Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-15
CRSDAY. SEPTEMBER IS. 1892.
MID SNOW AND ICE.
Over the Alps Into Switzerland.
Narrow and Winding WAY.

Tor L had grown mucn attached to the
place. Monday we started for Switz-
erland. We sailed up another arm of
lake Como, took the cars at Colico for
Chiavenna and there took carriages
over the Spluegen pass. How helpless
] feel in trying to give you any idea of
the grandeur of the mountain scenery.
At first we were very warm, but as
we climbed up the mountains and got
nearer the snow it became cooler, until
at the highest part, where there was
snow in patches ten feet from the road
side, we were quite chilly, and all the
wraps we had were welcome. The top
Of the pass is nearly seven thousand
feet above sea level, and yet the road
in no place is very steep. The ascent
Some times we could look up and see
the road in four places. Much of the
way, at the edge, there is an arched
wall OF masonry about three feet high.
The mountains have such wild jagged
sides of bare rock, and with their snow
caps are awe-inspiring. The streams
rushing down from the snow over the
cliffs and stones add much to the charm
of the mountains. In one place we
passed water fall two hundred feet
high. Falling from such a height
made the stream separate into a mist
that looked like a bridal veil. At
the top the mountains seemed greener
and COWS and horses were grazing.
We laughed to see some great, lean,
razor backed hogs tied out to grass, as
you would tied horse. One had a
kind of yoke On as though they wanted
wanted to keep it from jumping some
fence.
The Swiss chalet are not all such
models OF neatness and picturesqueness
as the little ones in the shop windows
would indicate. We saw good many
scattered huts. 1t is pathetic to see
old women carrying on their backs,
large baskets of hay and grass. AS we
passed through little settlement up
in the mountains, children followed the |
carriages for long time with hands |
stretched for money. Some had edel- |
weis TO sell and those we patronized to |
some extent. You should have seen
,he expression on one boys face when
Miss S. put an edelweis in his hand in
stead of the expected copper. 1t was
Ike carrying Goals to Newcastle.
Spluegen. where we stayed all night
$ on the other side from the top of the
pass. Quite little way down-two
thousand feet perhaps. 1t was during
hat part of our ride, from the top down,
hat our pleasure was the keenest
The drivers locked one wheel and let
he horses gallop all the way down. 1t :
vas like sleighing. The road was on
hat Same zig-zag plan. In one place
counted nine planes Of the road. The {
irt is almost white and the road look {
ID like an immense serpent twisting {
own the side Of the mountain. They :
lacked up Il little as the corners were {
armed and then went shooting on. | t
eli You it was fine. |
Spluegen is u little town with only t
wo hotels, think. One room for four c
ad bed in each corner, the ceiling d
-as low, there was no carpet, and there
-ere three dishes full of water, two t
owls and one vegetable dish. There t
as chamois head in the dining room. t
Re had good things to eat and enjoyed t
ne change. The feather beds on top v
ere necessary, and how we did sleep C
/ the cold mountain air. These feath- i.
r beds to sleep under are not, as | d
nough. great heavy beds with blue g
cking covers. The first one | had a
as at Bonn. 1t was a little over a "
ard square, flied with soft downy Il
'dtilGfS, ttuu utte SiIh ScfSi |
'ocheted lace cover over the silk one. y
was such dainty affair that | had u
, laugh at my opinion Of them. They u
aven't all been SO nice, but they are h
sually soft and light, with clean COW f
s. d
On Tuesday morning at half past te
wen, we left Spluegen on our sixteen b.
lie walk. We reached Andeer, eight S
lies away. at ten. It was the inten- N
on to stay there for dinner, but few is
no walked the fastest got there so N
lrly that they thought they would p'
ak on to Thusis for dinner. We tt
opped only long enough tor some W
lis and glass of milk and started on pl
r Thusis. Really that first eight 81
lies tired me less than two miles at m
me. The air was fine, the road per-
ct, the mountains inspiring. Nearly st
the way we walked beside the rush II
g. dashing Rhine there quite little m
-eam. We have found no quiet riv- III
5 in Switzerland; they are all dashing 81
|, in white foam over the rocks and in
ulders in their beds. In two places, M
,er-s there's little falls in the stream | vi