The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-02-20

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force and 90 not lack native good sense, We
"ha' tnere IS OF true woman in these ma
lures are never developed. Not long since
al English woman, meeting a peasant cir
among the mountains commenced to speal
to her about the beauty of the scenery. "Yes.
said she, 1t is an excellent place here fo
horned cattle" And what other respons,
could we expect from one whose whole lif
had been passed in guarding the herlss A.
general thing. believe, they are contentet
with their lot, yet there is doubtless many E
one like Whittier's Maud Miller, as she
catches chance glimpse of better lot, sigh.
and nameless longing fills her breast, and
wish for something higher and nobler.-
How many gifted woman is here doomed
to life OF drudgery and toll And what a
cruel process must that be which reduces q
poetess to the condition of plough But
we are forgetting that We proposed to make
notes OF" sights ard wonders" seen by the
Wayslde, and lot to manufacture sermon
with women for text.
We follow the valley OF the Arr as far as
brugs, where We turn into that of the Limar
which leads to Zurich. This is a town OF
some 10000 inhabitants, built on both sides
of the Llmar at tie point where it issues
from the lake OF Zurich. The town is beauti-
fully situated and its appearance does not
disparage its situation. To get view of it
and the surrounding country we ascend the
tower of the cathedral, and here really
charming panorama is spread out before US.
The gently sloping shores of the lake are
dotted here and there with beautiful groves.
and rendered living by multitude of villa yes
and solitary cottages, which on account of
their extreme whiteness can be seen at a
great distance. Now they advance into the
lake forming promontories, and now retire,
making bays, meadows, vineyards and forests
mingle i'll pleasing diversity. The back
ground of the picture is made up of the lofty
mountains of Glariz and Appenzal with their
snow-crowned SUBMITS glittering in the sun
light. One may have many grander and
subimer views,-views which electrify, vet
few which leave more pleasing impression
The cathedral, from whose tower this view
is to be had, merits attention from the fact
that it is said to have been founded by Il e
celebrated Charlemagne, toward the close of
the ninth century. Above the principal en-
trance is a comical looking old statue which
is supposed to represent this emperor 1t is
in this cathedral that the great retormer
Zwinsi was accustomed to preach Near by
is the Wasse:kirch, Church on the watcr)
which is built on piles driven into the bed of
the liver and connected with the shore by a
bridge. Here is the public library
which is composed of about sixty thousand
volumes and three thousand manuscripts
Among the curiosities is the psalm-book of
Charlemagne, the bible of Zwingli and let
ter in latin, written by the unfortunate Jane
Grey in 1888, while in the tower at London.
Zurich has for long time claimed to be
the Swiss Athens, and after examining the
part Of the library devoted entirely to native
authors, one is disposed to admit the justice
of the claim. 1t is worthy of remark that at
the end of the fifteenth century, there was
not bible to be bought in Zurich. and in
the middle of the fourteenth no member OF
the Chapter could read. Zurich was tn
home of the poet Gessner, and in a beautiful
spot on the bank of the Limar, which was
his tavorite haunt, monument has been
erected to his memory. 1t is very simple,
being entirely devoid of ornament yet i'm
agne it to be just such one as the poet
himself might have chosen. The poets need
no costly mausoleum to perpetuate their
memory-lt is embamed in these verses
and their graves.
''-Are pilgrim shrines.
Shrines to no code or creed ,Cntincd
The Delphian Wales, the Pal e>ti!es,
The MeccaS of the mind"
Besides what we have already mentioned
Zurich offers much Of interest to the traveller
of which We will not attempt to speak at
present.