The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-17

ster masses of rock guard its banks.
Whlle Just below, another island raises
us emerald crown and challenges
adm n In one place a beautiful
valley opens out to the river. where
peaceful farms dot the landscape. and
the smoke from the household affairs
t ti-l clustered i'll villages and coun-
Try homes ascend heavenward. I'm
the peninsula the village Of Bolivia.
with houses Of snowy white or of red
brlck meets the eye; while orchards
and gardens sweep around and about
them, taper church spires rise up in
pold relief against the clear sky, and
cemetery, high up among the clouds
a!lsplays It's pallid stones and seems to
look down upon the living; q strange
but singularly beautiful location for
: Gods acre = and it's Silent city Of
the dead.
Farther away. the country becomes
more uneaven in it's outline: the hills
recede; and fertile farms: with fields
OF waving grain, add another attrac-
tive feature to the scene and complete
the beautiful picture. In the out
skirts OF Bolivia, on a beautiful ele
vatlon, are the buildings of Storer
College,; an institution established
and supported by the generosity of
Northern friends, for the education
Of colored youth Of both sexes. We
are glad to say it is a success, daily
increasing in popularity and useful
ness; with the veXed problem of
founding a safe future for the nations
dusky wards. All the surroundings
of the villages are laid out upon 50
gigantic scale that the houses
dWarfed by the contrast~-look quaint
and strange. like leaves from the past
parted into the volume of the present:
and nesting under these lofty sum
mlts arising so high on either side.
appear like a toy town in q giants
amphithertae. The varying ieffects
produced by the ever changing LIGHT
and shade, the widely detfiering colors
OF tree and shrub and vine that cover
the rocky sides of these yawning
chasms. the monster lodges that pro
ject boldly in white OF gray masses
from the carved and beetling cliffs,
the ragged outlines presented by the
winding OF the rivers and the conse-
quent jutting or receding of the rug
ged sides, the monumental masses of
rock that rise even the buildings of
the town and threaten to topple over
to their utter destruction. the con-
fused, irregular mingling of rock and
river, mountain and misty cloud.
of green and gray and thousand
intermediate tints, Of field and forest,
cliff and craggy crest. make a wonder
full combination that is simply indie
scribable and must be seen ere it can
be fully appreciated or even under
stood. All written descriptions of
grand and picturesque are necessarily
weak and incomplete. nor can the pen
or pencil convey any adequate con-
ception-even of their outlines-to
the eye OF brain.
At Harper's Ferry the past and pre-
sent--like the two rivers-seem to
clasp hands, and the nineteenth
century seems to join with the long.
long ago; while the cliffs frown sui
lenly upon their union. and the rivers
roll restless Oh their journey and sing
of their destiny and ours. The pictur-
esque and pastoral, the wild and the
peaceful in nature, the work of man
and the most wonderful evidences of
natures night, here blend into
grandly picturesque and harmonious
whole; and offer a rare treat and most
absorbing study to the wayfarer.
There is much to admire and more to
learn in such a scene; and he who
closely observes and thinks, is not only
pleased but substantially improved and
benefited by it's enjoyment. Other
pens have written of Hasper's Ferry,
and it's attractions: from the time that
Thomas Jefferson pronounced it worth
a trip across the Atlantic to see, up to
the lesser pilgrims of latter day;
while the John Brown raid and the
march of mighty events have made of
it a familiar name to millions of men;
but to benefit by it's attractions. to
realize their massive immensely, and
to gather inspiration from it's heaven
built affairs, lovers of nature should
pay the place visit, and drink upon
the spot the awe-inspiring influences
of it's grandeur and matchless
sublimity. Neither here nor else
where are there many places better
worth seeing, or those that combine
the picturesque and beautiful in more
harmonious or perfect proportion.