The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-10-20
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A PLEASANT NIGHT OF TT.

What very happy period of my lif
that was, when l was supposed to b,
studying Roman law at the feet Of the
great Professor Mittermaier at Heidel
berg. Little did my fond parents reel
the way in which spent my nights ol
the mad scenes of which 1 was sharel
] among the feather Drained Burschen.- =
1 had only recently quilted Cam bridge
after four years of college experienc,
and forgetfulness of what had learned
at school, and the contrast German
university presented was most striking
Still took to the new mode of life very
kindly. and by the time was able tc
express ray wants aud wishes in fearfully
broken German, | was Perfectly happy
for life is SO pleasant at twenty4
Perhaps though, [ enjoyed my vaca-
tious even more than I-cid my terms,
for was my owu mas er, ana coulc!
wander whittier l pleased. had a
passport in my pocket, aud a arcspecta
be amount of forms, and with kLapsaci;
on back trudged through the whole
Fo est, learning German (of sort, it is
truel rapidly gu the road, aud meeting
with various queer adventures. One of
the queerest, however, that befel me
was in the Yosges, and [ may as well
narrate it here, as another Instance of
those strange things which travellers
sometimes see. | had ever predilcc-
tion for Alsace, for in tIaf happy land
the quart bottle holds not merely quar-; j.,
which is a rarity, but just three piuts
which is a marvel Nor is the qaality
of tie Wire depfcciatrd by tie quautity:
on the contrary, Chablis is not patch
upon the white wines that grow On the
sunny slopes of the Fosges.. If you
doubt what say, take bumper and
try;' which you can easily do, reader,
on our next visit to Strasbourg, by call
ing IL the Rebstock, and asking for
a lire of white wine with the oci,re
seal. However, as l knew that was
going Into the county where the dclecia-
bic vine grew, did not daily at Stras-
bourg, but strobe manfully away towards
the yosgcs full of glorious an tieipa tions,
and carefully studying the patois by con-
versing with every peasant / fell in
with. There is very sample plan, how
ever, to make yourself ompreAepded III
Alsace: always use French word and
a German word alternately; it is won
Gerfu. what success you met with. An
infallible rule TO make yourself liked is
by luggirg in the name of Napoleon ,e
Grand on every possible occasion, aud if
you are sufficiently cosmopolitan. you
may tacit y assent to the fact that he
won the battle of Waterloo.
There is only one defect connected
81 A l. II, Al.
is no mistake about it. | was fated to
discover this interesting meteorological
fact at the expense of thorough wet
ting. / had dined at a little village
Iun on the inevitable cold veal and pick |
led plums, and when l sat out on my |
launt to my nights quarters, seventeen
miles off, the clouds were beginning TO
collect ominously in the West. | but
toued my blouse around me aud trudged |
Onward along a road which
bad not been traversed by respectable |
within the memory of man.
1t was full of ruts hard enough at first,
but which the persistent rain, which had |
commenced by this time to fall, convert
ed into SO many pitfalls, into which l
was continually slipping. To add to my |
night sat III with that rapiditp |
peculiar to Southern Germany, and |
here was no sign of the village at which |
[ intended to spend che night. Not a
creature did ] meet: nobody was foolish |
enough to venture out in such weather, |
save pleasure travellers Ike myself, aud
on l went, making about half mil al
Iour, ard growing very savage. whether
he result Of tbe wetting or of indiges |
ion, really -canuot say. My brandy
lask had long beon emptied, there was
10 Glance of filling it, aud l was wear
ed; so wearied that could have laid |
lown to sleep 10 dry ditch, had there
been one handy; but against that the |
clements had carefully guarded. There
sas no hope for it: / must trudge on
Yard.
Suddenly, through the rain, fancied |
could see light glimmeriDg short |
listanee from the road. l stopped and
ooked steadily it was no Will o'-the
Visp, and by sudden impulse 1 bound
ID over low hodge, and went tumbllDg |
'ver ploughed field towards the house,
IS now felt certain it was. Up to the
present, had regarded the peasants
'hOIb6 HItu OouSloeTaDle -dfeToiOuy duN
1our caase:: they were tie dirtiest pla-
,es imaginable, aud l had no desire to
'leep in them SO long as an auberge
could be found, But now I ould have
gladly paid handsome sum for the use
If dog kennel, SO long as it sheltered
nc from the pitiless rain, aud held ont
he prospect OF glass of brandy to
YARN my inner man, which stood 30
much in need of that refreshment.
soon approached the cabin, which