St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-08-04

Ii Is the same thing a. Christmas all the
year round. And it Is such healthy Iii
ct in June, the time 10 take ''aood.
healthy, bloodrcncwing medicine"
The pie appeared with the bread and
milk. | could tell n sad story of Il man,
and clergyman too, who ate three quar-
tiers OF Il mincc pie at this house and dranL
four Glasses of milk and then started up
the track ON foot. lie got thrce,quar-
t"rs Of the way up, and they have been
booking for his bones ever since. Il he
had eaten the other quarter, he would
Lave no doubt gone clear up, and died
on the top; anoble death on the summit
There is 50 much sustaining power in
mncc-pic, though it kills in the end.
For mountain climbing there is no diet
like mlncc-pic and milk.
Perhaps ! ought not to give my opin
ion OF this mountain railway, for | am
IprgudIced. ! confess that it seems to
me the most difficult way of ascending
the mountain. But | Will giyc my cxpe-
ricnca Tie road IS about three miles
long. The mountain is about Il mile
high. The AVERAGE Grade therefore Is
about one foot in three. In some places
it is much less of course, but AGAIN it is
much more. 1t IS a ladder, set at varl,
Gus an"lcS The track is laid on trestlc
work, and ;$ Il uniform Grade is often
kept for 4 thousand or two feet, it hap
pens that while the ties are sometime
ON the %ronnl, they are sometimes TWEEN
y To thirty feet up in the air. The ties
are full three feet apart from center Ia
center. You wall, ON these ties, careful
ly stepping from one to the other Three
feet Is .Iu-t little more than you want
TO step. To continue it requires each
time distinct putting forth of the will,
an effort of the mind and if you have
not much mind to start with, you can
see what would become OF you when you
had pat ii forth , j,2SO times. Your con
stant attention Is required, for if you
make mistcp, or your slippery shoes
lip, you may 20 through. Every step
must br made 4 little over the edge OF
the tie, 80 that the edae OF the foot, get
tin" hold Of it, viii not slip. This sort
Of wllhmg-cvcry step a little beyond
the natural reach and requiring constant
trI,"rIphim@ from the brains 10 the lcg>
-w"uld b" tati"ucing enough on IL level
Eat when you set this slippery ladder up
al a lnrp lm.lr, 81 that you have to
hit Your. .h"Iy every step as in ,%oing up
-t"i-, the ml.scIc> OF the lrgs and csprc-
aIiy The calves thereof be"in To feel a
di-tr' Inc straln. in some places it /,
'llliruIt To- fake more than sixteen steps
without rr-linr. Wind Is found to he
wanted a. well rs mind. As the long
slippery stairway stretches up before
You, your thoughts about the inventor
OF the railway are not kind One pnr-
ton of it Is called Jrcob's Ladder. 1t
might do ior an"clS, but Jacob would
never have climbed it 1t i, sad that
some of our party, who We're in the rear,
took tu hands and knees at this tryin@
pot 1t j. certain that All but two
abandoned the track altogether here, and
made their way 10 the top over the rock
We were told that the cars ascend and
descend very slowly, and that man will
beat them going up. But that it Is
rrckoncd Il three hours climb for man.
do not know how this is, but two ct
the party stuck 10 the track, and went
ap in M hour and fifty minutes Mod
rsty forbid, me to say, all honor to them
The next day they did not seem to care
about walking. Parties in need Of cxcr-
else are recommended to % up on this
track. We were consoIed with the
thought that ~ meyer should have to do
it a"ain.