The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-20

l6aIQ the QuSbmaQ Dell 10 nave the
bring down their ashes
and dust to his cart. The pavlers
we're laying powders In some OF the
streets and pounding them down in
the old-fashioned style, with q paving
maui.
AT the museumI examined, among
many other interesting things, the no.
ted crystals Of smoky quartz, obtained
from the glacier Of the Upper HASH
Valley, In the Canton Uri. not far
from the Furca Pass of the st. Goth
ardchain. The British Museum and
Paris Garden of Plants tried to Sc
cure them; but as the crystals are
over three feet long and fifteen inches
across, indeed the largest ever found, /
Berne refuses to part with them
After seeing the bears, who have |
been transferred to new quarters near
the Aar, as a man had dropped into
the old moat when intoxicated
and been eaten up. and after waiting
until the Bear clock struck the hour,
SO as TO see the figure of the man
come out with his big club, vent by
rail to Hofwyl, the celebrated Educa-
tional Institution of Emanuel Eel
lenberg, mentioned ia a previous let
ter. This great Educator aud Agri-
culturist has been dead a number of
years. and as his sons had devoted
themselves to other pursuits. Hoiwyl
has passed into other hands. Mr..
Miller and his family reside in the
building, and continue 1t Is a School:
but the average age of the boys IN at
tendance being much lower than dur
ing my three years residence there, /
found its character much altered,
although it i still good preparatory
institution.
] had the pleasure Of meeting near
here. one Of DIR. Fellenberg's sons.
and another classmate, who married
| Mr.. Fellenberg's daughter. and who
now. after somewhat prolonged res.
i idence In Greece, has again returned
to the family property, where I had
the qualification of spending q most
agreeable day, enjoying their abund-
ant hospitality, while my travelling
companions were visiting the Swiss
Highlands. whose mountains / had so
repeatedly climbed.
On Tuesday afternoon, the 31st of
August, with our red backed Boe-
deke, which for Germany and Switz-
Handbook, we entered the cars for
Geneva. The Swiss cars resemble
ours more than any others do of Eu-
ropean structure; but none are equal
to those of the latest construction IN
the United States. On our route |
observed a pillow, drawn by two COWS
next the beam, and two horses IN
front. More grass is grown In Swift
/ IL t. i =
maintain their fine reputation as re-
CARDS quantity and quality of milk.
The Swiss also manufacture goats
milk cheese.
The indigo color of the lake is
very remarkable, formed at /, 152 feet
Labove the level of the ocean, in a
basin 906 feet at its greatest depth,
by the Rhone, which, leaving its
mountain gorge In the st. Gothard,
and widening into this, its beautiful
again at Geneva, broad and rapid
stream, to rush through France, losing
itself near Lyons, formerly for miles,
underground. and at last empiying
into the VI editeTranean; while the
Rhine. which took its rise within a
mile or two of the same spot, in its
mountain cradle, rushes to the North
Sea, nearly a thousand miles apart.
Prof. Pictet, well known for his
archaeological writings, still leo
lures IN the University at Geneva;
but was unfortunately absent In the
country, for recreation from his la
bors, when | called to renew the 40
quaintance made during my former
residence in Switzerland.
THE SYMPTOM ROUTE.
The Mount Gents tunnel, not yot
being completed, we selected the Sim
plon route for our journey into Italy,
Notwithstanding part of it had to be
traversed By the old-fashioned dill
gence or stage coach.
Although this numbering vehicle is
nearly as eumbrous as ever, with cou-
pc in front and the two other COM
partments respectively in the middle
and rear, yet I no longer saw the pos
tillion, with his enormous jack boots,
mount the near wheel horse as in for
mer days Now they drive from the
box usually two wheel animals, and In
} front of these, three leaders abreast
very often employing stations, al
} though sometimes mules for this
heavy service, as the ascent, notWith-
standing Napoleon's celebrated turn.
} pike, is still laborious. In the descent
they rattle along at speedy trot.
This road cost about 81 GOO, 600 Is
twenty Eve feet wide, and the ascent
nowhere over one foot Ia thirty; it is
kept IN good repair, at considerable
J annual expense. Numerous stations
for relays of horses are built
along the line, besides the large hos
pice, where travellers can have some
Refreshments. There are nine houses
of refuge, In which travellers can find
J shelter In case of snow storms OF
J threatening avalanches. There arc
J many tunnels and twenty-five bridges,
some Of them over fearful chasms.
The scenery, soon after our descent
began, was as fine as any l remember
to have seen. The Gorge of Condo,
} with its vast perpendicular escarp-
ments, mountain torrents and numer-
Gus tunnels through the rocks that
oFerhang the precipices, are only
equaled, In my estimation, by some Of
the Rocky Mountain Canyon and part
of tho Gorge of Mar Saba, between
Jerusalem and the Red Sea.
But now we cross the Italian bound
ary. marked by a column on which
the word Italia is chiseled, and
after our baggage is examined, leave
the recently passed. rugged, northern
slopes of the Alps, with their short
grass and hardy cattle, for fields
waving with maize and tall cereals and
grasses; we also exchange the deep
gutteral sounds of the Swiss German
language for the liquid Harble Of the
Italian. We have left the short skirt
aud butterfly cap of the Swiss can
tons, and have caught sight of the fat