The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-13
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Have the hen lay some more eggs" all
roared out at the top of his voice. He
evidently thought he was a great charac-
ter. Opinions differed. However, it
was very good lunch, in fact all the ac-
commodations were good, considering
how far everything had to be transported
on wagons. To reach the Canon or the
Lake hotel, by the nearest route, 80 to IS
miles must be covered. and most of the
provisions have to be brought from st.
Paul; nothing, not even vegetables, will
grow in the park, the season is too short.
At luncheon we met the party who had
been through the park and were on their
way out; for parties larger or smaller,
arrive at and leave the Mammoth every
day, inward and outward bound; the
same is true of all the hotels. This meal
disposed of, the members of the outward
bound party walked about mile to the
Norris Geyser Basin, where, as the road
runs directly through it, the stages
would overtake us. Here was com
plete picture of desOlatiOn, boiling
springs, steaming hot pools and geysers
everywhere; while little valley is so
completely covered with the white de-
posit that it looks like pond here IN the
east with an icy covering, in appearance
as ponds are just before the ice disap-
pears in the spring, when it, as well as
the few patches of snow left on the sur
face, look streaked and dirty. From a
crevice in rock close by the road side a
great cloud of steam issued constantly
with loud roar, hence the name
"Growler;" it seemed as if the pressure
was great enough to run an engine, if it
was capped. The sulphurous steam has
killed and turned white all the trees for
quite radius around. These trees get a
good start, when presently spring
changes its location, the steam kills
them and gradually they are covered up
by the growing formation, and these
skeleton trees stretch out their naked
white branches toward the passer6y ap-
pealingly as they are slowly buried in
the white deposit. We dare not set foot
on the little white covered valley, the ice
simulat ng lake, for underneath death
lurked in horrible form. A day or two
before we reached the Yellowstone Lake
waiter at the lunch stand there, while
looking into one of the pools, broke
through the treacherous though solid ap-
pearing crust about it, By great eff
fort he instantly pulled the leg out, but
at once broke through again and the
same leg was a second time emersed in
the boiling flood. AS there is not sin
gle one of these springs or pools into
which one can bear to dip finger longer
than an instant before drawing it back,
it can readily be imagined how horribly
the poor fellow was burned. They took
him to the nearest post hospital at the
Fountain, 80 miles away, but he was in
too bad shape for the surgeon in
charge there to help him, so he was sent
out to Cinnabar in an army ambulance, a
distance of 80 miles, and then by train
to the ST. Paul hospital. When he
passed us they told us he was just alive.
1t will be presumed that thereafter we
stepped very cautiously about those
pools. Frequently the ground under our
feet would sound as hollow as if we were
walking on bass drum. some distance
from any open pools too, when we at
once felt a strong craving for something
solid on which to stand. The whole hill
side, a number of acres in extent, was
dotted with pools and geysers; the
largest, called the Monarch" has al
ways been considered one of the reg
ulars, the periods being two outbursts of
five minutes each, twice in twenty-four
hours. We did not see this in action
then, but when on our way out several
days later we rea 3hed the Norris lunch
stand; took the two mile walk out and
back in order to look the basin over once
more. l was richly rewarded, for while
yet at some distance saw large geyser
in full play, and running to the place for
fear it would quit before l reached it,
found the Monarch in full blast. For
forty minutes stood there and watched
the grand display, and nearly the whole
of the time column Of steam and water
at least 50 feet in circumference was
thrown to height of go feet or more
A. G. SHERRY.