Show mm scenery we portrayed ON COGWHEEL TRAINS what can be seen far up among the clouds historical pla es 1 chemnitz saxony june 25 1895 since last writing you it baa been the of myself and wife to makes a tour through east switzerland and south germany weaving berna we wint por rail to thun which ia called the gateway to the swiss highlands here stand steamers on tha lake of ready to take passengers across to means between two hakea and is indeed a very romantic spot hamiag on aba north and south outside of the picturesque picture que surrounds boga interlaken Inter laken has little of interest to attract the stranger so we proceeded par across the lake of brienz so the town of the same a ime here we and oar luggage were transferred to a gaga railway train which was to take us to and thence over a mountain araut thousand feet higher than iha surrounding country at ringen our train was attached to a cog wapel sr gine and we commence ed the almost perpendicular ascent toe baither we went the more our bauge 01 vinion increased until we had n grand view ol 01 the iwo blue lakes we bad cross ed dotted with steamers which looked like chips floating on the water il is almost to the scene which presented itself to ua here we were cieli up among the pines still higher we are th capped peaks of the in gaty alps far bala were the preen valets artith tasir baisa villages an occasional floud passing bilow ua aad the perceptible falling of ton temperature made ua come to the realization that we were reaching a point nearer haaven Ht aven than we tad ever been bufore is the highest on this roaland roa dand from heie after we had waited 20 minutes for lunch we tha des centen the opposite ade of ibe mountain before we bad youe very far we entered a huun tunnel which pir pared ua thoroughly to ap precia e the cene at the other end comina all at once iceo bicad dali abt our train made a quick turn and far below w saw a beautiful bius lake anio which it teemed we were about to bo plunged plu need tae impression waa upon the and an involuntary ob was re echoed through the car before we reached the valley a thunder had fathered pa and our view was hidden for a timo only to bring out more beauties aa it cleared away black clouds rolled from peak to peak occa B onal of sunshine lit up the below and blaes of lightening gave the whole acene a weird appear ance and now we commenced to think we were nearer the opposite place to 1 heaven than we hied ever been before we arrived in lucerne during a heavy rain eo were driven di recill to our rooms axt we were favored with fine and we preceded to lake in lucerne lies OB the paint of abo lake of the four cantons ahe cita is smal but a book might be written on the of ia on the mt Jung fran from the hotel on tha top of is one of the figest in switzerland on th leatia mt an exire melv ang gad mountain but on the top a comfortably fort ably fai nichea four atory hotel connected with aba town below by a cogwheel cog wheel railway we look beveral trips no the lake tha shore was lined with artistically built boat houses and here and there we flaw castileo ca stleo asme old aaice comparatively modern and others io ruins one point ot common interest to tourists is wilhelm tella kapelle babilt on bhore of the lake in honor of be boldrer name it bears wa blent nearly a weak in aielt adeina about lucerne and could have spent ganv more without tiring haviar belll a long distance to tharel and many mote bights to see bat we were forced to go farther conr next stop was at zurich where we abent several days la natural zurich ia far behind lucerne but ia noted for ito historical events and its great university we visited most of the interesting interest inc but time or space will not permit of a description abia time in our next ire will rive a short account of our visit to the blein salla nuremberg in another latter eadi |