Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-11-10
A LADY TOURISTS
Three Months in Europe with
Professor L00mis.
No. D.,

No.5.
From Brienz, by steamer OH the lake,
and short excursion by rail, we went
of course. TO Interlaken, where every
tourist pa,lses more or less satisfied with
its resemblance to the visions portrayed
by raving poets and correspondents.
Without one exception our party was
disappointed in this anticipated gem of
all Swiss views. Ii was very tame after
Lucerne and BrienZ, and with but one
admiring glance at the Jungfrau, we
devoted our energies to the devouring
of "good square meal' preparatory to
the ecstacies expected of us on Lake
Thun. The lake scenery was indeed
beautiful and more extended than one
could imagine for a Swiss lake. We are
so accustomed i'm our American schools
to limiting geographical dimensions to
the seeming small proportions of the
little green wedge in our aliases called
Switzerland, as compared with the great
collection of parti-colOred squares called
| United States, that we are apt to under
estimate the expanSe of Swiss ground
one may cover i'm months travel and
not then do justice to its varied and
grand scenery. Days and nights we
journied by steamboats,, steam-ears,
carts and carriages, row boats and om-
nibusses, and came far short of thor
Oughly ''doing Switzerland"
Landing at Thun in pouring rain,
We hurried into an express train that
carried Us to Berne, where we ran
about pell nell to the no small astonish-
ment of the sober inhabitants. Through
the arcades of the quaint city and along
the middle of the market streets we ran
| like crowd of schoolgirls to be in
time to see the famous old clock strike
the hour of five. And we were all
crowded together in the middle of the
| square, Bedeker, Murray and Harper in
hand, while the little old rooster tapped
his wings and crowed, the bears
marched in grave procession, and Time
with his hOur-glass made some sugges-
tive evolutions, When the performance
was ended, 10! crowd of Bernese citi-
zenS had gathered round us, and were
quite as much entertained a. we by our
mirth and hasty scamper back to the
hotel, where tea was already OIL the ta-
BILE for us. Taking the train for Lau-
same we arrived late at night in the
fine old city, and were conveyed in
three Omnibusses, five horses each, up
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A glorious sunrise greeted our waking
eyes, and we started on the days Jour-
ney in good condition to ENJOY 1t. As
we purposed returning by the lake, we
took the last express tram on the lake
shore ROAD Tor Martigny, wnere we
iouild ten mountain carts awaiting u,
with Two goou stout horses IN eici, 10
pull Us up the Forclaz. such a scram-
pie anu strain on uhe poor beasts. CoV-
ereu Win tiiiy oeiis tii'i1 ruhg merriiy
is we ne" lnrouSn lne villages at the
ioot oi the "reat nt- berIaru, tne driN-
ers cracking their great long WHIPS 10
startie the villagers ana oring them III
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snrronndin" n,onntain naats ;n,o tho
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into ,he ,ors.. Of ,be naonnta;n yhere
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from Siding Glaciers AMI man nat6
wo" mall. bazardons hv The overt,ow Of
swollen streams Motto he JaunteJ nv
frou-n;na Riact Ueads NC mt tho
hr,les on the wheels and down we
rushed Inv = road Ike the switch R,cL
a. WaueI. CIrnE PennsyIv,n;.. and 80
Viii ,yas the scsne 80 deafening the
noise of hell. anil ,.at,racts thatI wisbeJ
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nov at least as far ne the hotel Tete
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