The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
NEWSPAPER OF cLoUDLAND.
Unique Little Sheet Gotten Out on Top
of Pixies Peak and Sold to Summer
Explorers.
(Boston Transcript.)

Unique among the newspaper offices
of the United States and probably the
highest in the world, is that printed on
Pixies Peak The paper was an expert
ment last season, but this year is a full
fiedged success, and is being published
twice day out among the trees, that
are very scanty up at timber line. The
publisher is T.. B. Wilson.
For several years Wilson has been
publishing newspapers in the noun
tains When he started the pike s
Peak News" it was with some misgiv-
ings. He located his office on the very
peak, but the storms are so frequent
that he found it better to move down
little. However, he Is yet $4,000 feet
above the sea level, and with his wife
and daughter spends a very pleasant
summer. They all work at the paper.
When the train on the cog road comes
putting it's way up from Manitou, the
passengers are induced to give their
names They while they go to the top
the paper is printed, and in it are the
names of all who have been on the
peak that day. OF course there is a
large sale among them, as they desire
the papers for souvenirs of the visit.
The EDITORS wife is able to set type
and print the paper as well as her hus-
band One day when he was away she
got out the paper, and, not having had
time to sell the edition before the train
started for the foot of the mountain,
she paid her way to the bottom and
sold the papers on the train. Arrived
there, she did not have money enough
to pay her way back and started for
the top on foct-a walk of ten miles
uphill by the road. The manager of
the road saw her.
Where are you going?" he asked.
''I am going to walk home"
"Why don't you rider"
1.-The papers did not sell very well to-
day, and have not money enough.
had to get out the paper alone, or
would not have had to come down."
Come in here and he led the way
to the superintendent's office.
When she came out it was with pass
good for the season on any train, and
thereafter she was able to increase her
sales by riding longer trips on the road
with the passengers.
Not much news is in this mountain
top paper, for there is little happening
on Pixies Peak. With the coming of
the early storms of winter the paper is
suspended, for the visitors are not
there to buy the copies. The press and
type are moved to the warm valleys Of
the town below, and there continue in
service as an aid to local paper until
there is a resumption of the summer
sightseeing and travel up the peak,
The one annoyance of the printer is the
relic hunter. When the newspaper
mans back is turned there is a rush of
laughing girls for the type cases TO
gather type for souvenirs of the trip.
He has several times been compelled TO
buy new type to replace that taken in
this way. Standing out in the open air,
the temptation to take a bit of the
metal is very strong. One day he pub
lished q notice, saying
"Iph there are seen a phew mistakes
in this paper and we phail to spell all
names right, do not blame US, phor it
is the best we can do. Some phlighty
girls phrom Boston philched all our
'ephs."