The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-01-02

the opposite siie. After three hours
OF hard climbing we reach the little
ho :, on Mt. Fiegere, which is also
5000 feet above tie se,, from which
!, we are favored with q clsR dy
VS. eau see tho entire NJ Blanc
10 20 and Mt. Blaine itself with i,s
yast snow fields from bas to SUN.
init. All the morning the greater
pa-s OF she mountain tops had been
covered With clouds, but by the uIns
we r. shed tho hotel on Mt Fie3ere
7 . in the afSernooa tue clouds hal
broken away an we had an mob.
acted vew Of tas lofty snow whiss
dome OF NJ. Blanc, glic sring IN She
'uli rays Of the Sitting sun. Before
US was view which the widest
lights OF our Imagination had never
conceived. Within sight we're liter
ally "Alps pilci upon Alps" for we
could see at once thirteen mountain
peaks, the lowest Of which is two
miles high, an i in the midst, reach
ing mp in the heavens until we eau
hardly distinguish ii from the clouds.
towers Mt. B,anc. tae monarch OF
.ueopean monnsxius, three miles
biya. These mounSai,s aro mostly
of a,,nite aud several Of the peaks
ran up almost rs poia "A as cathedral
spires, y, muca 80 that they are call
cd needles.
We couli almost look down upon
the aIer dc Giace opp )sise us, and
w.thin sight we codutol nine great
glAciers whica reached dowa into
the valley ana as many smaller ones,
which came ouly part way down Che
mountain slopes. In tho foreground
ani more than half milo below us
lies the green valley of Chamouuy
all its little village, with the road
and tho stream winding through the
green fields so far away that they
look almost Ike ribb,ns At times
D ,rts of the moua"'n range. or tae
summit OF the noun ,ins would be
covered by clouds, aud occasionally
the dom, OF aIs. B.anc bright with
sun lislS would appear above the
lclouls. After enjoying the wonder
| ful iiew To- more Than au hour we
uescead a)d reach our hotel ut six
o'cloc,.:.
|, Di.;,s ahe day we have made on
loot J'ty y Inilas OF mountain
ave. =. nave climbed two peaks
e.;l 6,0JJ fee. III The reader
n aej s,ne ilel Of whaS it is to
'.Ds onos BODY up these two moan
ti,s, By Jan ing OF go.ng up ! pair
o stairs ! 100 s.eps higl, Of going
up ia, d Sn aplif OF ordinary
hor 20 s:a..s aoodt SOD time, in one
iday. Itw.s tie IA, ,dest days work
I Ilt d,ls ~ miiY II year.
Thee g,e sis competing limos oi
Stages ION ClIm>iny 10 Geneva, a
ia's.tase Of so ai.lss, anl SO sharp il
{ ecompe. .ol be.ween th,m that
TO fai. 20 Geneva had fallen from
iwcaty.fye 10 th,ee frances. These
gfe.s coacIes are eIch drawn by
ron ;i,se TO six horses, aud make
the disla CO down in six hours.-.
Much OF the road is cut through
ROCKS. al walled up at the side !
tlia, / lever saw 80 fne q carria &C
road, ov one with such good road
bed AMI gale. Aud indeed the
uae roads over nearly all Europe are
q wonder 10 Amel cans. Most oi
them are graded almost rs carefully
as railroads and the woyon track il
covsrel with broken stone.
The uppef part Of the road il
Though a rouyh count but the ter
miles nearest eneva is in rich and
we'll cultivated reSioa. l should re-
member this ride AZ one Of the pleas
o,est OF my i.ip il it were not tina
a active smoaking long nine
made OF the most villainous tobacc;
which ever grew, sat oa the seat il
font OF me, aud gave me most oI
the way this wretchsd second han,
tobacco smoke. All over the cou j.
neut a,roost every man smokes aa;
driu..s Deer or wine, aud the pres
euce Of ladies is not considered q
restraint to either.
Geneva, which is beautifully sit
usted at the foot Of the AXE, is ON
OF tue mosL important cities IL
SwiAzerlan ], and contains more for
ca residents than any other. 1t /
men sioned by Cesar 10 tho iss
b rks OF his Gallo War and ffon
that time has been place OF i'm por
lance. IL has o large number o
W Itch AID jswelry establishments
add tsnsiv ! y manufacture
mueic boxes, and carved WORK. O.
q clear day one eau get fne vie,
Of Mt Blans from the quay in from
OF the Hotel do Russie. In Gsnev
and along the lake there are larg
number Of Euglish hotels and Il
dies boarding schools. On our for
mer visit we attended Pierre Hya
cinth's church, but some Que els
conducted the service. We howeve
saw him aud his American viii
as they left the church.
Whils 10 Geneva We were awaken
cd very early one morning by a
unearthly noise under our window
Our first impression was that half
dozen foil brass bands had come I
|givs % . ssrsnsds, but on Iookiu
ont We could Gee only . uarks
, woman With . little wagon aud
donkey eboot tue sizs Of 3 fou