Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-04-30


nnen Ia made previous Il insertion ee-Ali casual Nd
vertigeulents mnsthe paid fegin Ndyaaoa,
Dayton The contrast between it and the
palaces Of the adjacent Kings is as marked
as is the difference between kingdoms aud re-
publiOs.
1hs great organ in the Cathedral is one Of
the Eve or six largest 10 the world A per.
formRnoe is given upon it, whenever the old
organist ia sure Of the attendance of enough
persons ct franc head to pay him Cor his
tronbIe An inspection of the hotels and .
little enquiry among the recently arrived
strangers, are the means he uses to reach
conclusion on this important point an Of
us wished to hear, Of course, and as our party
was now composed OF eight OF ten, we had 30
trouble in inducing him TO crafty us, and at
nightfsll the entertainment begun. Such
volume aud variety of musical sounds never
fell upon our ears before The whole Cathe-
dral, with its massive columns and walls, seem
ed TO Vibrate with the mighty roar AS il il
werea great bell trembling under heavy
stroke; and in the midst Of it all, far above it,
and entirely different from it, yet penetrating
through and through 1t, was the soft and
plaiptive melody, so wonderfully pure and
clear as to make us imagine that II was the
voice Of an angel, which all the groAnings
and lhunderings Of hell could not drown or
silence And then il seemed as IL the devils
had given up the contest, and that a chorus
Of bright spirits were celebrating another
triumph ever their ancient adyersaries, and
we, sitting below, in the vast and dimly lighted
Asles felt as we imagined as the rejected
Peri did; when, through the half opened gate,
her eager ear caughta strain from the. bar
monies of heaven.
was carried away from this earthly hab-
tation," and was unconscious even of thnnght
but Irrepressible who sat by me, could not
possible be still, and brought me back to the
things OF time and sense, BY running Gre
of such commentaries as these Just listen
to that chord--ihat Is fne--what splendid
dulcianal-theres the Uor huBsdni-petfectly
grand T. and 40 on. In my vexation, / felt
like denouncing him and the music both as
hambugs and impostnres The moment the
strains died away, and while the pent emo
tons OF every other listener were escaping in
long drawn sigh, be started for the gallery.
TIE organist was a mason, he said, and he
was "bound to get at that thing" In Eve
minutes more, as we were afterwards inform
cd, for we hurried out of hearing as fast as
possible those solemn arches were echoiug
the classic notes Of Hail Columbia aud
Yankee Doodlel
One day in Berne was enough We wished j
TO be among be mountains again, and set off
for Iuterlachen, by way of the village and
Lake of Thuu (pro. tune) and Neuhaus. We
trAversed the Lake on little steamboat,
which, in it's model, VRs miniature steam.
ship built Of iron, and staunch enough | inn
agine, to navigate safely over the stormy At
lantic All the steamboats, we saw In Europe
are ofthe sama style, and one NJ QUO three
story western boats would be Rs great curl.
osty to these people almost as the great riv.
ers on which they noat The Lake IL a ltile
larger, though very much like Loeb Kairins
in Scotland The mountains on It's borders,
however, are muchhigher, snd rear themselves
much mere preoipitAtely from the waters
edge The weather was delightful, and
with sHpleasant company Of tourists aud
band OF music on board, We accomplish.
ed the day journey withoutthe slightest sense
of WEAKNESS, At Neuhaus we mounted to
| the top Of the omnihuses iu waiting, md
rode some two or three miles in avanne sha-
ded by gigantic walnut trees, through the
green little hamlet OF Unterseen, TO that lcng
row Of elegant hotels called the village OF In.
tsrlachen. TsleEraphing "a a cheap luxury
in Switzerland cent word, any dis.
tanee-And We bad availed ourselves Of the
| lighthing's service to engage rooms for US at
the Hotel des, Aipss before leaving Berne,
and We entered aud took possession at once,
while others, less thoughtful, we're iurned
away. 1888 9
Before evening we made the acquaintance
OF DR.. and Mrs G., a Europeanized American
couple who reside in Rome ia The winter and
in Switzerland in the summer, whose reputa-
,ipn for kindness and eourtesy TO their eoun-
trymen had reached US long before, aud which
We can testify was not exaggerated Before
the evening was over, we felt as il they had
beeR friends Of ours since "Auld lang syne. "
Next morning, about seven, sweet sirains Of
gsnile harmohy stole ia upon ns from the
Kursaal in the rear Of the Hotels, and aa we
we're slowly awakening to consciousness, We
did not know whether We were in the body 81
the spirit--shether on earth or amidst he
Emusic Of the spheres Y
suPPressiaE News Aeasn.