The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-11

away to find the last and mightiest Of
the three. We now found ourselves
IN natural amphitheater In the form
of q horse shoe, walled by majestic
mountain sides leaning easily back to
permit view of the many fields of
Ice browning the surrounding heights;
having as its bed rich meadow made
artistic by the groupings of boulders
and clumps Of pines, and cut through
by stormy rush of waters hurrying
through the gap forming the opening
Of the arena and disappearing over its
edge. The third fall clears = height
of one thousand feet In . reckless
plunge and with q deafenfng roar
for ming the greatest stream Of falling
water In Europe. Boedecker calls the
falle of the Rhine at Neuhausen the
finest in Europe, but they have only
the great volume with no artistic set.
ting. We now commenced to climb
in earnest and always up our road led
through q deep valley with towering
sides. in front and to the right glaciers,
now through meadows. now over bar
rem regions of rock and course brush,
aud along rushing streams fed by wa.
tets from the melting SHOWS, and
which on the distant hill 81 les looked
like slender silver threads winding
down In delicete filagree of most fam
tastic pattern.
wa,., whseI whila I AT dom IN =
honidor 70 wr;ta NV nosas Tw.s Tor.
innate. NV comns Mon wss NOT Cav.
erai cows browsino near hv ware st.
trscted bv the nnnsnai siobt .nnro.ch.
al IN inveetioata Ono desiripc the
most advs m1s~sops view deliher.
ateiv walkad in front of him hetween
the water wheel and his sketch hook
and cooIv eved him called tn him
and saii s.There,s a chance In ace
whether The Creeks wera rioht IN con.
sidering the cowis owe the most bean.
tifuI and soflest Of living Creatures. -
He was however. not interesfed in the
ancients. 81 with His cane he scattered
them. ihe noise and confi,sion called
the attention of the bovine 0entleman
of the premises who with a snert came
around the corner of the shed on ache.
dule time straight for the artist. For
the sake of ART + wouId gladly have
pictured A hurried trim over the neigh.
boring fence that INV friend undertook
I can see ii In ALI its details. hut 1t
must forever remain a nicture Of mann
ory for I cannot sketch. The transi.
ton was wonderfuI acting most nat.
uraI and the effect was m0st trapical.
Never shail forget the flvino sketch
book. the arms REVOLVING ike non
Ouixote,s windmill and the flight Of
the knapsack in its careerinQ leap over
q four barred fence. As for myself 1
executed a flank movement and escap-
ed We We're inploriouslv routed and
left the field i'm the banda of the enemy
Lost without a angle shot being fired!
Leaving for new scenes we followed
a bend in the valley when the mag.
nificent glaciers of The Drel HerrH.
spitz swing into view. which towering
above blasted and fallen pines pre.
sent a scene hardly surpassed for
savage grandeur. Not far above Us
we could see the barren rock above
the line of vegetation making A deso.
late and lonesome region where moth
ing grows but the coarse moss on
which the goats browse.
1t Is noon and not having brought
anything with US we hunt around fof
u supposed inn which may never have
existed there. Not finding it, we saw
shepherds hut and made for it. 1t
proved to ne the belongings Of three
cheese makers who cordially invited
US in and set before us large bowl of
milk with cream that would bring joy
to the heart of the city housewife.
whose daily portions of dairy milk
suggests strongly the presence of
"nectar of the gods.n This with bread
aud pancakes of the "flap jackU style
constituted meal which was deyour-
ed with eagerness and relish. The
cottage in which we find ourselves is
two roomed one, smoked black from
the fire which burns in q large iron
vessel in the middle of the largest
room, the parlor, I suppose, and scat.
tered around are implements for
cheese making and on shelves are
many rows Of creamy looking cheeses
not vet aged enough TO he taken to
market
From this no;nt NO mot M yorat..
tion nothinq mt rocts .nJ 800
aIwsvs cI;mS;nc h;obsr nth tho 800 o
and snow of srss niose 70 ns snd iii
aronnd and now Gonna. The at re.i
trial I've orc orc ahon. ~ go.
the frat y,sc;er W. corsf,,i,v 0 .nd
with n,ncI, tran;d. t;on ,,.ha a. ., M
hut oa;n;na co,,rs aa naon ,.n mn,; I'ps
Hrst and 1hon Tie saoHpS .no
nassed then again vSntmr;n. ~. Sna
IS stand On the snr,n Nit nna ,heu..as
feet a horo tho snon. liz. Ia 'as;u
down hetwaan nv faa, ~ I;t,7ss
white flower iifii1y ire rrot,v ha.d 'a nc
If in gentle waIconso anT ai.dna". 80
the siSht Of comnanv r. p tha ",iu
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