The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1886-08-25
FROM THE OLD woRLD.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND,
June 23. 1886.


GENEVA, SWITZERLAND,
June %, 1886.
You see | am moving onward.
left Paris yesterday morning and al:
rived here at 3 o'clock last night. /
find the place a tolerably nice one
from casual outlook. 1t is sur
ronnded by the Alps. with her rug
ged cliffs and peaks projecting So
loftily, but which were no obstacle to
the indomitable energy and iron will
Of Napoleon who dared to scale and
surmount them with his Iegions of
armed men to make conqnests, sub.
due nations, and devast empires.
There il nothing very remarkable
about Geneva, and the place not any
better in appearance than many
places we have in the United States.
Yet there are some things connected
with its history that gives it some
interest. Visited to o-day the church
or cathedral in which CALVIN preach
ed, whose name is so familiarly i,len
ti6ed with religion and the history
Of the church. The building Is an
old antiquated looking piece Of arch
itecture. The windows are said to
be Of a very fine and superior quality
OF glass. Nothing about the edifice
is very attractive or requiring spec.
lal attention. The place is very noted
for its manufacture of watches and
clocks, more especially IN the man !
ufacture OF musical instruments and
music boxes. | went through, their
factories to o7day, aud find them much
like ous foundrics for making all
kinds Of machinery, and have moth
Ing to remark Of them, more than TO
say, ] was ir and through them.
The ingenuity and skill, however.
displayed by them in the making of
music boxes IS truly marvellous and
wonderful. saw two or three OF
these instruments playing, that were
in themselves equal to whole bands
Of music, consisting Of drum, fife,
horn, tlaseolets, violin, guitar and a
variety ofotlier instruments, all play
ing at once. The mnsic was very
fine, and / imagine any man, a lover
Of music, with a finely cultivated ear
for il, would be delighted with them.
/ think il Col. Embry and my father
had been here, and have seen and
heard their wonderful performances
and harmonious sounds they would
have invested their six hundred dol
lars for one Of them = the amount
they estimate them to be worlh, and
for which they scll them.
| think / shall leave here In the
morning BY diligence for Chamoiux,
where there Is perpetual snow to
be seen, and whose depth in the
crcvasscs-is perhaps over one hun
drcd feet Oh Mont Blanc. do not
imagine that any oil our party will
make an attempt to ascend the Mont
as we left our snow shoes ut home.
After leaving Chamoiux ! shall go
to Bcrne via Lausanne, then hurry
on to Vienna, to Munich, and to
Llntz. The gentleman that showed
us through his watch factory, told
me that there was no doubt whatev
er Of the existence Of cholera, both
in Rome and Florence, so / have
about made up my mind not to go
farther towards the south, or Medi
terranian. The fruit is foe here,
especially so is the cherry, which is
three or four times larger than those
we grow at home. have not eaten
any of them here, neither did in
Paris; they use them for desert every
day upon their tables. They grow
around Paris in the greatest abund-
ancc. have seen the trees so heav-
ily laden that the limbs almost touch
ed the ground. This Is a fruit that
my father is remarkably fond Of. and
often wish he could have been
here, as well as yourself, to have
eaten aud and enjoyed them.
More anon. Yours truly,
A. II. ScoTr.