The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-01-27
LIFE IN GERMANY.

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near BY is the bridge which the French blew
up when forced to retreat from DRESDEN
There comes now, wafted over the waters
notes from bugles, horns, trumpe,s and othe,
brass instruments, the music of wandering
bands, that seem to be everywhere in thi.
Saxon city. Music is omnipresent-univer
sal-eternal was about to add. Where peo
pie have no politics to rave about they ravt
about music, about artists, male and female
about pictures. statuary the 6ne arts, etc.
Hence Jenny Lind. who lives here, is 20
tentatc here-a real power in the state. JUS
now she is at some watering place in Bohe
mia. She gives concerts at times, here in
Berlin and in Vienna; gets any price, and
thus adds to her store of bank notes, with
which however all declare she is liberal. The
critics say, that since the birth of her child
she has lost rot little in the bird like deli
cacy Of her voice but that she has made ur
for it and more, in the richness of her art
She is very pious, it is added, and reads heI
Bible as much as her music books. He,
splendid success, OF course, makes every body
music mad. just as We discuss politics in ou,
pot houses, they discuss music here in their
gardens, (they have no pot houses, and there
is no Maine Law A Swele tells me "a
companion of mine, en- route, who is a great
iron man in Stockholm - but tender enough
in music matters that they are raising an.
other Jenny Lind in Stockholm, ard thai
they will soon let the bird out Of the CAGE
to astonish the world. Ny iron (Swc,le) man
tells me that Miss Bremen has written her
self out in Sweden, and that they are tired
OF her there. Here is an iron man, by the
by, speaking English well, French some
German we'll, too, suppose, and, of course
his own tongue, who runs opera-mad also cv.
cry nj ght. and who even cri,cises in literature
with zeal
Musical people, artists Of all classes, hav.
higher position, it is easy to see, on the
Continent Of Europe, than in England or j,
America And hence, perhaps, in part, tn,
devotion to music in Germany Their soca
rank here. if they win fame in their profcs
sior, is a III -.h one. Orders and ribbons ma,
adorn them. But there must bc in the peo
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Is not in our race. The streets of Dresden
appear to be full Of floating bands Of music
ans. and ti,e suburbs of Leirsis, Berlin and
Dresden abound III gardens, in which are sta
toned other bands thus holding out the
strongest inducements for people to assemble.
there
How these people live out Of doors. 1t is
a damp, not warm morning; and the tables
in the hotel garden, under my window, are
full Of Germans slipping their coffee, and cat
ing their butttr Jrod-that is, their breakfast
in the open air An American woman
could not be hired to expose herself. her skin.
her health. (:) in this way. for anv considc-
ration; but ont here arc men, women and
children, brcakfasting on the grass, as if they
were shepherds and shephcrlesses. with their
little Ilocks. 1t is a sweet, pretty picture of
humanity, this garden life, and wish We had
more of it. The coffee after dinner is taken
in the like way. The supper is often eaten
50. Frankfort. Leipsic, Berlin anil Dresden
('loubtlcss al! Germany have this garden
life. In Berlin, in .he Theuyarten, as it is
called, is an immense establishment, known
as krolI's." somewhat as Nihlos was. when
it was less Of theatre inside. and more OF a
garden outside. but an establishment four
times as large IS Niblo'.. 1t costs only a
small sum to get il, (ten "ros,hen, think
twenty-five cents.) and when in YOU have
light German plays or vaudev:lles, in an i'm
mense theatre, and when the acting is over,
at or r. NJ, the immense orchestra &C to
the eating garden in the rear. where arc ia
blcs to hold and servants to supply anything
YOU ask for. There the Germans take their
hearty suppers and drink their wines; others
their coffee, or their ices, or the famous Ba-
varian beer. In other places are cheaper
gardens. was in one tonight, on the Grand
Terrace Of Dresden, overlooking the Elbe,
and command ng view for miles around, the
admittance to which was only two groschen
five cents A band OF music played from
five o'clock till nine, r. NJ. the airs of the
greatest masters in music. Tables were be-
fore every body for coffee. beer or wine. or
other light drinks; but every thing was order
and sobriety. The people were perfectly we'll
and conducted themselves towards
zach other with the greatest order and pro-
priety. 1t seems to be a custom now, as five
Dr. six o'clock approaches, for the whole pop
ulation Of the cities to rush to the gardens, to
near the music, to talk, to chat, to drink and
10 gossip. The women 60 as we'll as the men
and the women 20 in alone, o: in couples,
,r parties, as they will. Twas the other
evening. in another Of these gardens, over
he Elbe, in the suburb of the new city. in
beautiful wood, commanding a charming view
If the old one, the hills in the background,
md of the villas above Dresden, on the banks
f the Eibe. The entrance tee was about six !
ents Of our money. The programme ofcon-
ert was in four parts and Of sixteen different
'icces, from the best composers performed BY
powerful band. One Of the pieces vas
icrman all over IA Mist Cloud" "Sound
'Swiss Landscape, with the sun
ising" "A Sea Storm" "A GiIsy Scene"
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