, 1876-09-30
MT. WASHINGTON.
ooing-Up by the Rai1way-Route,
And Coming Down by the Crawford
Bridle.Patb.
A Descent Very Difficult and Somewhat
T'crtl0us.


Specta, cbrre.pooa-ucs Of TAs TrtbuaA
CnAwyonn lIousE, ,Wmrs-AlouNrA, Norou,
| N. H.. Sent, 4]-1hr vatchwurd Of the tourist
In The Old World Is sal,l to be, "Seo Naples and
thcn dlc,n The watc),wort Of every summer
traveller iii New England, especially il he come
from The pr,irtcs Of tho West, ought to be,
"Scc Mount Washington,
| FROM ruE TOR,
before you diet" This was my opiniou when,
having sumnercfl at tho Crawford lIousc, was
confronted yesterday, at sunrise, by ono Of the
clearest mornings Ut tue whole season. "Oht
what so rare as day ut the mountains, " the poet
would lIavc written II hc had waited
four long uays to SEQ tho sun, a.
had wlHIo thc .,r,v o,I nj, .,,,,. ,,t,n.o,f
,s; ."r; "|l. s"o eu',1 w" o.p s'uI n'ts.Fe.i
! III n1a Gouu-eaps, anu refused ~ SHOW MS hcau.
bat VIC had him this time. Not cloul to be
seen III the eastern horizon, and lls round face
was Iauphtnr at t,a from, the tnn nf NJ Ctintnn.
,,1,t,s w.. s,s ~ n w set ~ M o.ou,
'ae oaco salle9, anu ufhwlf'g ao"n Inc c!eaf-cut
shattoH-linc from tho opposite nountaln-Bllcs.
But it Is time to start for Ht. Washington.
Tatino thc ,rn1n fo- IN, ra,ror tro,.o ~ ~.o0
naH.us ~. ,,. .a'. .'s LUZ . sauy"n iioaso ~ ~
s W. .ca'S sao sa.' ~ sa' a''' rieasant nousc,
prepared to walk to tho basc, there To tako the
lit. wAsutsaros HALFWAY
to thcsummit. There arc two routes to thu basc.-
r....,',s, s..s .s't,,s ~" n..,'
laeton EAtehsion, Elk m'ies III leneth. Ihis WINS
opened early IN 1u!y, anu mas beon In successful
operation since. This roatl, for tho last half,
carries the heaviest gratlo Of ons com,non ro!i.
~, TO-. t,,au ~, foot -, ~, ..,,,n ~ 49,.
"9'-ao 4soa s""u ~ 10y ~ w. 'no ''.ao III tl'e
steelcst parts. an engine puilt lot tlle route,
compose the trains. I never before rcai,zcd nny
n,uhi,t ,ybcn ,r,,ttr1 railroad au,+ ~ +. ,,,,,.
,p.,.aat,a W ,,or" IT, a.a.,,. ~ H., o..1.'.
.s,.',.. n,,sa :, ~ n'a.'s' '' csa, - aao aepI.n
trcal fatlroad, for his eucrgy In completing this
road. no TINT passcurcra can INV hnye uninter-
ru,,ted rat,.comm,,plcatI,n hc,wco, noatnn M,
.,,e .,,,..st ~ ~. 1rss,...'.' ''''o" n''u
1ne a suraln1t 1xt.,. oi Ms ss;,, has'asgtun.
o,, ,tst avare. u,ek "atk t, " ~ hoaf and na
nase "eovescM" tho Extenslont and reached
'ne proper ,ra s.'9un.ai1a'.%ay 3.raaa, WIZ
:. .,,r ~ ftGutiAH III. la. GEStME nnat at'
am saasa, tesn1M W t. s f", stl1.1a IKE 10 correct
an lhlprcss9'tn, ", that may eHlst ia tslo minus of
SOME, u uiu II nlne Until say tle road fhce
~ W .asT, ~ ~, " .so 5loaa Of
on pa efn?y qes s,sascn a G eo
iauuef, Mata sts9Ilg ionnas one anu hal1 Inches
IL dia1netcrt anu iour lnches apart from centre
" ct..a ., my ~ tnssa spaeeS tne stont cchtro
tn!'Y aa"lhg 'te way 10 inc Top "ithout acct~
aeiit'
~ Ano"eosuc sLat!on We hna alreight'tfal1.
