Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-11-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
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GERMANY.
The senior editor OF the Savannah hepnol'ca.n
has been for some tune travelling on The con'l-
nent of Europe, and he enriches The columns OF
his paper with the results OF his observations
We copy part OF recent letter, WIKI .he ie-
mark, that Germany is very large, ana 'he Gus
IONS and habits of different portions vary essen
LII, !, i nleasont. however, TO hear an Anne
r;can erumbe about Europe. |. is sigh Tor sish'
and gfoan for groan. l-.,o
The ordinary vehicle OF conveyance lolheI
Than private pos!ing) is called in Prussia, Schneli
most and in Austria Eilwagen. They are near
H. the same thing with occasional modlhcations,
and resemble generally, though not always, Inc
French Diligences, with coupce in font, having
seats Tor two persons the body with seats Tor iour
and the dcrricre for two more. Their speed,
which was no, formerly more than four or five
miles an hour, is now Soiac seven, ana no WIN
nor weather can move them from the govern
yncnt mace or make them come in before or a 7
Ter Inc appointed time The conduc,eor has al
WAYS his watch, whose case OF German sii!ei
nigh, serve on an emergency, for warming
nan and 10 this formidable chronometer every
Thing must conform. The best watch ever mace
in Geneva, is looked upon with perfect contempt
when opposed 10 its authority. may here add,
tina, these conductors are very respectape SCI
ri men; and you have not 10 pay them ana me
nos,illion a shilling every twenty OF thirty miles,
rs You do 10 the driver and guard OF the English
s,agc-coach. 60
In England you soon get accustomed ai'eF
narins The host for all that you have had. 10 pay
ING his servants Generally you give The ser
van, who waits on your table one shilling when
YOU stop night 10 the chamber-maid sixpeNce,
and 10 the boots iouror sixpence night. In Ger
many. the servants expect much less, ana are
con,cn,ed with less; and yet, in Berlin AMI one
taapy OF
uerEct nuisance First, you have the eda'ateF-
mi; 10 pay then tie boots," then the raRer then
The porter who is always in attendance al The door
10 receive cards, and keep The key OF your room,
and give Won his shoulder 10 heipyou down from
ine carriage and then NJ. Il CommiSs,eacre,
who docs = II rour errands carries notes, &c., and
laSlly. NJ &c Samwciisf, who does The i.ori knows
what cyce2. 10 make out Your bill ana Stieh II
IN Inc !iey-hoe every day, Will bow you out
when YOU leave, and be very happy II you VIII
give him fifteen or twenty s!loerSgoscAeh, WHICH,
unless YOU are an ass. you will be very sure mol 10
do
In Germany they do not understand the COM
f,rc nj life So we'll as the English. The rooms
are generally comfortable, bur they are not so
neal, or 50 senteel. In England you have wide,
snacious double beds, an abundance OF water, hot
and cold. and every other requisite TO make YOU
conienlei In Germany, they do mol use one-hlth
mart as much water Is IN England. lou WASH
,our face in a species oil shallow pudding pan,
and as for the beds, do mol believe there Is a
handsome, glorious. Angc-amercan bed IN all
Germany The only approximation 10 one nave
seen was in the palace otthe Dukeoi Brunswick.
The German beds are the meancst things in crea-
lion have not, stretched ont M full length IN
one since hare been here but once ortwlce, and
then procured the luxury by placing myself di-
aoonaIiy from one corner TO The other A Ger
,nan he'd IS an oblong box, with the four sides
alike, except that sometimes the ends are rather
higher than the sides. This box is sometimes 100
narrow ,oiurn in. And what do you suppose The
wretched sleeper has Tor covering why
feather bed on top 0, him Al the hotels, how
eyer. You can have your choice OF the leather, oI
= quilted and wadded counterpart. And as for
the piilows-just please 10 fancy yourself lying
down 0uosd capm in a dish of whipped syllabu5
The nillows are of feathers 50 thin, so light that
you can only appreciate their existence by look
at not touching them, and they afford most
papable. or rather impalpabt proof OF the Burk-
'cian system, that there is no such hing as mat
Ter | defy any traveller 10 say that my deScrip-
ton of German bed is ovefdrawn. While on
this subject, may add that IN the hotels furnish
cd lodgings, &C. the custom is very general Of
taking 5reakfas, and tea and il You choose din
,,er in your bed roum which is made 10 answer
RI. double purpose of pailor ard bed room
.,'h.re an. none of the handsome drawing rooms
IN The hotels as in the United States, where all
The inmates see company, ii they please 10 do So
Ibaye occasionally s,roi!cd into the fields 10 see
che people nj work. II i curious 10 observe how
bunglins and unwieldy the agricultural. imple-
nen,s are The Americans have no doubt, have
the most perfect implements OF hasbandly Of any
nation in The world lido not say they have impro"-
cd upon The English in the general sense fort
b,,,t howl have SpIpridpJly thDSf
which saw in some parts oil England. ii snch
noes, spades, ploughs, raseS scyheS sickles, &c
were in use now in ihc United States as are found
here. you would find dozens ot persons rushing 10
Washington with patents within Is hours, for
they would not tolerate such clumsy contrivances
Tor q single day The American seiZeS anu ap-
aropriaes or improves upon every new idea, but
these people stand fast. Their roaghs, besides
being unnecessarily heavy for the soft and rich
soil. are horribly misshapen, and The beam, to
which in all easy poughin., the drawing chain
is immediately attached, is here one third longer
,han with us. and the end towards the oxen rests
upon an axle which connects two wheels nearly
-. larc. as the fore wheels of carriage
The oxen have no yokes have seen yoGes
oaly once or twice anu then of the rudest construc
lion. A band of about three inches in width
p,sec, around the head OF the OK, ust between the
eyes and horns and 10 this strap the ropes are al
cached which by mems otswin9le trees draw this
cu.nhrous apparatus. said the head OF the ''ox,
| might have said cow Tor tie COWS are quite as
frequently doomed 10 this arduons service as the
u.en. though cannol help thinking that the poor
animals IRE sensible they are in "ial>e position"