Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-03-11

respondent of the Philadelphia Ame-'oav thu
describes visit to famous saltmine asa-
Saltzbury in Upper Austria
Having put up your carriage 40 the Blacs
Eagle. II Ilallein, You quickly commence thr
ascent Of Il mountain, some tsto VI tar
thousand feet high. After pretty hari
struggle YOU arrive at an Office where y1Ir
tieket- are looked al, and small sum, -a7
two or three thalers. demanded. 4 toll -ui'
Of c,ar>e linen oyerill- il presented 10 Won.
and Won don them at once The polite attend
ant then hands YOU a very thick and cOar,e
apron. which. after various attempts in yer-
hard southern German, YOU at last unde--
stand j, % be wurn-as Paddy from Coz.
buttoued his cOat-behiad Your right bar
Is then encased in a very thick leather glow
and thus fully ACQUIRED, lusty Iedescan i-
summoned t" act as your guide, who take,
up lamp and goes out the back door
Commenting your widow and orphans o.
vOur country. You follow with hcartOf -raca
into long passage, some seven feet high and
three wide This l. level, and runs dlrer-'.
INTO the bowels Of the mountain. IL j, boar
ell nc the sides and top, l. literally rs clean
as a rarl0r, and a keen saline smell rervade,
the air. co one side are two wooden rife-
running an along. One oi these CONVEYS
fresh water into the mountain M, other
take the brine away
On and on YOU walk. following YOUR heavy
Teut1n. till YOU fear there Is no end 40 s'
1l"i. - - g. 49, ,Ts,n tft,r rertrI. ,
r,iIe g, d,.,r is reached The Guide take a1-
a KEY. and YOU sac q hole IN little rllu-
and nothing else. ~ he lowers his lamp
Won Perceive two heavy poles. saw each SIX
Ir-h..- IN diameter ami their centres one foat
arsrt. extending downwards at an angle Of
about frtv-fve degrees. On one side is
r.l.a ti-btcned n about six inches from the
Y.ur e-uile then INDUCES IN some
.lY4a-rr remarks IN such cxecrable pato''
-har y.u hall wi-i YOU had never seen
German Grammar I'm YOUR life, for then per
h4,- Vol. 1ni.-6t have understood him. SUI
denly t,ur Guide disauuear--as he Is no,
che, i-f.e room. v1u look down the hole
there be- is living apparently ON the pie
halIin. on Co the rope and urging you r..
..r.ne on. 4 light flashes over your u-l
and v.u benin O, understand his heavy -a.
rrrsi. Y,u sld. down the poles about
ward and place YOUR feet upon the SuIi.
shoulders. vou grasp the rope and of glide
the Guide. and alter bin EiI1es YOUR WORTH
self You now understand that the apron
d, 7rsyerr the hurninr Of YOUR flesh from The
friir,on of the roles. and the heavy glove.
hat NJ vour right hand as You grasp tt4
r,r. The descent Is slow and very agr,e-
,t. F.r-pnateIv Won are
...-.-.-, 60 ,,.1i1. .4,-I.,s.,
t'r presume no one WouiL nave coIras
enough o. attempt sue" ueS''H' III Dloa''
daylight NJ asl YOU come 7'u7e asaih>'
ne n'it''n' anu you oes'' To i'el d warm
affection i'r your Suide, VINO certainly mas
tang. YOU Il u'" s'D7' '.'n .L.
hHi ne mas slle a-",n -..-'
TINS t'me 40 "l ai-'e III 9iA'' w N'"'
and 'Nn and down You %. lou neSih On
wonder whether YOU are the identical sg'
who -art,d way up there m broad dayilS
about an hour ago, and bali fancy that y'r
are >in'ad the SAILOR gong down INTO h''
living tomb, or lelemaqle gong 10 hades m
search oi his papa But mere We are at thf
bottom again. We have now pr'oaoly de-
cendei tW1 hundred feet What would they
say a. home if You were L. he seen - slltner
IN. away IN that style IRON the top
>iuhad was commonplace, Nc was loWer-l
with ropes ure glide
ia this manner We des'enI'd about '.'
iect. Sometimes the guide, confident DO
your nerves. goe> 50 last tnat toe rope nlT7'
your hand even through i's triple leather.
Z At last We came O. large nall some Ia
feet across. the ceiling and sid,s OF Wh'r'
were OF solid salt. which could OF course Do
quarried a. marble, but u Is % redli-'
color, and II l. much cheaper 20 lnlr'al''
water, which dissolvcs the salt anu d. me.
conducted 10y Pipe DOWN INTO the 'lli'-''
where me SAT- i n'l'e' OUT AGAIN. ana come
olt white anu III I'r use /. i N'tf.',.'
cheaper % no" the water '"an ' NoulI .,
20 mine anu carry away ti'e 9'l'' Inc "H'is
mountain contains sNeSe77' rn N lI'7'
cham sT'' 'S'n'N-7'A IN an Inc "at.' Us
,'Aeh 'n aii" y 'l'l'.- 'i-'l .1S ~ ~
n'-t'h anu sue are "l'. -e''''' al 7i''' Pr
t''' time Dc 't''ults ''''ls '1.5 'ull-
e-g ny, J. .u.u ,'..l'' .u '.il ,..-