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VOL. L. NO. 32 WHOLE ; NO. 4483
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1912.
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THE SPIRIT OF I HE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS
HARTLAND.
PLANNING SUNDAY SEUVICES
liat tuitluv uftornooii ii eonfer
ence wua lielil in Uib Vilhige rooni,1
Tlinse altei.diiifi were tho niiuisters
of the two locttl cIiuicIich, Rev. V,F. 1
IJill of tbo M.E churcli, Itov. Fran!
cia Purker ol the (Jongri'g&tioniil
ctiuroh, tlio oxocutive eomniitleo of,
tlie li.en Y. M. 0. A ati'l Mr. Duvies'
f V M t A Al lliia"
UL lillUII X W. 1.. ..v ......
coiifeiemo plnns wert- Buggeatud aiid
agreod upnn for u eomniuniiy usu of
Sunduy eveningH fiir tlio uiuter. Jt
is propost'd to iiiuku inui'h of tlio
muHii-ui develupment, enpeuiully
siuging It is hojled tluit thiongli
the coumy Y.l. (J. A. necretury n
atudent iiiitu llunover umy be
Beuured to ieud in auigihg and teneli
singing. Notliing ib ut piesunt heing
done for the developmetit cif singing
or for tlie use of Biuging in toun.
Singing ia u very imporiuul part of
life uud (iBueuiully of ohuioli lifu und
sorvico. It wus ihe hnpe of the coii
forenco tliut tlilu iibo ol Kuuduy
ovoning niay biing tugetlitr all
thoBe in the comiuuiiiiy who i-njo
good iiuiHie, as ll u thnBe who i-un
s'uig, tliut together u pioiiluble tnno
nuiy be apent uloiig iniiKkal linen;
Tlie plniitf diBL'iiBsed provide tliat
from tiuie to timo tliere tiiuybe
sliort teii-iiiinuie tulk's on hve und
practicul topics und pnBBibly oiice a'
moiith tlieru tnuv be un illutruied
loctuie uvailable. At tlio Buggettlioii
of Rev, VV K Hlll.u meoiing will be
lu',!d next Sunday eveiiitig, Deo. 15,
at tlie (JoiigreguUouul cliuieli ut
7.30 p. m., ut wliieli furthor pIuiiB
will be nmdtfr The cnunty Beeretuij
will then be nble to iufortit ubout u
leuder froni Huuover.'uiid uhout other
ptuiiB. lu the ehot t tnne it will not
be posaible to persumdly iitvite everj
ono to come Sunduy niglit. In luoi
thoio 1B nodiio ofBciuIly uuthorized
tg invite. It ib hoped thut everyone
will come Suuduy niglit' nnd helji
pliin for u BiicceBBful uud prolitublo
got-togothor uko of Uuuduy eveningB,
Mra., b'loia fcjnow Wood of Coi
niah ,wus u week-end gucBt of.Mrs
Asa Merntt. -
Mrs. L. A. Emery, aon Ilowurd,
dnughters Wilnni unu Mury, liave
returned from u ten-days visil with
rolutiveB iu Evurett, MaBB. - '
Rev. 0. 0. Gill oeeupled thepul-l
pit at North Hartland Sunduy, De
cember 8. .
L. I. Wnlker is. now a liceneetl
auctioneer.
MiiBter Cfinrlea Fnrxington Gill
has boen very siuk the pnst week. "
Santa Claus To Get Mail.
PostmaHtoi-Gonoral Uituhcoi'k Iiuh
issuod an nrder uuthorizing oll post
mustera to deliver "Banta CIiiuh Ii-i-terH"
to Biiuh chnritablo iiiBtitutionc
iu tlio city or town whero received
ns tnay deairo to give nttentinn to tln
reque8t they eputnhi. Muny thou.
Bauds of bucIi lellcrrt nro wriilon t
"Santa OIiIiib". liy chihlien tf fln
poor, appeidiiig for ClniatiniiB re
mninlirancoa uud the pnstmaMter-gen-oral
feol tliut the poBt-oflico dopnrt
mont bIioiiIiI nid as faras poHBilile in
tlio pliiluii'lirnpic work of mcfitin
the requeHts.
