Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-09-02
che fireman..
fnr Tie freeman.
NOINT WASuI>GTnN. !
IrtD,Y. AUGUST 2lst. 1874.

ntAr FREEMAN: Up among tlt clouu>
IA u a'orion~ sunrise before ua. our
-..r,.- overflow to our trlcn:ts and yOn
.rl 1h3t I had words to bring this
.. utnnromic scene in some little sens"
.... ..,.ylrhen=i0n Of those who can not
.l.rc. The poor helpo OF word paint
...,,-,.- cvervthing 50 nnsatiStyn".
.. ..- IN uch could helpvon but little
l.r-tarl the feast to which we We're
...,.t.d 10 1t down 10 and paltake OF.
..,.1v in the afternoon We lett the
lord House and the grand sl%htS
.t, Notch. bv coach. TO the Fahvan
g., l.1r niles. and then up the Wild
.ro,-r1c ~ix miles to the Mount Wash /
.it..,,3 The AmmOnoOsuc val
4..... l. very picturesque. and still clad
F.i.st Primeval.' only the noise
,--r4..Ae. which is thread like line
.,. -l... woods. 10 disturb the hush OF
...'. ....- l.l li-ul tradition
-.. ,,ou.,f ,osuc Falls on the way Will
.-..,r,.,v.a: the traveller. and present
.--.,- in nature worth 4 few
r..r And. then. here You will
.-... -...r-, NJ here they sell native wines
.E..i..rritS of the sambucus, black
g. .. 1u-n. raspberry. etc. or You can
,... .,,ae- # lemonade if You prefer
-- -h,. l.ttl, toot-bridge Is the hut OF
~ hq-Lr, maker. somewhat blanched
+. IFS ft.,. from the ancient copper color
p. ..'i pipe chiefs and basket makers
q. ,-r,.o-.-lack We are NJ the station OF
. # ,fuI Washington railroad What
...-.. locomotive TO contest with the great
,-.... aud terrible sleeps into the realm
lords. we instinctivelv say
....T in the. car. we begin TO climb tn"
So. p. ascent. up. up. we slowly creep on a
...r.. ,i.ino- often one foot in three and
.-... f,., in fo1r, To average the whole dis
....... ,f three miles The track ahead
..- r,urh like :, long ladder lying n an
....,.. -...., AZ the roof of a house. The
...- ,r-..rn the summit house Is $3.50 feet
rf.... mountain i covered with thick mist
. ...,. hv:. very brisk wind We often
...., L',n lrl IL to see Int a few feet.
--....r',. i1.t:nc crag> and ragged sleeps
...,k through the cloud. but none of the
.--irl outlines Of the mountain are visible
f., fire 1iin- Il thirl Of the distance Is
e.,.,...l over. we begin 10 realiz" what
v-,- tII W. ut the start that Il gale was
blowing on the mountain. We stop and
,-L,. n water. and some try 10 see if they
,,-,r, -.auI rp against 4 wind blowing IS
miles an hour. There :Irr three water
tank on the route. There WAS much
.,ulcu.-- for the whole distance of the
ascent. ;, TIL k mist and chilly air, and :,
which mtd,. the alpine shrubs writhr
anil hrnd md the rocks roar. Before W,
rr-.rh the summit We pass the monumcn'
nf N',- LZ<ic Bourne. who peri-hed in
I>.5. In complny with two male rel..-
,iv,- ~h,. attempted the ascent OF the noun
,t-n wi. .lt,ut Il oudr, and. bewll'icred and
chilled. d.rd in tn immediate vicinity ot
,I,. ,u.nir ho1eaS. unable TO tinl thciI
shelter :,nl protection At seven O'Clock
W. arrived 1T the Summit House, a goo,
hon ! Arutbv Captain Dolge,the managei
# the Mount Washington railway. The
-.l,f.. Iypr,. decorated with vases of alpine
ti.<ycr-. t:-tecullv arranged, bordered witt
mo,,c- an grasses, grown on the line "
,..,,rflal SHOWS. We We're Sc we'd to IL
excellent >irloin.rull- and coffee that woul'
n.,nr tII, cuisine ofthc best kept houses q
rlr. ritv. Our BIDS We're clean and on
r,.u,S tidy and comfortable in every par
,i.ul,r And We took to the en- iOyment c
th,no- within. for nothing could be see
without. and the promise for the mex
lnuruiI . w;ts anything but tlattcring
Morning came. and, notwithstanding tn
ba om.n~ OF the previous night. NOR
mlpniticcnt scene than that on which on
.y..- f.l>.cl could never be presented t
mnrttl-. No language can paint II, imag
f,9tinn will htlt on the hi, her bound {
rh, .,luliut~ revelation. We We're up
= Ii.-L. pt>t three. AMI the mists were sti
rh.rk. and darkness was around Us. thic
darkness. the pavilion in which rode tn
win i and the spirits of night. \ littl
h.rnrr four. again We looked out of OF
window and the early giOw of the morr
in.r broke for Il IN npment through Il rift il
Nh. raui,llv moving mi-ts and suddcnl
WI lost again. Ina moment more a hlus
t,rtju ran along the edge of :; clou'
Then it dlrkencd and then it REDEEMED
fl.,run~tlntlv changing panorama bcga
~, E! .rl-c,.~ t. ne formed ont of the clOuC
hIr,inm the mountain, and those far c
m. horizon. the Vet unriscn sun redlenin
the ,.,~t and deep darkness brOOdinG dow
II. g3rrr- AMI i'll the gens of the moul
t,iu-. Ih bell rang through the hall al
nj rs~h Il forth to see the sum lse. "
tLoIglt OF the morning of creation wht
tl tirntIncut was divided from the W
'cr- and & Il ~;til Let there be light. "
ntl. forthe Ivmn of creation, bat Moza
Ht-tr. there. nor any one to sing his graz
'a-lua'irn. How differently people We
H." '3- esmr iubilant, some passionles
Nr-A 'a-..l +, long hearty welcome to Il
IN. ~ '-,le through a cloud on Il
cd-, %. thr 'plzon, and made the no;
o.d peaks NJ with loud hallclujah,
Itt'i NcIr our souls with these manifest
tt- of W"nd rand sublimitv. All slIad
q co.oring We're i'll the panorama, col
ne-, AMI warmth, light and darkness blen
eI. Il clear sky over our heads and Il SEA
clouds ut our feet. Here Il vast field loo
Irg like SHOW. there u sea Of wool III
otEer foamy seas la>hcd into ridgy billov
and crested white. Then the green Of Il
glen through open riffs, and the Gl,
House and cottages at the foot of the gre
hills The cloud scenery greatly surpass
anything had ever seen or even conceiv'
Of. y sunrise of this kind is thing to