Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-10-07
Our CORRRESPON DENT 5
Switzerland. August, 1889.
nv DEAN SAWYER:

such perch, ten feet from the road. the
ADVISES. which are the great things to
see. will seem to be of double depth.
From time TO time YOU will calculate
how long it will take yon to reach the
bottom of the stream in case the huge
carriage should upset as 1t ascends. by
twisting aud turning. the sides of the
steep mountain. Everybody who rides
on that seat makes such calculations.
Occasionally Your head swims, but the
Diligence, and Won won't tumble off. no
such accidents occur. You are carried
over the mountain at an average OF five
miles an hour which Is rather better than
the stages used to do on the "Air line. =
II Won take a private carriage Won get
along no faster aud YOU 20 over the
mountains with a sense of absolute secu-
rity "a happily lost. At times. on the top
Of the Diligence.
Yesterday We did the rising grade
and stopped over night ut Anderwatt. a
place Won will not find on YOUR map but
it j. there nevertheless. higher in the air.
somewhat. than the top of Mount Wash
ington and Just along side the Devils
Bridge. The bridge j. we'll named.
You will get Of and walk across IL.
Riding on the top of the Diligence Is
not pleasant at that point. for although
the structure j. OF stone it spans with it.
slight arches a roaring ''tcil ot waters
hundreds of feet below and tluug a II
i from side to side of the mountain
I gorge. which here rise. thousands of
feet. has q ribbon like appearance II
slighine-s aud cngi Iccrng tcmcri,v. lias
+ II j. wide enough for til" diligence
/ You hal better walk along and lonk
+ over the railinSs. We came across ye'tef-
ia, in a mi-l and this morning went
T. back to see il in the sunshine The
ranbow> were spanning sic -ireain ~
all directions aud we lonkoi down upon
en- from the bridge. fs~cinatrd WITH
the mingled beauty aud error
Vegetation don't thrye much her.
The trees are small AMI have irighcn-
"a appearance "A. tho,gh they wot'd bc
Glad to yet ava, ii they Anc' how
The rooms in the snali hotel .re cold,
fuel j scare. aud Ac iandloh- cannot
afford to warm NJ travellers ~ any OBJ
or means than ~iinnlant~. we'll paid nor
We did no. freeze dnring"nr lay pu'
ali the while tel a, th"ugl We WEI" lH''
going 10.
The chief occupation az The people
along the rad l. farming and lumber
iny. Ike u; Ir~. Ike u but WIN
difference. l.icrr were lots % mills ans
the stream, in switzerland just now arr
quite full. The, have a way oi get'ih'
water here in the latter part 81 summer
which IL may interest our lumbcrinc
ia know about. The melting "i ~
SNOW and the .pring rains furnish abui
dant supple. at water earlier then il'
a. ga ,.ur .,,carn-. Ilat Ia August ihr
melt their glacicr-- They have ahoi
il hundred thousand acres of glacicI
. and a. these NOW form hundred Ia =
hundred feet deep. Won see they have
..uerou. supply OF pretty -pliI Ice
draw from. on coursr the hotter It gcl
!, aud the greater the need of wafer supp
90 the arid country below. the moi
thee glaciers weep out the infinite nun
. -.
- swell the mountain torrent. tn
y roar and tumble in all directions.
this way water power j. constant al
abundant. We came along side = Draw
D., ing stream all day yesterday. and u "
, lahJred up the conlinou. ascent vel
!, slowly. ] Interested mys-liin rcrsonin
:, the amount of power the little ,ireal
b. could furnish. Every few rod twent
e foot overrhot could be- put in ar il III
;. streams were utilized by the Ne. Of II
e wonderful Leihcl wheel the rrsul
b would be- enormous. wonder III
I some >wi>, John 4. Poor hasn't ma,
: the calculation aud published the result
: Won't give YOU ms figures Tor ii
: single stream OF Yesterday for fear va
won't credit them.
/, A. considerable spruce aud pine luu
ber grows on the mountain sides Il
temptation ITO lumber i irresistibl
: II don't take much capital TO start Il
business, none Of the mills are lars
enough to admit more than one man
work in them nj time They al
smaller Than the West Virginia mil
4, aud those can iUrdly be seen BY Il
, naked eye. a half dss~ hauling of Oh
=. OF our teams on a long Rad would vi,
h one OF these mills years <nPplys "A
n the mills in Switzerland, aud there "A,
a great many ofthem. couldn't saw Il
r tenth part of Mr.. Halls stock of logs.
'e What logs they have. come easy.
IT saw places where some OF the mill, HI
IL recently got ..stocks." The axe me
u must have been suspended. From Il
top Of the diligence, where | sat. the
was no spot visible for a man to stan
upon and how the trees managed to gro
!. out Of the almost perpendicular sides
the mountain was more than cou
see. but somehow trees will grow ia
J. where YOU would think. they couldr
and alas! they wont grow where v,
! want them TO. OF course under su,
a. circumstances when the tree is releas,
p from the stump it makes good sta
IL T. towards the market without furth
ut help.
=, And here may say that there a
I'd many more standing trees in IN lid
'e and western Europe than we usual
=, suppose. The shores ofthe Elbe | sa
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