Fire at Fairlee.
Firo whi.ch bioko out in Stebl iiiB'
harneaa ahop in the oppra lioiiai;
building "at Fairlee - Hhdr.tly : lieforti
niidnight Dec. 5. dostroyffl tliut
struoturo, al8o tlio jFeilprflted.clnirrh
nnd the public librnry btiilding Thc
tofal los8 will not; oxccod $I0,()00, it
ia tliought, but at ono' tiniq tlio on
tiro streot waa threutenod ho tliat nid
waa summoned from Bradford and
Orford.
Mrs, Rodfiold Proctor, of Pnnitor,
wtdow of tlii) lnto ye.nator Proctor,
and ovor 8ft yeurs old, furniHlied tlio
Tlmnksgiving- diintor nttlio Vermont
l.i: i . Tl-i. ..
HU1UIUIH UUII1U, UUllUlIlglOII.
Vermont and New Hampshire Once
: Near War.
( From Wtlbur's Early Hlatory of Vermont )
"lirom 1778 to 1781 there was great agitation
among; the people of both Vermont and New Hamp
shire, growing out of an attempted union of the towns
in New Hampshire, near the Connecticut river, with
Vermont.
"A union was consummated and at one time the
representatives of 35 New Hampshire towns toolc their
seats in the General Assembly of Vermont. New
Hampshire claimed that this. action and attempted
union was illegal and growing out of this controversy
war was imminent between Vermont and New Hamp
shire, but better counsel prevailed and the union of
those towns with Vermont was dissolved.
" The committee of the House of the State of New
Hampshire, 1779, reported to the House of that State
that that State should lay claim to the jurisdiction of
the whole of the New Hampshire grants, so-callcd, lying
to the westward of Connecticut river. This looked Hke.
annihilation but the same report conceded that if the
Continental Congress allowed the grants westerly of
Connecticut river to be a separate State by the name of
Vermont, the State of New Hampshire would acquiesce
therein. This report was ordered to lie but it was
taken up in June of 1779 and passed. This concession
seemed to open a door wherHay Congress could settle
the whole controversy' by admitting all the grants
westerly of the west bank of .the Connecticut river as a
separate State.
"Ira Allen waited upon. the General Court.of New
Hampshire to settle the controversy. Allen 's position
was that New Hampshire had no just claims to the
grants. He stated that Vermont had been to expense
in sen.ding agents to Great Britairi, that New Hatnp
shire had left the grants to cOntend alone against the
New Yorkers, that the Green Mountain Boys had been
deserted by New Hampshire and had to contend against
the New Xork land jobber3 ; that this was a time when
the Green Mountain Boys were few in number and had
but little more thau Heaveh to protect them and their
farntlies and when New Hampshire was appealed to to
exert herself to obtain jurisdiction of the grants. again,
whon the Green Mountain Boys were hard pressed by
both Great Britain and New York, she said, 'theKing
gave and the King hatli taken ayvay, and blessed b& the
name of the King.'' " -
Vorriiont Rcprint No..65. Publlshed byThe Spirit.of tHe Age.
' '-: ForSale:by the Elm.TroePrcos,' Woodstock; .Vt:?,.'
HARTLAND HILL.
Si'liOi l opono.d last week 'I'uesiluy
itli Mcs .Eiiniue HiiHnctt aa lcacher
Opnrgo Wonilloy of TaftHvillo is at
-iiii k fnr .1. L Putney
Mihh Ciiiiice BaRROlt ib boai'ding
t .1 I,. Piiitiey's .
A It I'ink Wna iu lloalon u few
M vh htnt wl'ok. '
Mrs -f P Newell npent ThnnkH
iiviug with licr parentB in Waah
uton . ,
Mib A G Morse of I.obanmi, N.
.. anil A P lloilt, of TaftHville
talled oi Mrrt; E. A MorHe recently.
