FOOTNOTES:
[73] The unrighteous and cruel Landvogt Tscharner was punished with death by the Bernese Government in 1612.
[74] For further particulars about this original man the reader is referred to the charming novel bearing his name, by Keller (Keller's "Zurcher Novellen").
[75] Madame de la Charrière, the novelist, writes: "Nous vivons avec eux, nous leur plaisons, quelquefois nous les formons, et ils nous gâtent."
[76] The Bernese peasantry had attained unusual wealth by its excellent management and the strict administration of its government.
[77] Prof. Vögelin, "Schweizergeschichte," p. 344.
[78] See "Die Patrizierin," a recent fascinating novel by Widmann, a Bernese writer.
