Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-09-01
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Prssb, toriaa cluTch In >,iroSvsJnrr, ~ twcnIy
two years. a. we wSrc Glass adjective 'tii a.sii
years ia Amhorst As4lcuy aUi f'ur y, as ia Am
hcrst College. We la bscJnia Intimate fiicut%.
On the day II our sraIuiIioa nj college We parted.
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ons year, amer We parted, We asain i.iri 81 ~
house.. Without sAy arrans -mc1i u tang. h.
pro,lIcnilsiy arrived in season t, bs rrc-sai With
m 10 as,s in The religions scrvices OIL The twenty
nth au Iiyersasy OF IA, sct;IcmsM over The 81
chur =. in Bethel. Alcr the ob.'rranco ofthc dHy
w. wen, in f,r ridc. On the clear, bright morn
ing " Aug. I7th, we directed oar course toWar'l
Mouni Washington. The paying Of fare OF nine
~ cents each entitled us - ride over the Grand
Trunk road to Gorham. The pyin. Of a fire OF
one dollar and nifty cent, each, entitled Us to a
ride IN IN: Stage coach from there 10 the Glen
House. The pAyinS Ola fare OflTc dollars each,
entitled us TO a ride Ia stage coach nom that
place to the summit or Mount Washington. Al
lust O'Clock 4. NJ, we started on our upward anil
picturesque course. rae stage load consisted OF
eleven passengers and most excellent driver by
the namo or Eilingwooi, cousin t. some Of our
town peolio OF the same name. The coach was
drawn by six red horses which understood well
the passage up tile soalcy, rough sides Of the
King mountain. The distance from the Glen Ia
the Zip Top House" j. eight miles. Four hours
j. the length OF time allowed for u pass up by
stage. Some teams will measure OF the milrs
more rapidly than will others. oars paced "a the
distance In three hours and twenty minutes. The
eleven in our carriage, or rather twelve, including
II. "a n frlA and
had 4 very pleasant trip together. On all the wa!
up till near tile end, the air was mild, the sky
bright and the scenery very grand aud attractive
Just before we arrived 1t the summit the wind
blew quite strong from the West. it, velocity
was thirty eight miles per hour Tho clouds for
few minutes gathered very rapidly on the lower
/ mountains ut the east and souta. In short tine
all the land wa, entirely covered with them, re
,emblng a vast -r2 whom the surface oTits waters
Is made exceedingly rough by tho fierce Win'ls
As we approached The Hotel, tho crowd on the
platform were highly elIted by the enchanting
light ofthc cloud view some slapping .hcr hands,
one crying glorious! glorious! another shouting,
nothing like this ever seen on Mount Washington
We remarked, shall we not get good land view
10 night: one in his excess III joy said Doat talk
about land views. No land view can equIl this.
Tie scene was wonderfully grand. The sky
above as all clear and vet suTlI"e oI brilliant
shades AT our feet extending t. the very horizon
In short time the sea OF clouds began la break
AMI disappear, that 1T sunset we had very
good land view which really the object Of Jul
pursuit. We entered the hotel. Good things with
in were arranged in finc order. We could scarcely
realize that we were rising six thousand feet
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