveller at night as he draws
the heavy comforters oyer him
before he goes to sleep, can truthfully say
with Fal&af Cant take mine ease at
| my own mn ?'' w ot2l Aol 2ah7 sat y,
The great sensation of the period in
these parts is the completion at an early
day this season of the long talked OF
"sky railroad" as it is called here. 1t
was thought by the world, at the time, that
the genius of Napoleon never shone
clearer than when he conceived and car.
Tried into execution turnpike road over
the Simplon, connecting France with
Italy II passes over that celebrated
Alp at tie height Of about six thousand
feet above the level of the sea. The idea
of Napoleon was the commercial benefit
OF mankind and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of
the French Empire But here comes, in
little Wizened faced yankee and com
pletely throws Napoleon into the shade
by taking railroad train to the summit
of mountain nearly one thousand feet
higher! And all for what9 Greenbacka
which is the greater man? / cross my
paws for reply.
The tediousness of the horseback
journey from the Crawford House, says
a traveller, has kept back thousands who
have longed to behold "The lake of the
Clouds and look down from The hoary
summit of Washington. Now it is
believed the ascent may be made with
the utmost safety as well as comfort. This
road has been thoroughly tested, all the
materials of which it is built having
| been carried over its track In the process
OF construction. Last summer, though
not regularly open to the public, it car
ried up seVenty-two persons at once upon
its open timber-car. It is proposed to
move on its track only at the rate of
three or four miles an hour, whether
going up or coming down. A pneumatic
brake, the invention of Mr.. Marsh, the
President of this road, will be attached
to each car. This brake acts automatically
and in case Of any accident to the engine
will stop the cars wherever they stand
BY the application of this brake the "a
pidity of descent can be perfectly con-
trolled. : Ia5 5@om hi sod g asi
There is still another advantage in
going 'by steam to the top of Mt. Wash
ington.' Travellers will thus have their
baggage with them at the summit They
can therefore put on needed winter
cldhing, and thus safely go out to gaze
upon sunset or sunrise far below the
leTel on which they stand. The heaviest
garments are none too warm in the
piercing air of such an elevation. Having
their trunks along with them they can
either go down the carriage road to the
Glen House, or by the steam cars
at their option. The carriage road, of
course, can easily take down burdens
| which horses would find it very difficult
to draw up. a9l ~ a. aaa
Tomorrow I leave for New York
Among the first class steamers that sail
from that city to the old world, there is
no better company than what is known
as the "North German Lloyd" I have
secured passage upon the "New York"
one of their most staunch and seaworthy
steamships which sails on the Sd of July
proximo. Turning my face eastward,
though not my heart, I must bid adieu