Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-01-19

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is quite out OF the ordinary to have SO
much fog; it is the first year for years
/ hat there has been so much Ii was a
most wonderful sight from the top of a
mountain near by called the Grand
SaIeve to see This fog. While it was cold
and damp here in Geneva, on this noun
tain the sun WAS shining and it was as
warm rs summer. 1t oniy took an hour
and II taif 10 see this change. With a
ram 1t lakes only twenty minutes or so
to ride 10 the foot of this mountain, and
with the ears one reaches the sum-
nit III less than III hour. A man goes
around he str. cts of Geneva telling when
there Is sunshine on top OF the Saleve.
AT first one despairs Of ever seeing the
sun, as all around him is n white, dense
fog, when suddenly The fog seems 10 burst
open and he fiads himself in the warm
sunshine.
But the grandest sight is yet to come
When reaching he top one seems to see
an oeean-which however is the fog-out
OF which rise hills. II the fog clears
one sees the hills are really high noun
tsins, but the fog hiding the lower half
from view makes them appear like small
hills.
Not often does one have the good for
tune to see this ocean OF fog and see 1t
clear away on the same day. We decided
to climb the mountain on Il clear day to
get view OF the entire Mont Blanc range,
the lake and the city. This mountain is
1883 meters high and it took US two
hours to get to the top. lie Petit 5aleve"
is near and in all pictures Of Geneva show
ing the "Pont du Mont Blanc" (bridge OF
Mont Blanc) one can see the Petit" and
"Grand Saleve". After walking for
about half an hour we came to the
Chateau de Mountiere. This castle has
been turned into n pension (boardir e
house) now, but it WAS occupied i'll olden
times by royal families. 1t is pic
turesque old building. Near it are some
grand large rocks which can be seen with
a telescope from Geneva. The village of
Mountiere is near by, and from here one
has the Mont Blanc always in view.
There were many donkeys in this viii
lage which could be hired to carry peo-
PIE to the top. On arriving there we were
more than ready for good dinner.
Climbing gave us such fine appetite
that we even drank with pleasure choco-
late made with goats milk. We walked
for two hours on the top, enjoying the
grand scenery. Towards the north was the
long chain Of the Jura mountains, where
The high road to Paris (Which Napoleon
built) commences; the beautiful Lake
Leman and Geneva, with its splendid
quays and the old cathedral.
In the opposite direction, the highest
mountain in Europe, the beautiful Mont
Blanc, covered with snow, we could see
quite distinctly; it looked So near yet
was miles and miles away; the seven
Jagged peaks OF the "Dent du Midi"
which Is near the ,other end of the lake.
In the photographs OF the Castle Chilon
this "Dent du Midi" usually forms the
background. The bending Of the lake
makes it possible to see from this end
the mouhtt ns which lie beyond the
other end.
1t was quite windy, and some OF the
trees were covered with so much
frost that 1t seemed exactly as il it had
been showing. Right beneath these Trees
which had such an air of winter about
them, we picked some OF the prettiest OF
blue jasmines. They were such a lovely
blue-welI, the same color as the lake.
Everybody we met had a basketful of
dried thstles. They are handsome
flowers, and looked very pretty on the
hotel tables.
The day was an extraordinarily clear
one. We could even see our house in
Geneva, and the junction ofthe Rhone and
Arve. One OF these rivers is lovely blue
and the other a greenish color, and even
after the joining OF the rivers one can trace
for some distance the distinctive colors
OF the Arve and the Rhone.
With the high sand banks which rise
on each side OF the river, it is pretty
spot. We were sorry enough to have to
part from this grand panorama.
HARRIET ROLLINS.