Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-07-16

Tuesday h.-I, ,,,ned ho,,,or t,o,, ovor ana
,n desro;r "A, c,eor ], o,, \, IN o,o,,.,
I;.rnc ;.here .rr,yed u i.nd r.o,o.1,,,,,.o, !,
onoo II ho,,or, MT. ra,a,oaa q, a. ,,,,. I,,,,s
de,avod Letter. rrp,,. h,,,'a 1,,s.a .a,',,,, ~
"ihyeu ip''c'S ioi' hon4e' ihesc scrVcu "
while away tue afternoon, and make nc forget
,,d c,.;na ., ...., Wa II VlT9lflol
"nu io'BNo .ho conlinuea iain' .s NJ ~ flsf
iolu'--etiil raining worse lnin peiore' lin.
hhcre was h'oe nope dawned' rs patch OF
p'ae shy appcareu, iarge enough 70 iaoricatc q
pair OF on.no-we-never-mention-' so
started OIL Tor rhun, where took the boat for
| Neuham, and alter pleasant sail landed there.
| and sbonldernv my Lnonsscl tool, ms, erst s,o,,
+. ,,a',sa..,- -, an'p,.N, .ocA .us n's' s.op
III my puuesiriah tour, fiEht ioot foremost.
| short, pleasant walk brought me to Inter-
| lnkcn. where speut the NIGHT Npxt mornino
,r;a,,, a,,d ao,,, c,. a,,,aurr,.,., ,,s. -,
D''H"' HVl ""' 'o' i"'i.ehu'"nhei. ihorc was
SO that stil had not seen tho long coveted spec
| tacIc or Tho srow.oonrod a,ns ht os drou,
rso - Wv sHo"-p'ppSu N,ps' pus 40 "om
hc''r LAhlenpruhhen, inc ven was illiedi ana
| saw rising In majesty before me the glittcring
summii of the .Ippgsrou Notno ms, haod,
ouor,ors =, ta.,a.,,r,,.,.'.. 49,. ~
i""'to,n ~ i'u.cnpruhhcl' beb oii III INC aiter-
| noon up the valley, climbing up to tho village of
Mussen and back by tl,c Falls of Tchmadribocb
,.a,,,c., 49,, ,,.o. III. ~ 40 - -
lmnst not forget to tell you 0f tic lovely Fall OF
Stalbach, lust by The Hotel, and In full view from
the ,v,ndn,ys Of. ,ho so,Io a ,,on,,,. cs,,,a,a
,no ...u."s VI Wv 1a''' . 'n""se' -"o'sne
lines uescrlDelt periectyi y. ies.a41
.n.strcams from the high, steep, rocky wall sr
The lnfcst fount; IN clouds Of tpray sr
-Lkg slver ", .., dnst, ivcl,s ,, 1 .lc rock
Wi,n nns;c s, e s'u H., a"p'is ~ nis, aowh
| w', ~ n"1'V '"i', = ',s' .@, ~ "'''
iou may imagine its oeauty, 925 icet IN height
ard II IL spread In every direction until at length
| itis resolved ns tbc noem saws uinto min ,ir /"
,n,.,, o. - -, ~, 80 s,s,s.,.
- 'o,n. once nyIe on lne roan: AZ o'clock, q.
III, was ulcnslins VIZ steep sue ol inc WehSei-
naip On ny way W urlndeiwMd. l was FOOLISH
ehougn 10 iose my way whcn near the top, so
% MA. ~ was near ~ oeloek wnep reacnea Tue
,ie, mo,e ounEiia; airseu, however, JUST IN Tue
mex OF timcr ior before l mad been hve MIN
anu rusnins 10 ,ie WINDOW ieasteu eyes ana ears
on on my h,sti exaiahchc; , which was pursuing lts
| SLOW ahuLeurlui WY uo"h tnc hiuc oi tue ochhu,
morn. Aiter a dcl,nner a " Ionrcnsne, pushed
on LOT my ucs.ii,htion mere FOUND the worst Oh
| the tourney lherc hhu pecn niue SHOW on tuc
west sue, Dut not enough 70 make inc walking
nnpieasant. DIT on the east, u was fearful. FOR
hiolc 'hsh IN popr wnucu through SNOW, knee
| Mcep. ~ list, eot Helow " on lhe olher sue,
anu nad very pleasant walk tle rest OF tie DIS
Luce , mfnoelwauc. rcacnng tncre AZ 2 o eioek
~ ,erc now ni,i ~, at lne hnIel as rlncer just
g, "h w wh.cc ui me lower or lesser glacicr, anu IN
luli view " lne upl'sr aha grea,er ohe: beiore
hic, Us wrW, sec the hiJcstie ne',u VI ituc Wct-
terhorii, WIN us crown Oh eternal snow, low
erlns apopo o-lhe ciouus. -, IL. g.
llti. 4 Jo!neu company WIN Two herman
ApeIiuaus, lrohi M,niiesnu,, n, VINO were goinS 10
| make liie nsctnt oi the fauinorn. we were JONI
ed on the way, by young Swedish officer. max
| NY party oi iour WIN Two poyr, caiieu ny
| cnnflesy gutaeS. now wen they iherItcu tncir
A.,e you VIII sec, as you proeeea.. =,
for lures hpurs tly ascent was, tnoush iati-
l y.
