Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11

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IT the city 10 the northwest. W this
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collection ct c0iHs. utensils, stone
tablets, etc preserved IN the city mn-
scum. With the decline Of the Ro-
mas Alpine provinces. Bregenz also
sauk INTO oblieiou "a the hith cents-
rs A. - and remsiued great por-
ton af the time until the twelfth
oentarv. when it again came int
prominence aud since which time ii
has had a varied history.
OF other sights worthy af notice in
Breecnz ] should mention the See
kapells. a very old church built on
the spot where the soldiers Of Breg
enz. warned by EhreEata defeated
the assailing Swiss; also the "Piarr
kirche. built iu 1893 ON the spot
where in Roman times stood tenn
ple dedicated 30 Aureha; the Geb-
hardsberg. an old ruin Of a castle in
which in g49 A. d. st. Gebhard was
born.
When we babe our old guide
good bye we each gave him coin
for which he thanked MS saying he
was always broke now.
The next morning we arose early
aud at seven O'Clock started out t.
walk to Lautrach, an hours walk
1t was a glorious morning, the air
was so fresh, the sky SO blue. the
grass SO green, and calm and SHIN
mering in the morning light, lay
Lake Constance Our path lay
along a country road and we CON
stantly passed the country people
coming in TO market, pushing be-
fore them their little market carts
loaded with fruit and vegetables,
and each met us with a ''Gott Rruss
God greet We passed along the
base of the old ''Oelrain,' where the
Roman city once stood, but where
now stand beautiful new modern
villas. One Of these is called Five
Lands" and carved in stone over
one OF the doorwavs is this inscrip-
ton, Upon the Oelrain | stand, in
Gods hands, the Lake overlook
upon five lands
OF my meeting with my uncle ]
shall not speak except to say that he
was surprised as you may imagine,
not knowing before that | was even
I in Germany.
About ten O'Clock that morning G
we left for St Gallen. Here we
stopped several hours to see the Ben
ediction Cloister there, which was
founded in the seventh century and
was made famous by Scheifel in his
"Ekkehard," who is pictured as a
monk there. Well worth seeing
also, is the Catholic Cathedral built
IN the 18TH Century, and once clois-
ter church.
The interior is very beautiful, the
ceiling a series of domes covered
with paintings representing char
acters from ,Bible-history, life size
and upheld on heecy clouds. In
mense pillars support these sort Of
triple domes" as | call them, and
these pillars are covered with splen-
did oil paintings, besides this the
most beautiful carving in choir
chairs, altars and all wooden por-
tons.
Having seen st. Gallen, we went
on to Zurich where we had planned
to spend Sunday. Zurich is beau
tifully situated along the Limat
river and Lake Zurich, and is the