Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-03-01

proceeded without aid from Others, while
death would have cnsued had they been
abandoned. On one occasion young man
became so fatigued and 70 bcnumued with
cold, that his companions were compelled
to carry him considerable part Of the
way. The sad death of poor Lizzie Bourne
aud BENJAMIN Chandler, one Of whom
persisted ou the mountain side in Septem-
Der, 1855, aud the other in August $50, /
aud the terrible adventure Of DIR. Benja-
min L. Ball, who narrowly escaped death
from exposure in October. 1855 are sol
emn reminders of the dangers Of Noun
tain climbing.
As we were sure to occupy several hours
in the ascent We took light lunch to re-
fresh us on the way. and proper restOra-
hvcs, the chief of which was a plentiful
supply of the beverage "that cheers but
not inebriates"-cold tea. A flask OF
strong tea is more efficacious than flask
of brandy in rcyiving and refreshing ox.
hausted nature upon a mountain tramp,
although it is well enough to take along
the latter for emergencies. For lit
tic way up the mountain We took a wind
ing cart path through which timber is
hauled, but soon struck the railway, along
side or upon which We kept the remainder
of the distance.
5 The snow in the woods was from two to
three feet in depth, and the crust was sui
liciently hard to bear our weight, except
in places where we might sink through at
the side of log or in the bushes. In
most places we could easily walk over the
low bushes, and also upon getting above
the tall trees it was found an easy matter
to travel over the belt of stunted, scrubby
trees which surrounds the mountain and
marks the limit of arborescent growth
These trees are so thick that in summer
they form impcnetrabo barriers, compel
ling the pedestrian to keep to the railway
track, OF to the old Fabyan bride path.
$ Farther on, the rocks are for the most part
covered with snow, crevccs being filled 50
e completely that there are few irregularl-
ties in the surface. In short the rough
places are made smooth-in not a few in-
u stances a triHo too smoth--for the way is
y at some points very steep. In few pla-
i ces the snow lies drifted over the railway,
l. but along The line of high trestle work at
i Jacobs Ladder and for the most part
d above, the snow had blown from the top,
6 SO that easy locomotion was found for some
i of us over the sleepers. Before we had
IS reached the Waumb eek Junction, slight
e snow squall struck US, and we could sec
l. that there was q storm in the neighbor'
y hood of the North. This, however wa:
no impedment to our onward progress
As we had occasion to rest quite frequent
il ly, we had ample opportunity to stop and
It admire the glorious panorama which was
a gradually unfoded behind US. After get
o ting above Jacobs Ladder we found thai
,s the wind, which was blowing from the
= south or southwest, was quite strong, anc
by the time we reached the Great Gull
>. we were in the midst of furious snow
p storm. As we entered the snow cloud the
a country below was shut out from our view
" and we could not see great distance II
:. any direction, although the cloud was moi
# very Dense The frost work on the Lizzie
l. Bourne monument, which had been very
! beautiful at times, had for the most par
g disappeared in the recent thaws and furi
=. GUS wind storms.
: We arrived at the summit at 2.45 PM
,e having occupied four and a-haf hours ii
D the ascent. BY "taking it easy" on the
d route We reached the end of our journey
IN very slightly fatigued. Sergeant Smith
m and Mr.. Nelson, Prof. Huntington's COM
10 panions in exile, gave us warm welcome
n and we were soon snugly csconced under
1t the depot roof. Upon our arrival it was
s ascertained that the wind was blowing al
d the rate of 45 miles an hour, while the
70 thermometer indicated 13 above Zero
uABITATIoN OF THE SCIENTIFIC PARTY.
k AS the lesse Of the Tip-Top and Sunni
f. houses raised objections to the occupancy
ot of either of those buildings, Prof. Hunt
r ington and his companions obtained per
nt mission from the Railway Company to Sc
d up their lonely hab;tation in the newly
ii erected depot. The depot was built las
r summer, and occupies site of the sam'
sr elevation as the other houses northeaster
Is ly Of those structures, upon the verge c
De the little plateau forming the summit 0
tn the mountain. The building, unlike th
ne two dimutive public houses, whose side
lr are of stone, is contructed wholly Of wood
IL 1t is sixty feet long by twenty-five fee
to wide and stands nearly north and South
N. IL has eleven feet nnsts and the cleye