The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-08-20
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND.
From our Regllar Corre.pondent.

IlOh oNI w. lluT Correspondents
August 4, 1878.
From the gay center Of fashion in Paris,
10 the little, plain, solid city Of Zurich Is not
lear SO far, but, in some respects, it is a
much greater transition than from Paris to
Milwaukee, for one sees in the style and
fashion Of dress much more that is Partisan
in our western cities than in this ancient
Swiss town. But in their manner of cele-
brating the Sabbath. the European, rather
than the American, style prevails. | had an
opportunity to see Il e iphabtants on Sun
day. in their plain Sunday clothes, Just such
clothes as you VIII see at COUNT meeting
house in America, perfectly clean, but in
style and cut such as were worn in America
twenty years ago. They were out with their
wives and children in the parks, on the
Sfrrn'a =. LOO s>"-lr.- fishing with hnol,
and line in the swift river that flows through
the town.
Situated on the banks of the river Lin
mot, bordcred on the east by the Zurich
mountain, on the west adjoining the Its
mountain, with its steep declil ties towards
the south, opening on the lake, the shores
OF which are covered W tn picturesque vii
las and villages-Uth II fine back ground
of forest, Heyard and Alps-thc scenery
of Zurich, (thc Costrum Turicum of the
Romans is truly charming. Like the great
metropolis Of the United X 1gdom, Zurich
consists of r'ne Independent communities
surrounding the centre with a belt of prct-
ty little towns intcrsperscd with parks and
walks and country houses. About 10000
is the number of the Inhabitants of the
canton The center of the town is. in part.
composed Of narrow streets, uneven and
hilly, but on entering the new streets and
quarters, one sees fine. solid, modern houses
built of stone, which, if they do not satisfy
severe critics ofarchitcctural beauty. furnish
strong contrast with the older and quaint.
cr buildings of the city. First of all
the school houses, perfect palaces
of their kind, are to be admired. The
splendid pile of buildings, known as the
Poly tcchnic school and the University, is
42+ feet long. 2j3 feet broad and % feet
HIGH 1t stands on Il I'll! above all the
other buildings of the Gig, The rear rooms
of the enormous building contain gcologi-
cal, meteorological, and archaeological col
lections, while the central part is devoted
to archaeology and collections of cngrav.
ings and prints. All combined they form
the best collective museum Of Switzerland
To the right of the polytechnic school are
the asyIums for aged citizens, monuments
of civic charity, to the left the asylum for
the blind and deaf and dumb. There ar.
also the chemical laboratory, agricultural
college, anatomical intirmary, $50 # long
VIII gov bt'l~, Nn'l WV uSllDHVHllIul DIlstTN-
atory. Other buildings devoted to com.
mcrcc and i.uiiic such as banking houses, an
immense railway station, and palatial
Butchers hall, give to this comparatively
small community the aspect and Importance
of city of more than medium rank.
If the reader desires to know anything
more about Zurich, which is not probable, |
respectfully refer him to the school geog.
raphy, and the encyclopedia where got my
information. One scarcely knows what to
write about in these old historic towns that
have been written about 50 much already.
Yet five could but have t.uc picture Of
the trivial things that the tourist Sees and
experiences, am persuaded it would be
more interesting reading than descriptions
and statistics. For my own part | have
been more interested in what | have seen
from the Cur window while going through