Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-06-10
Travel Notes In Europe.
No. az.

tnl5 ulu nOt iDhke su inuch uihciouse w "S' ~
were going under the hills instead of over them
j., - sn 49,. -. -, ,,,.,, tho ..Rercbtes-
III otner "ofos VIC "eio w '''i' w..
garden Salzbergwerk" the great sait iiiuc he'e'
The lapdlady's son offered 10 go along with us,
"a -, ,n.ra ,,.rv s,,ad of his company. At
aou VIZ ".'o ','' s'N aa.,,,od orrso,,oo
10.3D, the Visitors hour, VIC pfcsep'eu ouieeHoe
at the Office for tickets, which we received, and
,,oro ,hen conducted TO n room where We were |
"e'e '"N' -. ..,...,n,,,,. - h,o,so ona |
given miners oress, cohs's.ihs Vi o.ouee "ns
over-alls of stont cloth, brOad-brimmed hats ana |
leather bet with apron attached also of leather, |
49,, -. r.. ,,, ,,sno,,, ,,o |
nut Eot worn III the why 'hae "P'o"' "su"i'' 49,
xactly reversed, in fact The use Of this, was |
=, ers, :, mys,erv IN us. Int befsre we left the |
a' me. "''' .,.,'..,.,,.. ,.r,,o Iamr
mihe IL was soiVeu ea''''ae.o,9' f
SO constructed that 1t could be either carried III
,ho hand or hnps, In the belt. completed our |
-. nv, eau,,nad o,r oonduotor n s,alwor, |
tohetc. we io'o"eu o"' a.,
miner, and entered the gully leading lnto the
hill. We walked along this for some distance,
49,, ...oss ,a,.i snoce thon nm then down.
'ncu "eioo' ~. ers' ~, 80
until we were out Oh all rechohi's no " ou'
whereabouts The walls of the passages are
.,.,aaa,a u,,,,ar;,a like diamonds with the
spiehu'u' sn''e"h "a ....sa.s
crystals OF SAT-, WIN winch they "ic s.uuueu'
We now came to a queer looking place, large
hole In the wall, and running down into this,and
far out of sight In the darkness, two smooth and
well DOlSncu rOuUutu UUMut, uuoub AN thShso
npait and pitched at an angle of 40 degrees or
more. By the right side Of this. rope fastened
to ring in the rock also disappeared III me
darkness. We were instructed to sit down on
the top Of this arrangement, hold our lamp IN
our lett hand, the rupe In our right and slide
Regulating our speed, by letting the roEe slip
through our hands, we were projected by leather
ralms Here we discovered the use Of our leather
aprons We started with little lrepldation, for
Ii is very tlcklish work to feel oneself slipping
nt rate Of fifteen tWDntY miles
an hour, unable to stop, or to see where you arc
going to. We soon got used to 1t, however, and
before reached the foot was having AZ good
time as | did in my school-boy days coastlng.
At last we touched bottom and found ourselves
ON the banks OF the Snlz See, lake oi SAT- water
$40 feet long by ZOU wlue. Inc wnoie eircum-
ference Of the water was hung with miners lamps,
| which reflected on the calm surface, produced
wonderfully beautiful effect. 1t was like Alad-
dns Cave. After some time spent 10 admiration
we stepped into boat, and were ferried across
by gloomy looking Charon, and really should
not have been much aslonished TO see Ceroerus,
| with his three heads In the air, waiting for the
arrival of our bark to set up his own!
Through labyrinth of passages and galleries
till we reached open space which Mt first sight
we thought to be the Salz See, from the rows of
lights around, but 1t proved to be the Great tlt,
an amphilheatrical opeuing with balcony rum
ming around it, on which we were standing. We
went to the bpitom of 1t by another ''side," and
up by II long and weary flight of steps Then to
"
lnmps. behind colorrd CRYSTALS of rock salt. A
rrent slnb Of pure white salt, with n letter l. and
rnovaI crown neatly carved, framed In small
CRYSTALS and illuminated from behind is at the
foot Of the srot,o, and before it plays q lilli'
fountain Of salt water. The walls are OF beauti
ful salt crystals Of many colors, and the genera
effect very good. Thence we went along anotnel
passage, and were seated on wooden horse, WIN
wheels, on an iron track down an lnclined piane
leading into darkness. Our guide sat IN front
| hnid a hrnlxn. pushed To the t1nu
our conductor looked back to see That all wa
ready, shouted "Ganz relchls, ana owe. '"
went, very soon reaching speed OF miie
minute, ut least. After ride OF 3ooo yarus, "
shot from the shaft and were in daylgnt again
and voted that we had had most deiighlu
morning.
