Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13

Of an unfinished stone hut AFFORD pro-
/ lection from the searching blast. the
view Is circumscrihed. the Adirondn cks
buried in a great storm cloud and the
iuoarer peaks cloud-capped. The ridge OF
Lincoln Mountain shows gaunt and bare.
! Camel's Hump Is, or once was, 10 feet
higher than Mt Abraham, but a huge
cairn of stones has removed this disad-
vantage, and now Mt. Abraham is legally,
If not morally, as high as Camels Hump.
An ugly looking storm cloud drives
down ON Lincoln Mountain and in a few
moments the snowhakNs are filling the
air. one cannot see beyond circle 100
7 feet I'm diameter and those on the summit
are as completely isolated as thougi on
! "a ship in mid-ocean. The icy blast cam
not hc faced so the party cover behind
/ tho stone walls.
I'm the twinkling Of an eye comes
Transformation. The storm blows over
/ the mountain all in an instant leaving
the west clear as far as the eye can
reach. This lasts hut % minutes when
the clouds wall in again and the view
vanshes. During the time when the view
was open to the west, nothing was WIS.,
ible to the east. the valleys all cloud
ing line of absolute demarcation.
Everyone had absorbed sufficient of cold,
: if not of grandeur and at 300 D. m.
the return trip was begun.
! The trip down was made at a good
rate of speed and was Uncvcntful except
for chance meeting on the trail with
a traupor and his daughter The little
girl carried the shotgun and cartridge
belt her father an axe traps and the
latter half of a domestic cat. When ask
ed what he was after he replied cats,
which seemed obvious and prompted the
question as to whether he trapped half
at a time and, If so. which half he pre-
ferred. He volunteered information
that "bohcatS'' were plenty on the noun
tain and poor puss was to serve as bait
The trapper, also taXadermist mount
ed his captures and was then after a
hobcat whose tracks were those of
iO-pounder This was different from his
last capture, bobcat which was a mere
wreck of bones. whose preparation show
ed one of the grim tragedies of the woods
as its throat was filled with porcupine
quilts. Only dire famine drives the
hcSh-eaters of the wids to this suicidal
meal, for soon after when the quilts be-
Gin their fostering progress the victim
ranges famished, yet unable to eat until
death mercifully brings relief.
The climbers returned to the Bristol
House having made the round trip in
six hours this being made possible by
tho use of automobiles. The best trip up
Lincoln mountain is to so out to Lin
coin pass and ascend by the long trail,
coming down by the Battel trail. In the
present case the owners OF the cars made
the climb, SO there was no choice except
returning to the cars. The experience of
this party has added one more day trip
to the mountains to the number already
available from Burlington. Leaving Bur
ington at S:l5 a. m. the return was made
by 1900 p. m. The ways Of travel are
too varied to he monotonous, the climb
easy, and the scenery all that could be
desired. Tho party who made the trip
felt that one phase, the miraculous van
shing OF the snow storm as seen on the
summit. was we'll worth the journey
The expense Of the trip proved moder-
ate.
Bristol is awakening to the fact that
It is not as we'll known as a summer re-
sort as 1t might be. Its location in re-
laton to the mountains is one of I'M
usual interest and charm. In the even
Ing at meeting OF the Business Men
association, James +. Taylor. president
of the Green Mountain club, and the
secretary of the club, both spoke on the
work Of the club, the long trail and the
steady growth in numbers of those who
come to the State TO tramp these trails
and strongly counselled the Business
Mems association to organize a section
of the Green Mountain club to insure the
keeping alive of the mountain interest.
There is little doubt that Bristol will
now act in one way or another to realize
on its natural advantages L. JP.