The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-18
THREE WEEKS IN THELAEDoF
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The Pottr,own Ledger, Of o inst. gives
tho following synopsi, Of lecture deliver.
ed by Row l.. II Evans, son OF James
Evans. Of Spring Mills. The Ledger
says
a large audience and highly intell,
gent and apprceiat ve one, assembled last
ul cniuF, Ia the Trinity Ref Church. TO
listen 10 "A lecture by tue pastor, Rev h.
X. Evans, descriptive Of tour Of
throa weeks tn Switzerland The
Land of Toll" Tho lecturer, who spent
two ur three years in Europe at one of The
German universities, commenced his re-
marks by alladiug 10 the early history Of
the lleN ctian Republic then glanced
briefly al the occupations Of its people.
aud moro particularly those Of the north
vru cauIons. Amer this prelude an hour
aud bali Wac % the narration 81 the
scenes aud incidents ui a journey, mostly
uh foot. through sgitzerland, IN the SUM
mrr season, accompanied by college
companion. Tho clties uf Baslr, Bernr.
Frey burg, Lausanne, Zurich, Lucefne,
aud other noted places, were visited aud
spoken Of the lAkt- Of Geneva and Lu-
,rrno. Tho lotll peaks uf Mont Blanc, tho
Wotturhorn, the Jungtrau, Sisgethorn
and other snowy submits old iu story
were described. aud their grandeur de-
pirted 90 the Uyu in eloquent words The
travellers asecnded high mountains, and
witnessed magnificent sunrise and sunset
scenes from suoW capped peaks over niael
thousand feet above the level of the sea \
they threaded their Way along the valley
ul the khone admired splendid cascades
aud eEtarActs, passed over steep procipiees
climbed 10 The top OF high glaciers. were
favored with the awtully grand sight Of an
avalanche, aud saw aud admired such
mngnlncicut scenery rs is probably 10 be
found no other place lu the world than ln|
the country Of the A lps
The speaker visited the town that gave
birth 20 VIM. Tell, the champion OF SWiss
Liberty the place where he shot the APP
pie from his sons d, Ad at the command
Of the tyTaut Gesslcr also Tells chapel.
Rt the spot where Tell leAped from Cess
ler's boat aud afterwards killed the "
rant with an arrow from his bow
Here at Lucerne and vicinity WAS the
cradle Of swiss liberty. From Zurich
the tourists proceeded 10 the battle field
where L~ingli, tho great Swiss reformer.
fell ln the contest between tho Protestant
aud Catholic cAnIons, ia 1881, Al elo-
q4rug tribute was paid 10 the memory and
work OF the great reformer.
We should like 10 dwell more paFticu-
lATly on the many points and places glow
Iingiy described by the leetursr--LAkoI
GeneyH, Mont Blanc, Interlachen, the
/ LAuteTbruunen Valley. the sunset from
kegan, the ascent Of the SiegelhOFn, the
avalanche, the glaciers, the falls OF the
| Rhine. aud other glarcrs az Alpine scea
cry wiki which The audience was favored,
4 hat space will not permit this. Suffice 10
/ o. say that the whole discourse WAs deep
/ ly interesting throughout, aud the listen
crs followed the louFist from the time he
/ fret took passage on the Rhine and land
ca "a. BAsle, Until be arrived al Constance,
and thence pAssea into Wurtemburg,
I u ith The clio. est attention.
We believe The general verdict upon
+ the lecture is favorable one. and that all
Z "a ho heard 10 were mush pleased. The at
tendance was large bat would have been
siIll more 80 II the NcAtheF bad been IA ore
propilious We presume that - gosdiy
sum has been realized for the object for
which Is Was delivered 10 raise funds fof
thu bru,y olcnt works Of Trinity Church.