The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-15
Or Thou art with ma. and Thy rod
And staff me comfort stlll.

For Thou art with ma and Thy rod
And staff me comfort stlll.
| also humnei that other fine
Psalm. which seemed 10 just Fl. into
the OCCASION:
| 70 the hills will lift mine eyes,
From whenCe doth come mine aid.
MY safety cOmeth from the Lord.
Who heaven and earth hath made.
ny foot He'll not let slide.
Nor Will He sllrnber hat thee
keeps,
The Lord that ke-peth Israel
lie slumbers not nor sleeps.
Indeed. it would need the Lord to
keep any mans foot on the noun
tam Of Poas. If he had not one Of the
little Costa Rican ponies 10 lift him
up and down.
\ Ride Which Would Surprise
Roosevelt.
should like TO see Theodore
Roosevelt try that ride. | am &c
custoned To the saddle and usually
make an aggregate OF a thousand or
fifteen hundred miles every winter
over the bride paths about Washing
ton or IN the Mountains Of Virginia.
hey are the smoothast of polo
8'' - 'bi = *
UP this volcano. The ride by daylight
Vas even worse than hat in the dark.
Tor here We could see the dangers be-
tore us and the trail was far rough.r
1t was right through the mighty
woods, and the greater part of il con
sisted Of steps cut out of the precipi-
lous NILS. 50 slippery and muddy that
the ponies at times put their feet to
sether and slid going down them. NJ
American hnrSA yrDlltl have. -icl-.l 1T
but these Costa Ritan ponies are hht
GoatS and they seem to use theil
neddS in their climbing. | verify be
lieNe. with the aid Of Redoun guides
that they could easily make their way
up h pyramids and F~loeckher. VII
has never ridden before. says that h,
Will bet money he could ride his hors,
w the steps inside The Washinctoi
monument or 90 on the trot down
those Of the National Capitol. doub
not be could. In some places III,
steps up and down are Of the heigh
OF a table and often they equaI-,
tnut Of a chair.
vt the Crater.
Nevertheless, the only time tn
horses held back was when W. cam
tear the crater. The air there Wa
full Of birthstone and they objecte
TO the suiphurous fumes. Many PEG
pie do not ride near the crater 70
That reason, but We kept m the edo
OF the abyss Il made our way alon
it over a path covered with white 20
came ash. Vt the anne time a Stron
wind was blowing from the lake ,
sulphur below. 1t sent the brimStor
into our faces. and it was only OF
~raincoats hat kept us from beir
drenched by it.
lndeeS. we did not have the be
View of the crater. and there was 7
eruption during our stay. The crate
is about 1000 feet deep as we coul
see when the clouds lifted. It's wal
are step. ragged and scanned. At OF
first coming it vas one great bed
clouds. A little later we could st
the sorges in the ides covered wit
pumice and volcanic ash. and coul
make u the lake OF sulphurous aci
lying below. This lake is yellow
the edges and a yellowish green scu,
covers the center. There is alwa,
some smoke coming out Of its Surfac
and in an eruption from near the mic
die the whole lake seems to bur
into the air. The noise is accom-
panied by rumbling, and al l hay
said the volume of o often ca
ries with it mud and stones. II
NapOr often assumes the shape Of a
umbrella. and the ashes have bee
carried far out in the Pacific ocea
On fine days it's possible to get do"
, into the crater lake, but his was TX
so during u stay.
;, Leaving the active volcanic lax
We climbed a thousand feet furth'
, up the mountain to the Laguna Fl
or cold lake. and there stopped f,
our lunch of jam. crackers, canine
). tongue and biscuits. The upper lal
is Of about the same size as the aci
crater below, but the water IS as pa
as that Of the A~dirondacKS. and witI
!. out a sour taste. The water Of II
first crater tastes like strong Vinega
In the Tropical Mountains.
wish I could show you thu veg
tation through which We rode o. OF
way over PoaS. The mountain
! covered with magnificent trees. son
;, Of which are as big around IS a hog
:, head. and 80 feet high. They a
!, mostly hardwoOds, and arr knotty an
enarled, with NIB twisting about
, e<erv direction. The air is 50 moi
that the trunks are covered with no