The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-08-16
WALT0NS IN EUROPE,
Visit Paris-visW NapoIeon's
Tomb, and Many Historic
Scenes. Do Switzerland.

Travelled by fast train to Dover
through many tunnels and over the
tops OF villages AMI cities. These
rail roads don't climb up aud down
bills ss In Q s. The tracks are rais-
ed on low lands and the hills and
mountains are tunueled, giving a
level track on which trains run 90 to
60 miles an hour. The country Is
densly populated in this part OF
England.
AT Dover, took steamer and or oss.
ed the English Channel to Fra nee,
then by fast train to Paris thr rough
u rich country OF gardens and smsl
farms with many cities only a few
miles apart, A week in gay Paris,
sight seeing In great galleries and
gardens, drives on the boulevsr d.
through parks to noted monuments
and tombs, including Napoleon s
tomb, with visits to National muse
ums etc.
Our carriage driver took US 20
miles out, over Nspoleons home and
seat Of Government, We spent eight
hours In the old palaces where the
Kirgs lived, and saw the many state
carriages covered with gold leaf;
with other relics Of Kings and
Queens.
During the seige Of Paris by the
German army In 1871 King Villa IN
and Bismark formed a hundred miles
circle With their armies around Paris
and after hard fighting starved the
French and forced their surrender,
with peace terms to suit Germany.
During the ssige Versailles was
held BY the Germans, but to their
credit, King William protected the
fine galleries, public buildings and
beautiful parks from destruction.
Several bombs are yet imbedded in
the walls reminders OF the grest
siege. Just a few miles out from
Paris are large tracts Of timber that
have been preserved through which
are miles OF elegant boulevards wide
and large. Our party returned from
Versailles to Paris during the after.
noon by this elegant drive when 1t
was filed with the gayest equipages
that the fashionable center OF the
world can produce.
In Paris we visited the Supreme
Court OF France while in session and
noticed the judges and lawyers W ore
odd appearing gowns, making them
look more like "old monks" than
"great lawyers"
Travelled from Paris southeast 200
miles through the populous and rich
agricultural part Of France where
the whole country is In small farms
and gardens thoroughly cultivated
by hand, but little machinery being
used. Many women work In the
fields here.
We enter Switzerland near Lsus.
anne, our train passing through
many tunnels under the mountains,
from one to five miles long and near
dangerous precipices. The scenery
is good as we approach the noun
tain peaks Of the Alps. The noun
tain sides and valleys are all cover.
ed with vineyards and orchards,
beautiful villas and hotels.
A night at Lausanne, q clean pros
porous city, then by train along the
shore Of Lake Geneve 40 miles
through one continuous string Of
towns and cities to the Castle OF
Chillion standing on ao isolated
rock and sofsmiliar through Byrons
"Prisoner OF Chillion."
We we're shown through this ia-
noes old castle built 600 years ago
with its court rooms, prisons, dun.
geons, rooms for execution etc.
Then by steamer over beautiful lake
Geneve to the city Of Geneve so
miles distant.
The lake is IS miles long and from
3 to 10 miles wide, surrounded. by
mountains the sides Of which are
tsrrsced and cotered with villages
and homes. Al bur, Ss steamed
along It's shore tSSs. ddi.,lA>h% d A.
passengers. A
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