New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-27
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A long way further on. IN . lonely region, one
| Heir Ziefe keeps a house Of reireshment toI
man 10 the extent Of poor w.ne and sour black
bread. Here asked Tor a guide 20 the Mum
mel-see, and could hardly believe he elder
! Zlefe was n earnes; when he clap7od the oes;
/ capon the head Of . child and bado nm guide
the gentleman Master Matthias. however,
seemed well suited with the commission. and
with a good slice of black bread that accompa.
MED i. A brave I,;le fellow ne was and proved
a more agreeable guide than the ordinary organ
J grinding ones who forever distract me attention
with Q long fauago of description. IL Vas but
| eight years old, and was undersized a. ;ha. 6u;
! had practiced his profession ior ,wo years. An
| hours good walking brough; Us to the Nummel-
see. 1t Is a small lake, lying IN cup. as j; were.
on the side OF the Horniss sgrlnde. three thousand
feet above the level OF the sea DARK and deep IN
the midst Of the pine forest. Here dwelis. or
/ did dwell. a race of uniines or wa,er-falrIes.
called Nlmmcle.
! In the dark Mummel-see bloom many lilies
/ They wave and sway AZ the VIII Of the wanton
wind. But when the nigh, comes on. and the
full moon shines IN heaven, they rise up from the
water. lovely maidens. and wrea,he the graceful
mazes of their wa,er-dances." But If, beguiled
by the pleasures OF the dance. they ,arry in the
upper world beyond the frs, moonlight, gray
old water-king rises and chides them grimly 10
their beds. Any one who goes 70 Baden Baden
may see. under the portico OF the Trnksaae
there, the picture of such scene
In the village of Seebsch were the first per-
feet specimens of the peculiar houses OF the
| Schwarzwald-not unlike those OF ; Switzerland
with large ;hatched roofs projecting Tar over
sides and gables gallery runs along under the
broad caves on a level with the first floor, where
the family live the basement is occupied by
stable. plg-pen, etc the attic Is the barn and
granary They are very picturesque, II YOU
choose, but dirty and unfragrant. Ihave been m
side OF them and know. Three days ago, took re-
fuge in one from a shower that was my twelfth
shower in Germany y Il was perhaps q fair spec-
men of farmet'. house here. not so good sS the
best. not nearly so bad as the worst No one
would ever die there OF any disease for which the
smell of a constable is a cure The manure
heap was directly IN front of and not tenfeet
from the door the children We're dirty, and the
rooms were dirty, and the mother looked weather
beaten ugly and oyerworked. She was friendly
as all Germans are, and offered me a seat IN
smoky room . | excused myself presently on the
score of fondness for the view from the door
| way.
We were Up betimes Wednesday morning, and
on our way 10 the runs of the Abbey of All SAINTS
They come in view suddenly from the ridge o.
hill which we reached after a halfhour's walk
through the woods. Originally the Abbey was very
extensive and richly adorned. Its church and
cloisters stretched across one end of a secluded
dell on whose slopng sides are still TO be seen
remains of large garden walls and hne avenue
of old, old llndens Through the dell runs
brook u>t behind the former dormltores and the
fragments of the fine old church The duty OF
renouncmg the world and its vaniieS must have
been rather agreeable here. The brook, after
having performed It's office of lullaby to the
drowsy monks, and got fairly oul Of sigh. of the
church, strikes into a deep gorge IN the noun
tain, coursing and pungIng IN the most eNtrava-
CANT manner over bed of solid granite down 4
long succession Of cataracts OF from i've to
eighty feet fall narrow foot-path, sometimes
cut into the face oi the rocks sometimes con
tinued by steep fights of steps and narrow
bridges, leads through the gorge Midway in
this passage my companion pointed 70 chh
four hundred feet above our heads that ia called
the Devils Pulpit its very summit Is now sur
mounted by lofty wooden cross This name Il.
frequently gwen 10 high cliffs IN tins country -
there Is a devils pulpit on high rock Jusi back
of the city of Baden When Christian priests
first came teaching the gospel in the Schwarz
wald. the Individual rose up from the neIghDor
hood of the hot springs. and mounting tins pull
pit, held long discourse, gong 10 show the >u-
perlority of his doctrines He has no, addressed
his people of late years. bu; has Vicar, Mr Ben
azet. nightly collects largecongegation during
the bathing season about ms gaming-iables. At
the end OF this path. where II olns carriage
road, we read az amusing instance OF the pas
sion that German authorities have tor putting
forth orders and regulations II was a long
winded prohibition, with penalties, &c, against
riding or driving over SAID path Now, As for
driving, no vehicle could 60 more than one wheel
al a time over the best parts OF j. and for
riding over lis stairs and foot-bridges, not Old
Putnam himself, nor MS equitatmg representa-
i've al the B VERY, Mr. Eaton Stone, would
dare attempt H.
stopped at night in Petersthal. one Of The
small watering places 70 which referred IN ny
last The spring is very abundant one, OF
wafer largely charged with carbonic and gas.
At Gresbach anu RIpoldsau drank a similar
water It IS more palatabe and sparkling than
Settlers At all these places are large PLAIN
hotels, good German fare, and ready attendance.
They all have their AnIage, "a something between
park and garden, comparable 10 the Eiysian
Fields m Hoboken toerabe band OF music,
and bowling alley, instead Of The more danger
Gus amusement OF The great conversation halls
Ihe unmn rnnu |. m the basement Of tAe hOtel.