The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-09-15
DIR. FLINT RETURNS.
Pastor Of Christ Church Has Some
Interesting Things to Say OF Euro.
man Trim

pean Trip.
DR.. II. A. Flint, pastor of Christ
church, who has just returned from a
summer spent in Europe, has the fol.
lowing to say regarding the points oil
interest visited on the trip:
"We left here June 2S and arrived
in Paris July 3. The first two weeks
were rainy, it being rainy summer
all through northern Europe.
eve celebrated the Fourth of July
by visiting the grave of Lafayette in
little cemetery now enclosed in the
gardens of convent. This is the
patriotic pilgrimage of an American
in Paris on Independence Day and
there over a hundred Americans had
been already. 1t is the custom of the
American embassy to put a large
wreath on Lafayette's grave this day
each year.
From Paris we went to Cologne,
then by boat 10 the Dhino to Weis-
baden and ron there through the
Black Forest to lnterlachen. Switz-
erland. We took advantage of the
only one day there to drive up the
mountains to the Grinderald Gla-
cier. This is a tremendous slowly
moving avalanche of ice. 1t is said
that movement of these Alpine
glaciers can be determined with such
degree of relative accuracy that the
appearance at the bottom of bodies
lest in the crevices high up in the
mountains can be predicted, although
forty or fifty years may have elapsed
since person lost his way and life.
Our party went from Lucerne to
Munich, capital of Bavaria and thence
to Oberammergau for the Passion
Play.
within the past few years trolley
road has been built through this part
and for this summer the regular
trains with steam locomotives have
been run over the trolley track.
"The Passion Play was at the same
time both sublime and disappointing
Ones preconceived notion is that it
makes a distinct and ineradicable re-
lgious impression That could only
be so 70 a mind peculiarly receptive
at that time. The vast crowds of peo-
pie in one small village and under a
single roof detract too much from
personal appreciation of the scenes
of the drama and few times only
during the whole day did the emo
lions of the audience appear to be
strongly moved. But as a religious
drama-or rather as production OF
the great drama of the world, the
Passion Play approXimates the sub
lime and perfect, it Isl to use a word
in its highest sense, a spectacle of the
finest and highest kind. The APP
pointments, staging, acting, costumes
music. cts. !. g. The w'lo'a play as q
play is wonderful beyond imagination.
The places included on the return
journey were Buchaust. Budapest
Vienna. Prague, Dresdap Berlin, AM
sterdam. The Hague and London.
THE party numbered 16 until Ber-
lin was reached, where four left to
come directly home.
"At London the party broke up, five
returning with DR.. Flint on the Ma
jestic, two taking an extension trip
through England and ireland. and
four, including Miss Miriam Kimball
and Donald Fairchild of the Semin
airy and Miss Grace Bulkeley of More
town, visiiids the Share .pca,e Cc.n-
ty, the English Lake - strict and
the Trossachs. These last named
sailed from Liverpool last Tuesday
on the Carmania and are due in New
York September 13 or IA.
The Majestic encountered a severe
gale on the fourth day out from
Southampton, the storm lasting near
~ two days. with the result that most
of the passengers were ill, though
none seriously so. | arrived in New
York late Wednesday evening and in
Montpelier Thursday evening.