Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-10-07

tolerate such soil The matter Of the
of tees is well worthy of
the attention Of Maine people and our
Legislature would do well 10 take il b.
hand aud try aud discover some method
by which the immense wealth OF our
forests NAV be preserved. The spend
thrift rccklessness which has character
ixcd us in this respect for the lat halfccnt-
ury is telling badly on our resources aud
unless our habits are changed it will he
apparent to everybody that we need
guardians as badly rs the Duke Of New
castle or the Marquis of Hastings.
Swiss farming in these regions runs On
all fours with the numbering. | sax
sevcra instances yesterday where nsri
aud women were cutting grass on tpe
precipitous sides of the mountains II
low the road, and throwing il into bsp-
kets slung on their backs, when ~
baskets were filed they climbed up
To the road and carried the burden
home where /, j. 10 he dried on the 10y
Hat roof OF the homestead.-flouN
after house is seen long way above III
road 30 high up as almost To seem SUI
pended from the rocks. The occupau
has a little patch Of the shortest grass.a
few OF the hardest vegetables aud p@-
haps some goats. They actually live Al
al that "a
marvel- Of wild and savaSe ~tcrility.
How they do it. and why. God oult
knows. lfthcir home look So forbiddinS
now in the plcasant.'st season of the wear.
" hat mus a,ey he in the storms AMI
darkness of winter. Sill they survive
aud keep the race good. centur, aftu
csntur,. and have their hopes and fears.
ahcir sati,iactiop-'and di-appointmcni.,
aud ii j. said are the only people in the
world who die of home-ickne.- when
they got foreign land.
Bat it seems wrong to waste labor AZ
it i. dohe here in Switzerland when n
could accomplish 80 much more ft-
the comfort Of mankind elsewhere.
Some of the valleys are fertile and the
climate not inho-pitablc. but poverA y
haggard want and lnathsomc discs y
meet Won with ~ickcning frequency ~
all the great routes Of travel. The
Fourier doctrine thai YOU make men
better a. YOU make them more com
Portable should obtain hcrr aud dcpop.
ulaic the. high ridges.
We II home tnrn such warm side tc
the old European Republic that We act.
naIly think the Swiss cottage neat ami
picturesque aud the Swiss girls c,nelN
But the truth j. the Swiss woman
wrinklcd and ugly t. the lat dcgrrc. I
aud III" p'g sty, stable. aud Kitchen -
mixed together that it j. hard to tell
which = which. Ia sober fact We must.'
20 10 the low countries aud look about &
among the Dutch for tiiinr>>. good feat !.
ircs aud fair comple xion> that painter.
pse Ia study aud We non-prnfc..ional.
Injoy when We have the good fortune 10
l-ok upon them.
! began with In. intentions OF telling
II how got over the Alp. but find
ave wandered from the subject be.
~ getting half way over Ia, road
hc first half vi the way however j. nj
1,i the whole OF it. sliding Down
iIl Wa ALWAYS easier than hauling the
fd back. We crawled UP Yesterday
ia snail pace but Ia dav we cam.
lwn in the jauntie-t manner. Two. or
-c hour brought u from the region
perpetual snow IN warm weather aud
IN Window, Twcnty-cight zigxag.
e'cn over At seven or eight miles al
hr bring one out OF the high lati.
h.. suddenly These Road over the
d have cost immense suns of money
Oarc Of the most substantial character,
b one feels little nervous turnin.
tb,orncr a. the Diligence rushe- alonA
Y. fancy Il hp> = little AT n place whcI
isshould upset ir>D.puld he all da,
VII YOU. But the carriage i, immen-j
l,1eavs. AID the 3or~es under-tAni
The. bu-inc> and in goq1iiine vii
brig YOU toyAs vaIlN below where
voJ,win bre.'se freely aud take grea,
AZ Ae'io" i1"lAxils 'aicly. r. j