Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-11-18

and business thrift. tits noted for the manu-
facture of watches and for its educational In
stitutions It abounds with the most elegant
jewelry stores the sight of which makes fe
male hearts tremble with delight. and the q.
| fectioneries cannot be surpassed; glance al
| them tempts he palate and draws out the purse
and makes us sigh to think that life is so briei
and that one of these days We will shake off our
mortality aud leave so much that is good and
sweet behind us There are also extensive
manufac ories of all sorts of toys and notions,
made from wood, ivory, &c requiring much
ingenuity patience and labor. | was most IA
vorably impressed with the people, they are
honest, frugal industrious. brave and patriotic
they are generally intelligent and we'll educated.
| mingled with the business men and the mer-
chants, and discovered that they were thriving
and even making money by attending to their
o,on business and when | expressed my sur
prise that they succeeded with such ''old fogy
ideas, they replied that it was only in Amer
lea that men accumulated wealth by attending
10 their own as we'll as to their neghbors af-
fairs they expressed themselves az being op
posed to American innovations. After some
reflection, concluded that they might be righ.
10 such peculiar vie,0s and being far from home,
concluded not to press docrine that they re-
Jected, yet one that is so prevalent in our en-
hghtened country. Geneva is built upon both
sides of the lake, or rather it is built upon both
banks of the river Rhone, which flows through
Lake Geneva into France. The parts of the
city separated by this river are connected by
the most superb bridges that are constructed
with much architectural beauty, being broad,
spacious. substantial, &C.
| we'll remember the pleasant hours spent in
this most delightful city. In my moments Of
reflection and cessation from business cares
there comes up many recoections of peace
ful. quiet nature, that throws soft and gentle
light upon those sacred pictures that hang on
Memory wall telling the tales of other days and
recalling scenes so distant-yet not forgotten.
Geneva is not a noisy, busy, tumutu-
Gus city, like most cities of the same size and
doing SO much business, both in traffic and man.
ufacture, but it is remarkably quiet and free
from the fuss and ado of any other city have
ever seen or known. | was aware before visit
ing 1t that it had this reputation, and it was
partly on this account that [ went to it, desir-
ing to rest and to recuperate myself from the
fatigue the wear and tear of several months
of almost uninterrupted travelling, both by land
and wafer. 1t proved haven of rest to me,
for l only lounged, and walked. and rode about,
and went ba hing in the pure. refreshing water
of the Lake, and during the bright, moonlight
nlghts, | could be seen sitting on one of the
fine bridges fishing with the boys who had
small hand nets, in which we would catch fish
about the size of our minnow My amusements
and recreations were quite various, and the time
of my stay passed too rapidly so that when
again packed up my effects it was with sigh
of regret, even with my face turned homeward.
that | took leave of place that had impressed
itself so indelibly upon my fondest remem-
brance
If one had the selection of home in for
elgn land; person who had never lived IN
Europe at all. he could not make wiser choice,
after trying the different countries of that For
eign land' if it be Europe, than to settle in or
near Geneva He would fnd the people kind
and hospitabe, the locality quiet and retired
the climate temperate aud delightful the soil
fertile aud productive. the scenery extremely
romantic highly beautiful and strikingy pic
turesque, the summers would be all that could
be desired, and the winters would not be un-
comfortable On the opposite shore of the lake,
from the Hotel where lodged, there is love-
ly piece of country with rich green sod and
dark waving foliage, and there dotted about
are number of elegant villas, the homes of
English and American families, people of
wealth. who live in that peaceful retirement
that really must be the very acme of earthly
happiness While seated at my window, one
N onlight night, and looking out upon that
gem of lakes, listening to the ripping of its
waters, indulging reverie. and enjoying the
quiet loveliness of the scene, my companion
came into my room and suggested that we
should go dnwn and hire boat for a ride. The
proposition met with my appreciation, and we
soon succeeded in securing one of those little
pleasure boats and went riding over the clear
blue water. We got our boatman TO row us
across to that verdant bank that looked so in
U1t Aftor rooahInp W and
strolled about awhile, and then seated ourselves,
still talking and thinking over various matters,
and during an interval of silence between US,
The poetic beauty Of the surroundings appealed
to me, and there came into my mind that gen.
tle sweet line of the Bard of Avon:"-
" How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this
bank"
Surely he must have been looking upon such
scene as the one that was before us. | may
have seen 10 other lands as much, in every re-
spect, that was equally as beautiful and at
tractive, as in and about the subject of this
sketch, yet was not more impressed or will l
remember any place more fondIy than Geneva.
OCULAR"
p ST. have simply contributed my very
humble mite to one of the many lovely places
in Switzerland, and | state, by way of apology
for not writing longer article, that my notes
on Geneva were either mislaid or lost, so
that was necessitated to write from memory
without any other aid. 0.
LABOR IN THE OLD WORLD No wonder
there is a pressing immigration of the working
classes of Europe to this country. if the fol-
lowing picture of foreign prices of labor is cor
rect. Says recent writer on the statistics of
this subject:
''Six,y cents is good davis wages for a
worklnemau anywhere in Europe In the
Tyrol silk region and in Italy they often do
not get more than ten cents. In the country
in Germany ten cents is the common paw.
Women there often get but five cents In
Sweden men ofteu work from o'clock in