The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-09-13


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towering ksuarsds q - aeoss as foeo,
costs ne unpleasant eHofs g 'oo. uP' ~ "
il even painful to ssese on sae e0se' " p.ov
Of . prscipics and look down in'c ING 's.''O'.
Sspsk III hssFi dcesly w fhs useaes
0fe, bnl almostkrtmeisSo zee eEasfs seat
u they 6ften DO, WIN no lear wus'e'el
may seem strange TO you, but am mol mors
sfraihW sfsbins teans issPsee saso Voc "
mendous abyss. am never dixzy' out .ners
y mysserious iascinauon - 'ns ."o.as :
gang eosn $50 asoEs o. 'eei's
or shall jump. Hence my very s'ea' u''
comfort In ridinG sio0s 'ne siues y .'p
mountains. tine sA"e 'i'n'' 80"
AVOID them, .of no sou.is' =" ~.
knowledge OF the alps ."nou' 80
OF ascending ana aescena'ns' s. ~ r.
OF the roe Wn,cn vas cio'e ~ ''e
nne. im"eu'A'e! a
me old cnufcn Aaa lis.epee . .l"' ~
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o'clock =. NJ, always ss'nef' iase nau'
Der OF travellers. laesoay "orn,ns 'ooA
hall hour sesmOos' f'ue scio's 'uo .AAe =
"eeQ5 snd linen Asce"ue1 '"u 49, y"
horseback, three nonrs' hine m.es' per
fectly sale, ana indeed mos' ~. uensu.i". eAea'
slons 1ne TRACK So.ossi o''se sA
mountain covered win ve'uafe' 'ue oe a1.''u
lake spreading i's saoosn' CLASSY p1'o .aSe
below, the more oeau.''u' o'ue neA'e"' 'n'n
Ing above, great qpoers VI iau,es e"u - :
stemen, mounted ana on 1901, GONG Up ahu
coming down-those coming down having
spent the night on the summlst 70 see 'ne SUI
set and rise over the masnihcen'' inaescfl
bable panorama Of vast valley adorned
with lakes, rivers, villages ana towns ana
bordefed on oCe side with range OF noun
tain peaks 100 miles IN length, bare and snow>
! capped-probably the most Tremendous and
sublime exhibition Of the works Of God ever
seen by the eye of man, unless We except
the views from Jungfrau and Mont Blanc.
Among the returning tourists were some
AMERICAN ladies, one OF them yeSng eri
who has made the entire excursion on loot,
aiding ascent and descent with long Alpine
iron-ponted slaves. On reaching the top
the Rigi-Kulm (the eliminating point when
the scene below first opSnea,l could for >
moment hardly realize thai u was ase 1ne
ocean, so wonderfully like . vast expanse Oh
waves did the broad valley appear. AGAIN
and again was the sport OF thai illusion,
but it was gone IN twinkhng. a nroaa
belt Of white clouds rested on the mountains
when arrived at the summit, concealing' for
the most part, the outlines OF the separate
heights. But just as was ready TO return,
they were dispelled, and the marvellous
grandeur Of the scene was revealed. Words
are but amockery Of the real majesty, and
cay It reverentiy-the Divine glory o. .nA'
most amazing sight. IL seemed huge lot
tihcation, thrown up oy me h'"'ga'y manu.
IS 1t was, ana crowned win numoer'ess I'M
mense, sharply -dehned' heasen,p'ercins
towers OF rock ana ice. what comment
on the words OF the Prophet-"" no main
weighed the mountains In Scales anp me
MUS 10 oaaance' t
Coming down We met long caravans Of
newly arrived tourists cunning up. win men
on loot carrying 'neif luggage sa1lsss' pass,
ana even Saratoga 'fonss On 'aeir heaos ano
shoulders, with cages OF ducAs' mutton, oee''
ana owner supplies ior 'ne ho'eis On inc sum
NIT. ~ WIS supreme Gay 1or me. mat
mountain rue 'ne long proce"'ons OF WISH.
ors, the veraaus s.opes' inc vast isolated
rocks, oy wn'eh ana 'nfougo "h'cn We Sound
our way the shfaopefy, the 'rees' 'ne re-
quen' caseaues anu iouh'a'hs' 'ne grazing
nslas o. seek, 'a' uA's'e' inc snohsa'' 'ne
o'eeAs' 'ne ".se'' =, sV.io'neu Maue =" =
uay 'ne -, u,cp'o'y - Wv, "",'n VIM never iaoe,
ou' 70 : "'e,'o's ae''kA''
parted from my Minnesota friends next
morning, and at noon took the cars for