Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-15
IN AND ABOUT GENEVA,
THE RICHEST AND MOST pOpu-
LouS TOWN IN SWITZERLAND.
sts History and Monuments- The DuLe Of
Brun~wics and His Wig. aud Jewels
The House Where Frank
ensieinr WAS Written


hh' "ut " nat really charming place the
town itself Is for protracted sojuurn 1t
has the commonplace merit of being the
richest ami most pol.ulous town In Switzsp-
land. AMI it Is full 4 good shops and good
h"i i. 81 tfat that class Of travellers whose
ch'"t object Is TO spend their money could
find here plenty Of opportunities 1t Is an
excellent place, too, 10 improve ones mind
Here are fine colserv atoire OF music,
good university. an extensive public library,
museums of pictures and sculpture; {;
museums, toe. of archaeology, and of
natural hist,ry; a botanical garden with
over five thousand different plants: in short,
chunks of VISION" to begatherei IN every
p, sSlble .rectiCn
II you are W.T., aipfully inclined, you can
go Il church a every corner The old
church of the ha ieleine dates from the
Ninth century, and Is the first one in which
the reformation was preached; and there
are churche, of all ages from this venerable
Madeleine to that youngest Protestant
chur ch whose corner stone was laid by our
own General Grant in 1873
Then, again. Geneva has antiquity
enough to deli hit a fossil IL was an inn
porrant pac, in the time of the Roman
empire, and julius Ca ar writes in his
N"mmeniarle'' OF stopping 10 throw up
some rdhcationS here In the fiith Gen.
tury the town embrac "a Christianity. and
in rne SiXteelth century iI WAS one Of tine
most prominent centers " the froteStant
reformation.
on Nonder NIL. near the town. calvin
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mad tAat gooi olitarian. Sarvetus> burned
Tor MS heresle$ ana Tor many years calvin
Fracticaiiy ruled eeneva he not only
told the 1eneVese what they must believe
tui no" many courses they might nave Tor
dinner should ttink they would nave
peen gia1 when they buried him. al last
ihey can STOW you his grave Tor oy his
directions no stone WAS PLACID over MIN,
anu no one KNOWS Just where ne lies
lhe most eha'tnS io'er oil the beaun1ui
"ouiu pe c"h'eh' Win 'he site Oh Sene'a,
on Tue sn"e "i i's own taif la"e' Win 'he
s#ep' hh"ne' archeH oy SIX prligeS run
ming "f"aSh the town anu cutting IL In
'"aiil' anu Win 'he range "i the Juras on
"ns siae anu the Sale'e' ana Mont blanc on
'he "'heF- hii"aS Le'"eeh Two Oh the
priuHe>-'he foht uu mont b!anc ana the
f"h' deN berSues-ls pretty ii'tie isiand
'he memory OF TINS iater usneSese ce'eo-
r'S' WI" WAS per maps The greatest contrast
10 Tue aus'efe reiofher' lawn 'ha' one
can Wei imagine Rousseau was tnor-
GU n rreheh'iiah' 'noush ne WIS pFn AZ
''ne'a, In I'l-. anu pa'sed good deal o
us NE NJ oh 'is i'tAnu Is Ms "iohAe
sta'ue ps d-er-a ieau'iiu' "orA oi A.
1"e SCH ~ 'ui rug s'iiis'~'"e ''o IL anA
o"i'essA'n o' sin' he ilai MOI mHu sehse
ehou'h 10 oiu'" 'or-'"e niaLi '" no preacned
human Nindh IS ana sent Ms own chiidfeh
!" '"uhi' NJ no'pta's '1a' he might ho'
hh'e IN ro""e " 1'Aiis c're VI 'neh
io"AS """h VAIN HI eng nm g II si''''e 'h
'ne Pe"lhe "h' e'iiie 10 s'uis HIS iinealeh's
mus iiii'ii'' 'aiiA III "F"h-1
ihis STATUE o' hous'eau Is lhe oh'S s"od
ou' oi u"of mon nniehl Ill al uehe'a-
MS Vi '"enh Aie usH' "ii' ''e ih'''
mucous VI hi Is 'ne huse' c"s'is one 10 tue
Duke Oh bruhs"ich LII lns ace u's Apes
a droli "id reprooa0e "a' the dlke' put ne
leser Vel monument ron The "ene'ese'
Tor he uequeathed u their town nice
VS. an extremely eccentric Oh gentleman,
ah' hai almost a' niahF wigs aS queen
elizabeth hai dresses AS iaoS OF iasn
ION afrahg's Win her maid "ha' gown she
sha' pun On ior any oceasioh' SO this oid
duke useu l" discuss WIN us saie' "ha'
o"ior an" stsie 0. wig Ne Snouii aSsu"e
each oa.' ne hAi niar liai io"hihS wigs
wigs oi seh'iheh'' In WHICH 10 go
"ooihs' "iss Vi ee'Iani o"'c suggestive
ness p'oiiue "ie$ pIo"h wigs cur wig,
s'raiSu' "tss' ahd lie Hh fo'ih iuii vi
'ai 'FiS 'io'As' on "ni'" 'nes' "iSs "efe
carefully dressed anu set ioftn' ana from
lhl various assor'tnehI Tue oiu ieho"
ch's' ea-h h''rh'hS' accofuns us
iio"'' nc ui' a'so '"e iAi so'' GU '''''i'n
o' r"ei' III Inc Possessioh Vi any pri'a"
''uuai' anu various sFahu re'liehoe'
III o'ie Pia'e anu "ho'ne'' Hihons 'Ae"
cosby ana curious paisce III rars, nauul
Tor syuafit'S "hos' orgies were heid not
unworthy lhe ihaduest Oh 'ne No"ah EN-.
peFua i ""o'' " oN
soul Is n""' Al ahv rate us ois' u!E
mon uiheh' l. here III t'eneHa' anu 'n' "eh-
eNese ae Sra'eiui ioF nis nioa~S' anu
"ouit pray ho uouo'' ioi n'' unduio'
sP II" fei"~e oi's 'ia' '"ey "ie '"'"
su"hS ffo'e' e''ah's 'hes unre ho@
Near Geneva l. 'ie naieon p'ooa'i' "nere
byron anu oneneS iiEed ior 'iin' W
gether' "nere hrs oue4'es "ro'e 'ne
strange sruesoiiie 'a'e !" rrahAeh''n,
ana read H. evening oS evening" 70 'he Two
poets; where our sad ba1' mad oro'her
aS
fatal love TO Mrs SHELLY nail sister, VINO
had tIe dishonor oil Icing the motner Oh
B'ron's daughter Aiiegra
short anu most chartAhs orNe from
Geneva takes you 10 rney-soitalre, tne
last residence oil |ohalre, tne frenc phii'
oSCpher. play wright, noveilst, man OF