Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-09-16
a}l seslla II II .

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RaMBLEs IN SWITZERLAND.
GM0NT BLANC AND THE oHAstoUNY VALLEY.
- GEN EVA, SwitzcrlmdoJuly 30, 1868
10 THE EDITOR OF TuA BdsToN JOURNAL:
y hen the sun goes dogp rhele in Gen
eva, ,"the silver lake" becomes great
di~mondi sci in emerald green, and Mont
Blanc shows its icylpeaAr in the distance,
with the last rays of the waning light
fickcriog on its glaciers and eternal
SHOWS 1t towers alove the clouds in
proud cousciousucss of .superio,ity-.th the
king of mountains, the very top Of Eu'
rope and the Alps Whoever bac the
ambition to stand at its base or ascend to
its great Snow fields, brsAipg the terrible
dangers aud fatigue consequent thereto,
had better do so by pcluaipg his iettcr
over a scaniQs breakfast, than by com
ing, here in person For, assure him it
is much the easier way to see Mont Blanc
The Mountain carrilge is early at the
door. 1t is numbering vehicle, peculiar
t. Switzerland, with immense running
gcer, poor spuogs and Tremendous drags
to drop under he wheels when descend
ing steep dcGlcs 1t is the very same
style of locomotion that has been in vogue
he,e three hundred years, They last so
long that it is very probable s,me of my
remote ancestors (whom never kucw 0:
iHcaitcd about. fearful lest i shogid tulu
up CONC bad b!ood) vent over to Cha
mouny in this Yern one, believe that
a4thines change in every country except
Switzerland. But you can 10 more in
novate here than you can remove the
mountains. The Swiss are Of the Alps,
forever the same What ! say of them
in this letter constitutes their history five
+ hundred years gone and to come. Thus
thinking as ! looked at the conveyance.
20 al oard, while the other members OF
the party were slowing away the baskets
of luncheon in the coolest corners. The
people at the hotel wished US a pleasant
excursion as we drove OF toward the
mountains, across the long bridge toward
the lake took out my note book to
note the hour Of our departure, but just
as began to write we passed the statue
of Jean jacques Rousseau on the little
island to the right The great man oil
letters sat there in marble, holding q
book, with pen in hand | did uos feel
like taking notes before the statue Of SC
great scholar. and SO write this letter
from memory. ,.,Y
gEN ROUTE FOR CHAMoUNY.
The horses strike into a brisk trot and
we are soon in the open country. AS
2 cendipg the hills, that are a gentle intro
q ducIion to the mountains beyond, you
can Took upon Geneva, nestled SO quietly
Iat the head of its transparent lake-tht
lefty where CALVIN preached, and where
1.-the Re(ormation was ias'ered. ID In
church, stands out boldly in the fore
ground, ,a1with its quaint yet substantial
towers ard its chime Of bells sounds sol
a emnly as. the hours and quarters COM
# and 90 Those were stormy times whei
$ The glorious old reformcr used e PASS Be
uegth the lofty nave and up the ais'es =
hurl his prophetic words upon the cars 0
the trembling multitude lie has gon
to his rest long ago, but you can almos
recall the face Of the holy man; his sir
tues and piety all cone back to memor.
ah you look down the hill from the car
!. riage and see The very church where b
|. preached and the city that once adore'
y him 10 those days the doctrines Of th
church were but unsettled theorles--ligh
had not yet dawned upon the world
How fierce bow full of Possion and sell
isbrcss must have heen the long conli'
vctsies engendcrcd The old calhedr'
saw aud heard them all We can onl
10 tead Of them But il is triumph t
See the church that heard 50 much, an
We look back at it until an angle in tn
read shuts cut our view Geneva, th
city whee delicate mechanism is wrousl
for the whole world--waiches, music'
i boxes, singing birds, cuckoo clocks, ct
!. ii. left belind, as we'll as its his'oi
Il zeal Objects. We are actually going
u Mont Blanc.