Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-08-27
4 Rutland Wan ON Ills Travels in
Europe.

the Continental CO.. tie, an America
weekly journal Published a Paris, Aug
:, believing that many II your reader
will be grNiael by h.aring from on
whom we are proud o, claiming as na
tive Of our village ous whom We hop,
soon to hear brilliantly lcoturing to N
upon the wonder, of the old world,
llENRy IlNII.
Rev, James d, Butler Of Wisconsin, L
5, A. viii occupy the pulpit OF Rev, I
Barron Hart, At the English Chapel, Ru,
Royal on Sunday at Il a, m, Our col
mnns this week give IN exceedingly in,
tcrcstiug account Of his travels the year
past,
4 YEARS HARVEST TIED IT IN oSf
>HEAF,
Paris, Aug. ,, 1S6S,
Ia he Edt3r n he Co4tiasHttl Gassse
To-day completes a year and one week
more since | sailed from New York, and
~ my tour has been in all the continents,
and You think some fraction Of my cNpe-
ricncc may be suggestive 10 subsequent
travellers, | send You an outline Of my
curriculum.
Aitcra day in Liverpool and a week in
London, ! steamed TO ST. Petersburg, cali
ing nowhere 10y the way save in Copen.
hagen, There is much beauty along the
Danish and Swedish shores, and stern
grandeur rs one pcnctrates among the
tiurds Of Finland, In Moscow,as elsewhere
found tR| general view, or camp ii o'WH
a greater charm than any single curiosity
or than all curiu,itie> taken one by one
The forest is more than the trees the
three lions or bears of Russia are the
"Krcmlin," the Winter Palace and the
Church Of 81. Isaac
Less than two days spirited me from
the capital OF Russia TO that Of Prussia
nor did find much in Berlin except the
museum, which is worthy of all praise,
tempting me TO hngor there. The Dome
at Cologne | saw 10y moonlight, ard
climbed Ia its summit in the early morn
ing
In Holland | saw the sights in Am,,,r.
dam, Leydeu, the Hague, D,ft, aud Rot,
tordum. The dykes, the careful culture
the thrift, ncatncSS, odd architecture, and
odd costumes, would strike the dullest oh
server. 1t was but step to ANTWERP
and Brussels, but they are $, unlike Hol,
land that do not wonder they separated
from it, Brussels il little Paris, with
some moro unaltcred medieval structures
than Paris can boast In Antwerp the
Great Tower struck me as the highest iii
the world, and good authorities say ii Is.
At Paris ramblod for five weeks in the
lSbyrinthinc Exposition, and then spent a
month on. a Spanish journey | sought
Madrid fur its gallery of paintings the
Escurial for its palace and mansoleum
Toledo, Cordoya, and Seville mainly for
their cathodrtls; but ! fuitnd scores a
minor marvcls in each Cadiz appeared
to me worthy of the Spanish culogy. ~
cup Of silver in saucer Of gold" Steam
ing close in shore from there To Algeciras.
was the beginning of my delights in that
line.
\ sergeant escorted me through I'll the
depths and heights of Gibraltar. the
unique and Incompatible Malaga disap-
pointed me, but the outlooAs on my dill
gence ride thence 10 Granada could not. |
pity those who shall not travel there till
the railroad is done, for they cannot have
them. The gallery in Macsid rank,
among the four best in the world, but
aside from this gem, Granada is the mos,
interesting spot in Spain. No reader OF
Irving needs 10 he told what the Alham-
bra is, while the prospect, Of plain and
mountain, snow, Nerdurc and every tropl-
cal luXuriant all at once, transcended all
had seen.
/ cannot speak Of Saragossa and BARGE
Iona, though | nolourned in them, nor 81
bull-hghts' though | was forced to attend
the grandest OF the season, and that In the
capital. MarScilcs Is stately enough tor
the capital of "A great realm. \ day wa,
enough for its sights, which, however
great, are too new for historic associa-
q.