The Lincoln County herald., 1869-10-14

Ls.fss saox SIDNEY =. MORSE, ~,
LucrsKE. Aug. n. 1869.

Ls4fsR vaox SIDNEY =. MORSE, ~,
.a fap Luc.Rxr, Aug. q, 1869.
Lucerne, . place familiar to all nsf.
lean tourists oWisg to ito proximity 10
the Rhigi, Pilatus, and 81. Gotthsrd Pass,
il this year 20 crowded With visitors tAaa
il 10 almost impossible 70 obtain good
rooms without engsgiag them long bSfors
your arrival. Thirty ho.els are supported
here By the travelling community, and
several new ones will be opened nsx,
year, among them the National-a superb
edi6es, said to equal tho Grand Hotel d
Vevoy, the finest hotel in Switzerland.
During July and August, rain storms
rarely last more than . day. This year,
however, has been on exception. The
barometer st our hotel had pointed to
"fsir woathor" without the slightest vari.
alton during severe rain Of seven days,
when suddenly it rose slightly and gave
us such encouragement that We resolved
to attempt the sscent Of the Khigi the fol-
lowing day. It was q decidedly doubtful
morning; bat, when the knapsacks ara
packed. tho party oil ready, and your
minds bent upon tho trip, IL is harder to
give up or defer than to take tho risk aud
push ahead. We therefore took an early
boat for Kussuacht, preferring that route
% the shortest and best. We arrived on
the Rhigi Kuhn at Il o'clock and bad q
dDs view Of mist, With sn oecssionsl
glimpse Of Lake Zug, 1000 feet below
US. At 5 O'Clock The clouds suddenly
lifted, and wo wese enabled 70 witness 4
fair American sunset of not . very re-
markable character. We cosld not obtain
q glimpse even Of the snow clad peaks or
tho distant hills. .'vr
2aLlc d hots vas announced % the sun
retired, and ye had . glorious opportu.
nifty Of studying character in lieu Of ma.
ture. Three huudred persons Of oil
classes and grades Of society, including
Russian princes, the stolid Germans, the
gruf English, the talstive French, and
the merry, light.hearted Americans, -.
semblcd 10 the dining room, fully pro.
pared to do ample justice 70 any visnds
that might be set before them. No ous
nation seemed to cxcel 10 this lively con
petition, for, although six Thousand feet
above the level Of the sea, our good land.
lord had ample provisions for sn. The
only productions Of thus region, judging
from appearances around the ho:el, we're
sheep, cattle, and empty bottles bearing
the dates Of every vintage feon the year
1900 upwards; yet the dinner Was rcl.
ished moro than the most sumptuous feast
that could have been prepared way doWn
on level with the sea. The Americans
wore the 6rst 10 leave the sabic the last
Epglisanan was advised to leave about
II O'clock, when the lights were gradu
ally growing dim. g7a4. 10 ~ o.'
The motto 10 this region, aud Il 10
faithfully .setsd upon, 10 ''eaily to bed
and early to rise, " especially the latter.
Nearly oh the guests, assembled for .
night osiy, retired beforo'e Q O'Clock. I
spent two hours glauelng over the hotel
books from 1898 10 1869. 4 hs Germans
appeared to bs more inspired than sny
other nation with the spirit Of poetry, the
books being lilsd with their s6asions.
Two only we're 10 b found iu the Esglish
language, and they we're written August
22, 1883. The frat described our feel.
iugs o. the following morning, and che
latter ve beloved 70 DO true It'll ths sun
dispelled oil such slurs on Swiss s Gather.
They we're - follows, .,' .my ..4.e
| oh.I.. n. ,7a Naar. ..l g. .'a...
"Ceald ! bat picture i'll ~ p l,s ritf
In eus undyinG song b. ...,.. ..,-
OF grandeur AID spbiinity, -"'
EH". Tothss n should bslsns. $685. 40
"And eoull picture oil f,sl ....l
While sasins IRON The cold,
ip9'TvoaA nks . pss isss chilled thsa mise,
+ A hssrt lsss 3ssn and hsld.H'E b5tsfg
EsotF irqLHe s,oor,oti .ls ,sroa
'"~ ~Whosvw ss~ The sun ftomtRht1 III sst3'
~ Whosver saW u rissf Dow oHs' ,n1ii
The nss vhe ssys ~ ~ then beth, rgo
g., uPea ~ soal, hsiiss. haa ,tspu,ysrS
"Thrss s,lsly Ssys saa a,isuly uishts1 sob
IL Upea Die nssat psssstws, q ll',o }
S9s e. :'s: sSt n;:s. ~ ''ss' ".'s 's's'
iaa n - - y" - 9.1.qeia l. iasa 2b
Wswsrs Informed that The ssu would
rise promptly at AS. W we're up, how.
ever, q I, and took our station Upon IL
Watch Tower, the highest building ou
The highsat point u tho Rhigi. Thu
neon was u ito full. The wiad hsd
blown every cloud from the sty. Below
10y tho miss u the morning; covering
ahssu lakss! From the sxtssms east q