Mount Washington In Winter

A membor of the ecientific party on Monnt Washington writes as follows: "We biive boon atnong the White Mountain n sunimer, but were nevor impressed with the full glory of mountain seenery until we ascended Mount Washington, during the frosts cf winter. On ths road frona the Whito Mountain House the pek rrBenibles a domo of ice and is cona'iiiir.ly beforo us thirhig a geven mile SDOw-shoe tramp to its basp. Tlio first pnrt of the nacent is mado through -woods, aod over five feet of 8now. The trees, which, in sumrner, were festooned with mos', are now covered with ice, no that they cliarm tho eye as they sparklo in the light of tho BUD, 11 Aa we prnceed the tree? grow more I atun'ed, the snow ]opv, doen, and the ice more abundant, until we lotxve tho last trase of vegetatioa bohind, and fiod ourse'.res ëuve'loped in a crowd. Our rang? of visión ia limited toa few rods ■ the ice bogins to fortu on our clothes and hair, nnd the wind whistlos on our backs ; but Ihe frost woik ia increasin" i .jilendor; it forma on everything it t"uöhes, and to a tiiickness of fifteen or twétity inohéa The trestk-work of the r:ii!-road would bring to mind tho interior of a maiiitice)t ealhudrsl, adornpd with cut glass and cry.-tfil. Lizi JJnu'-ne's oionuoicnt i a KÍnt;e dome of ico, Bhrmnunted bv a crvstal cross ''We ut li-t rêanh tbe house, a lnrgc mass ni snow nml ice, throngh whioh a square liolo i. nut f.jr aa entrance. A pmall roosn in (he interior f'iiT.ishes us w:t!i warniib, lood end llm Iv arty welcome of frieuds, and we wait fór the breaking of lier dnv. Our hpe: for ihu mprning Ere Eulfillcd ; the mui r sesin a c'oudlesf eky, lig ting up - dreds of Fnowj pen:-, unicli glitter in i!s rnys like p 'ii.'-tiecl pilvpr, oontrafiting s'ra-itrely witi) itg dark vallevs bulow.- the ocenn I.IU 11 I] l U1III ■ Charaplain, tr'.iilo from the ceutre ol Maine Mount Kat;i!idin rises in sight. "A visit to t!)e Tip Top and Summit House revsiils or.lyhoge m.vses of frost ovpv whioh one cnn walk in any directioD. 1'ho wlin'o mountnin top is covered with it, formirg on every rock and building, to be blowu olf ano collucted ia Tuckertnan's rnvina, tvrn thousand feet below. A ftaftil ám uut of ex, r ciae makos oni fee! vc.rieu, in a FiriCed air of s;xty-t!i-eo hotiSred f j9t. e!evatioD, so we rctni n to the house to enjoy the va-iüth of a gooc1 coal fiie. The wind is blowing at tho rato of fifiy raiict? an hour, making the stove rattle and ehake, but the heavy coating of frost prevents its intru-ion. At niyht wo arefavorcd with brilüaot aurora! displiys, Lrmiog nu arch ov(r the heaver.s aticl each day somo new developmpntof trostwork or landscapo is befora our oye?. We are sbut out from orld, but we have the beau'ies of I nature all around us. "In tho olecrvütory we occupy oursc've- in reading, writing. and attend'iDg to the domes! iu dulies (f this ijrnsoe lifc, whtlj in good weathet we obtaiu our nceded exerciso, by sliding, pnow balling or roaniing ;iver tho raonntain, Thus we pass the timo, tintil a dny nrrives in whicli we osn doscend tho mountain, and eschange au arctio for a temperata r.one."