New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-28
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horsskaek-ceI -. the fsy0Ous stanbaeh D~ah'HuI
had frst ben 20 .hiert Up We began 20 20 among
fkSssh 20. reen sduIstons which fora the lower
thee - s.ogntsin lii hsyfng tne-a Oflght ia!
1sn~hee,faI: the birds sing, sad M "ciien a'sI
- - -. busy IN the field Up vs. go-zig-zag-it
- ,1d steeper. Now right below me- y a
49, ,ep are literally working almost on per-
hassrlsr wall cutting hay now We are 70 nlzn thst
r. Iouses ID the valley look Ike emp. h're We
- 4, . mace twO thousand feet above the valley.
- Il no shield or screen the horse stands On
a. rery edge, and the guide stops lets 60 bis
h,idje and compossdiy commences an grafton On
tIS seere below. " Oh for mercys cake, why
/. a. yon stop here o. ] say ." pray 90 on" He
LoEs 10 Iuy face with innocent wonder takes the br
Az IN hi arm and goes Now We have come 20 the
EffIe yisge Of Weugrn whence the Wengsn Alps take
tkeir name How beautiful how Ike fairly land Up
tere midway 10 air j. BEAUTIFUL green nook with IN
Sslafng 5es and shs1owy breezy nests where the
sottsqes a the hay.inakers. The Detachable Noun
tafIs had no more lovely. Zach house has It's
roof heavily loaded with stones What il that for -
ssk "TLe whiriEinds saYs my guide, With az
rdesnt turn Of lis hands This j. the schOolhOuse"
he add a. Sc pas building larger than the rest
Now the path and slope. down a steep bank cov
ered with hay-cockr, 10 little hook below, Likewise
covered with hay. Ii ny bOrse il going 70
throw ne anywhere, wish il may b. here IL j. not
90 bad thing TO roll down into that hay. Bat now
We mount hgler-tfe breezy deis. enameled with Tow
erE and grass, become few the great black pines
take their place, though they stil occur occasionally
Efit before Ire Vnrrtt white, DT1e G4prns d
for her husband Yics tie beautiful JunglraB wearing
on her forehead the ilyer horn sud fne nov horn
Tie silver horn peak dazzlngly bright Of tue 9urest
NOV and it, crest il now in relief against a SKY
Of The deepest blue Sc, slsO, how those dark pins
Of The foreground contrast with IT, Ike the stern,
mournful Teaht's Of lie against tn dazzling hopes
Of Heaven.
There is something celestial in these mountains,
You might think such vision a. tnat TO be a bright
footstoOl of heaven from which The next step would
L., ftafs linz has
never been prOianed by mortal foot II is WHOLLY nac
eessible Tie pines here begin 10 show that long,
white beard Of moss, which admire - much IN
Maine. Now we 90 right up over their besds-there.
the tall pines are under feet 4 little more, AMI
now above ne rise the stern nakcd rocks, where only
the chsmois and the wild goat live Bat stil, fair ~
The moon clear the sun looks forth the Jungfrsu.
We turn, 10 look down. That Siaubach which ~ tne
valley seemed 20 lsll from such InmeDse precplce'
higher than could gaze il now silver thread far
below feet, aud the valley Of IAueIbrunn seems
a. nothing Only bleak puThsh crags, rising all
around ~ and silent silver mountains looking over
them
That one before yon is the Monk, SAYS one Of our
friends, calling 70 me from behind, snd pointing to a
great peak.
Our guide with animation, introduced n, BY name,
90 every one Of these Snow white gemi-the fahorn,
the SehirmhoIn the WeterbOru the great Egers, and
I cannot remember what besides The guides seem y
consider them all a. old frlends
Certainly nothing could be singular. 20 peculiar,
a. this ascension We have passed the limit Of al
but grass and alpine flowers, which stl with their ~
finite variety erbroder the way aud now the aubsr-e
IL gained Coed night now. and farewell
That j. ia say, there We stopped. On the summit
IN fair view of the JGngfTaU, wall Of rock, crowned
with fields Of eternal SHOW, whose dazzling brightness
almost puts my eyes out Ny head aches. too, with
the thin air Of these mountains. i thought should
like 20 stay night Just 20 hear aVaanche all but
cannot breathe well here, aud there Is secret sense
Of horror about these sterile rocks aud eternal SHOWS
a. \ 81. 1lr tn l.
elwad.
Oh We start walkng--for, TO tell the truth,
have fondness for riding head first down path a.
steep in some places 8s a WALL leave that 10 -,
who never fears ANYTHING SO walked all the way %
Grndclwald, nine miles oi very rough road. There
was a lady walking the pass, with her husband,
who had come foot the whole way from Lauter-
bIunn, and did not seem IN the least atigued Ny
guide exhausted al his elOquence 10 persuade that
IL as better To ride at last settled him by saving,
WHY here ia a lady who has walked the whole
route" so be confined himself after that TO helping
ire 10 find flowers, and carrying the handkerchief in
which slowed them Alas what herbarium of hap
less flower laid out stark stiff, and motionless, ike
beauty It's BIER and with horrible long names writ
ten under them, give an idea OF the INFINITE
variety and beauty Of the floral crown Of these noun
taiDs.
The berbarium resembles the bright, living reality
no more than the m0rga1 al ~ Demands a specimen
Of mountain travellers. Yet one thing herbarium Is
good for; in looking AZ It, YOU can recall how they
looked and gOwed and waved IN life, with all their ST.
.ercrowned mountains sround them.
After arrived at Gnndewald, tired as | was, |
made sketches of nine varieties which intend 20 color
a. rest long enough "a much did for love
Of the dear little souls
One thing more as 10 botanical names: What does
pOsess bOtanists to sct the most fragile and ethereal
Of earth's children with such mountainous and unpro-
nounceable names Now. there dear little flower
that first met at 81 Bernsrd-a little purple bell
with fringe IL is particularly beautiful from its
growing iust the verge OF ayalanches, coming up
and blossoming through the snow. send YOU one ia
this letter which dug out OF snowbank this moru
ing And this far uestion-this hope upon death
bed-tlis image OF love unchlled and immortal-how
want a. know u BY name.
To-day at the summit house OF the mountain, |
opened an herbaIum, and there three inches of
name, hopeless and unpronounceabe as the German
of our guides piled upon my little flower ! shut the
hefbarVm.
This morning We started early from Grndenwald-
that is by : O'Clock An uncOudel clear breezy
morning the air full Of the sounds of cascades and of
the little bells of the herds. As we began to wind up
ward into that deectable region which forms the hrst
stage of ascent | said 10 - d" The of beautiful
scenery the more appreciate the wonderful po
etry Of the Pilgrims Progress The meadows b. the
river of life curousl, adorned with lilies the deecta-
bic mountains the land of Bculah how often have
thought of them From this went of upon paint
ing and then upon music the freshness OF the noun
tain air inspiring way. At hast while we were
riding in the very lap Of rolling field full OF grass
and flowers the sharp blue and white crystals Of the
glacier at once before
"Oh, l want 90 get down" said |, and 20
them"
Down did get, snd, taking what seemed To- BE- the
straightest course, began running down the hillside