The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-07-06

the city OF BeTne, switzerland. In Swift
Zerland, if you call at house and desire
to see the head Of the house" out comes
the "mother," and with an air Of author
lty, too, as much rs to say, 90 run this
rancho The Swiss ladies are pretty |
cannot make W. my mind whether it is the
manner Of dress, their free lady like de
pertinent, or their child-like simplicity
that makes them SO attractive. | guess we
may as well heap all these good qualities
together and swallow them at a culph. |
do not think the Swiss people are famous
for playing on any musical instrument; but
all through Switzerland you " i'll find bands
of singers, dressed in the regular Swiss
costume, giving concerts at the different
hotels. They have d peculiar way of sing
ing, and they MARBLE out their music like q
canary. One of the female singers had her
throat bare, and | remember when she
thrilled out sweet notes her throat would
pulSate and culver. There is one peculiar
ity about these Swiss singers that is,
You must not laugh nor even smile while
they are singing; for if you do, you have
either to leave the room, or they will leave.
and that is all about it. They are exceed
inGiy sensitive. | remember one evening.
while ut Berne, n young man in the audi
encc broke out in a fit Of laughter, and The
singers one and all stopped right short, and
would not sing any more until that pcstf-
erouS tel!ow was removed. Another curl
| oSity is the ''zeitg lockenthurm. which,
translated into English, is the "time clock
tower" When the clock is about to strike
the hour, u rooster comes out, flaps his
wings and crows twice very Justify and
Il ,turally. The crow of this rooster is
more natural than that Of the famous one
| a. Strasburg, which | shall explain in
future letter, prov ided tie readers hereof
do not become wea!ied before reach the
description of the great clock of Strasburg.
Now after tie rooster has croHed twice,
another image strikes the hour upon Il bell,
and inmedi stely a procession OF wabblng
bears come along and bow submissiveiy to
the king upon Liz, throne, AID who, at
every stroke Of the bell, opens bis mouth,
looks sharp, and inc}ncS his sceptcr.-
! Close by is the shop of man; think his
name is Heller, who has on exhibition the
largest music box and also the only electri-
cal piano in the world. Berne has about
| 81, COO Inhabitants,
The Jungfrau, pronounced lo3ng trotn,
Is mountain, single peak, high above
the surrounding peaks of the Alps, and is
entirely covered with snow. /. is about
fifty nine miles form Iuterlaken to its sum-
nit. One beautiful morning | was sitting
on the porch of the hotel at intar!allen,
looking at this beautiful mountain, wien
the thought occurred 10 me that | w0uld
like TO get upon it's summit and on the
spur OF the moment | picked up my bat
and walked out towards the mountain. |
had not gone more than fifty feet from the
hotel, when a friend called to me from a
room up stairs and asked me where | WIS
going. told him to the Junsfrau, He
then looked at me with surprise, and asked
me who was going with me- and when |
expected to return. | answered that was
going alone, and would be back by dinner
time or two 0 clock in the afternoon. He
said, wait, | want to tell you somethug."
so down he came, ana Informed ne that
the mountain, which appeared As though
| could have almost hit it with q stone
was about fifty nine miles away. | then
thought that | v7oud postpone I:,y visit to
the summit of ,iuugfrau until some other
day, went back TO the porch and 10, kcd
upon 1t in silent wonder. Opposite the
hotel. the SchweiZeiLof. there is a iepres-
sion in the hills, and through this dcprcs-
sion looms up the tall and stately snow
clad Jungtrau. The meaning of the word
"Jungfrau in English is io4ng Naidst
. This mountain is over 10 00G feet high
1000 feet of this magnificent mountain is
in the region Of perpetual SHOWS. Heuce
It's peak, sharp and clearly defined, is COW
cred with snow. The air is so pure and
the mountain stands out so bold in a! its
details, that one can scarcely believe that
it is fifty nine miles away. Bat such is the
TACT. This mountain has frequently been
assembled, bat without great risk to life or
limb. sad story is told OF a young advcu-
turous English lady, who assembled the
mountain several years ago, and while upon
its very summit Il storm arose, the wind
blew with tcuih!C force. ana she ciung 10
her gu!tle, hut after the Storm had spent
! its fury, she was found to have lost her
reason. She was taken home a melancholy
wreck, and is now an inmate of an asylum.
and the tenor of her constant conversation
is the ascent of the JungfraU.
What now have to relate is for the ben
eft Of the yonng ladies, either married or
single. 1t is history of famous castle
near lnterlaken, in which an old knight
lived, and whose greatest sin was being
"too much married" The castle that he
occupied was the castle of t:nSprunnen.
Its inmate or proprietor in chief was the
famous old d" Blue Beard" Here he was
married and given in marriage, times
whereof This deponcut saith not" but
certain it is, that old " Blue Beard mar
ricd great many times, and he had Il way
of burying his wives one after another, ii
order to make room for 4 more favored
damsel. \ huge dog guarded the castle,
and it is said that the ghost Ofthc same dog
dog still watches over the hidden treasures
/ among the rains. do not know how true
it is about the ghost of the dog, for | have
never seen it, but old Blue Boards castle
| have seen. There is deep and gloomy
dungeon there, where, it is said, that atty
brave warriors from the castle Of HASH
! spent four years OF cruel and untold suffer
ing in close confinement, from the year
1880 to the year 1884.
lnterlaken is 4 small place, not quite as
| large as Elkton, yet it has about twenty
good hotels. II = very liValy in the Sum
mer season. DO not know hat sort Of Il
place IL Is IN mid- winter, nut l imagine 1t
w"n'a he ABOUT as comio:taoie as 1t wouid
oe on the SUNNI OF MOUNT washington IN
tha' season OF IN" year About mile ana
Il nan ',"h our MOTEL On !l; side OF h!i!'
is dwelling house, occupied by an English
family, and frequently could we hear the
sounds OF piano, accompanied with the