New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-08
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER s, 1854

81 N reads simply Gosthcf Hotei; then that IL IS the
onIv inn within circuit OF FIVE miles; the keep
ers syay over guests as sach over their stoHiachs
and pockets and Nocturnal welfare, is autocra''e;
and vet his transient subjects are wen ted' wen
bedded, and moderately charged. n
The road 10 Wolpach, smooth as garden "Als'
followed the winding course of the SchaPpach
which here frets and riurmurs about the ioot VI
epcroaching hill., and then pursues its easier
wsy through meadow lands and fields OF rpehihg
corn. and always the pleasant landscape was re-
lieyed b the dark horizon frame OF pines and mrs;
The neatpess of the matched hOuses-not huddIed
together in villages as in other parts OF Germany
and rows of beehives under their wide project
ing roofs brought 10 mind scenes OF Swiss travel
Ii was Sunday afternoon, and the peasants IN
peichbory chat before their hOusedoors, or stroll
ling along the road singly or in friendly company
were ENJOYING its healthy rest. There was nue.
disnlay of the costume peculiar 10 the inhabitants
of this valley. somewhat closely observed oae
brilliant specimen. of which | will attempt an
ANALYSIS at the risk which every man runs whsn
he meddles with the mysteries of the female tot
lette. From the young lsdy's countenance, which
was not Informed, every hair was drawn strin-
gently rearward and disappeared under little
red cap which clung to the back OF her head only
bv capillary attraction, so TAR as couid see.
The cap was ornamented with small patch oil
black velvet worked with gold spanges. over
white shirt was red vest open in front, and over
that dark. col0red jacket or bodice, or what
ever its name may be, that came to the shoulder
blades II is the last place you would look TOR IT,
but there is where tie waist begins IN the dress
circles of this part of the world. skirt OF
bright red stuff descended from here, with grad
ual outward slope toward the ground; beneath
was visible foot or so of welltlied white iinen
stocking, open.w lrked from the ankle to the IN
step, where il lost itself in a stout serviceable
shoe. A founce of black gauze attached to the
can and falling over the forehead down to the eye
brows, was much worn by the elderly women.
BOYS in short breeches and red vests, with capa'
cious s0uare.cut coats and broad trimmed felt
hats looked ike their fathers pPressed-seyen-
ty-fOurs raced to fourteen. At the village inns
were parties Of men playing at nine. pins. The
alley was nothing but hard-stamped earth.
From Wolpach, where the SchaPpach joins the
Rinzg, rode next day down the broader valley
of the last named stream to Ofenburg, and, as
you may be glad to learn, took no note except of
the castle of Ostenberg. Although it is new
built castle, with tower and battlements all COM
plete, and has live occupant, gentleman
dressed in brOadclOth, who can read and write,
ard be imprisoned for theft and hung for murder,
whose very servants have shirts to their backs,
and some sort of monthly wages-in spite OF all
these modern improvements, it was both by sight
and association grateful To my poor sense
of the picturesque az though 1t had been knocked
TO pieces by the Swedes or blown up by the
French ever 80 many years ago.
While waiting Mt 0fenburg for the down-train
of cars TO Baden, in strOlling about the place,
fell upon monument, too recently erected 10
have vet been spoken Of by the gude-bOOks, and
too rare in its kind no; TO deserve mention. Cut
in fine red sandstone is full-leDgth standing
figure OF a man. who leans upon an anchor, hold
ing in his right hand sea-chart, and in his left
hand bunch Of potatoes with their vines just as
one would pull them from the ground, A globe
lies at bis feet The following are TRANSACTIONS of
the inscriptions on the four sides of the pedestal:
"Sir Francis Drake, Introducer of Potatoes into
Europe, in the year of the Lord, 1886; the Bless
"ipgs Of Millions Of Men who cultivate the Earth
"thy most lasting Glory; the choice Gift OF God
protects the Poor Mans House against bitter
Want; To the Maker and Giyer OF this Monu-
meDt Andreas Friedrich, the thanks of Oden-
burg, 1853" Friedrich is a sculptor in Stras-
burg. No monumental hOn0rs could be more APP
propriate than tits setting up in Baden Of the
image OF Drake by an Alsatian artist. The APP
preparedness of setting it up so near railroad,
might however, be called in question by the
potato-fed population of the Duchy, with whom
il is a favOrite notion that the p0;ato-disease,
from which they suffer so much, is caused by the
smoke from the railroad engines. have met
peasants IN the hllcouI try, ten ana htteen miles
off from the lie of the road, who firmly main
tanned the correctness Of the theory Their argu-
ment was this there did not ute to be any rail-
read, and then there was not any pOtato-rot; they
went and built a railroad and then there
potsto-rot. People of greater logical pretensiOus
often make similar confusion of sequence with
consequence.
Now that am back again in aden-Baden, let
me correct gross error committed in my first
letter from here, where ! said that as many as
eco strangers might be here at one time
in the hight of the season. My only excuse is
that had the statement on high authority. 1t
can be scarcely halftrue. All the hotels aud all
the private houses that have rooms to let-as
most of them have including the miller's house,
which for deaf people is as good as anothers-
cannot accommodate 1000 persons. Mean
time they are rapidly filling up. The groups of
coffee drinkers the smokers and the gay throng
of promenaders on the broad gravel-walks in
front of the Conversations House, remind one Of
of the Boulevard des Italiens There is nothing
refreshing these hot days in the aspbatine refhin-
iscence. ain off in an hour for Switzerland.
c. X. ID.