, 1869-07-04
The Mountains .
Musings in the Allie
ghanies.
Review OF the Week.


AAN A. W MA - l
CHICAGO, july ,.
70 The Eti:"r # TAt Chicago 7ti!un:
] hupe you 10 not expect ne TO write much To-
,ay, under this brbtllng hun md IN this lanGusd
II Ii time to think cs icei'ergs,
plCngtug about Ia cool green waters; Of mer~
maids in their cool coral t.ses, sporting among |
purple a!sa and colHb!ng their s'istenug locks 10
W!n1-swept bullows Ut the rocks; OF the cool |
1ouf Of great pine forests where |
toitude Eycs and no soupd u1olcsts, saSs the |
wtnll'a diapason MurTnurlns through the gseca !
cover; Ut e!cstas by TUG selshofe, with the eat |
breeze laden with cool blessings, md the surf |
unnc you to sleep with strange stories Of 'My
tor who satIei the sea- md one daf went doWu
uneoc1nt,l into lts depths; of AIedge r!1e among
tireen!anA g!acler- Ia thu glannE Of the Aurora,
and under the cool Indigenous which drip from the
tpreal pole; uf snoW-5toFE1s E1afbnuS the Whole
landscape into Pnstan beauty; Of trusts llnning
tue window pane with frttied silver and tractls
n.=Erce which dear old Celun, even might haEc
enyIed.
lonls snsgezt these tasrss as proper subjects
for thought,
A look Gu: Of 15y window see Eone brick
frgnIs which arc blazing IN tae Eun; some dores
lazi5 fropiHE nnder the cornlcea: q colanlu OF
siuoke Llu1rnK the dir. through which the cutnai.
Of clouds In the west look dull and leaden; fat
lltE41 R+pLlR HIS {EA Ht]EtG3AE lux HllA bA4i-
,lanna; and all the Fhlle the atmosphere fairly
4u,rers with the heat which ascends FROM the cal
dron Of the busy street In which humanity IL
sweating, and overIadcn horses are totuag, and
doGt are barking, and bah,ea a.e fusslny ard wo-
men atc n11rJtag aA they always TO Ia hoE
weather, slu hAh ase smelling ba'l.E. and soda va
ter il sticky, md sraw berries are growing fast
AMI other things which might Geuttou-
And fur re!ra.u!rg to Mention which hope yoo
Will give nc the Proper credit
And as 6it here trying To put something on
paper with the re'I hot point Of this pen. M re-
minded Of that QUO week was Ia the nountaias
Ut PeEnks isanta-
Did you ever 20 East aver the Pennsylvania
Central Itairoad. II 1ot, do 1t Ut -FOUR dfst or-
portuuity and Get glimpse at the mountain
scenery. 1t viii reconcile yon to life The 1ncul-
OFT OF ttost gru,l, imposing forms, towering INTO
thc heavens. clothed with their mighty gEeene1y,
cltdIetI with the m!s!6 an crowned With The cter-
nal frnfhtne. will Stand you III guod steal when
life Presses with its cafes anil an1itties, 1.d the
da!ly routine freIs and worries. and fneDdsht7
Ryoua forgetIul aud the gra4shoppeE besus to be
Il tuE,ltn.
Iremembes that The FIRST thought which dashed
upon me as stood upon rhe rear 0! the train
cIaTllne up the hills III slnuous track, like Fone
great serpent, was not 20 much the physical as
Jects Us tht rc1irCt Frpose which seemed to
brood among t!Ieln. There WIS no l1fe apparent,
no motion visible. There was river, which nuy
and then glgt ned Ia the sunlight, hut 1t Sas far
down in the valleys aud 1t seemed from our
height only silver thread tying the nountasns
together Ct their bases III great emerald cluster.
You raw the :oEJ Of The trees everlasting each
oshtr, au1 covering thc mourtains like the scales
Of rsb, buf there ~ 10 motion In them Solid
1nasalyc and gigantic o. pet11rd T!ta1s. do not
ttleye the birds sing on those mountain tides !;
| I do not he.eee the tats!ea gasaw1!
there In the moonlight, nor even tear the Ia
sccfa play their part IN the breezy morning yEp1o
Lies uiltr .hosc still treeA II seems to that
none but betty should come down to those
| nlountain.tors, aud ths,rc happy tho naa WHO can
| Commune with him IN that solemn attitude. 1t
tteIns TO 1ue Tint there would be no pced Of the
| written word there. The gcuius Of solitude
| brooas thereon lLc 1uttlne peaks. In the great
trees, tn the solemn shadows, III the tank, s!lent
pools and trns Ii the dark, trailing robes OF the
mist, and In the tne;fate golien glory Ut the Bull
| shine. can nos see haW 1rua touud repose ou
| "rht Heights = how che could mach from the
| Alpine sclntpiis up toward heaven, and feel tic
| hand Of tht GEel. Father reaching doHn to her;
how, above the tolls, ard the sorroHs,
aud the tius OF tho little Eorld
| down In the yRlleya, the sweet rclose Of the
II 1cs Es nu nsF osE sea u 2R II S &C.
feet purity. I can see how all great souts, tuE,
mented with the loliIcs aud ,ilcne5s OF the world
with the uDgrtefnlness and faitAtessnesss Of those
| i!cy haze trustea, boHeA down rnler the weigh
| Of their earihy burdens, their wigs clipped a,lt
| their bands fe.terrd, h:tc longcd for the noun
tain tops where they might forever forget tt<
| Ecrld and be alone With 1ature aul the Deity,
| can sec huT God came down tu Misses on tht
! mountain; how the marvellous ts2uanSurAuol
| shown from the mountain; huT Goethe AsnE,
"Un every height there 1ita repose."
