Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-07-07
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, JULY Z, 1894.

uttp SIIfN Hp Il Sltt'p IHtl he - TOO
eXhauSting to be long SuSta ned by
any l,rt a practiced mounta 'ncer AMI
by two in the morning-jusi as we
were half way along the Petite PA
teau. deep, well-like gorge between
the main summit and the Dome du
Gouter-he began to fail so utterly
that we were forced to make a Shor,
halt lest he should faint outright.
IF one of those avalanchcS We're to
catch uS right here it would be very
bad for lis all" said one of our COM
rad:lcS. Il Stalwart young Amer can
from the hills of Vermont
At that very moment. as f in an
swcr to his ominouS words there WAS
heard far overhead, amid the ghoStly
silence. il strange. unearthly VII Spcr
somewhat like the passage of il gust
of wind through the ruStling leaves of
a great forest. AT the same inSiint
one of our guides shouted. or rather
screamed:
Take care! To the lcft-,liick."
He darted toward the frozen ridge
that lowered on our left. just as TIL
ghoStly whispering above changed to
louder and sharper sound. not I'M
Ike the whirring of an enormous
wheel. That the awful truth flashed
upon me-We We're in the track of an
avalanche!
Quick as Il fash Smond and | caught
the helpless student between us. an
literally tore our way through the
waist-dccp snowdrifts to the cheltCr
OF the oyerhanging icewall on the left.
We were not a moment too soon. for
scarcely had we reached it when there
came deafning roar and Il crash lis
If THE earth We're split aSundcr-tnc
whole mountain side above us seemed
to break loose at once, and to whirl
itself into indistinct and brwidcrin-
mOtion-and then everything vanish
ed in storm of flying snow. and whrn
the air cleared again, we saw that the
spot where we had been standing Il
few seconds before was buried faith
Oms deep under a mighty mass of loose
snow, uptorn rocks, and huge blocks
Of ice
'Close thing that; but miss is rs
good as Il nile. | reckon" said the
Ncrmonter, coolly.
Nome of us, however. felt inclined
to laugh when we learned that even
ing. on getting back to the little town
below. after Il very successful descent,
that three men had been crushed to
death at that very spot only :, few
months before and | inwardly vowed
never again to scale Il mountain in
company with an untricd climber.
Farmer Presidents.
In those halcyon times for agricul,
ture. ten Presidents of the United
States were called from farms:
l. Washington, the land surveyor
and farmer from Mount Vernon.
>. John Adams. of Quincy. who. dur
ing the last year of his presidency.
81 d.: II am weary. worn and disgust
cd to dearll. had rather chop wood,
dig bitches. make fences upon my poor
little family. Alas. poor farm. and
poorer family. what have you lost that
your country might be free!'
3. Jefferson. farmer. philosopher and
statesman from Monticello.
I. Madison. farmer and lawyer. OF
Montpelier. Va.
>. Monroe. from Oak Hill. Va.
Is. John Quincy Adams. from the
Quincy farm of 100 acres. near Bos-
ton. CIT is said that most of the trees
were raised by John Quincy Adams,
from the seeds VIII oh he was in the
habit OF picking up in his wandcrings
The most peculiar interest attaches to
Il Shellhark hickory which hc planted
more than fifty years previous to his
death. In this tree he took Il peculiar
satisfaction. but he was an enthuS asst
in regard to ali the trees of the forest,
differing in this respect from his
father who was an agriculturiSt of
the Cato Stamp-waS more inclined to
lay The axe to them than to propay gate
thcm."D
Z. Andrew Jackson. of the Her
mtagc" in Tennessee. who. as farmer,
soldier and lawyer. was a most excel
lent type Of the best American Sm
=. Van Buren,. of Kindcrhook. y. V.
Who was called to the presidency from
his sheep and wool farm. although he
was Il lawyer of far above average
requirements and ability.
9. William Henry Harrison. from his
farm in North Bend. Ohio.
10. Tyler. of Sherwood Forest farm,
Virginia. where he subsequently d led.
II. James X. Polk. of Duck River.
Tenn also came from the farm to the
presidency.
This selection OF presidents from
rural homeS-from among the farms
of the country-illustratcS the fact
that in those days there was no pro-
fesSion or calling which held Il more
exalted position in pubic estimation
than that of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Morton in Forum