3hbots His Brothei's Head Off.
Whilo playing with a heavjly
eharged Hlmtgiin, laat woek Friday
tar.iy ArniBtiong, roii of Mr nnd
1ib Hoi t ArmHtnmg of Eawt Wall
ingford, -idtot and hiBtnutly killcd
jif nldtir brotlipr, George, who wob
l3"yarH of ngo.
Tlito j.'hildrcn wpro lonking over
iliegini, wliiuh they -had been told
repeutedly not to touoh, and finully
ilw .elilor hoy Baulj " Harry, tako
iiiid aim and Bhofat iiie," This. htf
l!d. llio.oharge almost learing the
head' from the body of his brothor
unil killiug him iiiBlantly.
Neitlmr boy knew the gun' waB
loddod.
Springlield is fncinga coal fannne
uud. tlu- dealers hnve uo stove or
cie.stnut sizus. They ure now
foideriti Jliose sizeR of the so-callcd
yh lependeit" dcalersnud.the price
ta 4toa ton. Uuc Ueaier is 1400 1
t ms, ihort op orders givcn sincc i
july. 1
V' a -. -
A CHRISTMAS SUGGESTION
To ynur frieud who enjoyH good
reading you can mak.e 110 better or
inni'o acueptiible Chr'iBtmuB gift iliun
11 HuliBcriptiou to the Doaloti Evening
l'niiiBcript.
The publiaheru have issued a
nently engiaved BiibBCriptinn i-ertifi
cate to be givon to tlioso ordoring
the paper ua a holiday offoring.
whioli may be Bout by mitil to reaeh
the recipieiit at, ChriBtmHB time.
Free Bample i-opieB nnd rateB will
be clieerfully fnmial.ed by the 3oa
ton TraiiBeript 0b fJoaton, MaB8..
State Lost Ten Cententarians.
According to tlio biennial report
of tlio etate bnnid of health. junt iK
Hued, ten peraonB dver 100 years old
have died in the etate iu tlio last ten
yeara.
Thoy aro lannah IJadqway, Ru-
pert, 101; Oharles PrehtiBa, Thet
ford, 100; Joaeph Doboine. GreenB
boro, 100; .1. B. Woodf Weston. 110;
J. P Hrown, .Ludlow, 100; Mary
Coitwny. St Johnbury, 105;' IJetBey
Foster, Sutton, lOO; Ruth A Sfnitb,
Putney, 100; Mury Tiilutaoi$rOranlge,
102; Charlotte JoIiiihoii, ColuheBter,
101.
Tlio chief (anses of death in the
atato during the yenr were: Organic
hoart diBeaad, 504; apoplexy, 472;
pneumonia, 432; tuborculosis, 413,
Dnvis & Dnvjs, Washington p'ntcnt
uttoniejs, icpoit,' the .grnnt; bf a
patent on n feechwntcr regular to
J.J. Dewey of Haitlord. ,
CRUSADE 0N BIRDS' BEHALF
Radlcal Meature to Be, Introduoed In
th EngllBh Parllament Protoo
tlon or Fenthored Jrlbe.
London. A now crusodo ngalnat the
ktlllng of blrda ln order to eupply
foathors for mllllnory ln ln prosrfcBa
boro, and a blll ls aoon to be Intro
duced In parllament whlch, It lt bo
comea law, will prevent many of the
cruoleat of tho practlcea whlch roault
from tho dornand for feathers.
tjidy Drooko, Ranee of Sarawak,
prosldod at a locture ln aupport of the
plumago blll for tho protectlon of wlld
blrds, at tho Whltohall rooma. She
pald she thought that women had a
tremendoua part to play In advlalng
tho maktng of lawa agoJnBt tho wear
Intt of feathora. It. waa. ,'ontlroly wom
en'a part to do this, booauso lt waa for
women that tho blrda were Ullled, and
women woro tho featbera,
Jamoa Buckland lectured on "The
Valuo of Wlld Blrd Life to the Em
plre." Ho sald hat tho foathera uoed
ln mllllnory were tho "woddlng gar
menta of tho blrda." To be of any
valuo ln mllllnery the feathora muat
be taken before tho blrds attompted
to rear tholr young. Tho prohlbltton
to export plumago from lndla and
AuBtrnlla had been rendered obortlvo
by tho llllclt trado ln featherB, and
Qroat Brltaln waa the recolver of the
stolea gooda. If tho truth could bo
told about the Calcutta custom house
In relatton to certatn persona ln Lon
don the public conaclonco would bo
shockod by the extent of the BmUG
gllng of foathera. With tho passlng
of tho plumago blll thts trade would
be stopped at onco.
