The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-29
OUR YANKEE ON THE CONTINENT.
VENICE, Italy, May goth, 1871.

route from Rosenheim to Insprutk, for
our sheet was already full.
The railroad pursues it's course. along
the banks of the River Irm, winding it's
way among the snow clad mountains
along up the valley, which nowhere ex.
ceeds half to three quarters ola nile in
width, but containing innumerabls snail
villages. Here apple trees were il bios
som, in the same stage of advancerieTS as
at Cork, six weeks previous, although
this valley has the more favorable latitude
by more than 4o. The peasants were
haying, while half mile awat, the
mountains were towering above their
heads covered with snow.
At Keufstein, the frontier town between
Bavaria and Austria, is the office If in
spection of luggage. It was a mere form
opened our valise, when the officisl in
CURED "Cigarren?" 'Nein,' we replied
and moved on. Here stand two forhida.
bic fortresses,on on each side of the liver
half a mile apart, frowning on each &her
like two angry bulldogs. The Bavrian
fort stands on little plateau on the side
of the mountain; the Austrian, or al $50
lated rock fifty feet high, containing two
or three acres, and is much the more i'm
pregnable of the two.
The guide book says it is absolutely
necessary that passports have the lecessa-
ry wise from our consul, or inevitably get
into trouble with the officials. We had
overlooked it, and it was now toolate to
get the necessary stamp, and were deter
mined to take our chances, They could
do nothing worse than to shoot us, or send
Us back, but We had no call for PASSPORT
since leaving Ostend, where we succeeded
In making ourself so wretched tsr a
little rough voyage of five hours We
stopped at Inspruck for the night for as
we travel to see the country, we do it by
daylight It contains fourteen thousand
and is situated among the mountains, and
extends to the foot, so that the tops
seem to hang over the buildings. and are
said to be from six to ten thousand
feet high, but we don't believe it-they
are high mountains, but not exceeding a
mile in height. The town contains many
fine buildings, but the principal object of
attraction is the tomb of Macmillan T.,
situated in the Hofkirche. It it situated
in the centre of the church, and consists
of high marble sarcophagus about ten
feet square, the sides representing events
in the life of the emperor, exquisitely
carved in marble, and surmounted by a
bronze figure, while twenty eight bronze
figures somewhat larger than life surround
the tomb. It is said to be one of the fin
est tombs in Europe.
We "did up" the town in few hours,
and retired to rest-a fitful dreamy sleep,
for some unknown reason till just at the
gray dawn about three o'clock thunder
ing rap on our door, and 'tAustighen fur
der schnell zug," from the porter aroused
us to our senses, to the tune of ten kreut-
zers for the porter's trouble The train
started at four, a. NJ, on an up hill grade
making not more than fifteen miles an
hour. On European railways the grade
per. mile is given on q small sign board
by the road side and we noticed some of
the time as high grade as 1.44-or one
foot in IA, which, in America, would be
thought almost too steep to be overcome.
1t was toiling up hill. This pass through
the mountains. is known as the Bremen
Pass, and was known and travelled by the
Romans, and contains some of the most
grand and sublime scenery of Europe.
The valley seldom reaches half mile in
width for the distance of one hundred |
and fifty miles, and often contracts to a
few rods, mine tunnels are passed
through within fifty miles. At one place
the track reverses the points of the com.
pass. within mile, returning after pass
ing through a tunnel, parallel to itself,
the two portions of the track not more
than ten rods horizontal distance apart,
but one more than hundred feet above
the other Another similar circuit is
n .a 4 {
made in descending the pass. At Brixen
we reached the height of the road, the
still towering three thousand
to four thousand feet above us. Many