The Trinity times., 1855-01-13
,laasaIiI week az


iIs ins banks S"D Of Lake 44ls's o.sn "p q
Lnow M ho>v pleasantly my time %as spent, ana
Of nv meeting with "Ihe Lily Of the 'a'-
ley" A :, Gonna ,orts
f of Northern Europe, the English -isfe1n-
~ snotsn. indeed in many esrsh to mesit
tels' It is quite sons.---sra good o!lae pretty
VIZ. 10 a. 'be children have their MAY
- IT,, o''i 'ir'stival;' and, though was not qui'e
- lime IA witness their merry -makihgil ""9
i" ,,me tn uhale the fragrance OF Tue ,'o"ei'
=, inn. to tell YOU of the exquisite peauy'
.,a,, ,Luuoh yithered on the stem, o ihe
ny Of ,he Valley" What lovely day II
s os looking from the window OF my
IL i watched the bright beams; as
u'ou danced and sparkled ON the clear o'ue
'", - If | AXE Leman! The breeze was
orisrino the waves, SO that they danced anu @
>1a.,lv ,ossed about the tiny boats, WIN I'M"
.,hi,. sails that phded on its surface:
vorv compact little vessel was hIred 'o'
',Jor.,e Drice, and as she tiuttered heI
',,noo IN The wind, seemed fairly 10 re'ei
~ ,6e ouiutes of quiet and rePose,,
,rha 6r,t -ummer rain had just fallen, ana .,'o
aiIa"e hills and dales, refreshed oy 'ne
'hn,,.,rs seemed to send up a song ol ',iann
c',noss IN IA eayen, while the trees, hlled WIN
tInssnms some lust putting forth Their leaVes'
i"oLino 80 green and lovely; and as lar nv inc '
a,.,. am reach, it was one vast panorai'" Vi
''a,oLloss bcauty. On nearing lltie ''i'"Re'
H., ,o,oe of which have forgotten, hol Fc'J
I;s,an, from the far famed Zurlch, WHOSE
. -, Lov.. bcen mmOrtaliZed IN story anu
,'a, ohser we'd, as | thought, an uhusu',
e,a;etv and Iiveliness among the people, on.
80 obout remarkng to my companion '""
w. t.',a,inea il was some fete day when ne III
r,.a,nd me we had arrived Just III tlihe u se'
The Swiss May Festival. ClldfeDs Slo."
, ,.e n me ALWAYS intel esting, and so away W.
E a,eut through nnumerable groupings o' 'au
3 an1 lasses. and vineyards, bowers ana "a,
g. dens of urpassng beauty, the AIR seeming
I,5nn with the perfumes Oi a alhousand eAo"es
S I.n snddenly, in the distance lhe VIC
- i'no,yn Nav Pole was seen. But the aane
q Id ceased. the little twlnkling feet Una.
e la,..ly hAd tro,den on the spring blossonS' u"
r. d;sa1neared: but, the Lily-of-ihe- Nailey va
= 49, and - fragrance was sweet peyon
Ii "a a Iule blue eyed girl, Of some seven sun
mers, had lust pucked the flower, and Pluc.i
10 :, in her b1som, began to cry. 1hls al'rac''
,,, a,,entiou. and went TO her ana ASK,
!" hcr IN tell me the cause OF her gfiei' ~
u Said that her little sister, whom 'hey useu
cali the "Lily Of tie Valley" had oeeh It.
Len @ Srom them, and she was going 10 SCI
IL lila aower with her TO Heaven, TO DC Pial
od ,h.rei | need not say became mueh
,erss,ed and followed the little stranger
mt .one Ji,,ance; but, in the throng Of chlldr'
- | coon lost her. .;,ol ".
70 me Ittl.. ones that, on my arrival, w
NJ ,,,nnn,d too ether in the very heighto' =
l" "a r,c,teIiIo ut, as iancled, were fPe'n,
OIL subdued tones while the peasants l"''
oht Mnsnely | sroled 10 the inn oi ''ie
'nR loac. where leaned the cause ot tne -
cal "s ,ng of lbe Festivities. Here, also, haa
IM- sAlay Queen," one they were "ons nI. - :,
10 a.. "Iily OF The Valley" For three y
ned | ,osrs Ind she regned Overhcr h,'ie now DO"
Any n"n6 h''' When suddenly she was called ava
"Gs hI,nm =. tic fi,lds ot liGi' above