Qeorge Qroenwood, M. P., proposed
and Captaln Tallby seconded a reaolu
tlon strongly appeallnlg to the govern
ment to grant facllltlea for placlng the
plumago blll on the. statute book, The
rcBolutlon waa carrled.
ELECTRICWIRES IN HIS BED
JWjRI
itafn Be
So Sea Captaln Belleved and Flred a
Volloy to Awaken Cltlzeni In
Gotham Hotel,
New Torki CharlcB. Hoesor, a re
tlrell aea captaln. blazcd away with a
rlfle and revolver from' hls wlndow Jn
tho Astorla. Nelghbors called Pollco
man Mlndhelm. who mado hls way
cautiously to Hoeser's door. Tho cap
taln confronted hlm, with the revolver
and rlfle ready for action, a grlzzled,
wlld-eyed glant.
"Oh, you've come at last, have youT"
ho Batd. "I'vo been trylng to attract
a pollcomau for flftoen mlnutes.
Someone haa pnt a lot of electric wlres
and hatterlea In my bed and I want
you to tako them out, And I want
you tc arreat whoever put them
there."
Mlndhelm toolt tho captaln before
Maglstrate Leach, In Long Island ctty
pollco court, who held hlm ln $500 ball
for ezamlnatlon. Tho captaln owna
tue house ln whlch ho llvea and other
realty ln the nelghhorhood.
FOG DOESN'T RESPECT KINGS
How the Late Edward VII. Walked to
Bucklngham Palace by Llflht
' of Torchea.
London. Reoenty the king had the
experlenco of drlvlng homo from the
theater wltb torcbbearers tramplng ln
front, Tho Incldent recalls the mo9t
curloua 8lgbt ln. a protty varled Lon
don llfe.
Qroplng down St James street
early ono foggy nlght about themlddle
of King Bdward'a relgn, I waa sur
prleod, rltes a corroopondont. by a
great glare of 'torches, ,ond there
emerged sllently from the fog a num
ber of men, llko footmen, bearlng
torchea, and behlnd them a group of
gentlemen ln cloaks surroundlng so'me
one walklng beavfly ln tho ratddle,
and another body of torchbearers
brought up the rear.
The personago Ia tho mlddlo was
revealed by the torchea as King Ed
ward and tho party moved slowly and
sllently down the street along the
Mall to Bucklngham palace. The king
had been dtnlng with Mrs. Qeorge
Keppel ln Portman square. It was
a curloua slght to 1.0 e and made one
thlnk of the 'London of Charles II.
AMERICAN SCH00L IN LEAD
Twenty-one Unlveraltlea Have'Enroll'
ment of 75,000 Compared With
65,000' for Qorman Inatltutlons.
Now York. Tho Unlted States ta
rapldly becomlng the educatlonal cen
ter of tho world lf atatlstles pre
pared by, Profcsaor Rudolf Tombo, of
Columbla unlvcrslty aro corrVct
Doctor Tombo selected the twonty
ono leadtng unlveraltlea .of Oermany'
and a llko number, from Amerlca to
make hls comparlson.
In total reglstratlon Doctor Tombo
ahOwa that tho Amorlcan twenty-ono
unlveraltlea havo an ehrollment of
75,000, as against 65,000 ln the Qerman
InatttutlonB. JTJbo forelgn.atudents ln
.Germany number 4,500 and ln the
Unlted. States 1,500.. . Amerlcan col
lcgca are galalng overy year. howover
The largest foretgn .delegatlon ln
Amerlca ls faund at Columbla; with
.Pennsylvanla.- Harvard and -Cornoll
followlng ln tho order named.
