Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-03-25

perstition so beautiful and SO mora
anywhere exists. The. solitude of tn
Alps is a sanctuary set apart for tn
monuments of ancient virtues. Tell
Chapel is on Lake Lncerne, and tn
depth of the lake in front Of th'
Chapel is over 800 feet. The view i
very fine from this point.
The great roads over the Alps ar
the Simplon, Gents and the Brener.-
The Simplon was the first Of the grea
carriage roads, except the Gents. Th'
cost to build this road was nearly on'
million dollars a league. twas bull
by Napoleon, and is one of the grea
triumphs of human power and intel
lect over the obstacles presented by
nature.
The ascent of Mount Blanc is proba
bly, the most perilous and dapgerou.
expedition man can undertake, fol
the money. A little of it goes grea
way in small family, where there i!
no money. The only use | could SEE
to put Mount Blanc to, was to start al
ice cream saloon upon it. The ict
crop never fails. They say the cows
here sometimes give ice cream.
There are many villages and town'
in Switzerland, and they are the mos
delightful places to visit on the cont
nent. In nearly all towns they have
a club, and they pay great attention
to strangers, provided they wear gooc
clothes, as | did The principal road:
over the Alps have been supplantec
BY railroads but a few years age
they used the stage coach-called q
diligence. -,
Geneva is moro variable in its eli.
mate than any part of Switzerland
and more 40 than Paris. AS ] have
said before, the Swiss are considered
a. most trusty and honest. This
country has always been an asylum
for political refugees from Italy, Eng
land, France, Prussia, Austria and
Spain. But while the natives are
honest, I don't think they are ccle-
brated for their wisdom and knowl-
edge least their wisdom never
prevents their sleeping at night. The
less wisdom a man has between his
head and his heart the better he is
of. For knowledge, full grown, Is
worse than a big rat gnawing at oul
small store house of pleasure, leaving
nothing but miserable crumbs.
don think much Of wise people. The
fool is happy. He amuscs himself
catching flies and playing with straws
He has no care of the morrow, and
the morrow no care for him. He sits
musing in lazv silence, calculating how
much misery and mischief are in the
world, and wonders whether the devil
is of any use; now that everybody has
become so well acquainted with him
He don't care who calls him an ass, OF
nincompoop. He smiles, grins
bows, hobs, and is always ready to re.
tail gossi p and SANDER. And he is
the happiest in seeing his neighbol
miserable. He says to himself what
is the odds; 50 long as he is happy.
Now the Swiss people have one
great qualification. They attend
strictly to their own affairs, and then
own business. They try to make life
as happy for everybody as any other
nation. There is not much wit il
them. The nations for wit are Irish
Americans and English. In the Ger.
man and Swiss there is no such thing
as punning, or witticism. Thelr funny
men make queer faces.
1t il common for tourists to walk II
Switzerland On all the roads YOU
see pedestrians in fact the only way
to see this country etiectually, is tc
walk-there are SO many mountain
paths, which a horse or mule canno,
travel. Game is very scarce rs a gen.
eral thing.
On all the principal lakes there arc
small steamboats, which convey pas
sengers up and down, stopping al
along the shores. The scenery O.
Switzerland is not at all monotonous
There is more to see Of a peculiar kline
of scenery than in any other country
and for most delightful summer re
treat, where all the comforts of life
are needed where you are shut ou
from the rude world where you live
on milk and honey, and pure hospi.
tality abounds, 60 direct to Switzer
land, for you will not find it 50 abun
dant in any other place.
Everybody enjoys the persona
privilege of working hard. That's ;
luxury at least. People don't wall
around picking up loose dollars in the
street. It's big thing to get work
and bigger one to be able to do it
1t reconciles pride to a dilapidatec
hat, superannuated pants and a second
hand shirt; it renders things possibl,
that were impossible, and it promotes
health and wealth. 1t is the goal tc
enterprise, the spur to ambition, the
prop to resolution it is better thar
Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup woulc
be to bull dog for the possession of l.;
bone.
Nothing so effectually hides wha
We are as silence.
An Irishman's definition of nothing