Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-10-29
From Over the Water.
XIII.
GENEVA, August 10, 1891.

M0ntreuX, a charming health resort on
lake Gtheva We had delightful lunch
(three courses) for forty cents, then we
TOOK an electric street car and rode direct
to the castle of Chillon. IT'S a pictur-
esque old place on the lake shore. 1t is
now used as a prison (part OF it) for the
Canton of Vaud, and there are at present
only two prisoners. We happened there
at the same time with a large parry of
same guide, young lady who spoke
French, and told us what the rooms
were. We went through the dining
room, kitchen, reception room and bed
rooms OF the Duke and Duchess of Savoy.
The lake. just under the Duchess window,
is three hundred feet deep. We saw the
column of torture where prisoners were
hung and had their feet burned with red
hot irons. Then we descended into the
old prison. There was one room where
the criminals were hung. and their bod
les thrown out into the lake. A sloping
bed was cut in the rock, and here the
condemned spent their last night of life in
this world, The dungeons are lighted
only by narrow slit in the wall.
The reflection of the lake comes in and
casts queer blue shadow on the oppo-
site wall. We saw the pillar where
Ponivard IVES chained for six years.
His chain was only yard long, and there
was hole in the rock worn by his feet.
!, .PT r o,.1
are carved on the columns which support
the arched roof. The age of the castle is
not exactly known, but the oldest part of
it dates back to'eight hundred and thirty.
any way. We hurried a little bit..to get
back in time to take the boat. The ride
from Montreux to Geneva was charming
beyond description. The water is clear
and smooth, like all these beautiful lakes,
but there is peculiar blue tinge on Lake
Geneva that s'seen'' no where'else. The
little boats with the odd shaped sails look
like birds skimming acrosssthe water.
We passed Vevay and.Coppet, the lat
ter once the home of Madame de Stael.
The latter part of the trip was particular.
ly delightful. Mont Blanc came into
view while before sunset. AT first it
was partly yelled by clouds, then we saw
it, pure and white, between the dark
peaks on either side of it. Toss make it
perfect the sunset glow tinged it with
yellowish pink. The clouds, too were
Long after the colors.had died in the sky
Mont Blanc still shone in the light of sun
set with pale glow. Any thing more
beautiful [ never expect to see. And,
later, when the moon rose and the stars
began to come out, just as the lights of
Geneva appeared in front of us: oh! 1t
was exquisite. If could only have ap
preciated it more | should be better, and
that's VIVA. [ feel about all the beautiful
things we see We chad music on the boat,
a band of stringed instruments. 1t
sounded quite well. though we did not
need anything of that kind to increase
our enjoyment. They ''took up col
lection afterwards and a goodly num-
Der of coppers We're dropped into the lit
tie shell which served the place OF a hat
with much better grace. There was a
slot arrangement on board which was
patronized by the American delegation,
lou dropped ten centimes 1.-TWO cents in-
to the slot, turns ..crank, and out came
little package of sweet chocolate. 1t was
delicious. Mr. II. made the discovery,
and then we all squandered small sum
on our own account. Vevay is noted for
its flee chocolate, and, indeed, all we we
seen in Europe has been very nice. There
was dining room on the bcat,gas there
is in all the lake steamers. Some of the
girls two of them -got hungry and went
down to get something to eat. They had
delicious chocolate, and rolls and beef
steak. Then they came and .old Us how
good it was and how cheap. But we had
our time when we got here. We had
dinner, and the most delicious ice cream
Of course they had already eaten supper
and went at once to their rooms.
Geneva, like Zermatt, is crowded with
English speaking people. Our hotel has
French and American boarders-full OF
them. We had something last night
c.iokes. They are scaly like pine apples,
only they are green and the scales larger.
They are cooked whole and served with a
sauce that is very nice. You pull the
scales off, dip them in sauce and eat the
lower end which is soft. You can try to
eat the rest, but twill be OF no use. They
taste something like asparagus, only more
delicate, and like it. which is more than
I can say of asparagus. DO you know
| M eating everything over here. To- |
day | ate two whole pieces OF musk |
melon and it tasted rather good They |
serve it with sugar over here? So man.
ma can have the satisfaction OF knowing |
that she eats musk melon according to the
European plan.
| must interrupt my story TO tell you |
the latest joke on Miss D. before | forget |
it. She invested in a large bottle of ben
zine TO clean her gloves and dress with. |
She had not gone ten yards from the store
before she dropped the bottle ard broke |
it to smithereeps, Later in the day she |
paid three francs for another very large |
bottle of benzne. She has now been |
working away on her gloves long while |
has used all the benZine 1.-THE odor of it |
floats through the halls at this moment) |
and her gloves are not yet quite clean. |
She has spent enough to buy her new
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