Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
THE UPPER ENGADlNE.
A Noted Health Resort in One of til
Swiss Valleys.

| A Noted Health Resort in One of tn.
Swiss Valleys.
| In the east of Switzerland, among
the highlands of the Grisons, lies 8
long, broad valley, which although out
of the track of the majority of tourists,
is visited in summer by some thousands
| of English people in search of health
or pleasure. This upper Valley of the
Inn, or Engadine, can also boast of a
winter season during which st. Moritz
is the home alike of persons suffering
from pulmonary complaints, nervous
diseases, and other disorders, and of
those who come for the skating and
tobogganning. So long ago as the
winter of 1S67-68 an entry occurs IN the
visitors book at the Kuhn Hotel, re-
cording the advantages which the
writer, suffering from disease of the
lungs, had experienced from five
months sojourn there. Similar testi-
mony was furnished by persons staying
at st. Moritz during the next two sea-
sons. After this, notwithstanding such
favorable witness to its curative capa-
bllities, and the increasing reputation
of Davos as resort for consumptive
patients, no one remained at St. Moritz
during the winter months until 1876. This
was owing partly to the want of local
ente. pr Sc in advertising it as health
resort. partly to want of preparation in
the shape of stoves and double windows,
to enable individuals to continue there
during the cold season. Since 1876,
however, the number of winter guests
has increased. This winter upward of
100 people are spending several months
there, and Davos, whose climate is
similar to that of Engadine, bids fair
in few years to be over-crowded.
The -e is no need to wait till the passes
are covered with snow before making
the journey to this upland valley.
There are many reasons why travellers
should arrive in autumn. The weather
is then not so cold, and newcomers
can get accustomed to the air of the
Engadine before the severe weather
sets in. The autumn, too, possesses
recommendations of it's own. Septem-
Der is usually glorious month. and
boasts larger proportion of cloudless
or only partially clouded days than
any other month in the year. The
woods, VIII CHI in summer are
masses of sombre green, become re-
splendent with gorgeous tints of GRIM
son and gold, reminding one in many
ways of the beauties of the American
Indian Summer" The mountains
are ablaze with color, and the eye wan
ders up their sides to rest on their
snow-clad SUBMITS, which stand out in
clear-cut relief against the deep-blue
sky. All these manifold beauties, mir
rored in the unruffied surface of the
mountain lakes, form rare comb;na-
ton of rich and harmonious coloring.
The snow which falls at this season in
stead of rain usually remains on the
highest parts of the mountains, but
does not long continue in the valley,
and the sublimity of the view is thus
improved by the dignity which the
white mantle lends to the surrounding
hills. The summer, however, like the
spring, is, in the Engadine, transition
period of very brief duration. Soon
the snowfall becomes more heavy, and
the ..snowing-in' begins. In two or
three days several feet may fall, and
one morning finds the ground thickly
covered with a garment which will re-
main for about five months. The time
at which this, which marks the BEGIN
ming of winter, takes place, varies con-
siderably in different years, but it is