The Portland daily press., 1891-08-22
FROM MAINE TOWNS.
Items Of interest Gathered by Cor
respondents Of the Press.
Pleasant Notes Of Trip Through
the swiss Alps.
journey Take n BY Party Of Buxton
Girls.


Buxton.
| NOTES oF TRAVEL IN EUROPE BY RuxTo,u
| GIRLS.
Misses Ellen and Dora Jordan, former re-
sidents of Buxton. together with a large
party of school-mates and friends are now
travelling In Europe. During the past weeks
they have been revelng amid the delights of
Alpine scenery. Possibly few items from
letters recently received by their friends
here NAV prove Of interest to some OF our
readers. Writing from Interlaken,; Switzer-
land. one says: 1--WE have been right among
the wonderful Alps for several days, and
have been overawed by the great giants
towering above US. Starting from Lucerne,
we took the steamer across the beautiful
Lake Lucerne. then made the ascent of the
Rhigi, 5,4OO feet above the sea level, by rail
the track rising twenty feet in the distance
of hundred. 1t had been raining for several
days so the mountain streams were full. The
track in some places ran ran along SO near the
Of water coming from above, leaped
| over the cars, and on one side we had the
| sheer rock, on the other the waterfall. We
were about an hour making the ascent.
| There is a fine hotel at the summit and we
were glad to reach 1t at seven p. m. Here
we passed the night, retiring with the hopo
OF being awakened by the Alpine horn, and
OF seeing the sunrise, but when morning
| came, the clouds still hung over us SO we
finished our maps under our down coyerlids.
Before we left the mountain however, the
clouds before us rolled aside little and we
caught lovely N glimpsees OF me lake and valley
one p. m. strolling about and gathering Al |
pine flowers. A Swiss mountaineer enter- |
tanned us by playing on his bugle, ana
then initiating 1t with his, voice. All
| photographs are for sale on the noun
| tain, and the little children came
around with edelweiss and the pressed AL |
pine % n9Wers: we entered a store where
wonderfully carved Swiss clocks and music |
boxes were for sale. i seated myself In a |
/ chair that stood before table in order to |
examine collection of views. Immediately |
very sweet music proceeded from some |
know. whence 1t came Soon / discovered |
that the chair was music box in Disguise |
and sitting upon it touched spring that |
| started the music.
Lucerene is one of the most charming
places we have visited. 1t is situated, as |
| you well know, by the lakeside. the houses |
forming semi-circle about the lake shore |
beyonq tne lake rise the snow-capped noun |
talns. Wnen the lights appeared In the eve |
ming they werer effected In the smooth water |
already cleaning with the bright lights of |
the steamers passing back and forth, with |
tneir gay companies. while many little row
were glad to spend Sunday In such a beauti- |
| full, restful place.
The stone lion of Lucerne is one of its |
cniei ehe attractions; on the face of the Cliff
| spear thrust In his side; one paw rests upon |
| shield on which the lilies of France are |
carved. AT the lions head, there is the |
Swiss shield and spear. The lion was |
died fighting for Louis XVI of France. The |
work was done about seventy years ago. and |
is now in perfect state of preservation.
The cathedral here has a celebrated organ |
ana ana we went there to concert last evening. |
One selection was very wonderful; 1t repre- |
sented Observation-Disclosures with the |
Alpine, horn among the mountains, first |
near, then far away In the distance, so faint |
that II could scarcely be heard; then the |
rolling OF the thunder and the lbeating of the |
rain, and the gusts Of wind were rendered so
faithfully, that the people turned to the |
windows to see If a shower had actually |
arisen. 1t was the finest thing In the way Of |
instrumental music that ever heard.
From Interlaken we went by rail up |
through the mountains to within sight of the |
glaciers. From that point, a portion of our
| company went up to the foot Of the glaciers
on horseback. Some Of the ladies preferred
being carried up in cushioned chairs. Each |
chair had long arms front and rear and was
conveyed py two men. These men passed
rope around their shoulders, then wound
the ends securely around the arms of the
chair and lifting 1t with its burden, walked
off. 1t was very comfortable and safe CON
veyance. We rode In this manner for four
miles, and then walked a short distance un-
til we were at the very foot Of the great mass
of ice which lies between two mountains.
At the lower side of the glacier, there is a
large cave in the ice, inside of which the ice |
| is constantly melting and forming a stream
of water which flows down the valley In
one side of the glacier there is grotto, into
which one can walk for some distance.
We went In until all around us, were the
walls of ice, and along the sides of the pas
sage we could look far into the fissures In the
ice. 1t was O beautiful blue color about us. |
We felt quite cold and could not remain long
In this wonderful place.
The mountain flowers are beautiful.
Large hare-bells grew everywhere In the
grass and on the rocks. We found too our
0 wn wild pansies or ladies Delights" and
many other flowers new to us.
The echo Of the Alpine horn through the
mountain, is the sweetest sound imaginable,
sweeter than the horn itself, because so faint
and far away. A cannon was fired while we
were on the mountain, and the reverbera-
tions were grand
My guide and [ conversed In German. Re
told me about the little Swiss cottage being
entirely covered with snow in winter for
several months. The men 60 out on the
mountains to hunt and cut wood for fuel.
We passed scho0lhouse near the church.
The sch0ol-h0use had notices painted on the
wall in German letters.
This was one
together stand
Like two fingers on Coos hand"
The little Swiss chalets are scattered all
along over the sides of tn. mountains. They
are quite picturesque. but seem very uncom-
| Portable.
We got back to our hotel at three o'clock
and there remained until the next morning.
l can see how one might be very lonely per-
haps homesick travelling alone here-but in
so large party as we have, 1t seems as If we
had brought America with us. When sailing
up the khlne. we saw the American flag
floating from one Of the castles on lofty
peak far above us and we saluted 1t with a
great deal of pleasure"
Cornish in its turn is becoming quite a
| favorite summer resort. Never before have
| there been so many visitors to the place
| during the summer months and never were
| the accommt datiOns so ample and the op-
| portunities for enjoying few weeks outing
so abundant. One great drawback to the
| place in years past has been the lack of
suitable accommodations for guests wishing
to visit the place, but at present this inc0n-
| venience is In great measure removed. At
| @. ID. Smalps new house on the High Road
the conveniences are the best, its location
beautiful, commanding as 1t does grand
| view OF river. lake and mountain scenery,
| the buildings new and house newly fur
nished throughout, and a most excellent
place to lnger for short season. AT the
Il -
/ always genial and entertaining host has had
his house filed since the season opened. The
strikingly peculiar and picturesque location
makes the place very popular with visitors.
The house will be full through September.
In the village MIR. Boynton's house on Elm
street has had good run this season. The
house Is new and capacious ana well adapt
ed for summer boarders. Many are board
ing in private families in and about the viii
lage and the Lincoln House has had a good
| many visitors during the summer for few
days stay. There is no reason why Cornish
should not become popular summer resort.
No place IN this locality mas more beautiful
| mountain scenery, there Is no place where
the fishing is as good as here, and surely no
place where you can have s.Is good quiet loaf
and enjoy the beauty o. Mature i I, az SO small an
| the 0ssipee Valley.
The Z. P. S. G; E; Of this place together
with ten other socetes on, asom '1s 6ay aa}oqTnng
| Falls, Thursday.
Mrs. Eta Lincoln of Boston is stopping at