The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-11-13

| AOAS otAo 1OOoa CAkub III tho u1OEu-
: ing.) and having forgotten the hotel
. to which was advised by Mr.. De.
. Pardonnei, while at Paris, took my
chances among the hAnseES-0n fOI
victims. The hotel HoTer to which
> ] was very formally conducted, IL q
fine establishment, OF the medium
class In ali bat its methods for
small Aeecing OF victims. Here. AZ
In some other places, as waE iu-
formed, they assume to judge what
you ought to want, and charge for
IL whether IL is received ar not.
But thIs Is not 60 in better class Of
hotels. was fortunate ia remem-
bering the place to which had
been directed at Zurich, aud found
the place remarkable for comfort
and the propriety OF their conduct
relative to the matters mentioned.
The hotel Limmethof (LImmet il
the name OF the stream that flows
out OF the lake through the city,) 10
not Inferior for substantial comfort
to any at which have ever sojOurn-
ed.
From Bale to Zurich we passed
Leistal, Often, Aaran, Bragg, and
Baden. This old city has been sub
jected TO many improvements since
my former Wait. New and elegant
mansions and business houses have
taken the places OF those that were
old and dilapidsted. 1t has rail-
way station which 10 quite equal to
those in the larger cities. Its post
Office IL the only one 1 have seen on
this side that 10 furnished with per-
sonAl boxes like our own, and was
informed that these were brought
from the United States. Zurich 10
. small and compact city, with q
population OF nineteen thousand;
but the Inhabitants Of the suburban
villages within ak miles, increase
the population within that distance
to about fifty thousand. Its Uni
versity stands upon Q hill which
overlOoks the city, and is fine lit
tie village of itself. 1t was here
that the doors were widely opened
to female medical students, but they
have been partly closed on account
OF some undesirable customs which
were practiced by such students
who came here from other coun-
tries. Little steamers make fire.
quent trips to the hamlSts along it's
shores. / aVailed myself Of the OPP
pOrtnnity thus afforded for q trip
around the lake. The shores OF the
lake rise rapidly from the waters
edge, and that ON the north is COM
psctly occupied by vineyards. The
lack OF the rays of the sun upon the
south shore does not admit of the
cultivation OF the vine, but It Is laid
out In beautiful fields.
Another portion OF my journey
brought me through Winterthur,
st. GAllen, Rorshkch, TO Sargany
and Bagaiz. But / tarried . few
days at Leuelin, where q kind friend |
and nearest neighbor At my hOme'
requested me to visit members OF
his family, and this Was among the
most agreeable incidents Of my
journey. was almost deprived of
the use of my own language for
four days, and driven TO the use OF
my limited knowledge of the Ger
man. But was among people who
duly and intelligently appreciated
my situation, and were untIring in
making my visit agreeable. Leuelin
10 situated in . valley between two
ranges of the Alps upon either side
OF the Rhine. SnOw-cOvered peaks
are in plain view, and snow fell up
on some of the lower peaks several
tines during my soiourn there. A
bridge crosses the Rhine to the do
minion of Prince Frary of the Lish-
tenstein family, less than q mile
from Leuelin. The independent
dominiOns of this Prince are about
ten miles long, and about 9 mile
wide, of useful land, but there 10
said to be no definite eastern
boundary upon the mountain, SO
that he may claim as far as he wish
es In that direction. In this valley,
after leaving Rorshach, are the first
fields of corn have seen in Europe.
The hill sides are covered by vine
yards, and the valleys and the low
or hill sides by the various crops.
q have not referred to the beauti-
full view of the lake of Constance
from RorshAch, and OF the towns Of
Lindau and Brayenz upon the Op.
pOsite shore.) The roads here are
extremely narrow, with turnout
places at convenient distances, but
they are kept in good repair. /
have the impression that our own
roads would be much better If they
were not so wide, and the labor ex-
pended upon them in . moro COM
pact way.
1 came onward TO Bagatz, and ]
walked up the very narrow gorge
to the hotel at the Pfefer Baths, and
then ascended to the little village
OF Valens, where am writing.
This IL = little hamlet in the Alps,
about eight hundred feet abO We
Pfefers. The paths leading up
here are SO narrow and steep that
no horse or vehicle of any kind 10 to
be seen in the little village OF about
five hundred Inhabitants. We are
In sight of perpetual snow. but the
mountain side above US Is dotted by
the little huts of the mountain peo-
Pile. Primitive, As are the people
here, have not fonnd one who
could not write = good hand, and /
haYc very often tested this matter
e. an aid TO conversation in their
7 language. &. b. c.
: THE ORHGaN AND Pro.
II GREA0 OF THE REPUB.