
          1051.

*The railroad bridge near Brooklyn was thought to be in danger last Saturday
& the railroad company had 30 large cars each with 50 tons of coal
place upon it to keep it in position.

soon made, so we removed the exposed film and in its place put
a new cartridge.  It was past 10 o'clock when we reached the
road.  We now were on the look-out for Mr. W. but he had gotten
far ahead of us and we did not overtake him until we reached
Pumphrey's, where he said he would await us.  The road was very
pretty and Mr. F. took several pictures.  The Tulip-trees, to-day
looked beautiful, their pretty candelabra-like fruits <s>heap</s> heaped
high with snow.  Not far from P's we passed a pretty Celastrus
scandens laden with fruit.  At P's we met Mr. W., he had been
there about ½ hr. and was drying his feet.  After they were dry he
wrapped them in burlap.  This kept them fairly comfortable.  Mr.
Czolba the station-agent is quite a stout little fellow and we
found him very good-natured.  In the store, we met the watchman of
the railroad bridge,* he was on the look-out for the ice floes, as yet the ice
is still above the county bridge.  This bridge has been considerably
damaged and no teams are allowed to drive over, 9 piles have been
cut out by the ice.  It was now noon, the trees still retained
their snow, but the pretty frost-work had disappeared.  We followed
the road along the river, passed the nursery, and finally reached the
Hammond's Ferry R'd west of Wade's bridge about a mile from Lansdown[Lansdowne]
        