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

coffee, others drinkin. light wines. others
beer, (Bavarian beer, suppose,l others all
sorts of German water inven,ons Some eat
ing pretty hearty suppcr-all were chatting
or gossiPpins-quietly. soberly and 'i'>crcc'-
ly-lpresumc from this pantominc. Mamma
had brought out her bows and bai'ies; th"
first of whom were on flving horse machines
or in the swings, and the latter were trund!cd
about in nice wicker wagons. My lady neigh
bors at NV left, knit as they gossippcd. and
slipped their beer. knitting, sewing arc the
common employment on these occasions with
ladies, who don't mean to lose all their hours.
but to save stitch in time. The men smoke
Of course-and "mist clouds went up in
part, from the smokers, as we'll as in the fa,-
cies Of the musicians. never see any ladies'
here oljccting to smokc-they seem TO be
smoke-proof, and to be smoked. The men
puff their cigars right under their noses with
out any rcbukc, and if permission is asked il
seems never to be denied. The ladies aro
smoke-baked young, ami smoke proof of
course. The Esquimaux. YOU know, have no
need Of chimney for his snow or ice hut
/ The smoke is agreeable to him. having been
brought up in it. lcllattrd little, or tried
to chat with my beer drinking lady neigh
Dor, and asked all the questions could mus
ter words enough in German to propose.-
There is no essential need, however of words
between man ard Woman, when both desire
to please. The eyes, the hands, and the en-
gers talk so h that they readily make up
for the absence Of words. And there is no
thing improper in this chance conversation,
in public places here; acquaintance are
formed and broken in Germany at the table
where acquaintanceship began. There is no
necessity for subsequent recogni'ion-no Oh
legation, as with us, involved. The Gcrman
philosophy is to be agreeable for The mo,ncn,
! with any body at hand. and that is all. Table
conversations mean nothing. They arc nc,
con sidercd to I've introductions | haze felt
! "cut " two or three times, when scarcely re-
cosnized afterwards ly people with whom
had thus agreeable conversations. but wien
told such is the fashion, and the phiIo.ophs
of it, there is sense in it must admit We
''cut people at the start for fear We should
bc obliged to know them afterwards, If We
lid not: bat here there being no such neccs-
sity there is no restraint in public upon tho
! freedom and of onvcrsation.
My little friends were doubtless amused by
| an Enylishrmm., and his anxiety to ie in
structcd in all German customs Ru' What
care /? cannot thus waste my l;mc unless
can be learning German or so,uc,Iiir. else.
\ Yankee am in the pursuit of knowledge
under difficulties" had some fun OFT 9:
them. turned milIiner-man for the nonc..
IA traveller should observe every thing and
in my own mind compared their fashions Of
dress with those had Just left in Paris. I
see here and elsewhere that Paris fashions 4,
not reach Germany half as quick as they
reach New York. We are more initiative.
more fashionable" than any of the fashion,
ablcs have vt seen in any of the public
places Of G. rmany. What these fashionables
are clad in this evening. were New York
fashions five or six years ago. Paris fashions
all get here after while, but they are SLOW
in travelling.
Well, pardon my wandering. wa. going
10 say how these people profit in health from
thus living out doors, in their gardens. enjoy
ing lfe-not working as We do. from early
dawn till late at night wi,hou, rerosc Of mind
or any species Of recreation. Our red hot
stoves in winter burn up the air, and in sum-
mer we t fle III our oh ,mbcr> or ill-vcn,il ted
rooi.,s. in need Of air to breathe in. Conc.
st dom with me tonight by the Elbe, aud
think little with me-what IS life for, anil
what are VIC after? Iou will lose nothing of
human existence, or Of dollars and cents BY
thought upon such matters. These Saxons
here have better J,aie1-brod than we have,
and ,ha, Lccps them well warm inside, while
their good Saxon wool warns them a. we'll
without as ours does. They rise early, break
fast lightly. dine at twelve or one o'clock,
quit work at FIVE or six, 90 into the gardens,
hear music, or make dance or sing. till nine
or ten. r. NJ, when they 90 to bed. which BY
the way wish we're little wider and lar
ger. If not better. The Germans are not rich
and ro body is very rich here; not even
the king, who has, they say, stored away
crown jewels worth over twenty millions
sterline.-but jewels locked mp in vanl,> are
not rickes. The old men of sixty. seventy,
and even eighty, 90 TO the comic PLAYS or to
the opera. and drink in music like Young
girls, with hearts all hot with joy, aud hands
and fingers working as the music tinglcs
through them.
Life is not all labor here, it is readily seen
but labor is so regulated here as to make life
agreeable. There are no pot houses. no cor
ner groceries, no drunkenness but they all
all who can get it and who canno, -
drink wine or beer. Alcohol is drink have
never seen or heard of In these German I'll
lies; though doubtless there is about as bon
ne bouche, brandy. the eau de vie. The beer
drinking and the coffee drinking have been
made respectable, by all classes, particularly
n the public gardens. Gwen Martin Luther
on know. the demigod of all this region
,ound about, loved his a!e-1his aside,