Glrla Kltsleso If Rouged
Bayoune, N J, ?Mlss Dorothy
Prooka. the glrl sutiragetto of the Bay.
onne (N. J.) Hlgh echool, told her
inates that an Amerlcan glrl's com
plexlon was sufflclently beautltul with
.out artlflclal atd and .that boys do not
'want to klaa palnted llps. Slnce that
Ume many ohoeka and llps arp less
rosy, though a few of the glrla are
deflaat
B0AT CUTS WHALE IN TWO
Bchooner Reachea a Callfornla Port
With the Blubber Danollng Prom
Ito Rlgglno.
San Franclsco, Cal. Of all flsh
yarna brought to thla port recenUy,
tho one brought ln by tho coastlng
schooner James H. Bruco ta a prlze
wlnner: Moreover, lt la truo. and
thero 1b further evldence than the
moro word of the Jolly eea dogs that
their ahtp ran lnto and kllled a huge
whalo. Portlom. of the carcaes of tho
unfortunato mammal woro Btlll vlslblo
on. the forecastlo and beadgear of the
Bchooner when she camo ln tho othor
day. Huge plcces of blubber dangled
from the staya and parta of the fore
rlgglng.
Captaln Roslch and hlB crow oxplaln
that tho strango Incldent occurrcd the
other nlght, whon tho achoonor was
off Polnt Reyos. Laden with a cargo
of lurabor from Port dambfe. tho wlnd
Jammer was salllng along at a llvoly
cllp, with a fresh broezo aatorn. when
suddenly a ahock ran through the vos
sel. Tho Impact was not . sharp or
hoavy enough to havo, boen causod
by colllalon -with another craft, and
tho crew waa bcglnnlng to bellovo
that lt had passed over a submarlno
dlsturbance, when tho lookout camo
dashlng aft over tho deck load to gtvo
them tho Burprlslng nowB that the
shlp had atruck a whalo.
"Ho muat havo been sleeplng." aald
the lookout, "or maybe ho waa dead.
I saw the blg outltne of tho mamal
and a second lator tho bow had. cut
hlm through, tho plocea floatlng away
ln tho darkness."
T00TH RULES SLEEP WALKER
Qlrl Doubly Cured When Achlng
Molar la Pulled by a Qerman
Doctor.
Berlin. An extraordlnary caso of
somnambullsm, resultlng from tooth
aoho, has beon observed by a Qerman
doctor,
About two hours atter golng asleep
each evening hla slx-year-old daugh
ter would get up crylng for her moth
er, and talklng to horself, would walk
With open eyea through ,ono or moro
dark rooma as lf sooldng somothlng.
On belng spoken to In a loud volco,
she elther would make no roply or
glvo a confused answor. After return
lng to bed she aome tlraoa would
sloop quletly nnd at othertlmes would
contlnue to moan. Uaually sho would
pass tho rest of the nlght ln untrou
blod Bleep, though occaslonally aho
would walk agaln. In the morntng her
faco would bo very red.
Kxamlnatlon Bhowed that this singu
lar condlton waa caused by a senBl
tlve tooth whlch had been fllled.
When tho fllllng waa romoved an
absceBB waa dtacovered. Tlie tooth
waa extracted, and slnce then there
has been no return of the Bleep-walk-lng.
As tho chlld waa otherwlso ln per
fect health the somnambullstlc state
1b supposed to have been produced by
the effect of the plosonouB matter at
the root of the tooth entertng tho
blood and causlng braln lrritatlon. A
very sllght dlsturbance during Bleep
ls sufilclont to exclto tho braln, whlch
then ls roposlng and recrultlng
strcngth.
VACCINATION MAKES DISEASE
London Authorlty Tella Doctors Vlrui
Rroducea 8carlet Fever and
' Measles.
