Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-05-25
No. 1875

toyed As they caught sight Of the '.Dsleo-
table Mountains" as they stretched ACROSS
Bypath meadow
| A man leaning on the iron railing on the
4 edge OF the BAsteI, Rs he beholds the beau
tiful world below k3d around him, cannot
help feeling small and Of MttlstnportMnce,
and Jet man 10 greater than the noun
tairs, little rs be s.; has he not tuuneled
the mountains, crossed grekt ocsEns and
thrown q mighty band about the globtl
Long after these mountains have dlssp-
| pssred, and after the round globe itself has
i oeen dissolved man Will be but enter1Dg
| upon an eristeace which we all belisve 20
/ be endless-sternsl. hops my Enoraltztng
hss not weGriei you. No man can v4sst
the BAstes and not fan tato deep trEins Of
thought.
The dIsintegrstion Of thsss sandstone
mountains hAs enaurtd for countless seoas
OF time. and the Elbe, that fireless river,
that "ve!nlet Of the grand world circuls-
burden of sand far away TO The North sea,
and all Of these sand dunes stretching
along The coast beyond Cuxharen and
Nordsney have been Distributed there In
large part by the action Of the Klbe river
rolling lite sands 10 its great mouth and
far beyoad.
10 plain sight and distant sbout Eve
Il
siiusied On the opposite bknk Of the Elbe.
II stAEds erect fourteen hundred feet. O
/ lofty mountain preseuting o singular Ap-
pearsnoes for tts top was carried away dur
ing tbs ice epoch. All the mountains
which we Hse before rs have this EhHe Ap-
peArA1cs of hokes, or truncGted co3es.
There are Lilllenste!n, Psppstein, GoIlch-
stein, BsrrenEtein and Stems without
number; they are indeed Singular freaks Of
nature.
In the year 1856. at ihe beginning Of the
seven years wal, the Saxon army of four
teen thousand men was surrounded on the
Lsllisnstein by the PrussiEns under Fred
eriok the Crest, and the starving soldiers
were compelled TO surrender. ODe charm
sbout Saxon SsiIzsrIand is the fact that
all places OF interest can be risited In car
rlagss over oiFcuitnus rosds, Rs smooth and
as PrEfect as the FGrnam or Epglikh drives
on East Rock Park in New EEven. The
oarrisgss and horses srs excellent one
would wish TO own al home. the coRchmen
are clad In uniform, are tniell'gen and po-
lite, and ths charges are small compared to
those st home. The foot walks. not only
through Saxon SEisEsrlspd, out El over
Germany, are very superior, and as they
have been used for uDwaras of two centu-
ries tsOme even longer, and under care Of
the government sre in perfect condition,
| and at every little distance. whether on
mountain top or on the plain, are placed
comfortable settees for Tired pedestrians.
The forests are admirably policed by for
esters. and q lady unattended might ira
verse tbs whole of Saxen SEilzsrlaRd In
perfect safety. The forest ranger dressed
In suit of green, with bis rife on his shoul-
der, is to be seen here and there, and let
him meet a man Of Suspicious appearance
who cannot show proper Credentials en-
dorsed in q small bOok which he must car
ry on his person, he marches the delin-
Qusnt of TO the house of correction at
Hohenstein, and gives him a months work
In the great kitchen garden. From the
Bastei We proceeded TO Hockstein, q noun
tain eleven hundred feet high, possessing q
magnificent view. We made the descent
from the summit; through glorious rsvine
whsre many long staircases were built,
and finally came out at pretty little place
called "Cool Potential" situated on q
| mountain torrent, and boRsting of q very
good hotel and restaurant. After leaving
this pretty place We assembled TO the town
of Hohenstein high up on the opposite
mountain, where we confronted the black
froEns of an sged castle, whose weather
beaten bsttlemsnts truly pointed 10 an
cient history. In 1918 Napoleon Bona
psrte, that human cgrs, who, while cut
| ting up the map of Europa, caused the
| premature death of no lees than six mil
l Hon human livee, passed through this
| town leading his 'old Guard" and lesv-
| ing behind him q trail of death, fire and
| destruction That was only eighty years
| ago, and to this day the people speak Of
4 him with bsted breath. We walked away
| from Rohsnstein at 5 p. N, and after ira
versing the silent, dark pine forest, as
| still as death, with its stiffness occasional
| ly proken by the winding of the hunters
4 horn or by the screeching Of sn esgle, We
| srrired safely at Brand" where the only
hsbItslion is a charming little inn built on
| the very edge of a very stesp precipice.
| The glorious orb of day wss Just setting ss
We emerged from the darkness of the for
est snd walked into Brand. l am unable
to describe the glory of that sunset as the
great glowing disc sank behind the rugged
| summits Of Lillienstein and Konigstsin
| shrouding the whole world with a f0od of
| golden light One other sunset have be-
held equally as glorious, and that was
| when I viewed Ii from the top of Mount
| Gerizlm In SAmaris; the burning sun
| oaenched its fres in the Mediterranean,
| and as the glory reflected upon the eternal
| SHOWS of Mount Hermpn the reader can
imsgine the result. We suppsd and slept
st Brand. The stiffness and darkness were
intense, and bsiDg pretty weary, We re-
tired at eight O'Clock, and IS / opened the
easement and peered into the darkness IL
| seemed as II We were suspEndeo IN nio
air We could see a light here and there
| in some liltte Saxon farm-house far be-
low us, and the shriek of the iron horse
as he rushed by rear the foot Of the
mountain Was delightful sound, remind
ing us that there were others living In
the world bt aide ourselves.
If the sunset had been delightful st
Brand, the advent of the following morn
ing was doubly SO. We were about snd
dressed, and in feet had breskfasted be-
fore old Sol had p=eped over the hills,
and We stole @ good march On him, for
we were actually trudgipg slong the
highrosd when he suddenly began wink
ing and blinking st rs, and TO protect
ourselves from bic fierce rays We took
refuge In the dark forest, stopping. how
ever, every few moments to take IN frtsh
3 views which opened bsfore us at every
| step. We descended the path leading