The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-11-03
WIGGS IN Europe,

letter Is dated at "Laachcr Abbey
some place on the rivcrRhine, in Prus'
sia. Part Of the letter we copy and
IL il as follows;
"Wc descended about spndown nnd
our inn hl koningswinler, Ia
the morning we rbouIdcred our carpet
bags, crossed the river, md TOOK or
way along the high road for the village
Of Rolaudscck, above which on the
heights stands the ruin Of the ancient
bafonial fortress and ,owefof RoIoadseck,
There is a little romantic story connected
with This ruin. 1t receives It's h1me rom
o ,rodiIion that the famous RoIond, ncph'
cw Of CharIcm0ngo, chose this spot be
cause il commanded a view Of ME con'
vent Of Nonnenworh (Which CONVEX
still stands on an island in the river jus,
opposIIe,) within whose walls his bc'rolh'
Cd bride had taken the veil upon hearing
= false report Of his having ia len in bat
ia. He lived here a lonely hermit Iot
many years, which Murray says, has fur
nishcd the subject Of one Of SchiIIcfs
most beautiful ballads. "Iho Knight Of
ToggonbUrg." The scene, however, has
been transferred by Schiller from the
Rhine to Switzerland,
After climbing TO this height and view
ing the grand scenery from many points,
VIZ again decendcd and took the highway
lorthc town Of R%amogen, IN the course
Of which we met with an adventure not
10 be forgotten. had forgot 10 mention
that there are now three in our par y, IN
stead Of but two, young Mr.. HoIIenbrrg
having accompanied us from O%snnbruck'
lie speaks both German and English, and
is quite an agreeable travelling compan.
ion, The road runs Immediately through
whey orlsssncorIy the whole way. The
vines bend beneath the weight Ola heavy
crop, aud as there are no fences in this
country, the luscious c]Iuslcls hang tempt.
indy over The road. We hailed this
sight with n gIadncsS similar to that Of
The spies who entered the promise land.
S~ccing..so many hundreds Of acres Of the
bIuohing fruit, and dccmIns 1t nothing
omiss, We with that innocence peculiar
to ignorance, began to pluck aud cot.--
A long, gongIjng, blue shifted fellow
standing in the road some hundred yards
ahead Of US, raised his long bony arm
ominously and uttered a horrible sentence
in which our friend II. detected the word
'policc," He then called some alIdoZ'
en- Iaborcrs near by, and with them star,
ted for the village Of Oberwlnter Il shall
always remember the name) lying JUS
ahead Of us. We followed ON, feeling
assured that something was gong to nap
pen, When we entered !he village W.
saw heads projected from every wIndo"
and knowing wlnks ANA mods were pass
ed from ncighbor to nelGhbor as we lhr'd'
dod the narrow streets, Young women
laughed AT US, and the on wohe' looked
at US with a sort al P''yhnS expression
while the crowd OF boys l'"dS'n& at our
heels momcntonIy s"e''cd ana grew lar
ger. 1t was cVIden! that everybody IN
Oborwin'cr knew that we were IN Il
Scrapc. Even the dogs hhrEcd I'll u.s.
AT the lar end OF the village we saw a
crowd COLLECTED, IN the MIDST OF whlcl
stood tho blue s'''''ed 'hd'V,0ua' WIZ
his arms gong IKE winding blades rus
gestures indicated that we wcri me SUD
jet of his discourse We lfud&ed on,
and upon reaching llc crowd were sur
rounded by the rabbic' ana informed 'no'
we musr go before the ",PeI'cc'. OF me
town to answer to the ch"FSe Of stealing
grapes. Inc tongue oI'''oI'''of'la''' was
going Ike a bell.cIapPcr' and tue Wit
nGsseS who had accompanied MN were
scarcely less NOISY. 1he Pcr'c't was
present, and IN n very loud tone gave Us
to understand mat we nan committed d
very grave oilenscj mat ne was a man
Of great authority ana tHal we S,on''
IocI the wclghtoI his power, We follow
ed him into his hIlhy ollcc' a small room
rGdolonlo Of laBcr.bccr and tobacco smoke.
lie opened a pondetons kook ana Procco.
ded to rood the law, which was "pu'ch'
to us. Then, with his rusty Spcctacles
thrown back, he proceeded to deliver a
loud harrnnguc, while his arms Swayed
to and fro like the sails OF a windmill,
Toll us womuSt go to prison, to which
we diSsontcd most cmPtatIcally, and my
friend John was about beginning to give
the old skunk a lesson in clvlllIy with the
but end OF his cane, and | Iell inclined TO
give the leading witness a similar lesson,
when friend II. quoted the cIamor by pro-
ducing his purse and asking how much
was TO pay-moncy would get MS OIL
The eyes Of the bollgcrent magistrate
frightened and smiles took the place OF
(rowns. But for all his smiles, John
thought u cudgclins due him, which nc
would have proceeded 10 administer had
! not persuaded him that discretion was
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