The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-12-28

The Nainyeschicite des Sch,reissr-
ldndes tells of a very unpleasant expert
ence which in the early part Of the last
century befcl Il chamois-hunter of tie
name of kaspar Stoeri. As Stoeri and
two other hunters were in hot chase
after chamois on the Limmernalp gla-
cier. he disappeared rs suddenly as ii
h. h;nl been swallowed mp hy ~ earth
gu Ike. lie had fallen into hidden
crc,asse. His companions leerel fear
fully into the hole down Which Sto,ri
had vanished and thinking that sll VAS
over With him. commended lis sonl to
Gol. But when they heard his Voice
CRYING family for help. and perceived
that he was clnging to ledge ef the
creyassc they ran to goat-herl's Int
hard by in the hope that they might
possibly find rope. They found oaly
IN old eoanferpane too rotten to he of
any use Meanwhile poor Sto.ri was
in fearful rlight-half his body in freez-
ing glacier-Matcr, ami holding on ,les-
perately with hands and feet to the icy
walls Of the rift. lie had given himself
up for lost. and was saving. us he
thought, his last PRAYER. when his COM
raies lowered him rope. Which they
had contrivcl to make with their belts
and part of their clothes. He graspea
it joyfnllv with both hands. his friends
pulled Justify, and Stoeri was Just ahont
to thank heaven for his happy escape.
1 when one Of the belts gave Nay, and
/ down he fell again. Tho second mis-
fortune was worse than the first: Stoeri
took part Of the line down With him,
and III the descent one of his arms Mas
badly broken. But he held on with
the other, and by splitting their belts
his companions made the eNtemporlzel
! belts long enough to reach him Sec
ond time. As one arm rested on the
ledge. and as he dared not remove il
for fear Of falling further into the
abyss, aud being drowned IN tile water,
of which the creyasse was nearly full,
he had to bend tho rope around his
body with the broken limb, which
caused him terrible anguish. This time
the belt held. and Stoeri was safely
landed ON the glacier. As his conn
panions drew him out Of the hole he fell
into dead faint. and ii was n long time
before he came ronnl and could be re-
moved to his home.
Hat not every one who falls into Il
erevassc is equally fortunate. In 1871.
NJ. Monran, clergyman from Nesey.
while crossing the Lower tsrinlelNaid
glacier went dnMn riit seven hundred
teet deep. When his guide to whom
hc ought to have been attached hv
ropel reported the aecid,a,t at Grim
lelwald, a suspicion arose that the poor
man had been robbed and murdered,
and his holy thrown into rr.sasse to
conceal tire crime. In order to a.seer-
tain the truth, another guide Mas ticd
to rope ami lowered into the abyss.
After several attempts, the man, though
he suffered much from cold and bal mir,
succeeded in fastening the corpse to his
own body, and So carried ii to the sur,
fac. vi. Mouron's watch aad purse he
ing faunl intact in his pockets. tho
guide Mas freed from the suspicion s,tS-
piciaa which rested nran HIM. ami his
character for honesty, ii not cilicieacy,
redeemed.
,, III the Year 1870. three guides verc
swept iata eresasSe II the head of the
Grand Plateau ut the foot II the final
slope cf Meat blanc. More than forty
! Years after they had leen buried in
: their i,.v tomb the remains of these nm
fortunate men Mere feaal nvaf th. end
. . | af the Glacier des Eessias, Mhither
! they Lad lrifsed with the ira, tasl.s ha'
loN tlse Itft IN which they Neee insgls
,l f8ff,e4sS litfhfl,