Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-11-03
A LADY TOURISTS
Three Months in Europe with
Professor Loomis.
No. 4.
PARIS, August 18th, 1877

The Paris papers have followed the
example of the journals of Florence
and Venice, and announced us as a
caravan" and "convoi" taking the
city by storm. We are regarded by
some as sort of Rothschild association,
and appeals for every charity, are made,
even to the refunding of money lost by
an Italian Post officer, ''the father of a
stations money boxes were ratified under
our eyes with petitions for charity for
"les inondies," and we would fain have
convinced the officers that we ourselves
were inundated with beggars from
morning till night. Once, however,
our charitable inclinations were reused
by the musical appeals of celebrated
Partisan amateur pianiste, who gave
concert at the hotel Geneve, in Geneva,
for our special entertainment, and the
unfortunates' benefit. There was no
want of appreciation of the talent of
Miss B., as most enthusiastic applause
and a shower of francs into the poor
box, fairly testified.
The geographical pause in my last
letter was at Brienz. At six O'Clock in
the evening we descended from clouds
and glaciers amid the roar of cataracts
and case,des into this fairy vale of
Sw;tzerland and If was with some diff
cnltv 7 n;ncbed and shook myself into a
real;zotion of NV mortal existence. The
bread and butter and coffee spread at
the White Cross hotel. aided materially
in tho edisencbantment for a few min
utes but IL was only a few minutes.
when a natter of simmer heels ON the
hare doors announeed the arrival of a
partv of Swiss singers. peasant girls in
tbe Costumes of their Cantons. Grouped
at tbe end of our table they seriously
;ntarfered ritb our annetites. for away
we fjoated on their maryeiously sweet
notes 10 the cloud regions from which
we had inst descended. The music of
their voices had not ceased when we
were summoned to boats. ON the lake.
for n moonliobt sail to the Grissbach
falls. Nouse to pinch or slap ourselves,
we simnlv abandoned our senses TO the
idea that We were Prince Fortuna's
guests and for the time nartakers of his
Fairy Hiyhnesses, win red ure,lilections.
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an ;,s,i;,.;a,,aI faafnre Of any ono iS tbe
thick darkness, that lowering clouds
and ascending mist from the rushing
cataract made every moment more in
tense. Suddenly a rocket flew like
fiery dragon up the steep mountain de-
clivity above us, and it seemed as if the
place of Jacobs vision was revealed to
us. for high as heaven and deeper than
we could follow il. crystal waters were
scintillating like the sacred jewels of the
| .sGate called Beautiful, I" and as the rose
and blue, amber and silver lights were
thrown on the wonderful fall. bridge
above bridge could be seen crossed and
recrossed from rock TO rock, over dizzy
heights and yawning chasms. and every