Iron County register., 1892-10-27
THE ALPINE MOUNTAINS.
4 Glimpse at Some Of the Far-Famed
Scenes of Switzerland.

HOTEL JUNFRAU, INTERLAKEN,
Switz., Sunday, Aug. %.
Thursday morning when we got up
it was raining-not a mere shower, but
one of those rains that look as though
they were going to last a week. 1mag-
inc our misery! Chamounix in the rain!
We went on to Geneva. 1t was still
raining. Some said it was no use to
go. We debated the matter some time
and finally all decided to go. At half
past twelve we reached Cluses, where
we had forty-fve minutes for lunch.
We went into little restaurant near
the depot and ordered some sandwiches
of a rather talkative woman. After
some time we managed to get one
apiece. and then Ee, E. told her we
wanted twenty-five more. You should
have seen her astonishment. She rails
ed her hands in utter surprise and then
fell to work cutting more bread. Miss
B. went behind the counter and helped
her. l didn't have time to eat mine
before the coach went and finished it on
the way. 1t was still raining and the
top OF the big diligence leaked through
some of the cracks. You should have
seen me for over an hour mopping the
ceiling with Grandma P.'s sponge in
order to keep it from dripping on US.
The four who sat in the back seat got
wet. 1t was little cold, and, alto
gether, the prospect for seeing Mont
Blanc was not very hopeful. But be-
fore we had gone half way the clouds
broke, little blue sky appeared, and
finally the sun came out over the beau
tiful green valleys. We had a fine
view of the Glacier des Blossoms from
the road; it comes away down into the
valley, almost to the fields of ripe grain.
We could distinguish the green waves
of ice. There were clouds over Mont
Blanc that night. The road to Cha
monuix is very beautiful. We learned
that more fully as we returned for then
it was sunny. Most of the way the
road is quite steep, so that the horses
seemed to fairly crawl. Our coach
held twenty-six and was drawn by six
horses harnessed three abreast. The
horses were changed three times dur
ing the twenty-seven miles. The last
time six splendid white horses were
put in, so we came into Chamounix in
style walked through deep grand
ravine. We got to Chamounix at six
O'Clock, and the coach stopped on the
main street. There on the sidewalk
were drawn up in line as many as fifty
hotel porters. At first glace Thought
they were soldiers. Table-d'hote was
at half-past seven, so we had little
time before eating to go and look in
the shop windows. They are very in
teresting in Switzerland. They have
so many carved wood and bone arti-
cles, and so many stones, agates, anne
thysts and sapphires. Although our
hotel was not very aristocratic, we had
the best things to eat we had found in
a long time. The fish was excellent
and so was everything else. l suppose
the fresh cold air from the eternal
snow had something to do in making a
good supper taste particularly good to
US. From my window in the morning
l got a fine view of Mont Blanc The
top was perfectly cloudless. but below
it was shrouded in clouds aud mist.
At half past five we started over the
same path II. took last year up Mont
anvert, over the Mer de Glace, and
back from the other side Most of the
crowd hired mules to go up on. Some