Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-05-07
ApvRMrInIaa nATns.


the weather Clerk, had dispelled at the very
nick OF timei for our amusement and delight,
came boiling up again, and in less time than
] can write this line, closed up the scene
once more from our view II appeared and
vanished, as If il obeyed a magioian's waud
/ We continued our descent until within
mile Of the earth, through clouds 30 dense and
| full OF water that, although Il did not take the
form OF rain, we were wet through; and Mr.
Il. again aad again wrung perfect stream Of
water from his heavy whiskers. Once below
the Clouds however, we found all nature re-
ioicing in tbe bright sunshine, and one Of the
loveliest valleys IN all the world spread out
beneath us We passed on down through the
still and solemn pines, and ss We came out
from among them, upon the gentleF slopes
where 6t cattle we're grazing on the rich grass,
we stopped to listen to the echoes Of an Alpine
Horn IL is simply straight wooden trumpet
about ak feet long the farther end of which,
OF courae, rests upon the ground A boy Of
fifteen performed upon it with ease, and the
tones, with their reverberRtions from the
mighty concave wall Of granite, had u depth
and sweetness that charmed us
Ana then we came to the little village of
Wengerp, where the roofs Of the houass are
weighted down with heavy stones to resist the
efforts Of the whiflwnds, and thought as s
seemed TO be on level that the. descent was
accomplished A little further on, however,
We came to the edge Of the steep sides Of tho
valley Of Lauterbrunnen, and then found we
had some thousands Of feet yet to descend, be-
fore we could End rest for our weary feet.
The valley Of Lnuterbrunnen is a cleft in
the mountains mile or two broad, and fifteen
OF twenty miles long. 1t is like horizontal
shaft in a mine, and takes its name from the
mn nrnho nf lie .vks - c.ll L..
sides, looking like tangled and waving skeins
OF white hoss silk. Nothing but fountains is
literal rendering of the name, and, allowing
a little for poetic license, At is an appropriate
one.
The most remarkable Of all these waterfalls
is called the Stdubbdch--Dust fall--so called,
because the water, which is compressed toto
very narrow compass at the top, and shoots
over the vast abrupt wall as if it were fred
downvards from a Gao non, before 1t reaches
the bottom, distance OF nine hundred feet,
IS dissolved into a cloud Of mist, driven by
every wind, and comes noiselessly to the
earth. 1t looks like a long, waving veil, or
as Manfred has it the tail of Deaths Pale
Horse.
''The sunboW'S rays still arch
And roll the sheeted diver wGvfnR coiufnt
Der the crags, headlong, perpendicular
And ming its lines OF foaminR light along
Andto and fro, like the pale conrser's tail
The ga 4 steed TO be bestrode by Death,
As told in the apocalypse"
Our friends, who had returned from Grua.
delwald in ths morning, knowing how tired
We would be- had most considerably sent a
little two-seated carriage out to Lauterbrunnen
to meet us, SO that, without any delay we con 5.
tinped down the charming valley to Interla- "a
chen.
Aswe passed rapidly along, tall and yery
handsome Swiss girl, in her best attire came
out from neat little cottage BY the wayside,
and asked permission to occupy the vacant
seat by Che driver until we came TO InterlA.
chen. 1t was accorded freely OF course, and
she made herself so entertaining in pointing
out the interesting places by the waysde, and
ielling the traditions connected with them,
that We thought we had never before been IA
'ored with so charming guide The utory
of Btuebeard, which is connected with the
Castle Of Unspunnen, mile or two below
Inter rlAehen, and others equally as probable,
'he told with 80 much fun and spirit that al. q
hough the shades OF evening were upon us.
Re we're sorry the ride was so short wee
Three years Of war underabolitiou manage.