New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-28
yEW.yorg DtnV TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER Is, 1883.

-.onse very deey-;ored and On, up % tie hghe-t
Row PRETTY they sound al going together Tue bell
are sde Of the bes; Of metal Jr the tone i Of a al
nlirsble quality
Oh DO look Of there on that patch Of snow ub ier
TIE Waterfront II j. all covered with egr- the
look 70 bigger than inseets What makes then q
there ?" sad We 10 our guide. To .. c1o!' vas
tie answer.
Hsrk what's that .ldien .ouni Ike tae ru-h Of
3 cascade.
Avalanche avalanche r. exelaiuei The gsid-
And nov, pouring down the aides OF the Wstterh0rn.
cane miikWhite esscsde looking Just Ike sny other
cascade, melting gracefully over TIE rocks and pread
ing Ike stream a mix, On the sOiled snow below
This j. sgmmer svalsnche-a mere 5.j0s-s fancy
article got up or rather got down. o. entertain travel
ers Tie winter aValaaches are quite other thIugs
WitLess little further IN track where our guide
stops aid p0nts % place where al the pines have
been broken short Of b. one Of them Somewhere
along here, ] remember some old ghsstly pnes, dad
ages ago, their white, CHASTITY skeletons beschei h.
hundred they stand, stretching out their long
bo1y srIE, ike phantom giants. Thee skeleton pines
worderful mage; wonder have not seen them
introduced into pictures.
There now, a little ahead. l. small hur. which
IlsTks the summit # the gran sehnidieh Our hor-es
cone up 70 il, and we dismOunt Some 81 t1e part
90 in 20 deep 20 out to climb neghbOring pax
AZ he foot Of this peak laya wreath 81 snJW s0.ei
and dry, e. halfmelted always j.. but lginZ
strange ARA little spot Of death II tue green lap Of
rejoicing ie-lke that deah-spOt which often lee m
tie human LeaTt-amOng al seeming flowers an1 bloom
cold cheeTless sunbeam warns H. ani tn warming
that ubfolds Thousands Of blooms around i does not
melt IT,
Nov, thought I have read Of AlPine flower: lean
ing their cheeks On the SHOWS. wonder u any flowers
grow near enough that snow 70 touch r. man 10
70 and see. - went there, -ure enough ny niue
frnped purple bell 10 which have given 'be name OF
a. ,,.s rroyug not only clOse q the snow.
thus Gods grace. shining steadily on The vase
places Of the human heart brings up heavenwart
epgs and aspirations which pierce through the cold
SHOWS Of affection and eli that there u set lie beneath
and power hicb shall melt all away These ho"er'
are Il Jrayers Of the afflicted hearts. called up through
tie lee Of long pressing, bitter agony BY tne sun
shine # Cod. mercy. They teach us ne ~ 70 despair
clin bed up tbe grassy sides Of the peak ho"er- .
the yery top and the top rock Of loose s1air -
II ere sat down and looked. The J. Alpine -olflie
An around ne we're these deep green des. embrofer-
ed with flowers, from which comes mp me tlhhIe 0i
bells Ike the dropping 81 rain ever "nere seems
"a ne that the air l. elastic aud musca mere thau
beloyv and gives grace 20 the cOnm0nest sound Vow
hook back along the way we have been travelling.
look n the strange old cloudy mountains, the Eyer
tie Wetterhorn, the ShuekhOrn. kind OF hay ether
fosts round them-an ndesCTssble grlal halo-Wh.cn
DO painter eger represents Who can pant tn ar
that vivid blue in which these sharp peaks cut their
differing images OF ali peaks. the Elger y the most
mpIes.ye TO ne II lisa gigantic ploughshare Of rocA
set I'D against the sky its thin keen purple blade eel
with qtering frost for sharp is ~ point that only
q dazzling line marks the eternal snow 90 is head
| walked out as far as ! could on narrow summit
and took a last look. Glaciers SHOWS mountains
sunny dells and flowers oil. good bye IN pilgrim
and a stranger
like hen that has lost a chicken. shaking bis wings
and elucling aud making great fuss l could stay
here al dsy ! would like to stay two OF three-io
see how il would look al sunrise. at -unset-to lie
down in one Of these sunny hoows and looA up into
the .kyto shut my eyes lazily, and open them again
and 30 le, tie whole impression soak an
But no; tie ,leepers have walked up. the guide has
tic horses ready and must come down W. always
must come down. when we take any comfort IN TINS
world 80 here descend nv nil Difficulty into the
valley Of Humiliation, and soon am on my horse again
We stumble along for the roads here no turnpkes
and We come to a place called the Black Forest; not
he Black Forest but truly black one. always love
piues 70 all generations welcome this solemn oil
brotherhood which stand. ray-bcarded. like monks.
Old dark, solemn, signing certain mourninl sound
like benedicite through the eayes.
About noon We came 10 ROsenlane. y We DIRE"
near the hotel, the guide struck of path leading up
the mountain, saying, by way Of explanation" t'>
- Giaoier!"
Now. confess that il was rather too nea- dinner
time and was rather too tire at once to appreciate
this movement.
regret to say that two glaciers, however bean'illl
empty stomach appear rather ol aphblul "tiut
So remonstrated but the guide. as all guides Do,
went dead ahead a. if hadn't said a word. c,
however, rode composedly toward the hotel. saying
that dinner was finer sight than glacier; AMI J.
though inly Of the same mind thought would follow
NY guide Just to see.
" went with me. After a little we had 20
leave our horses and scramble about a mile mp the
mountain &C right and We are wrong. said
my companion. senfentiously / wa Just dubious
enough TO be silent Pretty we came 70 ire
II endous ravine if earthquake had rent noun
tvin asunder hundred feet down in this black gorge
stream was roaring in succession oi mad leaps and
a bridge crossed t. where stood TO gaze down into
its daIk awful depths. Then went till We came
TO the elazicr What of clear, blue ice very
blue 70 clear, This awful chasm directly under
it, and tie mountain torrent, formed by the melting Of
every gazier falls in a roaring cascade INTO it You
can GO down into cavern in this riff Above your
head a rcof Of blue, clear ice below your feet ths
black chasm. with the white, flashing foam OF the ca-
cade A. il leaps away into the darkness On one side
OF the glacier was little sort OF cell srchei nook
IN v hch an old man had cut steps. and be helped me
up into IT, stood in a little Gothic shrine of blue
ehttsrinc ice and looked ont OF arched window az
the cascade and mountains | thought Of C0lerdges
line
a pleasure bower WIKI doaaes Of ace.H
On the whole the glacier paid for .oOking-e'en -
dinner. time-which Is saying COED deal II q
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