The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-26
TRAVELLING SKETCHES.
FRosA BiENpsG TO HAlG--FRoaa DAlG 70
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the company Of the lakes, which are
admitted by every tourist to be one of
the greatest, if not the greatest attrac-
ton of Switzerland. A few minutes
ride brings MS to Soleure, capital of the
Canton Of Soleure-a dull looking
town-which possesses few, if any at
fractions. At Aarburg, our compan-
ion points out q picturesque old castle,
formerly q fortress-with easements
cut out of the rock-but now used as .
house of correction. Midway be-
tween Often and Liestal, we enter the
great tunnel Of Hauenstein, s,S49 feet
long. In May %, 1851, ffty-two
workmen were buried by fall OF
earth, and eleven more persisted In
their efforts to save them. We are
now nearing Bale; we catch . parting
glimpse Of the Bemese Alps; the val
ley of the Rhine-the beautiful Rhine
lis entered the black forest again
looms up in the distance, and at hall
past five we are once more occupying
our old quarters in the Hotel Trois
Rois.
A walk to the Postofiice rewards vi
with batch of English papers, con
tanning a full account of the action
and debates of the International Con
gress. While many comment unfav-
orably on the result of the deliberations
and few seek to ridicule them, it il
evident, even to the casual observer
that all are convinced that something
bmore than a sneer or "pooh, pooh,
is believed to be necessary to convinc'
the reading public that their demand
are agrarian and unjust; thus demon
strating that in spite Of every effort t
crush and misrepresent them, the toll
ing masses of the Old World arr
surely winning their way to the goa
of their ambition, and that the fetter
of tyranny are grad ually, though effec
lively, being loosened by the persisten
demands and determination Of tn
down trodden.
After supper, we pay visit t
several of the friends whose acquaint
ance we made on our previous visit
and secure a copy Of the photograph
of the delegates, taken the previou
Saturday, for we have been absent jus
FIVE days. Early in the morning
we take a stroll by the bank of tn
river, which is literally lined by tn
disciples of Walton. The fish caugh
bear some resemblance to our perch, il
shape, though they possess the silver,
brilliancy of the herring or white fish
From the balcony Of our dining-room
under which the river flows. the sports
man can sip his coffee at leisure, Ell
Joy the invigorating air from tn
; mountains, and shielded by vines fror
the glare of the sun, wait patiently 70
nibble."
Seven o'clock finds us in the omn
bus, en- route for the Paris station
Among the company is lively Frenc
dame, with her two marketable daugh
tiers, who keep up an incessant clatte
with a young Englishman, and VIII
are bound to monopolize his after
ton to the exclusion of his wife an
sister, of whose presence they seem i
blissful ignorance. Although the driv
, is Of less than twenty minutes duration
the magpies are cooling 90 sweetly
that by the time the train is reached
! it looks as if their acquaintance ha
: been Of life long duration. Arrived q
the station the complexion of affairs
materially changed. The wifs assert
her Prerogative, the attention has nov
to be transferred to its rightful owner
Furtive glances are exchanged, Will
the look Of triumph on the better half
countenance seems to say ladies
have let you go far enough )" Englisl
wives have some rights which thei
husbands, even if they have a smatter
ing of French, as also bewitchinI
Paris beauties, are bound to respect
If you have labered under the i'm
preston that my husband is an IN
married mani deem it my duty t.
undeceive you-as quickly as possible
SO that your department in future
may rot be quite as offensive as it has
in the past And with foresight tina
only woman possesses, she waits till the
trio select a carriage, and then takes
good care that her husband shall nc
longer be led into temptation, and a!
carefully selects an apartment VIII
they will be likely to form no new &C
quaintances.
We omitted to mention that oul
coupons provide for our trip to Basl'
ma Nancy and Strasburg, and return
by Troyes, &c, but as the tour ovel
the former route was made in the dark
we have no opportunity to judge o.
their comparative merits. Nineteer
miles from Basic, the frontier il
crossed, if we mistake not, at Belfort
where passengers are required to pre-
sent their baggage for examination
The conduct of the officials here, how.
ever, contrasts favorably with the &C
ton Of the uncouth BLACKBOARD, who