Phlladelphla. Dt. Charlea Crelgh
ton of London, fbrmerly professor ot
medlclno ln Edlnburg'h, atartled thc
Pennsylvanla Vacclnatlon board, ln
.sesslon here, with tho oplnlon thal
vacclnatlon was to blamo for the
spread of many epldomlcs.
"You will flnd," sald Dr. Crelghton,
"that measles and scarlet fever have
spread to a great extent slnce amalb
pox has beon on the wane: Ido not
bellovo that vacclnatlon ls necesaary
unleas. an cpldemlc of amallpox la
provalent. To vacclnate overy chlld
before ho goes to school la a crlme,
.and should be stopped.
"The vlrua that la used la certalnly
open to qucstlon. Chlldren never be
fore had tho measles or the Bcarlet
fever as they do today, and whyf Slm
ply b'ecauso the contamlnatlon of theli
blood with the serum of tho calf has
rendered Jthom suscoptlblo to these
dlseasea whlch they used to bo able
to throw off. Nbw they are weakenod
by Jnoculatlon with- vacclne vlrua."
Many medlcal men who heard hlm
woro aatounded, and they queatloned
tho cmlnont. Brltlsh authorlty. The
commlsBlon haa aBked Dr. Crelghton
to submlt eorno of' hls proofs, and he
will- be requested to appear before
tho board at another hearlng next
week.'
FL0WERS FOR INJURED DOG
Chlldren of Darby, Pa.t Remember
Town Pot When He Breaka
Hls Leg.
Darby,- Ra. Bulleta, tho famous
huntlng' dog at Councllman Addison
Fofltor, oneot the best known canlnes
ln tho borough and a great pet ot
all the chlldren, haa a broken leg.
All the chlldren are, eorry and many
Httia boys and glrla called at Bulleta'
hotno tp offer their aympathy Ono
little glrl even brought a bunch ot
flowers.
Bulleta ls lnvarlably aeen ln one of
hla maBter'a wagons. 8lttlng gravely
on the front aeat, and tho other morn.
lng tho" cantne fell out, fracturlng the
leg.- Dr, J. V Qulnn, a' veterlnarlan,
aet tho leg ln spllnts, during whlch
operatlon the amlmal nevor whlm-
MOUNT
NOLY CROSS
ent condltlon, tho' trlp la well worth
abybody's tlmo. and eltort. Tho majcs
ty of thla g'reat cross, whon vlewed
closo nt hnnd, will nover bo forgotten
by the onlooker."
Tho Mount of tho Holy Cross has
beon a Bource of Insplratlon to poeta
and painters for generatlons. Eugono
Flold has wrltten a pretty legond con
cernlng it. He tells of a monk, who
Ib Informed in a vlslon that hls Blns
will not bo forglven untll ho flnds
BU8ponded .between heaven and earth
tbo Bymbol of tho falth. Tho monk
Journeys many years through many
landa, and at last lie ponetrates the
wlldest part of the Roeky mountaliiB,
and, beholdlng the cross on tho moun
tain, falls to hls knees ln rapturo,
knowlng that the vlslon has been ful
fllled. ,
Probably the moBt famous palnting
ot the Mount of tho Holy Cross ls the
work of tho colebrated artlst, Thomaa
Moran. This palnting ls moro or(lcsB
Ideallzed, but lt catches tho etern
majesty of the mountain. lt has beon
copled and rcprinted bn postcards,
and is ono of tho flrst plctures the
western tourlst gonerally sends to the
folks at homo. Tho vlews of the
croBs vury Breatly. 'according to" ono'b
position, but the flnest ls from a cor
taln polnt on Notch mouhtaln, vory
dlfilcult of access and reachod by few
artlats or camera men.
Ascended the Cross.
Several years ago two darlng youug
mountaln-cllmbers mado up their
ralndo to ascend tho cross itself. After
a long and perllous trlp, they reached
the baso of tho great chasm of rock
containlng the enowbank Whlch forms
the uprlght of thb cross. It ls estl
mated that this uprlght is at, least -1,-26a
feet ln length, whlle each of tho
sldo arms is about 300 or 400 feet.
