The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-03-12
Sere Kere SNOW.

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bisud Frenrh C&nadisn. Felia Ia.
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~ sAke o. 10 upper Sehr.su gltlne
them No fof the trip q about - mites
We started after rood breakfast sah
hgtt grip. pair II Snow shc~s tar
rach man. light pnng slssi, made
mostly u blsck oak. very hW with
hfs,a5 sAi runners sud bpl@ggaa hoi
/ ton - thai i would Side over the
snas a. easily a. a Stone h~sa. wiih
rnuneu 90 i A stout span = frenctl
ponies uiih plenty o. buffalo rpi,cr and
/ blankets and seyerAi lanterns for nighs
and n beat up under The robes two
/ bnsbcls ~ uAis for the horses and \
I hsskcl ~ grub aud some drink that
would 10, frreze, pipes. eigars siid
matches. Al were feeling gussd and
with The Thermometer down 70 = VIZ
started The first few miles went good
then we struck oul across oHe oi those
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burnt hArrens where the fire 10 years
past had burnt everything and only a
few scrub blueheTy bushes and sweet
fern now grew here, the SNOW sifted
into the track and the horses widowed
continually but kept going Out OF
this We entered pine woods and here
the road was good. the saow WAS four
feel deep but the track free and hard.
Coming out into farming section the
road ran along dugway where the
snow bowed over from above aud no
road was 10 be seen ahead but n line Of
rails, poles and bushes sticking out Of
the snow showed where the road ought
b be. Here the drivers got out and
went ahead wallowing along the path
feeling for the road with their feet, If
one Of them slipped of they would 90
into the snow out o. sight and have To
scramble up again. After wallowlng
few rods they would come back and
lead the horses through. This Of course
made slow work and the wind began
10 howl again. After mile Of this we
came toa house, one end Of which stuck
up ont Of the snow and smoke was
coming out Of the chimney. The house
aud barn were on the left side of the
road and setting in under the bank
were completely covered with snow
excepting little space IN front where
the road was blown bare. A wagon
shed was in the front Of the barn one
side Of which was full OF snow and the
other bare ground,
Felix knew this man and be soon got
him ont aud after some teasing in
French he consented to let MS feed IN
the barn and eat and warm in the house.
The house was Of logs with -four rooms
below and two uplunder the roof, and
husband, wife and six children were
the occupants. There was big fire
place and this with cook stove kept It
warm. Here we ate dinner and fed the
tired horses We had only come ten
miles aud il was then about two O'Clock.
While we were resting the farmer had
gone ont and when he came in he was
white with snow and said, big wind
he blow like Deb, You no cant 20 IN
hit you lose de roads den you die freze
like old Deb Sure enough blizzard
was raging We nnpacked and took
our goods into the house and barn
where we stayed three days before we
could go on but we had good fare in
the meantime. Money bought of the
farmer oats, hay and food and we slept
well though the thermometer went
down 10 "a below bat the snow covered
house and barn were warm, The fourth
day OK teams with bundles Of straw
tried TO the runners OF sleds and men
To shovel and tramp ahead made fair
road The teams went back in the af-
ternoon and we followed them, making
ten miles more, and stopped at little
French log house Inn in a little log
house village where there was small
saw mill. In the morning We struck
up the valley between two mountains
aud the snow was eight feet deep but
not drifted. The road was a log road
and good aud hard. We went up with
the early teams thereby escaping the
bother of turning out on meeting teams
in the deep snow.
On top Of the notch we again honn-
dered IN ten feet of snow and finally
the horses broke through the roof Of
bark covered shed and We were stalled.
After getting out We wallowed down
the north side OF the pass and at night |
WIS at n lumbercamp where there was
dance IN the boarding house. We put
up at q teamstersa from there we had |
good roads and in eight days from the
start We got to Schroon Lake. We
paid of our carrier and he and the
halfbreed went on north. We finally |
in about two two weeks came out at |
Port Henry on Lake Champlain where
all was life aud hustle rs the iron mines
at Moriah. Wetherbee. Elizabeth, etc,
were IN full blast. There We struck
the railroad aud were in Gods
country again after having Travelled
about 100 miles over and under snow
IN abou, three weeks and il is useless
10 say We did not repeat the trip again
in winter In summer il Is one Of the
pleasantes, trips imaginable; the seem
cry is wild, grand and with beautiful
trout streams and lakes plenty, and is
one Of the widest nearby
sections in the Adirondack. 81 CLONE.
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