The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-10-23
From Across the BIC Pend.


The following letter was written by a
lad thirteen years of age, who with his
parents, are travelling in Germany.
Evidently, the boy keeps his eyes and
ears open, and sees what is 10 be seen.
He is granddaughter of Rev. &. Foster
Williams
Cries bel Bozen TyroI,
Sept. 18Th, 1891.
DEAR UNCLE: thought 10y this time,
you would like TO know our where
abouts. We left Munich on the last
day of Aug. and arrived at this place
last week. Before we left Munich, we
visited Stamberg Lake, very pretty
sheet OF water, enjoyed sail, ana Wis.,
ted the spot where the late King Lud-
wig was drowned. The place is en-
closed, and monument Is placed TO
his memory. a lew days after, We
visited another pretty Lake, called
Amor, alb. ut two hours ride from Mn
mich, had sail Oh the water, and d
supper of trout just caught out of the
lake. On Aug. 3rd, We left Munich,
and our nrSL SJUp was ChIanSet,a beau
tiful lake, with - fine view of the Bavd-
rian Alps. The chief attraction, Is the
castle which was built by the late King
Ludwig who only slept there IS nights
We boys preferred 10 take a rOw on the
lake 10 visiting the palace, but Papa
ana Mama did, ami aalu II would DC
hard 10 imagine anything more grand,
though they preferred the palace III Mu-
mich, which Is very old ana more inter
esting. We were at CiiamSee three
hours, ami then continued cur journey
TO SallZDurg, Which is very pICtur-
asqe city IN the mountains. Some of
the houses are cenented TO the rocks;
there is an electric elevator up one
mountain, from which Wo had fine
view Of The city. Our hotel was OppO-
site the house where Mozart was Born,
which we visited and saw his cradle
and oLher interesting relics. We stayed
in SaltZburg two nights; then the cars
went through a charming valley, many
of the mUuntalrI-Iops were covered
with snow; we Ihen reached Xei!an.
Lee, q very pretty lake AID Il great
summer resort. After staying there p
few hours, we took the train for Inns
brUck, the capital of TyrOi, beautifully
situated on the Inn river. OI many Of
The mountains the snow could he seen,
which formed very pretty picture
with the clouds hanging belOw the tops.
We spent two days IN Innsbruck, and
eft 10y the Bremen pass to cross the
Alps. The old road used by the RD
mans can DO ScCn most of the way.
The train crawls slowly up the noun
taIns until BrcnncT the summit j.
reached, / 40 feet high. There are b
unnels before we reached BUZen, and
the view all the way, forms IL grand
| panorama. BuZen Is IN the valley OF
| he TyrOl Alps. 1t is an old town OF the
middle ages. We stayed there three
nights, and again passed over the Brem-
| ner and through Innsbruck to Ian
| deck where we spent the night; this il
small Town with church of the
| 'uurteenth century. We left the mex.
| morning for Lake Constance. The
road in this place is through wild
mountain scenery, passes through
many tunnels, one was SIX and guar
| ter miles Hlong called the AuIDrI z
tunnel. Many persons Were killed il.
| it's construction, and on its top Is
graveyard i'll which the killed are
| buried. We arrived at BregenZ on the
lake, and took a boat for Lindan, stayed
there an hour, and again took the boat
| tor Constance where we remained for
! ne day and night. We visited many
historical places and a mus cum which
contains many historical and ancient
Kings which were dug up on the spo
The next day we sailed down the
| Rhine t. SchatfhauSen, a fine old city,
from " hich we rode three miles in q
coach to see the falls of the Rhine, the
largest falls i'll Eur ,pe. We left the
next day by train for Zewich where We
spent one night, saw the principal
sights of the place, and left by train
the next day for LHcerne. This is d
lovely spot and deserves all that has
| been written about it, and regretted
We left the next day for Alpnachstad
by boat. Then we took the train tol
BrienZ, then the boat for Gristbach tt
view the falls, of which there art
| ven dll'DS0IuCT, lOIullnS d leap OF
900 feet. After a stay of three hours
we took the boat tor Interlaken. Mos
of the passengers were American ol
English, and we could almost fancy w
were in our own land. interlaken is
fashionable resort, the main attraction:
is Jungtrau, whose top Is Away
| covered with snow. We were fortunate
in having a fine view of it, although i
rained the most of our stay. We lef
the next day for Lake Thinner, wheI
| took lnat for TbnIu. from, tbara n,
train for Berne, which was celebratin:
it's Tooth anniversary of it's settlement
| rhe train was several hours behint
time, and it was late at Light before W
arrived. Papa, talking with the con
ductOr, found il would be impossible t
obtain any accommodation in Bernie, a
500 persons had to sit up the night be fore
: The conductor kindly allowed us to slee
at his house, which was two miles OI
of the city, which we were very thank
full for, but his wife did not feel please
very to have five strangers come in tn
IL use at ii 80 T.. NJ. The neAt mOrniE
We went to the city to get our breab
fast, and to view the parade. Will
that was in progress, the dead and dy
= ing were brought in the city from
= railroad accident which had happtnC
the night before; we were fortunate j
escaping it. The next night we sue
ceeded in getting rooms in the city a
the festivities were abOut over. Bern
is very pretty place, with many fOuu
tains, most of them dating from tn
10th century, and while there, visite
the bear-pits which all strangers go t
sec. We left Berne that afternoon, AM
it was with difficulty we got a seat il
The cars as so many were leaving.
few miles out of the city, we saw til
wrecked train in which so many me
| their death, In about four hours W
reached Baden on the river Linmat
| This is an old Roman town, and wa
visited by them as it is now for its no
~prings which are about l25 degree
| Far. | tasted of the water, but was no
thirsty for that kind of drink, it smell.
like bad eggs. y part of the old Roman
wall is still standing. The hotel we
stayed in, was used by Napoleon a
one time as his residence; you cOulC
still see some remains of its forme
granduer. We spent two days at Ba
den, and then rode four hours to Lin
dan on Lake Constance. This island
has also some remains of Roman fOrti
| ticatiOnS, and was once an imperial
town of the middle ages. The harbOl
is guarded by a huge lion cut out o
marble 20 feet high, and stands on t
granite pedestal 33 feet high. TIL
scenery at Lindan is very fine, espe-
cially at sunset when the sun shines
only on the high Alps in the distance
| We spent one day at Lindan, and afteI
five hours ride we again reached Mu
mich, satisfied that we could not have
| spent three weeks to better advan.
| tage.
Cries, the place from which this let
Ter is dated, and where we now are, is
a small town composed mostly of no.
| tells and villas, though the settlement
| of Cries and BoZen dates back to the
middle ages. We are quite pleased
with this place, as the mountains will
| afford many a pleasing ramble. The
| mountain sides are dotted with farms
and Vineyards; all kinds of fruit are
grown here, and as we are not far from
the borders of Italy, Italian is spok en-
as well as German. We shall remain
at this place until next Spring. This
leaves us all quite well, and Mama
wishes to be remembered TO all.
| JULIAN \. BRIED.