New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-25
Taylor in Northern Europe
FIX WEEKS HOLIDAY IN S"irAhhLAND
AND ITALY.


h,e tesk before sunset. While dining at Zug, |
was accos,ed by Swiss guide, who wished me to
t,ke hiu into my service. Now, had determined
70 t,ke no GUIDE (none being necessary until we
shonIa reach ,he Furcs Pass; but the minute saw
the man fun in the face and looked in,o the clear
DEPTHS Of his uwayering dark blue eyes, he had Inc
completely in he's power. felt that must TAKE
him. before h,s PROPOSE ION was half spoken; ye'
like prudent man of the word "a fool rafhefb
hesitated, and barganed and made CONDITIONS al
sayoring of m-trust, Viii IL reality would nave
trusted all my worldly possessions in his han's'
Why must se ever distoIt our lea'oTes WIZ tnesc
conventional Masks Why not sag 81 oncf'
know you and bellese in youl"-for our na'ural lu
stincts are Thousand times truer thah INC jug
ntnt of the worl1
Joseph being engaged (olusbng up ITO the roots OF
his hair Ia he confessed TO the knO"le1ge oi IL"
Anime melodies), we pushed on to Gooau' ana
.ou,nenced the ascent Our Alpine luggage, con-
sisti,p Of tgo heavy yslne', probably i2O pounds
WEIGHT was transferred to the shoulders Of rather
lean native who rcoiced at the prospect of earning
Eve francs " carrying it to the very top o. the
R;cbi II would have broken the back OF n New
York porter before the, end Of the frat mile. Our
Swiss. however, reached the top 10 fifteen minutes
after us, and we were less than three hours in
climbing the eight miles. There was 40 sunset,
and tie delicious tones of the Alpine horn awcke us
at dawn. 20 see 10 Sunrise We shi'ered on the
summit half Oh hour, to purpose; many travel
ers went down in disgust, but there is no use IN
lo.iDg ones temper, and We took coffee. Then we
went up again and took our station IN the cloud.
Presently appeared Joseph, who said: 81 have
"seen something; look that way, pointing to the
west, and wait little" Soon there was glln-
mer, as of strip of cloud lighted by the sun. then
the vapors parted, and for an instant the whole
line Of The Bernese Alps, from the flnstcraarhorn
to the JuDgfrau stood unveiled in the face OF morn
ing. Horns of immaculate snow, gOlden-ccar,
fushes Of topaz the frosted silver OF the glaciers
"a moment naked and beautiful as the gOddesses
on Mount Ida, then vailed i'll their floating oudy
drape1y from eyes that were almost too weak to
bear their spendOrs.
Now came the wind and cleared the peak, and as
far as he hills of the Rhine all was notified light
and shadow; CLEANS of beryl from the lakes and
starry flashing of white towers dots ON the distant
blue. We had all we came to see and more than
who had stood on the Rghi, On as clear morning,
and much disappointed. cit was just like
s'painting," said he 'the pauoramas you see on
'exhibion great deal finer"
Our way led up the Lake of the Forest Cantons
10 Fluellen and Ato'f. Joseph engaged good
carrage, with driver who sang; and, as we drove
up the valley of the Reuss toward st. Gothard next
day, the rocks echoed with the jodet heier, and
the quaint, naive peasant-sOOgs OF Switzerland.
Tony had fine baritone, which barmOnized well
wnh the Changing mountdineer tenor of Joseph.
The melting indicating, hOrn-like cadenccs OF the
jodd choruses heard in the deep pine valley, with
the roar of the Reuss below, and the dnklng of the
musical herd belts on the pasture slopes, were
many strains of that nwIltten poetry, for which
there are no words iu any language. Que of the
songs had the following drOll refrain:
"wba GOOD living it, ii you woull know
You NUT straight ustO my Jura
yuia is the preuiest girl you'd say,
II the others all bad gone away"
At the inn at AudermaIt we found plenty OF
snobs. The landlord was physician and pre-
sciibed for us, not having escaped sprain or
pain. Joseph collected the guides, and toward
midnight gave a serenade, beginning with the |
RAM des Vaches, accompanied with the most Won
1erul variations, all performed on the human voice.
The performer was lusty young fellow, who drank
too much for his good but VINO, as he boosted,
could make any note he pleased, high or low. His
execution was as marvellous as JenGy Linds, and
as full Of mountain echoes.
Our route was over the Furca Pass, by the
glacier Of the Rhone the Grimsel and down the val
ley Of the Aar to Meyringen; then over the Sche-
deck, by the ROsenlau glacier to Gfnde"ald, aud
over the Wengern Alp to Lauterbrunnen AMI H.
terlackep. We had six days among the high Alps,
without cloud in the sky-at most gauzy scarf
Of vapor floating around the snowy cones, to soten
the sharpness of their pro6es on the deep blue oil
the air We crept into the ice-caverns OF the
glaciers and from under their vaults of translucent
sapphire looked on the tinted forms OF the caa-
RAGS; we saw the splendid We.terhorn hanging
ever the dark green fir forests; listened to the
roar Of avalanches from the Jungfrau, aud watched
their sno x-dust tumbling thousand feet down the
Precipice while TRANQUILITY consuming our chimOis
rseout on The WeDgern Alps; we held our heads
under the Staubbach which flung its waters upon us
from hight Of nine hundred feet and wet our
bacls through and through; we leaned over the
Aar, where it plunges down the gorge of Handek,
and noticed its wonderful resemblance to boiled
cauGhower; and finally, at lnterlacken, we babe
adeu to the Bernese Alps, and to Joseph from
whom we parted with mutual tears
Switzerland swarmed with travellers this SUM-
mer The mount ain masses were alive with brown