Tbese chasms, whlch aro alwaya
fllled with snow, form a perfoot crosB."
When tho surroundlng buowb havo
molted ln summery the snow ln -tho
cieep chasms of the cross remains un
melted, and In July and August and
early September the cross looms up
ua if palnted ln white on the granlte
tlde of tho mountalrii
Tho darlng cllmbors ascended tho
fctcep slopo of snow untll they reach--ud
tho arms of the cross. Ono of them
had dono Bomo Alplno cllmblug, and
be brought an ax and rope, It was
necossary to cut many steps in the
icy slopes, The. cllmbers . were ln
danger of loslng tbelr llves at .everj
Btep, but they actually cllmbed out
one of tho stdo arms, and from there
n-.anagcd to descend ln safety. That
is the only tlmo tho cross itself has
evor been cllmbed, though Enos
MUIs, probably the most colobratod
mountaln-cllmbcr ln tho west,- has
Bcaled the pcak.
The Mount of tho Holy CrosB' ls'
part- of the Saguache range, pro
hotinced, "Sawatch." It Is 14,170 feet
ln helglit, according to ofllclal estU
motes. Mount Masslvo, near Lead
llle, Ib part of tho samo range, and
is the hlghest peak. ln Colorado, be
lng 14,424 feet hlgh. The Mount ot
tlio Holy Cross la hlgher thnn Plke's
Peak by 01 feet. lt ls very rocky
on lts summlt, and contalns little ver
dure, hence It Is not used for slieop
grazlng, as are Bome of the less pre
cipltouB peaks of the Rockles. '
Tlio mountain cllmbers of Colorado
re'cently organlzed d Rocky Mountain
Cllmbtng club, for the purpose of ox
plorlng the maln peaks. of. tho Great
Divlde and addlng to the genoral Bilrn
of informatlon concornlng the. moun
tblns. Tho Mount of the Holy Cro.s?
ls one ot tho peaks to bo ascended by
tho most skllled .cllmbers ln the
club. Maps WlU bo mado, r'outeB .for
tralls will bo recommendea, and lt Ib
oxpected that the public will bo glvcn
much valuablo informatlon concorn
lng tho mysterlous mountain, whoso
whlto symbol ls vlslble for many
mlles throughout "tho Holy Cross re
glon, With the dlfllcultles ot tho trlp
smoothed away lt ls not unlikely that
the recent pllgrlmage of Colorado
cburchmen will be repeated by many
who- havo heard of thla uniqtio moun
tain, and who wlsh to gazo oti fta
tiymbol of snow.
6ervlng Double Purpose.
DuilderB of a two-hundred-foot con'
crete chlmnoy In, Qcrmany usefl tlltf
yohiTorcia Bteret atf tsi lhtclnB' ttd(
A
BOVB tho tlmborllno ln the
Rockles, and benoath the glant
cross. of eternal snow whlch
has glven the famous Mount
of tho Holy CroBB lts namo.
several Colorado churohmen partlcl
pated ln a unlque and lmpresslvo com
memoratlvo' servlco a short tlmo ago.
BlBhop Benjamln Browster, Arch
deacon Dennls, Rev. J. W. Hard of
Glenwood Sprlngs, and Rov. F. C.
Bmlth of Grand' Junctlon, Colo., braved
the hardshlps of ono of tho roughest,
Bteopest tralls in tho Rocky mountatns
ln order to mako a long-contemplated
pllgrlmago to the Mount of" tho Holy
Cross. Tho stnft and Bcrlp of those
modern pllgrlms was roprosontod by
blnnkot rollB', knapsacks, "grub" and
rollglous vestmonts. Buppllos wore
packed on burros as far aB those falth
ful and suro-footod anlmala could bo
taken. Then the pllgrlms struggled
tho rest of tho way on foot, crawllng
ovor huge boulders and rlBklng llfo
and llmb untll at last they had roach
cd a placo on Notch mountain, far
abovo ymber llne, from whlch n glorl
oub vlew of the Mount of tho Holy
Cross rewarded their offorttt.
