The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-10-10
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS
TIE Lion Of OrLucerne-Cono,us,on

Correspondence the Cincinnati Enquircr.l
Constance, cpt. 10, 1867
The route from Intcrlakon, over the
Wcngcrn Alp and the Grinscl Pass,
and by the Rhone Glacier, over the
Furka Pass, 10 the Lake Of Lucernc.
comprchends some Of the finest scenery
. in Switzerland. It's att,activcness
consists ia the fact that it embraces
every variety peculiar TO the country
Thoro are mountains and valleys aud
glaciers and there ave points from
which can be seen the whole range OF
the Derneso Oborland, us wen us the
chains Of Mount Blanc and Mount
Rosa. Tho most interesting feature of
all, however, is tho Rhono Glacier, 10
which We alluded IN our last, un1
which, ii not tho finest glacier of the
Alps certainly appears TO much better
advantage thanany other. THIS jour
ney can be performed in four or five
days with comfort, by pedestrians
and after all, pedesIrianism is the cnly
way to see Switzerland advantageously
A good walker can accomplish more
distance IN q day than mule follow
ing these zigzns mountain paths, and
certainly with moro satisfaction and
less danger than with one OF these
animals OF course, young ladies gen,
orally, and especially our American
ladies woald hesitate very much mat
tempting anything Of the kind andthus
deprive themselves of what is gran
dcst in nature. We met some ladies,
not of orr country, who had stood
upon the summit Of tho Aips,and whose
ruddy rosy complexion and flashing
eyes indicated that they had breathcd
the mountain air From our cxper
icnce we bcTun TO regard ourselves as
capable OF performing more than ordi.
nary rcdrstrains, but when Mt Chatil'
lon, in Italy. wo met ayoung Irish rill
accompaied by her father, who having
left that place but n short time before
US. walked over the st. Thcodule Pass,
which IA nearly eleven thousand feet
above tho level ofthc sea, md covered
with snow, and reached Tcrmatt, on
the SWISS aide Some tw) or three hours
in advance ofus, This too, il must be
remembered, was over glaciers and by
yawning crevasseS. when it was nee
essary to secure the person Of the par
~ to that OF tho guides by means of
ropes. And when climbing n rugged
peak ovorocking the Rhono Glacier,
and one OF the most difficult asctnts in
VII our experience, there, too, Just below
us, followed another of these Irish girls
of the most agrceab!o manners, and
with tho skill of tho chamois. We had
previously noticed her crossing the
glaciers with light, active tread, while
her gentleman companion was being
assisted by u guide. Oh, yc delicate
young men, who promenade Fourth
street on Juno afternoons and who
shrink from days labor with absolute
horror, what think yc Of these repre-
sentatiecs of the land OF Emmet and
O'Conncll2
A GRAND PROSPECT.
Having reached the summit Of the
Furca Pass, we determined to spend
the night there, that.wo might enjoy II
sunrise ond viow of the mountains.
There was q knock at tao door at AN
carly hour, ar~-evcn boforo breakfast
wo bega2 tho ascent uC peak risin,
from the summit Of tho Pass, that no
might witness the effect of a morning :
sun on tho Alps, After five hours OF
reasonblo effort concentrated in one, we
arrived at tho top, and there spread
out before US ono Of the most magnIti.
cont prospects ever enjoyed by man
The sun was already crimsoning the