Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-04-15

small piece OF chIpped beef never before
since the dark and bloody days, tasted
one half as good. As the troubles of
this life sooner or later end, so did our
} waiting in the snow drift and we were
once more on our way.
The country, for miles, through which
we are now passing is very broken and
wholly void of vegetation except sage
brush, which here grows profusely. The
sod Is nothing but pulverized sand stone
the hills and rocks are sandstone. Moth
ing but sandstone and sage brush. The
valley through which we pass is quite
narrow and the hills are very high and
often surmounted by huge bluffs Of sand
stone which rise perpendicularly to the
highth of 400 feet.
We stop at Bryan, a freight and pas
senger station. This town duringits ear
ly days was noted for its usual number
of roughs, gamblers and desperadoes
which infested all the towns along the
line of the Pacific Railroad. When the
Vigilance Committee was in session here
they waited on one of this class a noted
desperate and gave him Is minutes to
leave town. He mounted his mule and
said, Gentlemen, if this DIM mule don't
back | don't want but FIVE" His head
was evidently level.
AT this station there was an Indian
warrior who wished to go to Bridger, 90
miles, he was finally induced to get on
the train, being told that it would take
him there in two hours, and we started.
The Indians being of a very suspicious
superstitious nature, look upon the Pa
cific Railroad as something immortal.
Wehad not proceeded far when bump,
bump over the tiles, down in the ditch
and up again on the track, tipping, rock.
ing and jarring. We finally came to
stop. The Indian brave jumps from the
cars, takes hasty survey of the situa-
ton, shakes himself with his native pe-
culiarity and exclaims. Ugh me go
foot and off he goes through the drift
ing snow, no amount of persuasion can
induce him to again risk the displeasure
of the Great Spirit.
Our engine is badly broken, every car
is off the track and this ssmash up No. 3.
We sent to Bryan for help and an en-
gine comes, bitches on to the Pullman
car and one passenger car, pulls us on
the track again and attempts to pull us
back to Bryan, but the snow was drift
ing fast, and the track behind us is full
as well as ahead. We have not gone so
rods before we are fast again, thirty
miles from habitatioD, and showed in on
all sides. We got out at last and back
again to Bryan where the conductor put
on three engines and took aboard some
30 workmen with shovels which, to us,
looked like business.
We started again reaching the station
of Hanging Rock, which is named in
consideration of this peculiar country.
-Four miles below Hanging Rock the
walls rise in majestic majesty, to the
height of from 500 to 1000 feet which
is the prominent feature of the canyon |
through which we are now passing
About six miles below Hanging Rock |
upon the topmost heights of the tower
ing cliffs, thousand feet above the bed
of the canyon, can be seen the fortifca-
tions erected by the Mormons, to defend
this pass against the army under John
son sent out in 1867, by Uncle Sam
These Notifications consist of massive
rocks, placed ON the verge of the preci-
pice which were to be tipped over ON
heads of the soldiers below, but the ex-
pertinent was never made, so the rocks
remain to be used on some other foe, cI
as evidence of a peoples folly.
Leaving Echo Canyon we 500. enter
Weber Canyon which much resembles
its twin sister in general appearance
cross Weber river, pas through Farley
Park, beautiful ALLEY, and we reach
Echo City, a resdlar passenger and eat
ing station. Leaving Echo City six
miles we enter the Narrows through
which tie road is cut for two miles.
Sh,rtly after entering the Narrows we
PCS the one thousand mile tree, thrifty
branching pine boaring on its trunk a
ign-board that tells the western bound
raveler that he has passed over 1000
niles of railroad since leaving Omaha.
From the time of leaving Echo City
he traveller will note many objects of
wonder and interest which suddenly
pring into sigh. on either side. Near
he thousand mile tree, two ridges of
granite rocks are seen reaching from the
,ottom to the summit of grass clad
They are from so to 200 feet
ligh, narrow slabs of granite standing
IN edge,as though forced out of the noun
ain side. They run parallel with each
ther and near together. the space be-
ween them being also covered with grass
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