The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-11-29
hese eontribu;aa noth;pg st all whilst

these contributed nothing st ALL whilst
! many of those who seek this remote region
solely for recreation, take an unfair adran-
tage OF the hospitality afforded them tEvery
/ tourist who lodges, here, and then leaves
without deposting In the aims box sum
at least equal to what it would have cost
! him at an hotel, is a sordii Lgrot. Daring
the months of July, August ani September,
about twenty horses are daily occupied in
! the transport of fuel from the lower valleys,
| fifteen and twenty miles distant.
| The large rooms of the Hospice are heat.
! ed during the whole year: on the ground
floor are the stables aud magazines, above
| which are the kitchen, retcc;ory, and
sleeping apartments for the poor; in the
upper stories the cells of the monks and
seventy to eighty beds for travellers. The
wall, of the refractory are hung with en-
grovings and plcture., the gifts of grateful
travellers. Among hers we noticed thoS.
of Washington and Lincoln Here is also
found large library, collection of phiIo-
sophicai lnstruuH ,ntS, of ancient and mod
ern medals relics found in the enviroas,
aud fragments OF votive bass tablets. Of
tcred to Jupiter penminers after escape
from danger. The original name OF the
mountain is supposed t. have been Mons.
.jncis Pe..mihi, 70 whom a temple was once
erected, the foundations Of which are still
pnlnted out to traveller, In the hand eme
little chapel OF the Hospice can be seen
the bas relief monument erected by Napn-
leon |, to General Dessaix, with the in
scription, q Dcssai.c icort u IL JatuIe de
Ufreag0.
It is a historical fact that the Romans
made use Of the great ST Bernard Pass, B.
I t,,,, hay a.,
trossed 10y large armies. 1t must, be re.
membered that for nearly ten miles of tn.
way over thi, mountain groupe there is
nothing but narrow bridal path
The celebrated passage of the Alps BY
Napoleon, was begun May Is, 1900, and
took four days. The ST. Bernard had been.
by Marescot, Chief of Engineers,
as barely passabIe Tor artillery" = Ii Is
passable. let us start then " was the en-
ergenc reply of Napoleon The part which
most severely trl.d the troops was from the
little village Of St. Pierre, to the summit,
u distance of over 10 miles. The artillery
carriages were taken to pieces and packed
on mules, the ammunition was also thus
transported, whilst tht guns themselves,
placed on the hoilows or trunks of trees,
were drawn by muin force, the soldiers re-
ceirlng $50 for each cannon. At the
Hosplce each soldier partOok Of the hospi-
taity Of the brethren.
The traveller can hardly leave the Great
81. Bernard without feeling of veneratiou
aud compassion for this devoted fraternity.
They generally begin their career at the aye
of Is or 10; at 80 or 81 the severity of the
climate has undermined their constitutions,
ard they are coupe led to descerd to the
mlder climate Of Martigny, or some other
dependency. The thoughtleSs tourist, in
the pleasure and novelty of the scene, is
too apt to forget the dreariness Of the win
try portion of the year, when all The way
farers are poor, when the cold is Intense,
the SHOWS OF great depth, aud the dangers
from storms frequent and imminunt. II is
AT lhis period that the privation, of these
heroic men are most severe, aud their SER
vices to Their tol0y creatures most valuable.
All honor, therefore, to their seli -deni,a and
devotion.