Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-24
NUMBER IS.
Letters From Papa and Mamma.

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GESEvA Switzerland, Aug. Is, 1891.
My Darling Philip
| When get tired and lie down to rest |
shut my eyes and think how lovely it will
be fer us to see each other and how many
things we will have to talk about. We
have had such a beautiful time this week.
Early Monday 4norning we started out in
big carriages, with two seats facing each
other, one up high in front and the driv-
er's seat still in front of that, uuI a iiiiio
lower. Then the baggage was strapped
on behind and, with four horses to draw
us all away we went, on roads assmooth
| as the floor almost, bat up, up hill all the
way for forty seven miles. Then we
stopped over night, and slept so sound.
1t was cold away ND there, so we were
glad to have flannels and winter clothes
on. All the way we were among the
mountains, and often GouldClook up and
up and see the rocks going straight up
from the side of the road five or six times
higher than the highest part of Peters
Hall, and every once in awhile between
| the mountains right near us we could see
the mountains that were very much higher
| so high that they are covered with snow
| all the time. In SOME places the noun
| tains are so steep that when the snow falls
very thick in the winter it can't stick on
| the mountains, but great mass of it
slides off away down into the valley miles
below, carrying rocks and trees with it,
along the road there they would be crush
| ed, so they have made tunnel for the
| carriages to go through, so that the rock
| above will keep them from being struck.
We went through several such and in one
place waterfall came down over us. ]
| mean over the rock, and there was
large opening OIL the side, SO that we
could look right out into the water.
Don't you think that would be tun to be
| under waterfall and not get wet? AT
another place there was bridge and the
| water came dashing down from the rocks
high up on one side, then under the bridge
| and away down, down over more rocks
on the other side where we could not see
it, and it spattered so that we couldn't
stand on the bridge without getting very
wet. We enjoyed that long ride very
much indeed and took turns sitting up in
| front where we could see everything.
Thursday there was mountain near us
| that was like sharp piece of rock stand.
Ing with its sharp point reaching up in
the sky ever and ever SO high above us
and above the clouds. have some pict-
ures of it that you will like TO see. That,
afternoon Aunt e. and walked down TO
a place where the water goes rushing be-
tween great high rocks, tumbling about
till it is all foamy. We walked on side
walk that was hung on the side of the
rock, and then came back through the
fields aid picked so many different kinds
CT flowers; forty or fifty different ones
we must have seen, and ever so many
pretty little butterfiies-black, with red
wings, some with red spots and some
with purple ones.
Thursday we had long ride ON Lake
Geneva on the steamboat 1t was beau
tiful day, and away off we could see Mt.
Blanc-that means white mountain-and
it is good name for it, for it Is whittier
with snow than the other mountains we
have seen. 1t is the highest mountain in
Europe. Tomorrow we are going to
walk across glacier, that is great field
of ice that looks just about the same all
the time, summer and winter, but it moves
down hill just little all the time, only
You can't see it move it goes so slow.
You will soon begin school, and hope
you will enjoy it ever so much and make
the teacher and the boys all like you, and
they will if you are good and don't play
in school, and are kind and ready to play
out of school. Be mammals dear good
boy and save me lots of kisses till l get
home. Your loving MAMMA.