SNOW, anu were soon lnia.icg deep III IL, iouhder-
ing along III INC most ridichous manner.
4. p, mhen w h,su -. shurt Hi''amec pcy"nu tne
bachSue lgnou skht'nll ,he pys iounu
| thcy uiu hpt h'o" tIie way anu, Io aud 10
.ne pinasn'e anu eoiliort ui ~ eoicerhed, the
piu.i"us'y V'eir sAy ncea'ic '"'ien', u'''rih hNe
minutes We were wrapped ~ uclise mass d o.,
clouds; ihrousii winch we eoulu scafecly see loo
,eca inu oJ,S 1cc',n @ "u ucgn
| 70 cry very pnilnHy, wh'Gn was not cieurlnS uh-
uer the circumstances. put ohc tnins rc,haihco
70 DC done' we mus push olt ana M tlie way
ior ourselves 81 tic luur men set OH in diiicr
cht uirec'lonH. supn 'ounu was Wrohg, anu
ns per nsleeh'ch', started 10 return 10 tie p''nt
from wlilch we SCI out but alas III making a
short cnl i met with 4 nisllap. Crossing some
snow, wIicn' IL seelilcu h,Nskeu peu o. classy
lee my l'et suddenly " Iiew from under me,
aud brgalI the ucsceht ui an Inclined plane ol
snow, NJ an angle Of 10 degrees, with speed re
scinbIhg lnM ol an express tii'lu pehihu tl,ne.
Ihrec Times J beht my A,plne Stock unucr me
ana as oitcn diu my ihcrLn urug " from US hoiu,
ana Almost from mne' ING ioirth iiiic saw tlo
rocks Just below me, anu rehecting tliat u was
my last cliancc drove IL down WIN Tue energy OF
desperation IL liclu, NJ Iast anu my career was
arrested put ~ way tiat plu iiir " Iihe my
arms out oi liicir Sockets hy lhe 'liic lhiti
shaken myself cicar ol show,alu sot p"ck 10 our
Trysting place one Of The Germans li'd brought
Inc goou news tllat ms pun was tne rlsi. one So
on we went anu, wiiiiout iurther hre,ncnl W
rived al tl,c summit nearly seven hnurs from our
start Our party was The iifst up thls year, ana
my nape is second in the hotel register. am
pleased tG say. They were not expecting visitors,
so TINT our artoiIilnodatloDs were Oh inc mosl
primitive but = Bottoms bottle oi Hay and q
pine board wond nave ooGn wcleolne' ana wa
were soon as merry around Q blazing IRE us Il
none OF US lind ever seen mountain. queer
medley OF joyful tongues for II small party, pre-
vailed at our dinner table The German Amcri'
cans, OF course, spoke German 10 cach Other
The Swede aud myself convcrsed In French
helped ont sometimes with a. word or two o
Italian and the q. A. and IN English. Tho
servants spoke the broadcst Kind OF Swiss dialect
, and altogether there was small BaDel
This morning we all rose at 80, and after
hasty toilette, hurried to the mountain top u
, view the sun rise, (about tue time you were re
. tiring 10 rost, last nlghtl 1t was beautiful,
clear aud the golden giores Of an Alpine sun ris'
repaid me well for all the troubles J had gon'
, through TO obtain II. For tho view from there
sec 4" Baedekcr." The house In tho foreground
is the Hotel ~
| After breakfast we started down on a stedge
and in abont fifteen minutes traverscd the gronn'
0 that yesterday cost us three hours! An exciting
n bnt very fatiguing ride Every nerve and muscl
being strained To It's utmost tension to prescrv
"the balance of powcr''-and feet and Alpln
v stocks being kept in constant use to check o
steer our course. After we left the snow level
we made rapid and pleasant descent, most
through the woods, TO our hotel, reaching ther
, at 10 o'clock. As you may suppose am no
:, lgood for much to-day. SO shall Tile over" unit
u tomorrow, before pushing on over the "Guss
i Scheidcgg" to Menlngen, where shall spend tn
:, night, and then to Gicssbach. From there sha
, return to LucerDe, for must not lose the Rig
= once more to Andermatt, and then over Ill
c OF course, am In Love % WITH switzerland.
lacks pht thc e'ae la, Ut i,y " ~ oc IanS
" unhappy i if Thought was never 10 come to FL
10 rope again" Imean to do It, as soon as possibl!
Among ny u,nhis,ta ~ iS; & 9, WANTS ,s ccrs ~ ,n
n lo wiS ne yuu doy IN Enrone m for 1 everv av IN
| ,,o,, ore sea sicI On the mn ssage Won will Ne we