The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-07-27

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on Its way from its mighty source.
! \ carriage ride or perhaps a horse
/ back ride, if not on a chair carried by
! two men, or on foot assisted by an AL
! pine staff and lead by a guide to the
! Great Schideck or Lanterbrunneu is
/ deck you will look back at the Grindel-
valid valley and contrast its green pas
/ lures with the bare walls of Wetten-
! burg. Many of our party assembled the
! sharp point of the Eiger. Two small
glaciers are seen suspended on the
| shelves of the range and the remains of
I one lies embedded between. Here the
! party walked on a massive body of ice
! and snow In June. One morning l. to-
gether with party of siv others, took
large Alpine carriage with three horses
with string Of bells on each and drove
over the Wengern Alps to Lanterbrun-
neu. The hot sun beat down upon our
heads with great tierceneSs but we put
the cover uD so we saved our faces
from blistering like 80 many of our
party. We drove round and round in
a great many curves. now in front of
our friends the Jungfrau, Eiger and
Monch, the snow-capped peaks we
mentioned before, now we lose sight of
them only to see their friendly peaks
reappear at the right or left. We hear
several avalanches with the greatest
composure. We first hear a roar like
thunder, then see a gush of white
powder; it then sinks into a fissure and
disappears. The numerous streams
flowing down the highest mountain
sides look from the distance like silver
| threads. Upon nearing some of them
We find them to be a mighty torrent.
Lanterbrunneu is small village 2,644
feet above the sea but so sunk between
mountains that in summer the sun does
not appear until seven O'Clock, and in
winter not before twelve. About thirty
streams Of water about this place seem
to drop from the mountain tops or if
cloudy it seems to drop from the sky.
This is called the Stawbach. 1t is shiv-
cred by the wind into spray giving it
when seen in front an appearance of
lace veil suspended 1901 feet above
Wordsworth calls the StawbaCk a "sky
born waterfall" Not less wonderful is
the Trummclbach, mighty torrent of
water rushing through holes which it
breaks through the rocky side of the
mountain. Out it bursts with great
force in one place then flows down as
one would expect 10 see it, then breaks
its way through a tunnel in the rock
which it makes for itself. Upon pre-
pairing TO return we notice a thunder
storm coming up. This We hail with
delight for We had hoped to see the
Alps in q storm. We were not dlsap-
pointed for the thunder echoed and
| re-cchoed and the cloudy light lent r
charm to the mountains we had not
seen before. We had seen them in
their beauty but now we saw them in
their granduer. On our return we
heard the music Of the Alpine horn all
have read about. As we drew near to
the man who blows it we gave him q
few francs when he allowed us to ex-
| anime its mechanism and played for us
to our hearts content. We returned
safe and dry to Hotel Bear our Grindle-
valid home to rest few days before we
start by the way of Lake Brienz and
the Bruneg Pass to Lucernc, the me
tropolis of the travelling world" On
EiHn stands tho Phi ma ho
other Philatus, between them lies the
lake Of the -Four Cantons with the
snowy range of the Alps beyond it,
One Of the first things a tourist goes
to see is The Lion of Lucerne," sculp-
! tured in solid rock to commemorate the
Swiss body guard of Louis XVI, who on
August 10, 1892, defending the body Of
| their king from the Revolutionists, fell
| to man. Adjoining the Lion monu-
ment Is one of natures greatest pro-
| auctions, the Glacier Garden remains
of the great keuss glacier. Fifteen or
more pOthOles are seen here. The
I large marbles that were whirled about
in softer stone are plainly seen. The
/ chatelets and other buildings through
out this garden are of great interest as
well as the display of nature. There
are displayed three panoramas; one
| represents Gen. Bourbaki's entrance
| into Switzerland. Meyers Diorama
represents Swiss scenery. The other is
mixture of nature and history. The
| Chapel Bridge is wooden bridge cross
! ing the Reuss. In it are 154 pictures
| beneath the roof illustrating the history
! of LuCerne. Near the center is an old
| tower which was once 4 lighthouse
This was probably built in the Eleventh
! century. The Gutsch is claimed to be
| the finest point of view in Lucerne. We
make an ascent of 1S2 yards with a rise
| of 53 feet to 100 feet. 1t is the shortest
and most delightful railway in the
world. From the top command of the
most charming beauty OF scenery is had,
we see Lucerne, Reuss the Rigi and the
| lake, above which looms the alps and
| the snowy peaks OF the Titls and get
view down the river to Zurich.
| Our next visit is to kussnacht pref
! ty village over the lake famous from its
nearness to the UohIe Garse and Tells
I Chapel. The ride through the Hohe
Gasse is full of historical interest Tells
chapel is here erected to commemorate
the scene of Tells shooting Gessler.
After visiting this chapel We drive
! down the hill to the small town I'm
mense at the foot of the Rigi on the
shores of Lake Zug. Waiting for our
/ boat to take us back to Lucerne
We sit under the shade of the
trees on the terrace and can see the
small boy try to catch fish.
Upon our return We 90 to the cathe-
dral to hear an organ recital on one of
| the three finest organs in the world and
heard some of the best music We had