Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-09
SIGHTS IN GERMANY.
rur uAspsumr usrirAL
Scenes ABOUT Municn and Innsprnck--
iprough the Tyroirso aips 10 italy
fair Norona Described.

scenes ABOUT Municn nnd nnspruck--
Ibrough the ryroicso Alps 90 italy
fair Verona Described.
Extracts from Private Correspondence
NENICE, July "a. 1884. My last letter
was written Immediately after our arrival
at Munich. We remained there until
Tuesday morning. Ii is one OF the finest
cttos IN Europe, being tho capital of
Bavaria. 1t contains 2l6, 900 inhabitants,
including its suburbs has many fine pri
yatc aud public buildings aud ia situated
on Lowell PLAIN. The river lsor, rapid
stream, which rises in tho Alps flows
through tho city and omptios into the
Danube, This river We crossed at
luglestadt, whore there arc worry hOavy
iortilicatiOns, about 90 miles from Munich
On Monday We visited tho museum, art
gallery, parks, Nc.
Tho museum is iuo building, frcscocd
and with ceilings III gold panel Statues
of Egyptian, Roman aud Assyrian periods
fill its spacious halls, but the collection Is
not 50 large or varied rs that of tho Brit.
lsh museum. The art gallery is ono Of
the largest and contains one of the finest
collections Of paintings in Europe, by Van
Dyke, Durer and other celebrated artists.
BsSAris's capital City.
We drove through the city in the aftcg.
city is we'll built, the streets are broad aud
clean, and the private and public build.
ipgs arc large aud handsome. The Ba-
varians in common with all European
nations do great honor to their public
mon, and statues, monuments, trIumphal
arches, Nc, are met on every hand. The
most celebrated of these is the colossal
| statue OF Bavaria, which IL cast in bronze
out of Turkish cannon. Tho figure itself
to the wreath which she holds alOft is G6
feet, including the pedestal. 1t stands in
| front OF Ruhmeshale "llall Of Fame"
and was erected by order Of King Louis |,
in 1888. We leave Munich on Tuesday
morning for luuspruck, which is the capi-
tai of Austrian Tyrol, and about % miles
| distant from Munich. There We arrive at
2:iO pm, and stop at tho Hotel do Tyrol.
| uusintly Constructed Houses.
For some distance from Munich tho land
is Of the same general character rs already
described. 1t gradually becomes more
rolling, and the cottages look different.
| Instead Of the high gables and red tilO
roofs we have rather Hat aud projecting
roofs OF shingles, which, instead ol being
nailed arc kept down by laths running
| across, and framed into the end raiters
| and kept down by stones being laid on the
| lath. This kind of roof continues until
we reach Italy.
| The houses aud barns are all built under
| one roof, and we begin TO see some ap.
proach to Pennsylvania barns as we
near the Alps, which now begin to appear
in the distance. We now pass into Aus
trian territory and have our baggage
examined, which is only done in formal
manner at the town of Kufstein. We now
follow the river Inn, q rapid stream which
rises III the Alps and flows into the
Danube. Like all these mountain streams
it has peculiar color, as though mixed
with chalk, which they receive from the
soil washed from the mountain sides.
A beautiful TyroIese valley.
We soon enter the beautiful valley o'
the Iuu, with the Alps towering on either
side, aud looking up the valley we SEQ the
long ranges of suow-clad peaks, with
heavy clouds hanging on their sides, whilC
the sun is shining on the snow above.
This valley of the Tyrol is lovely
scene, spreading out on either side of tbs
river, with the gradual slope intersperseC
with spots Of wood, behind which an,
reaching down to the river bank, uestl
smiling villages of neatly painted or white
washed dwellings. The tall spires of thei
numerous churches point heavenward, an,
all along the sides of the mountain al
cleared patches, dotted by numerous cot
tagcs and churches, going to make up
scene never to be forgotten.
sights About Innspruuh.
, We at length reach Innsprucb, wher
We obtain a carriage and drive to severa
points of interest. Among them the Cast
of Ambrass, ., 226 feet high up the mouG
tain side, from which point We enjoy
panoramic view of the town and vale
spread out before us. In the morning W
, visit the markets and places of interest
lnnspruch is famous for its wood carving
some fine specimens of which We see in III
, / numerous shops. The Franciscan churc
of the 10th century, contains monumen
to Maximillian |, which il a work of yer
high art.
Crossing Into Italy.
We leave lnDspruch al 24O p. M, q
Wednesday for Verona, Italy, by way o
the Bremmer pass, which is tho lowest {
the Alpine passes, and the only one wher
quarantine is not established. The rid
over and through the alps (we pas
through % tunnels) was very interest
ing one, the railroad is wonderful piec
, of engineering skill. We slowly elm
; and wind our way up the sides of tn
mountain. Sometimes up on one side. AM
, ! then down the other side Of the pass. Whil
4 looking down we would see, hundreds {
i feet below us, the road by which we ha
|, assembled, while thousands of feet abOv
, us were the snow clad peaks from whic
! little streams, like silver threads, weT
Urickling down the mountain sides gather
, ing force and volume from others in the
course, until they rush in torrents int
tho river below.
We follow branch of the Inn, to III
| summit, and from there tho Adigo I
/, Verona. Scattered through these mCul
aims, we find settlements and small villages
, with patches of grain, potatoes and maiz
Many Of these people, and their fort
} fathers have lived here for generations
never going further from homo than til
nearest villages, happy in their isolatio
, with no desire for change.
Night comes on before We get through til
, southern slope Of the Tyrol, but what "
see of IL does not impress us 30 fayOrabl
as that of the northern. Neither the ii
lage being so good nor the general appea
ance of the country or people as neat.
A CarDOIio Acid Bath at Verona.
We find the grape largely cultivated
> this region. Our train is late and wo
not reach Verona until IL o'clock at nigh
and then are subject TO fumigation at I'll
station with carbolic acid, the smell {
which we think we shall carry home wit
us. Tired and weary We wend our wa
through tho ancient city to our hotel
dream of home in tho city of tho Capulet
and Montagues.
Tho Home OF Romeo aDd Juliet.
In the morning We secure a carriage an