Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-11
UP IN THE CLOUDS
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ears swapping and cracking as if some
thing was breaking loose in then. | did
not hear any of the other passengers
ears acting in this queer way, however,
but in speaking of my experience, the
other passengers declared that nearly all
their ears acted in the same strange way,
and those that had not were found to
have been stuffed with cotton. The rapid
change in the elevation due to a relaxed
air pressure was the cause of this strange
experience. The cars used on this in
cline are built in three sections or series,
one above but somewhat back of the
other, something on the order of
perpendicular row of boxes at a theatre
but Of course not so nearly directly over
each other. They are constructed in this
manner, / believe, so passengers will not
be oblighed to stand on their heads when
they attempt to sit down, as they would
if the cars were constructed in the regular
way, on level, and | think it is a very
good idea, Tor it saves a passenger a
mighty sight OF inconvenience unless he
had just as soon ride backwards. We
are now at this point. "Echo Noun
tain" $500 feet above sea level The
place is so named because of very
phenomenal echo it is said to contain,
but as the echo is nowhere in sight, we
must be content to know that they have
one here | believe we had reached this
place once before, but, well there have
left those people sitting up there in the
rain, in that car without any roof On it,
while | have gone back to see how far
we had come. We are on our way now
over this mountain electric railway of five
statute miles, which carries us l,500 feet
higher into the clouds through some of
the most weird and romantic scenery
that it has ever been my privilege to
witness. Poor "Mart" has lucklessly
chosen the side of the car that overlooks
most of the canons and rocky cliffs, as
the car climbs its way up into the clouds
and the end seat at that. One of the
members of his own party, gentleman
sitting in the middle of the front seat,
and who, because Of his position, felt
pretty safe, sees Mart's misery and at
once begins to encourage him by directing
his attention to the bottom Of a canon
yawning, 900 or 800 feet below him.
Mart tries to look but his heart fails him,
and straightway every occupant of the
car, excepting two children aged three
and five years, and an old lady of 20,
thinks he has mission to fulfill by at
least trying to help Mart enjoy himself,
and they all become as familiar with
Mart as if they had been raised with him,
and such cheering advice as, "just look
down into the top of that great tree there
under you, Mart, and look at those white
clouds just over your head and see how
rapidly they are moving, and, Oh see
that high bridge we have to cross, it
seems almost directly over our heads, +" or
81 wouldn't hold fast to that post Mart,
you'll lead yourself to think you're afraid,
and you'll surely fall" took kindly
Interest in Mart myself and eagerly
watched for, and called his attention to
any little awe-inspiring scene that would
suddenly launch itself upon our vision,
but poor Mart was dumb to all our en-
treaties, as he was blind to the magnificent
panorama constantly before US, and the
kaleidoscope changes Of scenes that met
our gaze at each successive curve the
car made over the thread-lace structure
called track, that in many places seem
ed suspended from nothing and
over nothing, with the sides and
bottom out; he simply sat there with eyes
closed, tightly grasping the post and
thoroughly wishing that Car was on the
earth somewhere instead of away up there
in the air. We all thought it about time
to give Mart a rest now and each occu-
pant Of the car-Mart, excepted-began
to drink in through open eyes and mouth.
the new beauties of the mountains. for
now there are groups and scores of them,
as the ever changing scenery is busily un-
folding newer and grander sights to our
vision at every turn of the car which is
now making speciality of rounding
curves so short, and of such frequent
occurrence, that it almost falls over itself
trying to get around some of them before
they are reached; while ever and always
transformation scenes are being enacted
all around us that makes us dizzy in our
efforts to take them all in and at the same
time remember where we are at. We
now approach place. think the place
is away on vacation or something, for
there is no place there-where it is abso-
lutely necessary Tor the car to make
another evolution, and in the absence
of the place, the promoters of the road
have been thoughtful enough to build a
great circular bridge over where the place
would be were it at home, and thus
another opportunity is afforded our very
nimble car, which at this time has devei |
oped perfect mania for getting in front
OF itself, to make one grand exhibition
turn that would make an ordinary cleo
tric car dizzy; but the reputation of the |