The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-27

IS SAID TO D6 Uue pfeItleSC pui VI tue
lake and surroundings.
We arrived at Montreux at l2:3o
and left at 2:15 by electric train Tor
Interlaken. Fifteen miles from Mon
treux we got up above the clouds and
the distance between US and the val
lev was over 900 feet. We changed
cars at Zweisimen and arrived at
Interlaken at Z p. NJ. Took moon
light view OF the mountains at night.
June 24th-Left Interlaken at 8
A. NJ. arriving at Gwindewald at 10
A. NJ. AS soon as we arrived we
made visit to the Gorge and it was
grand. To explain, it has been cut
by the river from a glacier through
solid rock about so feet wide and IN
some places as high as 1000 feet
above the platform around the walk
we were walking on.
In the evening we took a cab and
drove over to the Mer de Glace. the
largest glacier in Europe. 1t is a
mountain of solid ice and rock.
Through the middle of the glacier is
a cave in the ice and we went through
it.
June 25th-Today was a day OF
travel, through the highest noun
tains of the Bernese Alps. We LETT
Gwindelwald at $50, arrived at
Scheidegg at $50 and left, after
changing cars, at 1885. Arrived at
Lanterbrunnen at 12:3D, changed
cars and left at 1915. Arrived In
terlaken l:35 and left on steamer
down the Brien Lake, arriving at
Brien at 1:3O and left on train at
2:35 for I.ucernc. arriving there
at s p. NJ.
June 26th-First we went to see
the Lucerne Lion. 1t is IL monument
of a lion carved out of solid rock on
the side of a hill and measures %
feet in length. 1t is said to be one OF
the finest carvings the world has
ever seen. We then went to the
Glacier Gardens.
Left Lucerne at 2:15 by boat down
| Lake Lucerne and arrived Nichnau
at $3.50 and went up to the top OF
Mount Rigi, 5000 feet high, on cog
railway at an angle in some places
of Go. Reached the top OF the
mountain about 4:3O and then until
| 1870 we walked around the edge OF
the mountain and looked at the
beautiful sights of the mountains
and the cities and lakes below us,
which looked like toy cities and
ponds. At $50 we saw the sun set.
the beauty of which no pen can de-
scribe. This is the mountain which
Mark Twain has so much to say Of
the sunset in his 'Tramps Abroad .
June 27th-We arose at 4 A NJ. to
see the sun rise. 1t is like the sunset,
as to the cOlors it makes on the
snow-covered mountains around.
only very much prettier. At 7:3O
we started on walk down the noun
tains and went to Rigi-k oltbad,
where the train caught US. We left
there at 900 and arrived at Vichnau
at $50 and left there at 1885 for
F'luelen. Arrived at Fluelen at II
NJ. and left there for Milan at 1890.
arriving there at 1:4o.
The road from Fluelen to ChiassO,
Italy. (where we were examined by
customs Oficers) was about the
toughest and most rugged we have
ever been over; about One-half Of it
was tunnels and bridges, one tunnel
alone-the ST. GOthard, second larg-
est in the world-being 81 miles long
After supper we walked through
the Arcade, which covers four full
blocks and is the largest and finest
arcade in the world. Cost of same
was 81 100000.
June 2Sth-We first went over the
Milan Cathedral. which is said to be
the finest. on the outside, in the
world. The whole thing is marble
On the inside of the Cathedral there
are 100 statues and on the outside
$500. After leaving this we went tC
ST. Maria de Oracle to see the orig
inal painting of The Lords Supper
by Leonardo De Ninci.
We spent the evening at Nome
Park
June 29th-Left Milan at 1870
arriving at Venice at 1915. After
dinner we went to st. Mark s Church
The walls and ceiling are all Mosaic
representing pictures of the Bible
Then we hired a gondola and took 6
ride up the Grand Canal, seeing
many places-the Bridge of Signs
and the Rialto Bridge
June 3Oth-Left Venice at 10 A
NJ for Florence. arriving there al
$50 p. NJ.
July 1st-F'irst we went to the
Church de S. Croce where we saw the
tombs of Michael Angelo, Dante anC
other noted men. Then to the Cattle
dral built in 1895; then to the Chape
of the Medici, containing unfinished
tombs of the Medici, started b,
Michael Angelo.
A cab drive took us past the Greel
; church, Church of st. Mark (Savano
, RADIOS church). Fortress Sanichlo
Gardens of Boblini, Statue of Angelo
and home of Elizabeth Barret
Browning.
After dinner we took in the PETIT
, Palace of Art, Uffizi Gallery of Ar
{ and Bells Gallery of Art. the las
named containing the famous Statu
OF David and large tapestries repre-
: senting the Creation and Expulsion
s OF Adam and Eve.
: july 2nd-Left Florence I A. VI
arrived Rome LOO p. NJ. In the al
ternoon we took a cab drive owe
j., the city, seeing many places of inter
est, including the Maritime Prisol
in which st. Paul was imprisoned
and the Old Fountain of Treves.
. July 3rd-ln the morning we wen
to st. Peters, the largest and fines
church in the world Was built b.
Constantine in the year 1926, \. D.
y and cost S6O,OO0.OOO. After leavin,
. this wp took in q small mart of n