After eelectlng a largo rock aa tbo
altar, the churchmen donncd their re
llglous vestments, and the commom
oratlve Borvlce was held, after whlch
the altar was marked wth a cross of
looso stones.
Insplratlon for Artlsts.
Blshop Brewster's mlsslonary dls
trlct ln wostorn Colorado lncludes the
Mount of the Holy CroBs, whlch haa
lnsplred poets and painters for gon
eratlons. A trlp to the mountain has
been long ln contemplatlon and a
short tlmo ago the start was mado
from Red Cllff. The dlfllcultles bf
the Journey were, Tvell understood by
the churchmen, who Aavo all llved
ln tho Rocky mountain country many
years. Thero aro only two avallablo
routes from Red Cllff, one belng 18
mlles long, with a mountain climb at
the end, ahd tho othor UP tho can
yon, a route Some slx or ejght mlles
ln actUal length, but taxlng tho
Btrengtli of tho best mountain' cllmber
all the way. Tho lattor routo was
chosen, with a mlner- ofithe nelghbor
bood as agulde. .
The dlgrilflod churchnSon Bcrambled
up tho croek bed, alternatotiy pUBhlng
and pulllng the burros on whlch had
been packed their camp equlpage.
Camp was mado at nlght, well up the
dlvldo, and the next morning' the bur
ros were left behlnd, whlle'Hhe pll
grlma Btarted on .the rppgh and perll
ous part of the ascont. After cllmb
ing the dlvlde, the clergymetj found
Notch mountain. loomlng lp ithS fro'
ground. Nptph mountain fces tho
Mount of the Holy (Cross. From lts
top -orio can ltio'k across a great ?rock
strewn basin,' ab.ove 1 tJmberlln.0; and
can get thew full. maJoBty of tho lant
cross of sflbW hioh." glves the Jarger
mobntalri lts name Noteh motihtaln,
.aboye tlmberllne, ja, simply, ft great
pllo of bpulders; th'rown together as
lf' from the wheotbar'row ot' so'mo
glant workman. Scramb,lhg.ovetJ these
boulders proved hard,ond dangerous
work, and with torn clpthes nnd
bleodbig rfanda" theclerkymen flnally
stood on Ihe summlt, and commanded
a suporb vlew df tho' dtijeot of their
trlpj ' - 1 1 .
A storm. was threatenlng,. but as
tho rellgl'ous serylco'.'on the mountain
progressed',- th cjouds lifte'd and, tho
icross ;of snow" Igomedv,whlte Jn the
Bunshtne. The .jCjlorgymen unlte ln
deo'Tarlng hat lt' was'the most Impres
Biva hoHir of 'their llves. Snow flelds
were on,'joveryfhand,iandithe plno'dad
Rocltjos .Btretched1.,9ut'below. In. tho
immedlato 'vl'cinlty. f however, thero
Was noerduVe.'tfavSHbo'Alplno flow
.erBnanjd'BrasseB thatnllaurl8h- abovo
tlmberUne, vofctho, jocklest Ipcal
' ltleB.' 'inB,8 P.eak and oth'ec-proml-nenlfiio'u'tftainB
coUia T'Be'efa ln" tho
dlstanco, 'and to th'B -north the'lm
pressive, q-orgo,iranjgp.v wafiiOutllned
-against the sky. ' ,
"Th'eter Bhoiiia bo somoV.ean'B'df'lot.
ting. thqjpubJIo gllmTWj'itnlffilmpres
elve Bpeotaclo,'' saldfev F,; .C vSmJth,
who took part lh'thWHolyCfoBS sdrw
lce. 'i!s'Mewl'a"onb"oT'tha greatest
Iti tho world, boyond all doubt., A trall
c6tfld"t)e jnade from ReC Cliili whlch
would enabio tourlsts 'to make tho
round trlp ln a day, with an cyarly
'(rtart. Bvun Vttb thtr traU ta- Jt mwi
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