The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-11-02
CarrcspoHdsHrs BaI'imors CoWAty
LETTER FROM SWITZERLAND


tul clock. IL one has tue ambition 70 eN
the $50 feet of the cathedral spire, he will 4
waried with particularly fine view Of al
| ful and fertile country. Tho Astronomical
which " within the church land Il build
| floor. u remgrkable for tho number ofNxssxs
~ldeh u indicates, and Tor the many dgure| shiah
are In motion when the clock strikes. In city
VIC notice particularly the great number wk-
ward storks, which, being protected by arc
| permitted 20 build their nests on the ruX and
| ehimnies &C the houses. The same thinA no.
ticeable In the neighbofing city Of Bale. Asss-
burg. which l. large aud well fortified, is tX mp
| ital Of the provinces taken from the freni iur-
Ing the late war. and was until rcccntiyI ! the
boundary between Germany, France and tzer-
| land.
We make brief stop at BALE, noted
the fcsidencc for time Of Erastmus The q
Luther. In It's cathedral IL all that RED
lioibein's eelebrated fseseoe' Of THE ~
Our Our pes, stopping prae. n ssAaaAJ !.
the Pals OF The Rhine, which g. ono u. tiI
cascades in Europe. Neither In hef
volume of water 10 u 10 he compaf
| "a, aud ye, u l. well worth . via
| highest in June and July when IN
the Alps u melting. AZ this time
full aud strong. and the water is daAm
| ~ u j. hurled over tho rorke, and n
IL favored with the light of a ciear'full Nh
will carry away with him picture which
recan often with pleasure. Our hotel here
i
| u costume which. n In many places In W.
aud Germany. Is peculiar to jes lcSsll'
sists If blaek velvet EodifH
meek. laced At the sides. an4 -. -.
silver clasps connected by Ia<hg silver chans ] Be
| bodice also has wide white sleeves. The costume
Is quite pretty which am sorry Is more than can
be said of the girls who wore Il.
On our way To- LuceTne We stop nj Zurich which
Is one Of the most hourshing Of the swi's cities.
noted for it, manufactures of silk and cotton, i.s
i a - n IL
| unfvailcd location. Situated nj the foot ~ Lake
Zurich Il has from nearly every part of the city =
| superb view II the lake whose green shores are
| dotted on each side with villages and summer ho-
,ci- while the snow capped Aips rise in the dis
| ,ani back ground. The settlement of the place
| aniedates Roman times and Indeed any authentic
| history. In the museufn here 10 preserved the
finest known collection of relies from the ancient
| lake jewellers who have been great mystery o.
| III" antiquArians a. our mound builders. and about
| whom noxt {" nothing u as yet known. In the
| oil atmnry the traveller will be shown one of the
numerous cross bows. which claim the distinction
81 having once belonged TO William Tell. " In.
| deed our cold hooded historians not decide thai,
| sgch person never lived.
| Leaving Zurich we Boon reach Lake Zag. beau.
iiiul little ,hoci ut water nine miles long b. three
Ia breadth which i deeply se, In between green
mountain slopes, shiis towards the south towers
che loiiy Mt. cgi which l. her. visible from base
| O. summit.
shortly after We reach Lucerne which 10 loca
| tel at the foot II a lake Il the same name. IL a
| favurise resort II toaFists. eiear. dark .tFsrr
| which issue. from the lake and flows swiftly
| through the city. Is crossed By four bridges. two
% which are Oh aud very quaint, These two are
iuruished With ruais ani decorated siih paint.
ing. one With - picture t re.cntins incidents
va the iises ui the patron sainls VI tbeeiiy. the
other With - grutcsguc plctuEts ~ the dance oi
| Death" H. these la.t death &. represented as
1 "a g. lion q
az e"ur.r every one hears the grea, organ. which
/. unc & the best three o. four in Europe But to
ne The hnest uing IN Lurerne IL Th"F~ adsen's
grand figure u the lyiag hon. This is . icst ia
length ut Ia the face - solid perpehiiculaf
f.sk. aui l. monument g. the memory Of 20 q
tsc-, aud 200 suilicrs II the Swiss guard who
we're mas-acrri in the defense Il the Tullsric. IN
We. iis s'mrle and grand Proportions are Won
ieriuliy Impressive aui show the powcr - true
Art. TAis suTk = stady for hours.
From Lneern- sail q ;hree hour take. n g.
fluslvu. At the nJIosife cnl q the lake q the
Csn;sss. orr ~ Ne ;nas: beautiful sai. which ~
Switzerland can boast. The vh,lr extent q the
lake " a.sscihie1 With th, rui.. hero Tell, aud
tie ined'ut' ard se~neTy are faithfully depicted
IN schiller. William Tell.
