Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-11-24

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rope necessary evil One is never permitted
to 90 alone and look in peace and quietness. IL
another chapel, adorned by lofty window
of stained glass; and an altar piece of Alber
Durer, is held the regular church service for tn
people of Meissen-at present Lutherans. .
old though, Nielsen was on Archbishopric ant
the Archbishops of Nielsen were the leading
prelates Of Germany.
The Castle, which stands side by side will
the Cathedral, was formerly the residence o
the Electors of Saxony and Margraves OF Meis
sen, ancestors Of the present kings. It's ahust
stronghold in the style Of the middle ages, ane
though built in A. D. 9G2, is still in almost per-
feet preservation. Nowadays this feudal pilt
is the scene of the famous porcelain factory
Where chiyalrous knights sat in olden times ano
related to courtly danes their achievements il
Palestine, now sit pale work-day men and wo
men and mould cups and saucers. Alas for ro
nance in this age of utility But proud days
are yet coming for the Albrecht's Burg (so j:
the castle na,ned), the Saxon parliament having
made large appropriation for refitting and fur
nishing it as the residence of Prince George
who is about to marry the Infanta of Portugal
The cups and saucers are to find new scene
of action.
Upon the ground floor is large china shop
in which are exhibited untold specimens Of the
work. This, it being like all other shops, you
are allowed to look at gratis but to see the
work-rooms you must bring ticket and be sad,
died with guide. After the necessary cerc-
monies and formaIties (in Germany, the killing
of o flea is attended with great form and cere.
mony) you mount up long and weary flights ol
stairs and grope through dark and winding cor,
ridors until you reach the top of the huge build
ing, and here are the rooms in which the clay is
rubbed up. In another part it is formed and
fashioned, in another painted and glded; in
another are the furnaces, and in still another
goes on the moulding Of flowers and figures as
ornaments. The process seems almost endless.
The manner Of burning the ware is somewhat
striking. Tie vessels are packed into boxes and
these boxes are in turn packed into the furnace,
after which the mouth or door is plaster ed over
the fire is then kindled and the intensest heat
kept up for stated number o. hours. Not un-
til the third day after the fire is extnguished
does he furnace become cool enoug to be en-
tered. The flowers and ornaments for the COM
moner articles are made by means Of moulds,
and very. quickly, but for the finer sets, with
the hand alone, and this last deserves TO rank
among the fine arts. Imagine every tiny leaf
and tendril fashioned by the patientt toiling
human hand. No one need wonder at the high
price of elegant porcelain! Some small orna-
ments in the shop spoken Of above, not larger
than tumbler, are priced, on account Of tie
skill of the workmanship, at fifty, sixty and sew
enty dollars. I never knew before where all
our ornamental porcelain came from but this is
the place--and the exquisite toilet articles and
pretty trifes of all kinds now so fashionable,
The painting is also done by regular artists and
in these days they copy upon. the china even
the greatest master pieces. A set, intended as
a. bridal present, to the said Prince George,
is just finishel, and upon the dinner plates are
copied all the gems Of the Dresden Gallery.
After the vessels are taken from the furnace,
they are painted, gilded and returned to be a
second time burnt. They shrink so in burning,
IS to be third smaller afterwards. Last of all,
they must undergo the most tedious rubbing,
filing and polishing. This is done by women,
whose sight is said to become prematurcly i'm
paired by it. The toll and labour in every de-
partment of this msnufactory exceeds descrp-
ton. The establishment employs hundreds of
men anu women, and the two hundred rooms
of the castle are barely sufficient space for its
operations.
Now am going to tell ycu something right,
amusing. Itmay come under the head OF per-
sOnal exploits, and both good taste and modesty,
am well aware, demand that all such should
he kept in the back ground. But as neither
modcsty nor good taste are particularly in vogue
nowadays, make the venture. Coming out
Of the Cathedral quite alone at ten A. NJ, |
espied a woe begone looking elderly gentleman
seated upon large stone, and bleeding fright
fully at the nose. lie being also alone, ap-
preached him and desired to know if could
be of assistance. He understood not syllable
of what said, and turned out to be an Ameri-
can from Illinois, utterly guitless OF the Ger
man tonrue. His wife was in Dresden, too un.
we'll to venture forth, his daughter had remained
behind with her mother, and he had the temeri-
ty to undertake this trip alone. He had called
for Seltzer Water OH the Steamer and was con-
vinced, from the refractory state OF bis inner
man, that he had been poisoned, had left his
walking stick, winch he could not do without
on the deck, had fought two guides with tooth
and nail, had paid ten prices for breakfast III
the hotel below and ten more to The men who
brought him in Sedan Chair to the top OF the
hill, had finally been seized with violent hem,
orrhace of the nose and was unable, for love OF
money, to get water. The history Of his trial:
and tribulatons was sublime! could but
think of the {" man that went down from Jeru-
salem to Jericho and fell among thieves, who
stripped him of his raiments, b." of course
coming in as the good Samaritan. In the mean
time, an aged individual Of the male sex and
highly respcstablc exterior, came up and in an
swcr to my queries, informed me that lis house
was but ten steps of, and that he should die