Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-03-10
great wrath approached the sentinel

on duty and said:
"You blundering fool, why don't
you take the counterslgn and let the
Grand Rounds pass?''
s'I'll cut yer head off if ye speaks
to me like that again, replied the
sentinel, and then bringing his gun
down to charge bayonet, said
sStand back, or I'll run hole in We.
How do / know but ye are some of
the inemys trying to pass unbeknowns
to me?''
"Call the corporal of the guard"
commanded Owen.
The corporal of the guard was
called, and the sentinel said there
was body of men out there who
called themselves the Grand Rounds,
but he didn't believe them for they
hadn't got the countersign.
"What did they give yep
"Cayenne, said he
''That's right said the corporal.
"No, it's not," replied the senti-
mel, ''fur ye tould me with yer own
mouth if anybody axed me Cayenne
| must think of Cayenne pepper, and
it's Cayenne pepper that's the sign
tonight, and divil one I'll pass
here this night until he speaks Cay
enne pepper"
Cayenne Pepper was given him
and the Grand Rounds were allowed
to pass.
RAILROADS UP MOUNTAINS
America is the scene of many no.
table railway enterprises. We have
such a diversity of surface that great
engineering difficulties have to be
overcome which ale not thought of in
other counties. One of the most
| difficult feats is to get to the top of a
mountain in a steam-car. This has
been accomplished frequently, how
ever, and by different devices. At
Mount Washington the railway climbs
the uprise, advancing forward like a
cat climbing tree. The iron clamps
or claws are advanced and the train
of cars are pulled up by main force.
| 1t is a novel sensation to ascend
Mount Washington. while the descent
seems still more perilous. At Central
City, Col, different method obtains.
The cars move forward, then back
ward, but each change switches them
off to a higher elevation. After ply
ing to and fro like a bobbin in a
weaver's loom, the cars at length
reach the top of the mountain. 1t is
now proposed to build railroad to
the top of Pixies Peak, the summit of
which is $4,000 feet above the sea
level-that is, 5000 feet higher than
Mount Washington. In this case the
road will run around the mountain,
in a sort of spiral path, until it reach
es the top. The entire distance from
the base to the summit will probably
be forty miles. When completed,
| this road will be one of the wonders
of the country, for the traveller in as
cending Pixies Peak will meet at ev-
cry mile a new scene, the one more
picturesque than the other. The first
twelve miles will be of surprising
beauty. Camping grounds will be
located at various points, where peo-
pie can live in tents, enjoying the
| pure air and weird grandeur of the
Rocky Mountains, while in constant
receipt by railway of all the neccessi-
ties and some of the luxuries obtained
in large cities. Another mountain
railway will be up the Catskills, which
will carry travellers to some of the
grandest and most picturesque seen
cry in the world. An ingenious
dreamer predicts the construction OF
a railway extending from Alaska tC
Patagonia and running on the top Of
the mountain ranges Of North an6
South America. Who dare say tha
even this wild scheme may not some
day be realized ?-Denorest' Monthly