Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-05-19
Sec'y Butler Lodge, No.
For the Advertiser.

For the Advertiser.
LEIPsIC, April 18th 1858.
Here am, friend oInine, in the ancient city OF
Lcipse. And hsre for the present. my tent pitched
remember telling you in former epistlc Of the
straitensd and uncomfortable manner in which peo-
people are coopsd up in German Railway Cars. Well,
having suffered peril, among the DID, must also aaf-
fer peril. among the young; for between Berlin and
Lcpsic, foil in with mother, palE Of twins, two
nurses, a wet nurse and young girl on her way to
boarding school. AS I call to mind the five hours
scene Of woe and confusion, shake with laughter;
not 30 1T the time though for, like my sis rs, the
maiden, was covered with confusion as with veil,
and oven now as my fingers trace the word' they
bush like radishcs ct the bare remembrance. Hooked
ut this apparently wealthy, but still unprotected fs-
male" aud wondered il she was what the good book
calls "a joyful mother of children" Again lift
up my voice in favor Of tho unrammeled Rail Cars
of America!
Leipsic ia city of immense antiquity, as its style
and appearance prove, md ono around which cius'
ter many thrilling historical reminiscencea Upon
this oeension however, it is my intention to give you
q weak sketch Of the groat annual Easter Fair in
Lcipsic, Of which no doubt you have often read. A
wosk sketch must indeed be, for Brarcus with his
hundred hands and hundred years in which to
write it, could not give duo account of Nil the won
dcrs to be SEEM sa1ony, in which kingdom Lsipsia
is situued, although small, is enormously wealthy and
the manufacturing country Of Germany. Manufac-
turing Of almest every kind has here attained its
highest perfection. Leipsc is the great store house
or depot, and hence those fairs During the year
thero arc three one Immediately after Easter, called
the Easter Fair one in September, callod the Mich
a.lmas Fair aud lastly the Christmas Fair; but the
prcatcst Of these i. The Easter" 1t last. .:I weeks
and is attended, it ia estimated, by between 60 and
TO- coo human beings merchants and traders, !rom NIL
parts Of the civilized world,-Amer;cs, Asia, Africa,
Europe and the Isles Of tho sou. This is tho literal
truth for u Lsipsic now, can be seen Greeks, Turks
Chinese, Algerinss and Mal.ys, all in their natiunsl
costumes; and do verify believe few American
.,borigines, they look if thoy might be at all
events. Yaukcet, Canadian Fur tradeH and West
Indian Cigar dealers in abundance! Jews numerous
as locuss md "rieh Jews, with their unmistakc-
able pfysiognony, and keen and hungry faces. lIalf
the overwhelming thropg, indeed, is composed oi
Jews and Que at every turn countenance which
calls to mind Judas Iscarut Burrabas or Shyock 0,
Venice. rsrshingly beautiful and wealthy Jewcss
f Triostc il tho observed Of all observers; who
would truly do to swear by! take my stand upon
tho promenade evory evening to watch for her, know
iny, to reverse the lines Of Lnuncelot GobbO,
"Tbcre will come Jewess by,
Will be worth Christians eye"
Of all these people, about two thirds come to buy,
while tho rest come to dispose Of their
chundilo For two weeks the Fair is Wholesale; after
that, retail.
During these Fairs, rents, hotcl prices, de, 90 up
to Eve times their usual Yuluc. 'Tis the custom
throughout the city for whole families live six weeks
in one room, that they nisy rOake ltlO fortune by
leasing their houses to the fequcnters Of tho "mes
AS it is here called BARRIERS let their dcns
huge rates and betake themselves to tents in the open
air. Tho niliners, jewellers and silk merchants,
decorate their establishments In the most gorgeou,
manner. All the shops arranged that the
whole front can be tnkcn away, simple door would
find itsolf "nowhsre." The temporary and transient
vcnlers hold forth in small wooden shops which they
bring along with them folded up like window shutters
called "Buden." The public grounds which extend
In ovory direction, covered with these Budeu, IN
single one sa "Bude) regularly arranged in streets,
and adorned upon the exterior with aags. T.ch flag
porrxys the contents of the Budo which il floats.
'Tis intensely amusing to hear the English and Amer.
cans saying, "efs go into this Budy and let. 60 into
that Budy." To some particular article is each
of there shops devoted and every possible variety Of
that sail article, but other is exhibited therein
Tor instance, here il one which acts forth every stage
Of silver and gold ware, and touching it, sublre and
ridiculous hand in handy one displaying Pottery ware
In ull its branches. Here is one devoted to India
shawls anotherto laccs and embroderies another to
handkerchief, another to pipes, one to toys one "
hats, one to gloves, one to head drcsscs 4c &C., 4c
until all the paper now exant would not suffice for
IN inventory thereof
The gold silver and glass ware, the Porcelain the
B1outeric the pictures, tho ornaments in ivory and ot
tc., seem almost like tho work Of inspiration.
wander amoug thctc treasures and my hoart breaks
sixty times minute, as iuwarily and ruefrly OK
claim-"Oh, were but rich !" IL book which
some Of your readers may have porhaps heard Of it
stnnds written "riches take to themselves wing. and
fec away" Whist sad, sad pity that poverty is not
moro inclined to these aiy flights; but alas, she is
friend that remains true unto dcath. But to the Fair
sguiu.
For six weeks every spring is LsiPsic thus dsugsa