We pass the little district q Gcrsau. a tract Of
only eight square miles hut Ia on all sides By
mountains ami lakes. II buasts the distinction u
being for four hundred years free state. and ~
'maliesi one that has ever bad an indcpN ~
"ti.'""ss So" si'-s- -" P-.- ~-v-
rpck rising ffota the lake which u iHscr
husc sili letter. in honor Il Frederick schiin /.
the iiarlo Il Tell" A ieW minute. later our stean
e. passes close BY little building called Tell.
CHAPEL. erected the spot where II j. laid lie
sprang from Gesslcr's boat
w. miles from Fiuelen j. the little village u
| Altltf where Tell performed his terrible feat u
archery aud dstei Ges.lsf. The familiar story Of
biz 'AnHt.ng the apple ffem bis sons head y deaf
o. every >Wiss heart and u often illustrated in or
uamentng houses. Tor I have several time. seen n
one corner Of a house the wooden agare of boy
with an apple on his head ami at the other q
carved archer With drawn cros,-bow aiming at ih'
apple
| Al this end of the lake We are in the midst 81
snow capped mountain and 10 sight. nearly ove'
our head, glacier - ~Orking ito gay slowly IL
lpWer rui dropping slmos, into the lske. Re
tarning Ne land at NitEnau. a, the foot Of Mt
| Reg. where sc take the railway up the mountain
Thu rad IL about fosr mile, 10 length. aud h
| thi. distance make. an ELEVATION 20 nearly 800,
ics. H. places the eleS alton - one foot Ia
every four. II /. constructed like the Mt Wash
| ingtan railway With heavy cog rail- between Oh,
Ia" common rails. which connects With strong
cog wheel on the main asle II the engine. Th'
accent takcs about an hour aud a quarter r,
my sutpHse found In place of the cheap ant
snail hotel shieh on the summit ave year
| ago, t.o hBs hotels. costing nearly sso0, 0oO
The Reg 10 nearly duoo fsei above the ieyei
4
which ~a.hss u. base. From the sumtit therr .
one 81 IL, finest aud most extended view. 90 b
seen from any place ia Europe. This magniacee
panorama has eircamfcfence 81 nearly 800 mild
and ineludss range ot snow covered Alp. l .
miles long, thirtsen lakes of different siss. one
near that you think you can certainly throwA
stone into u from where you stand, and on GA
side broad open plain which stretches away inb
the Black Forrest In the far distance. After e.
| joying the wonderful view for an hour We ..
tire early "a ws are % be awakened by the Alpis
horn at $50 In the morning TO SEQ the sunrise.
AZ that ansecmly hour We hear strange, swet
sound ringing through the halls Of the hotel who
seems 20 say To- Us are yet half asleep. str
da-tra -da -dui-dA." In . few minutes . motly
crowd u sleepy eyed people are shisering In III
cold wind which sweeps across the summit. AMI
looking Ankisnsly tasard that quarter Of tn
heayens where u 10 bepei the sun viii soou Or
pear No language can begin 20 describe tir
beauty 81 the scene a. the day light and then tlr
rays % tho SUI glance from peak 20 peak of tie
snow coycrvi mountains. clear sun rise sea-
from Regi Is Of the few things which eai
never he forgotten. The bctanist Of our part
found more than forty varities 81 flowers growinf
within few rods of the hotel.
| Aftor breakfast ~ descend BY wsy Of the itr
clined railway aud take the boat for Aipnarh from
which We 80 by carriages over the BFaniEy Tam
dess.aeh on Lake nrienr. The carriage road
over Brunig 10 wonder 81 engineering skin aud
many times - Ne looked ahead al the apparsaiis
impossible mountains Il seemed " the roas
must certainly come 10 an untimely end. The a
cent - comparatively aninterestiag but the ID
scent - very hns, beautiful views constant,
breaking in upon ~. A. Giessbach Ne are ala,
Plessantiy surprised % Ind . very hne new hetsi
10 place Of an old one. This place, which consire
81 nothing but this great hots IL visited entirely
for the sake ofthe waterfall aad its illumlnaiioi
by night. IT. six cascades are lighted by dlaerstf
coiorcd Bengal lights, which are burned back e
them. This gives the appearance of = waterfall
Of dihsrcnt eoiorsd fame aud Is certainly strikins
however Questionable may be it, taste. A ride "
less than an hour brings US 10 Tntcrtaken, . viii
lage Of hotels, the Saratoga of Switzerland, whicf
10 most delightfully."- situated on plano between
two lakes aud In full sight of the snow covered
Jungifaa. II Is the headquarters for excursions
into the ObeIiand. and the point from which trips
are best made TO the glacier Of 0ridenwald aud
the iittie waterfall Of etaubbaeh which makes a
unbroken leap Of 9so feet, aud falls In 6ne mist al
the base Of the precipiee.
A ride Of three hours brings ne 10 the quainl
city of Bern, which l. said 10 have pre.,rved ri