Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-11-13

has been for some months in Europe and it vii
be found by all. we think, interesting:
SALzBURG, AUSTRIA.
My letter this time is going to be a relation O
walking trip which we have taken somethini
| have been longing for all sumner for | thinl
1t Is by far the most satisfactory way Of seein,
the country, especially such a one as this. wber
every turn presents some new and beauifl
| views Railroads and stage-coaches carry vol
on without regard to any desire you may hav
10 stop few minutes but when one walks HI
Is free to stop and admire or rest, when h,
chooses. So we concluded to try the experiment
and on Tuesday morning, each with an extr,
shawl for evening air or mountain top
/ We started, proposing to walk that da,
| TO a village called st. Gilgen, seven hour
/ distant, on the bank Of a beautif1
| lake, and at the foot Of a mountain which ",
/ proposed to climb. We took dinner at a way.
/ SIDE inn and rested an hour or two During tn,
afternoon we followed a beautiful path whicl
sarted one If the loveliest lakes / ever saw
coming down at last to the beach. If we hal
/ been ducks the leadings of cur instincts could
not have drawn Us more forcibly into the deep
blue water,-clear as crystal, soft and warm
with clean pebbly bottom. Shoes and stock.
ings were quickly dispensed with On my part
and Heury's, and we had good Old fashioned
c1ic.
Late in the afternoon we came to the village
but the temptation Of sunrise from the mountain
was so great that in spite Of our weariness We
resolved to push on As far up the side Of the
mountain as possible that evening, thinking
that We could complete the ascent before sunrise
in the morning zeal which we soon regretted
1.T
the clouds settled down into darkness over our
heals, and q drilling rain set in.
To 20 back was as little desirable as 10 pro-
ceed, and for an hour and half we persisted in
our upward path, through darkness, rain and
wind. At last We came out upon a little cleared
place with hut upon it, and found it was one
of the p1sturiny hut- which are common all
through the districts Of the Alps, inhabited By
one old woman, sixteen oxen, and one little
COW
To go further was out Of our power, a twenty
mile walk more or less with an hour and q half
Of mountain climbing, was as much as could
do and ! expressed my determination bv
asking the old woman 20 let re lie down in nv
shawl on the floor Of the hut until morning.
when ! would join the rest at the inn above II
they wanted to 60 on. They concluded TO stay
with me, for all were very weary, and we made
seizure of the place, for If course We coulf4 Z
understand anything the oh woman was in
clinei 10 say against our staying, and she soon
melted at our pitable condition, and the wretched
state OF the weather In one corner on heap
'i hlI5 up stones burned "A hre; but there was
H' chimney 30 ceiling between us and the roof,
auh only d ,hln board partition between Us and
tne "i9ie7i oxen. ne soon BAD our wet shoes
'i ana seated on the stones with our feet as
near ~ The hre as possible without burning,
deFo'ei ourselves 20 getting drle' This ac-
comp. .i-hei- we iali ourselves on the door with
Two -.4"-s .-.o" and two over US. round
SUCK oI ".'l lor pillow, and resigned auI-
-e-'e, o. p'elaaut dreams with an accoupani-
ment OF beating rain, ratting ch1ius and inn
patient Nnocks OF the oxen on the V,rt.-i u.
N.rnlu- az last lawuei on u- through The
lo.e- iu the roof; the Old woman arose
and lighted the fire, gave the clttle 'aeir
breakfast, took her own nh Of which ceremonies
We watched attenuve-y from our lowly bed
islu It i't, increasingly, and So We begged Of
the old lady to give Ms something TO eat. for We
bad has nothing since neon the day before. The
stores OF her larier were placed az our disposal.
and We male most comfortable breakfast.
out of ha- coffee ami mi'k, black bread, and o
sort 0i ."elet'e made Of eggs and four. After
paying her i"r our breakfast and l0tgHg. she
went OUT to NOV fresh grass for her cattle. but
told us We might stay In the hut until it stop
fei raining. hal great faith ia the eleven
o. c.ocA ' clearing up, and sure enough it grew
lighter and The ram ceased at that time, and We
started Oh our upward path' an hour higher up
was -u nm, ami a number oi caale-s lpasturiuc
hut-) and we barely reached the former when
II commenced again TO rain. At any rate we
were under shelter, and could order something
90 eat black bread and coffee was all We could
get, however, ami boiled e-g apiece, but this
WIS -uil.-ent I. satisfy hunger, au3 here we
waited for the three O'Clock '' clearing up. "a
little less hopefully 20 Dee sure The summit was
-'.li aa hour above us
Al,'i HIFlh- my ieet lay down ou bunk
ana io.A "A nap aud Wneul awoke found that it
leA-y All cleared up, the mist WIS rolling away
iI0In me highest mountain pelks, and spots Of
clear hiie sky We're peern- down upon rs.
lhir,li at our prospect Of Rot only sunrise
out d sunset from the summit, we proceeded To-
wari- the top, where large and quite comfort
able hote. had been erected for travellers; and
now ~ the n.ut where car toll was rewarded y
tae oIi4liHl view we had, my description must
tea-e' i.r 1o" can describe the scene, High
mountains range 10 range, shut u tn horizon
on tW. SIDES while on the other two the eve
r.ame'i out on the bdYarlan AMI lower Austrian
plains. dotted here and there with little lakes,
seventeen IN number. The mountains ofeverv
fantastic witness in form, and one OF them with
an immense Ei1c'er covering its sile, apparently,
how IT -.'steued in the morning sun, while be-
y0ni the iar distant peaks of the Alps proper.
away into clouds with rosy tiuEe, So soft,
So delicate that 20 believe them hard ice-cevcrei
rocks was impossible
Though to-day that we had not only mag
u.haeui sunrise but sunset and about al hour
aiier ,ae former, before the sun had attained
power enough Co move the cloudy mass Of mist
winch lay Jar below Us on the lakes. we COM
menced our downward path; hard path it was
zoo always dislike the going down, and es-
Pea.'y was f dllhtuli with my hls-erei feet;
ana 10 TOOK nearly as long to accomplish It as
The ascent the path was so steep, for we de-
scendei on the opposite side from which we
had ascenied We came down TO the edge Of
the beautiful lake at the other end from which
We hai made the ascent, and then taking little