Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-26
Riding Over an Earthquake.
A Strange Experience on Railroad
Train i'm Servta.

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lt rom d" @'.oi'., ~ ~ t,-ae e-,, paris 80
oy 1ne . in,s' l,"''''''''
Dropping uo"Ii OuT DauuOo ~ % Va
seven hours, we see 'i,e sun r lisg III Iei wa,
ana the IrsI sIOp Oh tue lo,io"lnS uay -
at belgrade. IL Is warmer heIe' Cne eal VI
IS dry, ana Ine SKY - Cleal' lno 'oy"S
begins 10 Ieel IhdV ne - III n'" "OiiU'
with strange people' mere are eNluelce9
OF dress REFORM ne pdI'aIooii - inei si.ls
INTO the gown or tle 20" Il ii'o 'no P8n'%-
loon, perhaps dS 10 III l &c" s..la
succeeding houI Vahes .Ile u"Ngie' Iui 'ii i.
INTO tnls uesoldVe COUNT ~ ~ olu "iiu yo'
SO new WIN 80 lttle ~ NnaD arc i'o" IT,
gaTueu a. sisiiS Vi CIV i II,t, 90 r;1o uto
caiIleI wiz Inc q pc, ,ii,I ;,o
mount anu cIlculaIe vi 'i9 i 'JCoi ~, a.
Vi Olle vi iono - p 10 49, arq,;ro
So anu no" l sHpP.u iii'o 'ny ~
cloliieS anu iioulltgu 'ie i"a aLI., al ,,.o
engineer was l".i'e, any 60 ,S ..,r,
couIu say " e"'ii O'nei ""' y'' anu
III french -.
ne track was Ollly la!i' "u' NV we ~
hotlNe was III Soou Coliul.lon' U. ny
Is SLOW, not more VIan twenty vi my
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OUTSIDE the Town we loulu ions iine vi
wagons drawn by Sinail catIle waiting a'
the closed gaze DeIlllu these wagons,
reaching out 10 Ihe mus iilllgs away MeIe
strings OF PACK allilals lodueu WIZ coi II.
EVluehIly thls was an Iupo '"iI niai nc.
Tor the surrounding country; ~ was d
DeauIllul alterIooIl' SUI r "s oep'Iilioei ~
farls OF Ne" lolh' ne Ioau neie Iali
! up Droad Vale, WHICH, however, gre"
narrower as we ascehueu Inc "aTeIlSss
stream Oli eiUhei sue vi ,he WASH Ile
country grew rough the NILS III tie us
lance "ouiu pe c"ileu Hl"uh'%il III ny
hoy Lahu. Inc wagon ,o@u lay Paiaile'
| WIN the Runway anu III nan an nun NC
passed huhuIeus Oh On Teams DrlhSiilS "oou
down from the mis- some women anu
children were drlVlhg hocK Vi luIAeys'
a man was leading sheep, ana others were
carrying jars OF someIhlhg-hohey, per-
haps-on thelr heads'
All at once the AR grew still; an opprcs,
slve silence seemed 10 hang on Vale ahu
MIL, ana all the people stopped snort 1t
seemed 10 me that we ran INTO Oau piece
OF track or that our lralh had suddenly
qulcKehed us pace Sd" oerVlall "olhal
with chlid IN her arms stagger' STOP take
the water Jug from her heau, ana mug mel
frightened DaOy 10 her naked breast nun
dreds OF yoke cattle were lowing ourro'
were praying, whole nocKs OF sheep were
crying on the distant Gowns Meantlm'
the curves seemed 10 increase and, al
though we were not making more thaI
1orty miles an hOur, we appeared ialrly t'
ny Men stood sui and stared at th'
heavens. A Nohammedan slld down IRON
pack mule, spread out MS prayer rug
set ms race toward Mecca ana prayed
Christians crossed themselves, and as OTTER
as stole glance at the driver tounC
him looking at me. I'M now mad attrlb
uted the actlon OF these WHO people u
childish wonder at seeing the train SWEEP
by, but when l looked at the almost pal'
face OF the sun-Orowned driver l was be
wildered. The things l beheld were all 81
unnatural That felt my head swimming
CHANGING ahead saw the straight tract
take on curves and then shake then
out again, resembling a running snake
The valley had become narrow gulch
and from the near hills arose great cloud
OF smoke as from quarry when the shot
go OIL. The fireman, who had been bus,
at the furnace door, stood up now ant
gazed at the driver, who pressed his lief
hand over his eyes, then took 1t OIL ant
tried to see, but made no attempt to checl
the speed OF the rlying train AS drunken