consisting 60 u y, smshe ann platform, 1ast rca1y
~ - "ANe -@E NsAA ~
nee1s oot .,,e Wosa rom tEe courteous fohlact-
ort AT. JHakine. anu, stepping on the platform,
w ale ~. " ;Ae aseent' now IS coihinoh as
~ ~ otalnasy fMfoflde, lttle necu be snld'
lhls tltile tAc view ~as plElccts-Du! once OF
s%tEne1eu % " ana!l, ilelt clouti, Hileii oniy
aunea sa.!ety 70 tue SiArM. As w looR oeillliu,
anu Weatwaro, l'i9 valley o. the Amowoosuc
sprehas,s hs,us ~ % ~ .ne EiosiSs u a9tan5o'aee, az %
c9of eflste'i IN tns poets imagination.
Ah1N " ~ Ina soNMlTf -.
We nnG scarcely . ofeath M u. ar, w1e6o @ tne w1nh
or a M neTs M ,ne rue m ~ IN es psr
sdo wrAps are thrown aside as useless. Tlo
mountain Is III eeAtle Hlood to-uay, anu netli-
or sss 's ~ IT, the f ureazea t. tan nun or the clouds
" s,n. ,aria % .rs uru XIV. XIV. wang NY ~noia ssay
ttc submit; ~h!sh i, will not probably happen
again ior weeks Mhlir watching tile View ls0tI
s s'Tps tI.t. u s,S o'etnhe .I slgnai station,
NY !ttt't eAyaeaue wih1lsig osef tie summit
VI Llttle ALohIoe, anu llh0 LINZ II ID
fAAfi fhVM 1HS CRAWFORD HOUSE,
G.So'lhi!e-up .S'le ny Ile ola crawford otdle-path.
luGt ase sencn ', ~ nu:n9ef 'Ieluu,iug t9o Eulues
M a,l IVY ~ .as. as1 aau1es poiay nnu ofaVeiy
ua!!n5 +he asec.tL ~ auoht a11 iiour lucy aIGlYo
~ t.u top, iGaSns tnGll tuIscs ~ 2 eofral nHllt
q ~ s'nE, !ass Gsiew 1e esnM ot TUG mountain.
nc ,eulcs feilre 10 to paflor TO get ilali-ais-
th o.. a,,,o. tt t uow. WeIc
,rG5 s;ttitts ~ 49, -aairt ~ t :, "s "oat1so,
n,fnIT - NV nvI ,aa - aHr,nt ssGs
,,nirsa thrr, h. rrnsn,s IN ,i,c nn5r f',t,,ra
,isisrv rTccnEHa H. ~ as, III 'ir ar ,'at n
iii Nut ihev s"% 'ssc,nr. ;hnn,s"ir,ps rns.a
o,Mi wsWfor ,,o~n ,.",, f,rt,,,"t. ',,tn
+" tnvjt, - r"t,r,, Iii, tIa,, aula'o c"o"sn W
w w.Er M ,te.1x ".1,a ~, snIa,' rmr opucr,r
rwcutv,sve v""rs o,o st. crawt,,r,I nail, u.,.
+, fa,.2;t, au H.. tuu i nas
i G .'" ~ eus ,u1 ~ " !ontasn
rt'oa T., fs my stN. 1.t1 a. ~. ~. us
IN r"s IL ", 1uu III, ,1,'.,,,,t"i~ Nv as n, ';
ri :" tc w p ,tvnur",,s Il t,a aas a
Ride have M Jared so trayrs, th, r t1a "n fnn
tt aav~ y,ws nos In ra & ~
u,skr II nc t IL "'I.e rre,p p'Iiu'; ~ ;ra WI
+, MI ~ o,,,. ,na, ~ s, seS .me sai.
stur,nI IN H. % o"' ~, u,c..,s5sat,,a a a.aa
en,' ~ ~ tutm a1"as, anu WA never
H. a.r1a, n1' ,.n, ~ auss y. tis Jear Wever,
t"r "sr, ver rlv Il, aatsfv ,,. m .1 Ia,rsa f