Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-05

which move one when leaving home
with all the endearments Of associa-
tons which have grown with years OF
loving intercourse.
We could not help spending a little
while at Yvcrdon. where the sulphur
baths are highly spoken Of. But the
time with our friends had been so
extended that the month allotted to
this locality was nearly up before we
reached the "Ht1el Prairie where
VIC intended to stop much longer than
we did.
This locality, by the way, is the
cheapest in which to live that we
visited. Good hotel accommodation
cost us but eighty cents a day. From
here we went to Berne, where we
spent a week. Berne is a rather Gu
rious looking city. 1t is very rcgu-
larly built, but many Of the houses
are massive structures resting upon
arcades, which are lined with shops
and furnish covered walks for pedes-
trians. The word Berne means bear,
and the visitor has a constant re-
minder Of this as he passes along.
There is a menagerie of these animals
maintained at public expense, and
bears in sculpture n seen on every
walk. The olock tower is one otthe
curiosities Of the city. just before
the hour to strike a cock appears and
crows twice, a puppet strikes
The hour on a bell, and o
procession of bears emerge and
pass around. Flower gardens, cult
waited with great care, arctic be seen
all through Switzerland. Even the
railroad stations have beautiful flower
plots attached, which are carefully
attended to BY the station agents.
While in Berne we saw the famous
St. Bernard dog Barry" which has
saved forty-two lives.
We also visited the Museum, which
has one ofthe finest mineral collections
in Europe. From Berne we went to
Thuu, along one of the most beautiful
routes | ever traversed. There Is q
view Of the Alps nearly all the way.
At Thun We took the boat across the
beautiful lake of the same name. 1t /:
a magnificent sheet Of water, sur.
rounded with fine scenery and elegant
villas. We arrived a~t.Interlaken anC
took a carriage for Griudelwald, a dis,
lance oftventy-o one miles. The rOutG
is through beautiful country, abound
ing in orchards and meadows. VIZ
remained three hours at the HoteI
Glacier, resting aud waiting for saddle
horses. Then on horseback up the
great Scheideck a ride of two hours
and a half.
The ride is a most delightful one,
full of novel scenery. Three miles up
the valley, little to the right, is the
Upper Glacier Of Grindelwsld, On
the right, all along the way, the Wet
terhorn (storm peak), rises in a bare
wall apparently close to the path, but
really at considerable distance. From
the great Seheideck the view back
upon GrindelWald is very fine. The
ride of two hours and a half brought
US to the great ice grOtto, a cavorT
hewn into the solid ice. 1t is entered
By a tunnel ten feet wide, and extends
a distance Of over two hundred
feet into the block of solid ice, the way
being lighted with candles set il
brackets, driven into the ice walls on
either side. Away in the interior We
found two little girls singing, and re
eeiving pennies from the visitors who
entered the curious place. Oul
descent marked the greatest contra
dietion Of nature | ever witnessed
From the blocks Of solid ice a few
minutes brought US to warm weather
blooming plants and all the beautiful
verdure OF a Swiss valley in summe
Not less interesting than any place w
had visited was Lauterbrunen. which
is literally what its name indicates
nothing but fountains" The Staub
bach Falls, a half mile distant, j
about the loftiest in Europe, beinI
$50 feet high, the falliugwater becom
ing spray as it is waited Of by th.
breezes. Along the mountain path
are stationed men with horns, VIII
blow that travellers may hear the won
derful echo, and as usual you are per
mitted to pay them for the music. w
spent a week in this locality, and the.
took a steamer to Brieuz, a beautiful
town located on the lake Of the sam
name passing the Giessbach Fall:
These are OF a character and beaut.
very peculiar. Six of them can b
seen at once descending in succession
from the mountain above, and a
night they are beautifully lighted 70
the benefit Of tourists. The Giess
bach Hotel is reached from the lax
by a peculiar railway, which carrie
passengers up by water power.