Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-30
NOBLE RIVERS.
rns sUsoUsHASs AAsD rHs HUDsoK
fHE kfvak RHINE


lie had from htm hurled
Tho poor squeezed orange OF the world"
Anxious Tor some OF the Juice the reporte
put a leading question;
Have ever seen n hnor country Young
man, I'm n traveller Of course this land''
good, but the stones are 80 thick its hard u
find, and when you have got down to th'
soil II can't compare with lano Just over IN
ridge. Bu; I know you talk of tho whole
country, and balance tho good lime stone
land with tho natural beauties of tho lowel
end aud It's enterprisiu. population. IL
answer your question frankly l must say
yes, | have seen many valleys moro bcautt
ful and fertile than tho valley OF LsncasteI
county, and many hills and rivers more 70
mantle than We have In the eastern half OF
America.
Hang the Hudson The Susyuoh hanna,
seen from Cutters pinnacle on ~ clear day
when the leaves are turning, ls sight tina,
the Hudson can hardly rival. Take the road
irom Liberty Square To Fishing creok, and
when you come Ia the Cutler mansion crown.
ing one OF the highest hills you will find a
glorious view, but walk across tho fields
back oi the house aud you wtll strike path
leading out towards the river. Suddenly
you md yourself on the brink of "a pracipiCe
many hundred feet above tho wator, and be
tore you prospect grand enough 10 make
an eagle scream.
From the rounded top of Peach Bottom, tho
the wooded hill I'm tho middle of tho river
at the south. 10 the sharn cury, of ihe mar
rowed stream through the hills To tho west,
tho banks show one unbroken front Of woods
in gorgeous autumn color; and tho river,
spreading over miles of sballows or ps,boreJ
for a r,s6 between vrey rocks sands mn q
never csasIpR sound. translated be.t NV al
go on forever"
This IN but ono of many yisys that NAV be
had -.
tiful. Rut when YOU ASK for a relative esiI.
mate o, these landsapes YOU make An unfair
demand. II isuo more right to comn,ro tbe
Hudson with tho Susuuehanna than a hmm,
nett beauty wits A blonde; therefore. when
WAS thin kips of our river I said uIIudsnn
lie hanged" Tho Hudson ~ grand enough.
but In totally cclipsed by tho Columbia. and
thstyp.. of beauty are tho same rIf bnth haye
palisaaea
The Columbia IL very deop and tapiJ why
the streams pass over sunken forest of giant
trees, and the water IN 20 clear that Won can
look over tho side and see tho n an swimming
around among the tree tons far helow. can
say that 1 saw a ssl mon climb a tree You
know salmon and trout ara tho only u.b 4,
that country
Tur pu,~p
y,,,.., ,L., 90, hoIIo,., a., p,t IL,
~" ''y ""s 70" ".,io'' '''o hu'no ~
ui-aPPoihubs flNef' Neii, may De IL II, but
l don't mink So You see, Americans are
used to things ON big scale, and most OF
- al thaNH
hud the famous Rhine NOT vary vId. ana
the castled hiH. that guard IL loss ,nsios,L,
than many tbey have i,tl at hom,
tall thin man and a short stout woman
stood on the wharf at Rude,heim and
gazsd silently around. The river ru.had
steadily and silenily before them and bavnnd
II law the littlk town OF Binpon. The Te.t of
the landscape wa, ma 10 un of b,ro hTnwn
bilIs NO trees no grass hut iu.t a .oTia. al
big mounds of drv p,rrhed ea,th ItLo tho
surface of n piouphed telI that mas haan
baked by a fierce sun. This was IA, Rhine
The tall thlu man op,ned his ,nolanchoIy
mouth and said "I'vs been To BarnumIs
circus several times but never felt sn h.dlv
sold In all nv lie -
Hero is the secret of IT, This raglan Ia
famous the world over Tor its wine, and the
land is of fabulous value Every foot of II il
cultivated, and the stsepc.t biIlsidss torrared
from water margin To rocky top. Then when
the season h over the land lies brnwn and
hare, and no stranger would ever guess that
those hard, dry hills had yielded a noble
crop OF tie ,'soul of the fosintng grape the
wine that msketh glad the heart of mani
but when he shows hlnsoli unworthy OF the
blessing, becomes curse.
man Who nas Nptno 'HeHpI Nha' 10 eh-
RhI,o wish ,ba s,.aJy ri,,iI d., ~ ,IT o 4
deep s,roam from its mountain and ,ores,
home, past ancient towns aud ruined robber
castles to the sea The romantic aspect ofthe |
sceneis greatly msrred by the culture of the |
point Of vantage on the river bank, guarded |
by the ruin ofa castle or beacon tower-the |
s,sSlt witness OF the dolugs OF border knights |
Sd Dsrons in the brave old days-tbe river |
'ssemsa living thing linking the majestic |
past with the present This steady. rapid, |
rush OF billions OF tons Of water, has been go |
log on through all the ages oil man ON earth,
and far beyond. Beside 1t stands ruin, |
how OLD Perhaps hve hundred years, and
no one knows who built Il or how 1t fell, |
though the walls are OF solid masonry eight
ieet thick, and the tall, gaunt ruins tell that
ts ouIiuel was inan VI wealth. ana power.
demr with the chanpeless tIow nf the Rsina
that Ia ON phasized at every turn and twist OF |
the mighty stresu II is grand sermon 10 |
men, "wrlt IN water, ON The vanity OF hu-
man aiilpi,'oi', anu .not,iiilng Naue oi me
nsrad n i,h He as lon, ,nn @ 1917 IN
river.
Time NAV place monuments az elegant as |
these along our greater rivers. than and M,
till then, NAV the Hudson Iva comrared with
the Rhine,
,u,,.r
nINh VA. -
Asou' party vi h'e spoou ON tue "haTl with
the TALL American, there came around the |
bend Of the river above US what appeared TO
be a floating island with a town ON IL. TWAS
n vas, rsft apn.reptIv n, Laval ,I,,Ls ,,oarI
80, ,,i,h ,ha s,,r,a,o -, ,ho -. 80,
49, ,,i " vs. 'sr sa,a,, 10 bo,,sas mi "u nav
,ns 81 y, so'S onn w." h'uoos VIII popua.
t,on y, spou, ' a ~ n,en ne'e ,a''7 aip pu'i'
,ians VI &c tSa ,nnor pb,na :" omor an,.u ,