Another shattsht struck me, aud tlat MSS TIL
u.aSnlnccct Atucutss Of humanity, Hhen t! \
| L1uush; tnio the actual psesrnec uf these might,
manifestations Of Nature. Vast 4 puo: llt:It
sreck you are upon tilt great caLyas. Hon s.4ai
YOU look with our uC.les anu l,a!ns, Jour fus!ti
| in'l fnsh:ra. your fashions aul infutowR, you
| yaGttts uId ambitious, In this eternal psca.acc
uoE cFnucscent Is fame; how transient is wealth
how fccble Is lore; how ucIie Is friendship: doH
small Is this hnnd-readth Of lle; bow utterly IT,
| eSnirraut oil Accomplishments OF humal indus
try; how utterly Fttchbeck all displays .: huplaE
| grandeur compared With Ihls awful majesty NJ
! Mature: How few men have cSusnt tho nunItall
| spirit and left 1t IN their wortst D.ol
| out Shakespeare nad Milton aud Dante
| Moses and Paul a1d Martin Luther, Raphael and
| Michae! Angelo, I:cnbrantt, aud Beethoven ald
Mrnde'ssohn and bach, aod nau IL trt. IL cJvrc
ssend With the height and depth. the Laarety aud
| solitude of the tnouutatns. Sui tina: Rrn.Ls was
coE1ned 10 thcp, but the othe: great natn-s Esyt
been celebrated iu tho valleys, ty the bEoois aui
| anorg the rowerA- The! make the earth ios e!'rs
anu brighter fu1 taclr presence, but they did tut
reach the heights Of human nature, where dsells
everlasting rtrose- They saw the ssaf-lhatow4
on the water, h7t these cthers scared to them
in lie heavens. They Howed tbt
Nu,ld with richest nowers 0! thought
tn these others, il was gseu TO pluck the aspho,
| dc!s and aEaranths growing Ii. eternal wale.s
They t1lctl In the trcts Of the Faliesa and thc,i
EopGs we're sweet. These Others sought tho re
| gi4n atCye the storms With thcE eagle Ehts
nsl Nhcu their votecs cotne 70 US from taetr co!
heights they nrc laden With IN nTf-! majesty allG
beatty, Is the nc+t Is unw laden with the thuo
| der clouds, aud Pregnant wi;n sweeping power q
1!tsc c,uu,is are non pregnant with the light
| t.srs.
| TIE physical aspects Of these mountains Ar
.as, c!lously beautiful, Whist compac. wall tht
ttce-:eps make. They eeen 1nperytou5 even Il
! t.e s..aErcst light Ming. Their forms give .us
every diversity OF surface The!r outlines 1re neye
! harsh CT Tneged, put always uo1ulaslng nnt
| graceful As the trst1 sweeps a1onE. now yol
gc. ucly the bold, rrecipisous wall of one md1n
| tain side. In .pluote you gtt View OF Auothc
1nee. Now chain Of MOUNTAINS group she5n
st}tea together In superb taheau- NOW the.
form tho gigantic setting Of reacefu! green fal
icy With 1.se1 laughing N It's fase, w,:h here an
| there dot OF house and the column OF tb.n
blue smoke no bigger than thu. which carls 4
, | 9{C{2 tpG3 EtStIs 4HE ACAt @4at4uk k4F p4EAk
vision Is swept OIL; Of slght 70
nr ttuaccrtuE along Oh the ed"e t
| cu1Et Fisht IN the clutches
) ,hcsc T1tanl. The uouou Of the train imn:esse
, | yau Gisa the idea that taes are moeing DOR
upon |, with .csisilcss might, ind that they vi
crush II like an ees~snt1L fou are surrounde
with dense shadoTA The mountatns a-e bow!u
down tbclE .haeEs hf..ts, You almost feel the
!, weight pressing upon Iou, and their breath. n
: Of the brac.ng ESSENCE Of life, In yoar fscc-
seerls Utmost Proclamation 10 e7eak With
| presence near Sn2, aad yp1 CAL only ihtn
thoughts TOO deep Tor the fashion OF Hord4- BG
| aLon, The train, speeds through the So
: ! rhcTruA hlaeSEcss of a tunnel aid yol tnetf
| out II TO the sunlight, rolling IN great waves (
eld up the r1o .ns.'a sides. ana s!slng you weir
Effects Of light and sts IL, aad con&:2atE chaus1n
| emerald huts that would mock the tSes: fstuzs
| the artist teltese the Clouds lore "a deck tt
nunia.us as thc SEA loves to 4lesk the shore VIII
. | eht1.s and te1-Goac:A j suffice OF s3rset
those noGntaEs NEcn the heavens 1T fS!' [
eloHllE, shows wha: dse5 NATURE can ose, VT:
forms she can Lloalt, as you vii sec th:2. \.
! | where else
But I mus, no, uaser IN this word Of no2,
ta.ns- l hare something 10 soy about matters I
my world or amusement, and, on entering. an mt
| by MtEs Olive Logan armed eaI-a-;'ir, breathsu
! rse and slaughter ac1ae. the managers s3d K
: t8Ssns IN Trades against "the Nude NoEaa. :"
J have no excuses To E.ake for managers. md
lament the rather low tnofs. estate totO walch tt
: i1eatre kns fallen regret, Is much as a:J on
this advent If blonde uud.;les from which Aez:r'
lr theatre In the country can boast Immunity, .
though consider II only an episode Of the stag
Witch has Alrcads reached its cniu.astta
point, and thAt all sgus are favorable tot tae II
turu OF the legitimate. 1t commenced WITH tn
i spectacle, which hAd It's day. Spectacle ear
piace to ci<~a ,<'ufr, ard that has Rad It's ia,
f1.y1 f.,, IT, he.s c1rrn r,lack n pantDu1U1t Al