Then home to hope for clear weather, put
did not come that DAY or the next, SO iast eVvV ~
ing we LOOK hleii wagon ioi ouIAoui ~.
, had pleasant ride of three hours, passing unde
the peak of the Untersberg beneath wnicn ona'
0 l,magne is sleeping until Germany regalhs ny
former glory. He has long resi- peloIe .., MN - .
AT Grodlg we waited 10 minutes ,;, mht -, HI Il
'aut had flushed The letter ne was wiitlng 70 . II
lady love, the mail not closing untii IL w's uonc @
A good specimen OF the primitive customs her
We found Inc custoih-house olncvls ei'h "i
Q obligiug, as all Auslrans appear to be.
The rain still ponrs IN torrehtsi 80 We anu
ourselves with making our summer plans. W
n own is somelhlng iiHe ihis 10 70 ron .aras
n Brussels, Bruges,. 9heht, AntWerp, n,ase.aa =,
and Lsyaen, enu'n ,s ~ si,h M ndinbnrp Aberdrer %
j. make tour through the scntusn high'anus, Ms,,,
:. foot Visit glasgow anu Gown 'hfo"Sh Hns'"'
y by YORK and oxiord % Lonao'.
IS To our dlstnay the rain does not cease, hut
to he duunted by tfllle5 we ntsteu uuloreiias ~
sailed forth. First to the Burial Grounu Oh :
q. Peter" Think of such an excursion on rail
j, day! Il is a curious old place, many OF the yau
and tombs hpng hewn in the wall of rock th
TO bounds il. II is said to date from 5S2, when
al Nv Rupprt His IOmD-stOI
with rupic characters, is preserved i'll the churc
re Haydn, the celebrated composer, is buried hefc'
or Then we went to the Sllskellar or cellar
the Benrdietine Abbey here, where there is wi
IL. cellar and eating room, and where Mozart a
m some of his choice spirits used to congrega
u must say il his musical taste had been no bet
Is; than thai for wiue. hardly think we should e.
-, have heard of him.
'"' TO attempt obtaining views" on such {
)st wonld have bren absurd, SO after seeing
Iy honsrs in which Mozart respectively was b.
~ and lived, we went back to our hotel, packed
le- onr ihinrs. and after dinner took the 6 % eli
Train iur passan. which we reached ut u,idnig
and heinp nyain in Bavaria, our luggage
by v,s,d ,nr the-I lose count of the times since
D. left Berlin.
spn,, Jotb We were pladdened by the 81
ho of h,mr skv and sunshine, for we feared bt
at :. rained NJ, in Passan for days to come.
na At breakfast observed a Misunderstanding
"s craving Oh the other side of the room, and ON
SIN
h. fuund Il to be "Der Schlagt Won But
. Hill.n by j. Trumbull. The waiter, seeing II
ell tracied inv attention. began to el me all abo
,ats in n verv learned way. but was taken down W
tuld him that Der Muler'' was my coul
anJ th,nsnal German exclamation So 80 !! C
,os- out in full force.
,;,. Nc look a stroll about town, saw the Cathe
hiie n curious bpildinr of 1862 which combines
lust nrchitectural styles of Later Gothic Rennais
o.n and Italian B1sillca On the other side of
eau plaz from il Is the post Office the only bull
ool, in p,ssan worthy of a SECOND look, and that
,,na trom ils history. 1t was formerly resident
~, ihe canons. and in IL was signed the treat
ibie Passnn bptwcen Charles v and Elector Mauri
s;v. sayn,v the first of religious federation
.Ns Enrnn,'
ION, All O'clock we took our way towards Lin
the the little steamer "Ludwig," with smoke's
Iar shaped like an onion or tulip root. Before
ocf- ipp on board, our luggage was again exam
.om- by The Austrian officials, who also demanded
nm passports, aud spent long time over min
making out all the Vise's got on IL from
tant Mi of which he carefully copied into b
,sive Deciding we were not dangerous to the Stat
were permitted to go on board, ,anda few mi
aiter were on "af 1 WY ,rm. upmn 'ip II ,sond he
series of adjecIives, and after all should Vel
near M moro than do in saying 1t was lovely