Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-08-27

MOUNTAINS tnlS 4tn OF July, Win uoS au
; gun, hunting the chamois, and less did
expect to be invited to 4th of July diI
. ner among the Waldenses. Right graf
, flying that, to an American, to be invite
by clergyman of that ancient people tn
Waldenses, to 4th of July dinner, an
purposely on the 4th too, because it is n
less the anniversary of American liberty
than the anniversary of the time sine
which thrones commenced to crumbl
throughout Europe, until at last some hav
toppled and fallen down, and others bi,
fair to tumble after them. But it is thu
principle of religious liberty, which nj
community can appreciate as the Wal
denses, that induced the "pasteur" to in
vite me, that he might tell me of theil
prosecutions in ancient times, and interro
gate me on American freedom.
This is but on the borders of the country
Of the Waldenses. Yet many of their
descendants are here, and | shall be able
to give you better account of them after
[ shall have travelled week or two on
foot among them with one of the professors
Of the normal school here, who proposes to
60 with me. OF the "pasteur's" 4th Of
July dinner, it is sufficient to say that it
was after the French fashion with several
Alpine variations, and the cookery of the
several courses, from the salmagundi kind
of soup to the coffee mixed with brandy,
was all different from anything had ever
seen before. 1t looked rather strange to
see brandy and half dozen kinds of wine
on the table of a clergyman, but one must
remember that in France, wine comes next
to water for cheapness, and that this
country is where America was so years
ago, in respect to the stronger liquors, yet
there is less drinking to excess even here,
where quart bottle of wine os.s but 4
OR D cents, than in the United States.
But saying nothing more of the 4th July
dinner or of the grandeur of the prospect
Of Gaps on Alps" and their tops covered
with eternal snow, or of the orchards and
vineyards on the slopes of tie same
mountains, and all within full view of the
pastors garden where the dinner was, and
of this little old town of Mens, where l
live, and saying nothing more of the dan
gerous amusement of hunting the chamois
or wild goat, Gas l am not even an anna
teur, much less a Nimrod in jumping down
precipices or lodging an avalanche J say
ing nothing more of all that, let me begin
back at London. One is compelled to ac-
knowledge that England is one of the
finest nations of the world, and that there
is no city of as varied an Importance as
London. The great Exhibition renders
London at the present time still more like
, little world within itself, and when one
brings this to mind, and that there the
principal machinery for ruling more than
| hundred millions Of human beings is
at work, one can excuse good
ieal of the English pride of the great, and |
'ulgar pomposity of the small, with which /
/ stranger in London must constantly /
'ome in contact, particularly when the .
treat Exhibition or the Crystal Palace is
mentioned. That England appears to the
est advantage at the Exhibition, every
isitor must admit, but that proves moth
ng, since the victorious nation must nee
ssarily be the one in which the Exhibi-
ion takes place. The English occupy
nore than one half of the Crystal Palace,
bout 10000 Of the exhibitors are English,
Tithout counting those of the English col
nies. France has about LOO exhibitors;
he Zollverein 500; Austria 700; Belgi-
m 500 the United States 500 and so
n. But as all such exhibitions are to in
ustry nothing more than theatrical repre-
are to the manners and customs
a nation, the only means of apprecia- ;
ng the improvements of different nations
TO study them in these different publi- I
ltions in default of which one must
avel through the country about which ,
he wishes to know something. But the i
nglishman travels only to find fault, and '
hatever he may think, he acknowledges t
othing worth his notice unless it is copied n
ON England. Concede every thing to t
'hn and he will be very civil to you, and f
rhaps treat you very patronizingly Ito t
in a word, but if you do not acknowl- h
&c his superiority over all the world, he |,
ties your Ignorance. An American iu- c
rmed me that he attended church one Il
y in London, and that the subject of the o
was the superiority of England r'
the Exhibition, but the preacher sup c,
Gated his audience not to triumph, but p;
accept their triumph with christian a,
mility. "The great ideas of union and 7
ace, to which the Universal Exhibition Of
LIST cause great progress to be made" will Of