Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-04-30
9aiIg empire.
Iwhtten expressly tor tho Dayton EnpueI
A SUMNER In EUROPE.

that, after a sojourn of several days, 1--WE said
farewell to Hotel Byron, and the paradise in
the midst Of which 1t stands, and rs il vanish
ed from our sight, we resolved that il 1t should
ever be possible thing, we would come again
with wives and little ones, 10 spend here au
entire summer Just think ofti All this
beauty of scenery, all this tropical luxufi
anco Of fruits and flowers, and oil the elegan.
cies Of this magnificent hotel, are to be en-
joyed at cost Of about one dollar per day
We took the railroad which skirts the bcr-
ders Of the Lake to Lausanne, and then bends
northwest towards Berne. At Lausauue we
fOuhd the FIST and only train Of cars we saw
in Europe, constructed upoa the American
plan. We took our seats in them with delight
because Of the "reminiscences they awakened,
aud never ceased to wonder, that the adyan.
tages of the doors at end and the long aisles
between the seats, should not have been per.
ceived aud universally adopted long ago.
The train was made mp Of frst, second and
third class cars but the poorest of them we're
very comfortable. The second class, which
were better filled than either Of the others,
were finer than any Of our American care and
the 6rst class, with their purple velvet cush
ions, their email mahogany tables between the
seats, and their velvet oarpetings were as rich
as drawing room in palace 0nr nrepres-
able 'mushroom" friend invariably travels
"6rst class "a thing which Prentice, with
measure oftrulh, says nobody but "prinoss
and fools" do in this eountry-and knows
pretty well what fine car ia, but he looked
at these elegant appointments with popping
eyes and pendantj jaw When he recovered
himself, he uttered a prolonged "whew r. and
they declared pom honor it did really beat
any thing he ever saw, even in Hail Columby !"
He very soOA recovered his self possession,
however, and in less thau three minutes was
demonstrating to the world that nothing ia
two good Tor "irse born American" by
spreading himself ont on the cushions, cock
ing his heels up on the table, aud by distrib.
utiug his cigsr ashes and saliva libsrally over
the upholstery sa
Berne, the capital Of Switzerland, is a quAint
old place, abounding in that peculiar style oi
architecture which is so characteristics OF Am
sterdam. II is built on long, narrow strip
Of lAnd, and has a few features which remind
one of New York. The street Of Jastice cor
respondsto to Broadway, and the rapid river
Aar, which here makes sharp bend, repre-.
senls the North and East rivers and the BAY.
The cutters arein the middle of the streets
and the houses are generally extended On
arches out over the sidewalks. On every
square there are fountains, from which the
water is sent forth through figures of the
queerest imaginable designS Oas ofthem
represents Saturn in the set Of swallowing q
baby, while half dozen others are fastened
to his girdlo awaiting their turn to be dsvour.
ed. aas i-as A.
Bears, however, are the eommonest things in
Berne. IL has been the emblematie animal
Of the Canton since its history began, and they
are 70 be seen living, and in marble, stone and
plaster, leYant, couehant and on the rampage
every where a9out the city. Down near the
river, they have a spacious stone pit in which
they keep six or eight Of the grizzly brutes
which il is part ofevery travellers duty &c
see They are Government in stitution, and
q sentry stands guard over them to protect
them from aHnoyRnes and harm. There is q
pretty we'll authenticated story which shows
that the sentry considers il no part Of his du,y
to exercise any restraint oyeS them.
Il was some Eve OF six years ago, they say
that an Englishman, while looking over the
marble railing which sneiosss the pit los. hiI
balance and fell down among them. BE wa,
no Daniel or Van Amburg, and, though he
made desperate efforts to escape, be was hug
, gsd and bitteh TO death. His friends Wer,
very indignant that the sentry shoald haS,
looked on eoolly with his loaded musks, il
bis arms, without making any effort 70 deliVe,
. The uRiortunate man. He was asked Why b,
did not kill the brutes, and his confident an
sWer was, because bears have become yer,
scarce and EnglishmeH very plsntyf h,
: was acquitted at once, and made Sergeant
Our Minister, Hos. Geo. @. FoKg, thai
whom We found not in EurOpS more sourts
Gus and generous gsntls@Su, lives in taste
ful little cottage on The high hill, OvsIOOkial
the city, on the opposite side Of the river.
. know Hot who vas the Archiiee. Of bis home
bat i is in every respect American, Th
/, house Of the President ofswi,zsrlapd Is on III