News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-15
CAM 3 RIDGE.

During the terrific thunder storm last
Saturday evening, the dwelling house of
N. A. Rogers, of Pleasant Valley, was
struck by lightning and burned. Mr.. R.,
in attempting to escape from an upper
room, was quite severely injured.
Rev. Mr.. Bushnell assisted the Presid-
ing Elder at the communion services held
in the NJ. z. church at Underhill last
Sunday. Rev. A. B. Riggs, from that
place, occupied the pulpit here. Rev.
MIR. Wheelock being absent, his congre-
CATION attended service at the Methodist
church.
A communication from Mr.. A. c..
Griswold, of Jacksonville, states the
following in reference to the.telegram,
giving information ofthe arrest of Good
ell at Fort Ann, n. Y, being held at
Cambridge Junction from Saturday af-
ternoonsuntil Monday forenoon: 81 did
not receive the telegram until Monday af-
ternoon and forwarded it to Cambridge
within a few minutes after | received it.
1t is true that the message was dated Sat-
urday. but where it remained over the
Sabbath | cannot tell" In justice to Mr..
GrisWOld we are glad to correct the
error as it appeared i'll the items of last
week. But would say that such was the
Ctll I'll lCDOlus dIlh pOIlNGlIISs Ill
spite of their enviable CD position are by
!. A party of IA young people rode to the
halfway house and assembled Mt. Mans.
| field recently, by way of shes Unfe+hill
trail" and although the atmosphere was
hazy, the trip was enjoyed. The follow
inc points of interest were visited The
chin" the highest land in Vermont,
being 1889 feet above the level of the
81 . A -,sIn- F.. ~ C--.-,ge
House. On the way out the great monu-
ment was noticed, to which visitors are
requested to add a stone, i'll honor of the
dead defender, and ii Cambridgeites
added their tribute. The distance to the
s'cave path was | 90 miles. Once in
the cave the party amused themselves by
firing giant crackers in the clefts of the
rocks, and throwing stones to hear them
strike the waters below. After RECALLING
themselves upon snow from a drift in the
cavern, the party began the tOilsOmt
Journey to the ''chin," from which the
Lake of the Clouds" 3 SIS miles distant
from the Summit House, was plainly Wis
IDLE. On the ''lower lip" ! 3-5 miles
from the house. the slides were identi
fled, one of which occurred in 1880 anC
the other in 1913, which ran from the chill
peak to its base, nearly three miles ii
Ielgtn. Sotcn cups upoI
the east, and in the north rise ''Sterling'
and "White-face'' in their %splendor, ant
whitened by snow nearly two-thirds o
the year. 'Silver spring." 2 3-S miles
and rock terror" l 10 miles from thu
house, were probably visited, but no
clearly identified by the amateur tourists
!, A notice was posted in the office to TIN
effect that ''drift rock" as declared b.
the famous scientist, Agassiz, drifte.
} from Labrador during the glacial period
= The small rock struck the bed rock, a
can be seen by the corners that ar
Clipped off, and the two larger strucI
| this one and broke from$the iceberg
5 The drift scratches made by this roc
can be plainly seen on the west side
after the thousands of years that haV
passed. Many were the speculatlons a
to which was the drift rock, as there wa
an unlimited number of boulders t