New-York tribune., 1880-10-24

q good humor altogether extraordinary
THE HISTORY OF A HAMLET.
An .hc ir,rortancc Yiege mas in these days IS due
z, ;ts lucl in being point Of departure for Ter
matt luck Of comparatively recent origin. for not
lone since the RAILWAY came further than Sierre.
pae5oser. with lis German reverence for ar1stoc
racv gives a list OF the noble families who used TO
live here 81 noble that they had a church 10 them
selves Whether IL he the church which now
stands on a clih locking down into the Nisp rs II
mipgIes with the Rhonc he Cmits TO tel us.
asked Two or three inhabitants. he oldcs, could
find hut when one OF them wanted to know
whether it was the Kalbcmattcn who kept
tobarco shop whom was inquirlne about gave
no the pursuit And yet ] should have liked to
know For l. ara not sure that did not make ac-
Quantanoc. IN certain sense with some Of the
kailciIna;icn and iscdmcttca and o. lrchs who
used 90 honor Niegc by living here. lad looked
about Tor some -mc for objects of interest without
finding many Whatever il may have been once
Vicgc is uoN conf1scd and dirty village Few OF
It's houses stand securely their foundations their
walls Jean in and ont At alarming angles. and still
show fhe rents and assures which the earthquake
of SO produced. !, may .bc from fear Of another
That the villagers stable thelr cows IN the second
s.orv and hulld woodplcs under the caves. The
church is in 10 way remarEabl" until you have
,,qs,cd tho porch aud TUNED the southwest
corner. There YOU cone upon an exterior vaUlt;
low alcore exposed TO The day on one side and III
this alcovc "a considerable collection OF the mortal
remains Of noble and qnollc families in full view.
The seGton has ta-je for antiquities and an
orderly soul. A. ihe cAuIciWarI became moon
vcuicnNy crowded. he dug up its contents: hGi
not 10 commit ihc saCrlcgc or removing rhem from
con-. Grated ground. hc stored thcm aHay Ia TINS
recess There he has piled them op with grim
a.. -.Ti sa orfneC eCr f-ffT.if a
array his boxes and bottles; q square hcap Of
skulls and bones: five skulls HIGH by thirty long
and five deep: each skull accurately placed on his
I,vcr .aw and dulv supported and separated from
his n-iahbor Iy ais marrow bones horizontally
fieposed beneath him au1 about him. There must
be 0rite 2O1 Of them on the outer surface; cog
Cling and criUning at the bchclder IN the most
surprising manner: and with a steadiuoss OF g1ze
that sooner OF later looks you down. They belong,
without doubt t. some of the oldest families bat
I could not find the sexton himself, and fear !
shall meyer know whether IT was inc porcelain or
common clay that once clothed these skeleton
heads
rnE TARIFFS or TRAVEL.
Turning away from this crisly show and coming
back to ny inn and beginning TO ask about next
day', tourney. | found plenty Of willing in
loruapts. whose stories agreed with each other but
not. alasi vItE that OF my guide. The accurate
Bac1ckpT aGirns that the Journey from Fiege TO
Zor1natt rcIuires clght hours and three quarters.
lie is equally positive that you may hire horse a>
far a, St Nirhuas for ten francs. and n carrage
from y. Nicholas 70 Zermatr for ten francs more.
Thi, Information may be found in his twelfth and
last edition. but the statement belongs to that cate
rory which the Chchclc Professor of international
Law at Cambridge recommended for diplomatic
use under the nlAe OF i..s accurate language
" hen Baet sker wrote, both statements were prob
ably exact Since then. possibly the road and Ger
taiulv the price have been improved. Ihc time
fuoliV occu' cd Is reduced to six and half hours
and Inc price is increased 90 twelve francs for the
hor,, and Fifteen francs ior the carnage beng
mel total augmentation OF exactly 80 per cent
within two years: Which IS a good rise even for
Switzerland Throughout tine small part Of Swiss
territory have travcrsod this summer the increase
IN railwa- fares Is in q SIMILAR proportion. 80
with hotels ana o+hcr charges and 1 hear from al
quarters and FRO. all the travellers whom ] meet
that the same thing Is true all over switzerland.
If those coucurring testimonies Dee true, t may De
lid that The Swiss are busiy engaged in tbat
branch OF industry temporarily lucrative. but m
remuneIatige IN tnc long run. known aa killing the
GOOSE ,hat lays the eggs. Within certain limits the
itncraut public is lOnC-suiicring ana patient. II
~il,nlfs so readily TO one cxrorton after another
bs -ucL u word but if not there oucht TO bc-ends
bv believing there Is 10 limit 10 endurance.
Then comes time. quite suddenly, when the
oioeon grows tired Of being plucked, and takes
nirht TO another cline. Switzerland has many ai-
fractions Tut it is not the only country ir Europe
which has mountains and lakes and raT fed air.
People wl pas literally for the enjoyment ol these
eirts of nature. There is, however, point beyond
y-l ich tlrir bcrliitY viii not pass. The Swiss are
making thc most energetic Efforts TO discover what
tIa+ poiut is. II is a chance whcthcr they do not
push their curiosity too far The public, stupid as
II is is also sympathetic and gTerarloas. II goes
I'm Hocks and thc leaders Of tine Hoci mas at any
fqoiacut rive the signal for a change of direction
Fashion has Quite ~ much to do with the presen6
popular1tv of switzerland rs It's natural adyan-
t1res. The French are beginning 90 60 To Scot
land. Tho Austrian Tyrol, Sazony. and other cor
ners OF Europe have thcr admirers. The Carpahians
aud even the Caucapsus are move and more fire.
orouted as the seasons 90 bv. A hundred years ago
Switzerland was uuvsjted save by its own peasants.
Who fnow5 what solitude may not fall upou ib
hundred wears henccf
SUBMISSION TO TIE INEVITABLE.
Torthe present the tourist Las nothing to do hut
submit If he struggles. il is the habit OF the
willy Swiss 20 show him a bit of printed paper on
which against certain nOun-substantiyes denoting
ploces or routes. are set certain figures denOtiug
prices. This IS called tariff, and have observed
that it almost always produces sedative effect
upon the patient. ! don't know why. unless it be
that a printed sheet implies deliberation oa the
part Of the person who caused it 20 be printed; and
an act OF solemn and settled resolution not 10 be
resisted by person who has not time to announce
his determination by the help OF ink and types and
paper In some eases. certainly v0u may escape
paving rs the Dutchnan narrowly escaped drown
,ng- by not going in the boat. Such a case ls the
Journey from yicge 20 Zermatt; which is an easy
walk for those who like walking. Here and every
where you Will have the energetic Baedeker on
Won! side lie is all for walking, and I may add
To my other recommendations Of his entertaining
+reati. that for the pedestrian il T. the only one.