The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-28

At the end Of ono arm Of the lake. Oh
board, Just before landing. We met Bros
List and Jim Cummins. They were mort
surprised than We were, and we al were
Glad 10 sec each other. They will not o
home until December. From Alpuach
We came by track to Brieriz. Thence BY
the lake Of the same name to lnterlaEen
the prettiest place in Switzerland, IN
beautiful valley between Lake y. ane
Iake Tehsio. The valley is not wide ana
mountains very high on either side
From our hotel there was yisaole .
maintain top completely covered with
snow. In The neighbOrhood are several
glaciers. About two miles from the town
| on the opposite side Of the valley the eISns
n mountain nearly 1000 feet high called
ScbNrura platz. On this we had our 1 iTs
eTnsrience al mountain climbing. we
,-cre over four hours ascending by q zig
' 80 nS,b very steep, Before We got near
~ tas ,bs ion We were ready to drop.
The distance from bottom to top was
six miles and very steep all the way. II
von hunt up picture in Mark Twains
fUnooents Abroad, Of travellers climbing q
mountain then draw largely on you i'm
ngination you may to q certain extent get
aS idea Of what looking objects we were,
AZ coatless Snd collarless we clambered
up the zigs and Gags Of that mountain
path. The view from the summit was, |
think, worth The trouble. From one side
we could look down into narrow valley
through which ran u mountain torrent
Eve thousand feet below us, Things
looked q little small down there. South
OF usrose the snow covered Jungfrau, l3,-
900 feet high, and a group Of other peaks
all OF them covered with snow. One very
high one was pointed out to Us, from
which Rev. Mr.. Elliot fell three years
ago onto the glacier hundreds OF feet be-
low, He was the first man to reach the
sammit and fell five minutes after gain
ineit. The descent from the mountain
was easier than the ascent though 1t took
us two hours. We moved along pretty
lively, gathered quite large boquet oil
Alpine roses and other wild flowers. On
our way down we met man with a large
sled on his shoulders which he was carry.
ing to the top Of the mountain to get hay.
Near the summit OF this mountain there
are ak hundred cows pastured. Some oil
the milk Is carried down in huge wooden
pals on the backs OF the peasantry 10
villages below. When we got to our hotel
my toes were skinned and could but jus,
move. Ihad no difficulty in sleeping that
night, but had in getting up next morn.
ing. Our luggage was sent to the depot
but We brought it back and took 4 car
riage for town called Lanterbrunen
seven and half miles distant, where there
was another mountain commanding a
nearer view Of the Jungfrau. Though
one day before we had vowed never to
climb another mountain still we under.
took this one. 1t took two hours, the
view was grand, the snow covered noun.
tains being separated from us only by a
deep rayine. We heard several Ava.
lanches and saw one. The air was first
filled with snow, this was followed by a
torrent OF snow and ice rushing down a
gorge over q precipice accompanied by 8
roaring like thunder. This and the two
stored railway car in which we rode
from the lake 10 the village Of Interlaken
were the two great curiosities to Us in
this region. There is small stream from
this mountain that leaps over p:ecipice
into the valley below, 300 feet. It looks
like a bridal veil. Left Interlaken on
Saturday morning for Bewe. While il
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