Incidents in White mountain history: . itself, and laying up the walls of the house. Afew were employed down at the camp in hewing timbers andriving shingles, and the remainder brought up from the valleybelow, on their own shoulders, and on the horses, boards and^^Jixins^^ for the finishing. Those on the summit couldwork but a few hours during the day, and some days notany. Occasionally, clouds of sleet and snow would comedrifting over the summit, so frosty and biting, that theutmost exertion could only save them from being thoroughlynumbed. Their only safety then was in fleeing to theircamp.
Incidents in White mountain history: . itself, and laying up the walls of the house. Afew were employed down at the camp in hewing timbers andriving shingles, and the remainder brought up from the valleybelow, on their own shoulders, and on the horses, boards and^^Jixins^^ for the finishing. Those on the summit couldwork but a few hours during the day, and some days notany. Occasionally, clouds of sleet and snow would comedrifting over the summit, so frosty and biting, that theutmost exertion could only save them from being thoroughlynumbed. Their only safety then was in fleeing to theircamp. Thus whole days would be spent in going to andfrom their work. Around the summit it would appear allclear and comfortable, and up they would go to their would they be fairly commenced, when some suddenstorm would come upon them, and down they would be forcedto go to their shelter. Seldom more than two or three con-secutive hours could they work at once. The house waslocated under the lee of the highest rock on Mount Wash-. INCIDENTS IN WHITE MOUNTAIN HISTORY, 267 ington, and was laid out forty feet long, and twenty-two feetwide. The walls were four feet thick, laid in cement, andevery stone had to be raised to its place by muscular strengthalone. While these were laying the walls, the material for finish-ing and furnishing were being dragged up from the GlenHouse, a distance of six miles. Lime, boards, nails, shingles,timbers, fuiliiture, crockery, bedding and stoves, all had tobe brought up by piecemeal on the mens or horses one ever went up without taking something — a chair,or door, or piece of crockery. Four boards (about sixtyfeet) could be carried up at once on a horses back, and,but one trip could be made daily. Mr. Rosebrook, a younggiant^ carried up at one time a door of the usual length,three feet wide, three and one half inches thick, ten poundsof pork, and one gallon of molasses. The walls were raised eight feet high, and to these theroof was
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