Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-04

men and boys-all, however, keeping 81.
fence and Behaving with due decorum.
We entered the Gastha0s, shutting out
our numerous followers, and Deposited
our lifeless burden IN one Of the private
rooms. ~
Mine host was greatly sstonished and
shocked to hear our account. BE had
been thinking the matter over Ill the
winter, and had come TO firm convic-
| ton that the man had been something
more than mortal, and had vanished that
day with grand crash Of the Clements,
and in fash Of snow instead Of fire.. The
real fact gave too sad ending 70 lis mys-
terious tale. he sent for the chidImen OF
| the village 10 come that evening aid form
= sort Of coroner's jury, smoke poe, and
| talk the matter over. Before hey ar
rived, I took the first opportunity to ex.
anime in private the notebook had
| found. II was written IN English, the
| first part Of the book containing scientific
notes, and the res. being diary, Of which
more anon.
After supper the magistrates and some
of the most prominent burghers Assem-
! bled in the public room; the doors were
| closed, and our party called In TO tell our
story. After the others had spoken !
cane forward and produced the book,
stating where had found it. Every one
WAS filed with curiosity, and amid deep
silence translated to them, as well as
could, the contents, which were AZ iol
Iowa
OCTOBER 81, 1856, Buried alise I ia
now two days, by my watch, that ! have
been entombed under the snow. / have
Epow become 50 resigned TO my situation
that / can sit down and calmly note in
nv diary what has taken place in hopes
that IL / die here before can be rescued
there may ct some time be found this rec
ord Of who am and how / died My
| name Is Peter Fairlie; l was born in
| Edinburgh, and am doctor Of medicine.
have always taken a great interest In
fcitnce; month ago ! came to this
country, TO make tcrr through the Alps,
in search of mineral and botanical cufiGsi-
ties. Day before yesterday agcenGed
this mountain, accompanied by guide
After we had lunched, wandered about
looking for curiosities, ard seeing at a
distance rock with very strange bush
growing upon the top Of 1t, walked
toward IT, II was then showing; and the
flakes. fell faster and faster, until / thought
had better return to the guide. could
not see him, but ran in the direction in
which l thought had left him. After
running some distance stopped and
shoutee, but no reply / had evidently lost
my iSay and now the snow was coming
furiog y down, the wind driving 1t in my
face and eyes. ! ran about, for long
time, quite confused, but could not find
him, nor hear his voice. l suppose he
must have been doing the same in search
Of me, and that we had gone farther and
farther from each other. hope the pool
fellow has escaped my fate After blindly
wandering about for Il considerable time,
I came near a small building standing
under the Ice of a large rock. Toward this
I fastened, and, az / approached 1t,
saw dimly through the drifting snow the
figures Of two men running at full speed
down the mountain. Just then there
came noise ofthundcr, and, looking up,
beheld an avalanche tearing down toward
me. In my terror dashed into the hut,
when, with q crash which shook every
beam and partly stove in the roof, the
avalanche passed over 1t, and was In
total darkness. After recovering from my
first shock, endeavorcd In every possible
way to get out, but In vain; snow Is on
every side and above me, through which
| can make no progress. Several times
have been nearly smothered, and now
have given up the attempt, and resigned
myself to my fate. Perhaps, when am
missed, the villagers may come up and
| dig mo out-no, that Is hopeless-they
| know not where am. AT all events,
hope that, II die here, can meet death
as q Christian should. / leave no wife
nor family to mourn for me, and am only
sad to think of dying without having &c
complished any great work. Still, let me
see what hope Of life have, and take an
inventory OF my resources. have found
An old lantern, luckily filed with oil, by
the dim light of which / now write. This
/ must use eparingly, for several reasons
viz. may by the combustion reduce tho
supply OF oxygen, which 10 90 precious tc
me here; must not waste my oil
must not increase my supply Of carbonit
acid by the flame. / will, therefore, live
In tho dark, except when / wish tc
write. I have found large Swiss
cheese, the only article Of food in the hut
Can l support life with thisi Let me
sec. Caseine chiefly, some albumen, oily
particles, etc.--all digestible. Water
can get from the snow. Well, mus
make the experiment, and will note my
symptoms; then, If die, and this record
should ever BIZ found, shall have achicv
ed something In giving to the profession
the physiological action Of cheese as an
exclusive diet. Icannot distinguish night
from day my only method Is to count
the hours by my watch. Happily 1t Is .
good one, and not likely TO stop. Now
will put out my lantern, and make my
bed upon the floor, with my cloak for Z
coverlet. have supped of the cheese
and like II. az ~
NovEMBRR ISL have had . good
sleep. It is not cold here, as one would
imagine; do not suffer In the least
i Neither do suffer for want of air, as
had expected. It must be that the all
permeates between the particles OF snow
! In sufficient quantity to keep mo alive
i Made my breakfast Of cheese this morn
ing, and enjoyed it. 1t seems to be easily
digested. lam getting 90 used TO the
darkness that can perceive the outlines
of everything about me. ] wonder II
could make tunnel through the snow
! gradually ascending until reach the sur
face. That would be digging hole
beginning at the bottoms feat have
never yet known to be accomplished.
will try 1t, however, and II will give me