South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-17
Pixies Peak

A n Up hire boy ,hus describe, bis
atss "trip to Fixes Peak 10 Colorado.
We went up on the cog wheel rail :
road which wonderful piece of epei.
neefin2 bAs just been faished and i.
straight up tbe eide OF q mountain 40
steep that IL seems almost impossible
toe any one on foot to climb bu, st,,i
We went on and on, sometimes the
mountains would tower above Us IN
I'll we could not see the top and IN.
dreds OF fee. below down in the only
We oouh see q stream Of water hike a
thfead Of silver in the distance while
on all sides poised great granite rocks
looking for all the world 90 in a touch
OF the foot would send them burlino
down into this vslIey; sometimes The
cars would DO right under one. then a
space would appear and between the
hu2e bon We could see way off in
the distance tha prairies With small
towns here All there looking like
mere srecks, while farther ON we can
discern a lake aud above ami before
Us Is peak after peak pile lup 40 high
you can sec only rocks aud sky aud
as our engine groans and utf, one
wishes he uni sht offsr some assistance
by ca ching the poles and pull inr up
bY them. While the engine stops for
wa'or Ia e-passeDgefs get Z fl for .uow
AMI get cold hands as veil, then We
move on aad one is heard to sayrthe
top must be around Nis curve; :. but
alas, the distance at each turn seems
farther than bef.re from the TOD. It
Is wonderful To see. the diffareLt COLI
ored dwatf fJwrrs glowing along
these snow covered banks. All along
the way can be ee.u men with
gloves on anu buttoned up; IN .keayy
coats shoveling Off the snoy and
keeping tho track in repair. Al ;sst
our ears are greeted with the words
THE TOP -and we begin TO realize
that we IRE IA, la feet above sea level.
On, to Imagine any thing like it is
impossible, grand beyond dssorip.
sion. The snow is S feet deem and
still coming djwn and this the fourth
OF July, people are wrapped up and
shivering. The United Sta es signal
service has small house up there
built OF rock with small windows each
of which has three distinct sashes to
keep out The cgli besides big Cir.
inside all the time. Every BODY
seems 10 think tie mountain is shak.
ing one feels so light and funny.
The man that sell, curiosities eays
that grav;tation In one place up there
petrified; but uLder the influence
of such air one Is liable not even TO
want TO dispute anything and not to
want to see the place for fear o, get
ling in the same condition. The peo-
pie that stay up there seem TO think
that each one on his way up finds
gold en- ough to buy anything as they
will ask the small sum OF seventy
five cents for cup OF c,ffee sand
wich and bit of pie. A small sou.
venir spoon 81 SO. 1. requires two
hours 10 boil an egg AMI pota.oe
yon can not cook at all and beans, il
Is said. had TO be boiled two
months and then they were indigesti.
BILE. Water when boiling Can be
drank and you would think it had
never been near the fire. l would
l could describe the view from this
wonderful peak but il is no use to
try. Towns that can be seen look like
liliputisn gardens and lakes close
ny like sheets laid out on the
grass to dry. houses of ak and eieh,
stories are invisible. Thay use Penn
sylvan;s coal because the Co dorado
coal does not make heat enou III either
on the mountain or in the engines.
The engine when on level ground
seems TO be kneeling dowl Xix,
kangaroo, while the top OF the back
end of the Car is q straight line to the
floor OF the front, a very great in
cline. We started up al ten minutes
Of 2 o'clock aad got back at 6, spent
~ minutes up there. Ga. it was
grand and l would not have missed il
for anything.
This letter was not int nded fol-
publication but We think il is suffi
GENTLY interesting to have space il
our columns.
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