Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-11-06

Among Ihe Mountains, No. 5.


aie over turnpike Win toll OF uns
dollar. A job not 80 easily accomplished.
In the journey the upper falls Of IN,
AmmonOOsue are passed, and 70 one with
an appreciation Of the beautiful ADD
grant in scenery, the falling ofihs waters
in their rocky ehannell is taken as value
received Tor all the expense incurred. Il
Is al easy matter 10 dispose Of any snail
amount Of loose scrip about your pockets
at the bar Of the saloon ever present 10
all this mountain region. where are ex-
posed sweetmeais, aud all other hurfful
eaiables and drinkal les. PIckled cells
feet aud warm tongue, to sRy nothing Of
the overstOck Of lip and check /; lemonade
aad ade without The lemon are freely dis
pensed at "WAr prices" In the midst
Of the fall is a circular hole worn in the
rocky wall, that somebody has chrisicned
'Greeleys WashbOwl We're il thus far
up Salt River there might be some sense
in the name. -Four miles now Of weary
travel aud the foot Of Mt. Washington is
reached Here is hotel for the accom-
mediation Of the traveller, ever weary af-
ter the toughest of pixies. Indeed, we're
yon not reminded at the gate by draft
upon your RESOURCES, you might forget
that It was anything else than the most
uncommon dirt road
At this place called Mansfield, in hon.
or, probably Of the originator of the
Railroad, is the Il. h. Station, whence
the trains depart fer the summit three
miles distant. the building is large and
commodious, with ample Accommodations
near for the shelter of engines and cars
when not in use. For the FIRST mile aud
half the road is very straight, after
which 1t is moro serpentine in its course.
The track differs from the or, mary track
DnIy in the addition Of third or middle
rail, which is cogged and being of
wrought iron added materially to the
cost of the road. There is but little cut
md no fill on the route, though there are
'ome pretty extensive specimens of trestlc
work At Jacobs Ladder" especially
'ou are from twenty to thirty feet above
he rocks; for there is nothing but rocks
Except it may be little furze after You
ret half way up the mountain.
There is path up the mountain called {
he Fabian path, though it is used but lii
lie at the present day, most people taking !
be cars as an easier mode of ascent
was determined TO make the Journey
n foot, and starting on my course with h
II the viger Of youth of fifty. scorning +,
he old paths, | dashed away up the }
feep incline on the r. r. ties, sure that /
should reach the top as soon or sooner n
han the engine that was creeping so slow. r
along; that had the start of me by {,
bout two minutes. But fast gait can !,
OF be easily kept on an up grade of four @,
nd half inches in foot, and the ties \
bout three feet apart, and | wished nv. =,
'lf in the creeping car creeping slowly II,
'em my sight; wished myself back at .,
he station; wished myself in the path a,
ut to return on the ties was simply i'm 81
1sslble, and to reach the car equally so m
XcELsroR was the only motto within nv =,
ach. but | must move more moderately o.
ID rest often. Two hours was the
ain time; mine was three. Arrived at On
C summit the eye takes in at a glance 70
c entire surroundings, and you are m
reed to the conclusion that you are for M
ce up in the world. The summit house vol
cured to its foundations by iron rods h,
stoned to the rocks at either end. and NO
inning over the top of the house is de. =
dedly rough style Of architecture. IN
most under your feet at the northeast 81,
the Glen House. kept BY the Messrs. w.:
ompson. Though it looks 50 near it is III,
miles by the carriage road that winds nj;
that side Of the mountain. On the On
st side the road we have passed over bp
all the country west and north of us 20;
plainly to be seen. -
Tuskeman's Ravine, threo- fourths Of n 80
le from the summit, is place to look in
and admire. Here the SHOWS of winter a.
the guilt TO that extent that it does /
all disappear till as late as the last off of
pit. Indeed this year the snow that fell NJ
night Of the I'd of Sept. found some tor
snow remaining to welcome it. sto
But 1t is time TO commence the down. s.;
rd trip, and with feeling of insecur. do
we take seat in the car, and very SOC
iberately begin the descent. The feel. 81,
OF insecurity, however. is soon gone n,
you see how completely it is under con. IN,
l. The wheels are much smaller than dir
lnary car-wheels, end to play in the
yea raj, an extra wheel, the cars and 60
lne being both fitted with the Atmos. col
,rlc brakes by which they can be stop 70
Instantly. There are On the route Of
&c watering stations, the water for ing
lch is supplied by digging out The fur
SC rocks on top Of the bed rock. and of
King an excavation in it to hold the per
Ter mat trlckles through the crevices the
N the melting ice among the rocks bon
her mp the mountain. 1t is so cold hur
9 that the ice that collects in the fall nav
winter alelts slowly, and at any time mo,
ins lne summer, Ice may lie found at issu
depth OF from one to Eve feet. In {
hour and torty.two minutes we find a NJ
selves at the station at Marshfeld. If ali,
iook up the track In few minutes. for
: shaii see a man, an employee ON the be .
" coming at greater or less speed resi-
N the track, evidently ..on bis slide. - now
a we are quite sure acme accident must and