Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
SEPTEMBER 3. 1891.

some ten years old. He sat next to me
and looked over my shoulder as sat with
my VIM. Tell open in my hand. He
F.! turned to the gentleman who was with
him and SAID in German that [ had the
book. 1 asked him in my German if he
could read it and he said, "Yes, he could
read English too;" he was from America
| Afterwards he said something to me in
| English several times. He was much in
tereste6 in the "Tell'' places, and they
got Oft at the spot where Tell is supposed
to have leaped ashore from Gesler' boat.
| was sorry when he left for | should like
| to have been acquainted with him. You
don't know how queer felt hearing him
speak German so easily; it made me think
| was very stupid, indeed, for one of my
years. AT Fluelen we took the train for
Goschenen. came through AltdOrf. where
the apple shooting took place, and saw
the ruins of Ewing Uri,'' an Old castle
with deep dungeons in it for the obStrep-
orous 81 Swiss. We came through tun
nels and tunnels, one very long tunnel
where we came out almost directly over
Tie Dtdtt NIcfC we 20 Ill w are III
small Swiss hotel, very near the railroad.
The rooms are very clean and the food
much better than we might think iD this
country.
Sunday p. M.-We almost always have
rolls, butter, honey, milk and chocolate
| tor breakfast aud it hasn't failed to be
good so far. Last night We had our big
meal" for we had Just lunch Oh the boat.
'Twas soup, beefsteak, veal outlet, pota-
| toes, lettuce and pudding. The latter
had peculiar kind of sauce like some we
had in Germany-the principal ingredient
seems to be beer-and most of us left it
untouched. The girl who waited on Us
seemed greatly concerned thereby. She
has taken pains to ask whether we liked
this or that, whether the breakfast was
good and all that. Her intentions are
| evidently good. though her style of wait
ing on the table resembles the''raw Irish
in America. 1t has rained to-day SO we
couldn't take walks, except those VINO
were ambitious enough to get up before
breakfast. | slept nearly all morning,
ner we all went to Mrs. P room to talk
over our arrangements for tomorrow
and to have bit of Sunday together. For
its size Goschenen is very noisy place,
and no better about Sabbath keeping than
Heidelberg. There's no church except
Catholic. but we had a service of our own
which | enjoyed as much as going to
church. Mr.. II. read some verses from
the Bible, we sang There is a safe and
secret place" and 'Nearer my Cod to
Thee Mr.. H. lead in prayer and one
can t help being uplited just from hear
ing him. like him very much, especial
ly in his prayers. There is an earnest
ness and g"nteness in him combined
which I've seen in very few men.
Then we talked, or rather the wiser ones
did, the rest listened, and Prof. 2. read
the Introduction and last page of ''Romo-
IA Tomorrow we leave here at ten
60 through the st. Gothard tunnel, stop
in Bellinzona and spend the night at Lu-
gano. That's the plan now. They did
intend to l!ave some or all of us walk over
the Pass, but the weather is uncertain,
and, besides. most of us feel that we want
to be all rested when we begin our round
of italian cities We've had Ole eXper-
ience that's rather ludicrous. All of us
had some washing done in Bingen and it
hasn't been seen since. Some are reluc-
ed to the clothes they have on their backs.