St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-07-30
Lost on Mt. Washington.

The accident on the Mt. Washington
carriage road, in which one lady was
killed and several others injured, and
the finding of the remains of Harry w.
Hunter, the Pittsburg printer, who per-
ished six years ago while walking up
the bride path to the summit, have fur
nished topics of tragic interest. Only
four of the injured ladies remain at the
Glen House, and they are improving.
Only one is confined to her room. Mrs.
Milliken is kindly caring for all their
wants. The driver is recovering, and
it is expected that he will get well.
He has not referred to the accident and
as yet has no realizing sense of what
has occurred. Of all who have perish
ed on Mt. Washington nothing com
pares in sadness and suffering with that
of poor Hunter. After his fatiguing
walk of nearly - miles from the VIII
ley house, the last half of which was
through a cold, driving rain, and
against a wind of more than sixty miles
an hour, he laid down to a sleep of
death within mile of the signal sta
ton, which he must have seen for sew
eral miles before he gave out, and
which would have afforded him relief
and shelter. Here his bones have laid
bleaching for six years, and meantime
his fate was wrapped in profound mys-
terry. He wrote his father on the day
of his arrival at the Wiley house, Sept.
=, that he should ascend Mt. Washing
ton on the next day, and that was the
last known of him. His friends were
greatly distressed and caused search to
be made for him. The next January
his father wrote to Mr.. Merrill of the
Crawford house: "The mystery sur
rounding his disappearance has caused
me much painful reflection. If knew
that he had perished in the mountains
could reconcile myself, but the uncer-
tamty keeps me continually in sus-
pense." AS soon as his remains were
discovered Mr.. Merrill telegraphed the
tact to the father at Pittsburg, which
brought back reply to hold the re-
mains for written directions. A letter
has been received which states that the
father died in 1877, but that his mother
and brothers are living. Monday the
remains will go forward for interment,
A monument will be erected on the SPOT
where Hunter perished, by strangers to
him, as a tribute to human life which
went out in wild and lonely place,
with no one to tell his fate.
BAFFLED CURIOsITY.-Mis j
was on the way South to spend the
winter with some relatives. Her
friends Mr.. and Mrs. H were her
travelling companions as far as Colds
borough, where they separated, Miss
J. having about a hundred miles
more OF rallroading to do alone, as the
telegram received at Goldsborouob
stated that her expected escort could
not meet her there. As usual the pas-
sengers on the branch road were few.
and Miss j was the only lady on
the train.
The conductor was an ex-Confederate
captaln-a peculiar characteristics of
Southern roads. He was a native of
the town to which Miss j was tick
eted, and was very anxious to find ont
VINO his fair passenger was. His ratb-
er of1lcIous efforts to assist her in find
ing her friends when she should reach
her destination were rather coldlv re-
fused. He finally got desperate and
appealed to an ancient gentleman in
the car Ia friend of his) to assist him
Presently the old gentleman crossed
the car, took a seat Immediately behind
our falr traveller, and addressing her