The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-10-26
ACROSS THE ALPS TO ITALY

shaf We left Stress, the terminus of our car
riaSe journey over the SImplon pass to Luke
MagSiore, for Milan. Hero il orr itinerary
since. 70 Aroma by boat and to Milan by
rail. Five days at Milan, including an excur-
sion to tho celebrated Carthus an monastery at
tertosa. Thence on Thursday by rail to
Como, from winch we assembled Lake Com to
Bellagip--boautiful spot-thence yesterday by
steamer IN tiltseu minutes to Menaggio, on tho
ether side of the lake; thence by carriage Over
asteep winding mountain road to Pol .ez o, on
Lake Lngano. at which point we to. * the
steamer and maze u circuit ofthe lake toPonte
s'resa: thence Eaga inE by diiigencs to Luini.
ON Lake Mag,,ore AGAIN, which from
that point we ascendei ,bv steamer to
Locarnc, tho chief town Of its northern OK
tremity. viii, ono Of the BEST hoto!s, l should
judge. in Switzerland. SO thatyou will see we
have. in The last few days, employed about all
the forms of leoomotiou, cxceps the bicvcle and
balloon, which we la not previously triol III
anr Alone cxcursious, on foot and on mile
back. lii this way we have had d pretty & ~
erai, though. of course, hasty, viaw Of the ii lie
scenery OF these chafming NaliAnIahH a,ws
had some weeks age Of Take G sneva IN Ihor
genera! natural, as well as art;iicidl, features.
these iakc- are very much ~alike-iong, narrow
sud winding basins. trimmed with n stately col. of
hills and mounta ms, foldedin upon each otlerin
those enllless dive rsltiei Of slope and curve
and angle which give such infinite variety to
the play Of Light and shadow; aad which, as
they unfolt with every change in the point Of
view az every turn araunl Il bend or promo l.
tory, disclose n fresh Surprised Of char Mug
landscape views. with fresh backgrounds Of
mountains ard bue distances. Apropos of
blues, | Eavo not Snt them; butl just have be N
Looking at them, Mnd / have never seen, even
in tho farthest DEPTHS of distance, anything
like The deep aud tender blue of the haze which
now yrilss theg ~meun'aius on the other side
OF The Aafc, listin froGt of us, blending wi h
and softepinG thor greens and browns, and tbs
hghts and shadows playing upon them in a
way That would fill e painter with DESPAIR,
From The watlr'5 edge to the farthest limit
OF vegetation. often extending to their tops ami
ridges, these mountain slopes are luxurilat
with tic produc's of q laoorious scnltivstion.
The vino ID carried far rp their steep sides
viii narrow terraces, vailed with stone. rising
like The ste0s Of an INN tn,o stairway. Tho
olive and tho pomegranate ara among thu
forms of sub trnnical vegetation which alter
nate here with patches Of corn and Buck q heat
aud common products of the mora northern
feds and g~lrAeus. The villa Of the rich and
the huIlhl" houses OF The pcasantry, which dot
these steep mountain sidGs-as well as
the cities and villa yes which nestle
at their base-all a'lke present the same stiff,
rectangular forms Of l a!jaa dpm ns.ic arahi.r
t,c,,rn h,,. all ,ol;Ee nIoxyins with the warm
,ic,, tints i, a. vollnw nr.domi,oti,r-
,vi,I, Witch t,nIra,li,,. 4 ,,;,,,, 4, = van t,e;r
s.nccnod ,xtsrinra Thor rnors of t,rr, co,.,
are extremely ng'y il their construct o., but
their richsh,rnwn cplofs sivethain q picturesque
csnno. ho7st nnon tbis background Of raylv
tf,tr5 atncco = hi,nIv coloroa frn,c, If tho
vir,i, Mary hrthe y gent from, the crS.A. ior
some Of the other favoY.t, subjects of Italian
art i'll the middle ages.
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Tho frst thing which strikes ono in coming
from Swit2erlanl into Italy is the coat asst
between tho stern and rugg,d ASPECTS of
naturo o. the other s!io Of the Alps with the
-nft and glaisome SluNnriancs of tho Cis-
alpine landscapes, aad the correla i'm
of these pursly1 physical contrast,
with tho manners and p'y7iosnom'"s
and habiiations OF the people. Tho Swiss
ctaloF is pleasant to sse only IN picsufes It'll
simply a ruio hut. built Of hewn logs.
by tho weather aud tune, surmoanted
hya broad -brimmet roof OF rou n slate or,
WOOD ehinG es, Da.l when Stones aFa plled 10
hold them IN place. Pcrchel tAgn up on tho
mountain SIDES, on SOM atye patch pt pasture
wrested from the wilderness OF serttcii ROCKS
above ana below IT, lls gloomy exterior seems
In hafmsny7watA tae savage anu ihaeeaesiote1
solitude around IT. Its nhaoitants, whose ire
"a psrFHSan@sTnsstn@lsa tempest ahl coii+
and h'Niafeho Tor ? bare e%'s'snco' WIN 'hs
heipot rem 'hese psrfe"
ROCKS cannot % sApsetol 10 De a very caoaf-