The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-01-23
Aallp Wonntatn

5dHg 2DtO NR'"4'' ~ :
NJ 5I,yxoN FEyEh.-The cclcbra1 OF
,od German poet Goethe was present d
az spectator at the Battle ot ya'My' u n.y.
n 1902. between the armies OF the
Trcncl, Republic, under Dumourler Il
and kellerman, and the allied ARMIES d
rnder the Duke of Bruins wlck' anu
.,;ves bis 6rst impressions OF an arlh-
ierv battle as follows; o u,onron
i!boJ heard so much ofthe "cahnoh
fever" that l wanted to know d wd"O
lind lind of a thingit was. Ennul, ana a
npirit whish every kind OF ua"g 1gs%
axcites to daring-nay, even 10 laea
nass induced me to ride up qu''o
nooIiv 10 the out.work of LA Luhe'
Th;s was again occupied by our peo-
ple' but it presented the widest "SpeSv
The roofs were shot to pieces, u,e ooin
shocks scattered about, the oou'eS vi
men. mortally wounded, s'retche'
nnon them here and there, ana occa,
gionally spent cannon bal! 1eIi anu
ra,ljod among the tilted roofs, Quite
plainly sdfett flet t9 pp myself aUu0 aoI souI1 @%pg
Of the French. They were stauunrs
in the form of scmcircle, in the
greatest quiet and securiiy-Kelcr.
man, then on the left wing, being the
easiest to reach.
IfelLin with good company on the
officers of my acquaintance belonging
to the general staff and the regiment,
who>were greatly surprised TO find me
Rere. They wanted to take me up
again with them, but spoke to them
of particular objects | had in view,
and they, left me without further dis
cussion to my we'll known singular
capricc l hlu now arrived quite in
Tho repion whers the balls were play.
iug. atloss me-; the sound Of them is
curious enough, as ifit were composed
of the -hummingsoft tops, The gurgling
OF water. and the whistling OF birds
They were loss dangerous by reason
ofthe wetness of the ground-when-
ever one fell it stuck fast and thus
my foolish experimental ride was Sc
cured against the danger at least of
the bnlls rebounding. In the midst
of these circumstances: was soon
able to remark that something unusu-
al --~s taking pleoo .uithiu me-. /
paid,close attention to it, and still, the
sensation can only be, described by
similitude, 1t appeared asifyou were
IN somo extremely hot place, and at
the time quite penetrated by the heat
OF lit" so that you feel yourself AS it
we're, quite one with the element in
which You are" The eyes lose moth.
ing Of their strength orr clcarnesss Init
It, is. .as if the world had kind of
bFowh.red tint l. which makes the
situation'ia well as tile Surrounding
objects more impressive 49,
lion ot.athe blood but. eyerrtbi q
seemed rather to be swaIt0wedY mp' r.,
Iae glow OF which 1 speak. From
tnis, then, it's clear in. what sense
this condition can be caltcd fever. IL
isI fetharikdbie;; however. that the. hor.
rble, lupeasy feelipg,- arising from Il.
issDrodtlcediin .ils solely through the
ears; for the cannon thunder. the
howling and crashing ofballs through
the air, rs tie real cduse OF these ser /.
eations, AfterI had ridden back, and
WAS 10 perfect security. / remarked
with surprise that.titei glow was COM
pietely eStinGuished, and not the
slightest teverisll agitation was left
behfnd.t On tl'e. Hole, the condition
is''one of'the least enviable; as., in.
deed, among my dear and noble com.
radcs,,I found scarcely one WHO ex..
pressed a real" passionate desire To-
tryit. 's~-'-s ..it