Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-12-07
How Jehiel Made $50.
AND HOW rHr YoU<G vANpERBILr> BEAT
THt RECORD.

\ correspondent of the Phliadep phia
Press tcl,~ the following good story Il i
IN the White Mountains short time ago
heard ot the latest Athlc' 'ement Of the Van
dtrbliJ,. \ party Of the third generation
Of tins interesting family lrrvknulng from
the CommudOrcl Was stopping at the Glen
Hoa,c. The party included two daughters
and two suns-tn-law ot the reignIug Van
derbtit,, and cousin or two. From the
Glen House the carriage road ascend, ID
seven miles 10 the summit of MI Washing
ton. Stages run up n about three hours
schedule time. Ihr ascent i, nov here yer,
steep, but It Is steady and steep enough 10
make fairly hard pulling for the ,lN horse
teams,
Onr day II occurred to the Vanderbilt
party that nobieN>e Obliged tArm 10 70 d,
the mountain ~ quicker TIME than had ever
been accumpl She'd before TIN, advent iheN
sent for MllAkeu. That aiAh.r person ap
ptared, m tail hat on the back OF hi, head
and heard the Vanderbilt commands.
Il can give luu ~pe,ls conveyance,
said MllIArn "but don't know about cut
ting much under three hours. lt's an auiu
hard pull."
"B4l u must b. done said one Of tht
som .n-taW Inc other son-lu-Iaw took
MuAseu ASIDE and ~armi, assured him rha
money was no consideration.
Most people persisted the eloquent pro
prietnr OF the Glen. find three hours nont
too long The gradual y unfolding success
SION ni panoramic views. the new vista,
that reveal themselve, al every turn. th,
magnificent range that opens up Sol
scale thc outwoThS and climb the massive
shoulder of Mount Washington itself, skirt
ing the huge aud ..poml Gulf OF Mexico
with CIdN on Your rlsht, and beyond tina
the lua,slNc Jefferson then Adams, with lts
sharp and symmetrical peak, and fnaIl1
Madison. In the distance the winding ant
lovely Androseoggin, like thread OF sIl
yer 70 say nothing of
''No matter about all that" said the son
ln-law. I'VE want YOUR best team anC
your best driver, and if the thing can 3,
any human possibility be done in two hour.
and a half, We want to do it.
That would be very quick ascent saiC
+ MlliIkrn, cautiously. Nevertheless, vel
see what can be done"
The result OF the protracted negotiation
was that MIllIken gave the Vanderbilt part,
/ his lightest mountain wagon, seating twelve
his slA famous grays, the best team in IN,
Glen House stables, and Jehlel Cooper L
/ handle the feathers. Jehlel has been driy-
I ing on the mountain since 1861.
/ They started in the morning, Just befor,
/ the regular stage, amid great excitement OF
7 the Glen House piazzas. Every body haC
. his watch in hand when Jehlel cracked hi
whip over the ears of the leader, and al
. bnHx prpNttaI III taI
glasses or telescope to watch the progres
of the vehicle after 1t should have emerged
| from the wooded belt on the mountain side
I'VE shall do H." shouted one Of the sons
in-law to Milliken. Milliken removed hi
hat and merely remarked, 1.-TWO hours and
half is mighty quick time"
Nov" said the sons-in-law to the driver
as the stage whirled past the dollhouse, I'd
you suppose We shall do it ?"
"Mebbe," replied Jehiel, with yank o
the jaw of one of the pole horses, wh
showed disposition to caper. "fhe horse
is in good fix and the road is in good fix
Make il in two hours and a half" re
turned the sons-in-law, land il will be tn
best days work you ever did"
The driver grinned and piled his lasf
At the Halfway house all the watches wer
out. Jehiel pulled up to water the team
Just one hour and thirteen minutes from tn
Glen. The excitement Of the party il
creased. "An extra twenty dollar bill
we fetch it in 2.20," shouted the son-ir
law on the back seat. And dollar exit
for every minute under 220l" added Ii
other son-in-l law.
The stage spun up the mountain at tr,
mendOus rate, verify whizzing around ii
sharp turns of the zigzag with velocit
. that almost projected the representatives
500 000, 900 into the Gulf of Mexico. III
progress of the party was now plainly Wis
} BILE 70 the interested spectators ii the Gle