The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-10-02

ne of the most celebrated forests in the
Id is the Schwartwald, or Black Forest, a
&c of woody mountains which traverscs
territories of Baden and Wirtemberg.
sextcnds distance of eighty miles, and va
in breadth from eighteen to thirty miles,
submits are, for the most part, destitute
rees, and only at midsummer display any
rdure To this barren region succeeds a
pwth of pine, beech and maple, and the
lidale and lower part Of the range is cover
with majestic frs which supply masts
Pr the navies Of Europe. Out ofthese noun
|ins open valleys, green with soft, close
rass; odorons with sweet herbs; touched
to chastened beauty by the white narcis-
sas, the snowy oxalis, and the sky tinted
geniian; shadowy with the broad arms of
the walnut, and bright with wimpling brooks,
which go shimmering along the levels, curve
smoothly over the slopes, or, with a flash
and laugh, leap down the mimic prec;pic,s
In their depth, at date not certainly
known, but before historians had grown
sharp and critical, there dwelt covy named
Bssthold Zahringer. Quite early in life he
ND not, in the warm season, so much as a
fig-leaf fer clothing, but, as he advanced in
age, he was promoted to his fathers old bear
skin jacket and breeches when he felt fit to
stand before kings. His bed was heap of
pine leaves, and. during part of the year,
he fed like the beasts and birds, upon fruits
4 and nuts. But this utter want of culture
was notwithout its modicum OF good, in that
it gave him fury back e. nature. The sun,
and wind, and falling rain shaped his form
to magnificent PROPORTIONS and knit it to
ffniness and strength. For him the earth
inar He'd her choicest volumes, and awoke
every grnw'h Of wood aad glen, of hillside
and meadna, far and wide. In the little
lgarm Just lifting itself from the brown mould,
I There lay outlined to his view its whole fu-
lure ofstem and leaf, of bloom and fruit. TO
bis trained ear the foliage of each different
Zee, rustling and tossing in the breeze. pro-
iunced, with curious certainty, It's maine,
. :,
"a age, and history. Every wandering
sfnt, whether itwera exha'od from the green
raf above, or softly yielded from tinted flow
ercups, OF shaken from the coat OF the wild
lfast as he crept hungriy and stealthily
f'orna ahis lair, wooed or warned him. dc
c,uld track his prey by mysterious but Ger
tin signs, and, in the longest chase, neither
f9ot, nor eye, nor hand ever failed him. Ad
ded to these accomplishments Of the skilled
woodman, was his treasure OF proverbs and
j proverbial sayings, which, handed dowr
= from parent to child, supplied in part tht
want Of books and experience. Grown int
ayouth, Berthold became charcoalburner
like his father, but with much clearer out
look for possible Improvement than the latte
possessed "Fort'1ne comes TO him who ex
poets as well as seeks her. ne thought. y
expect her a!wnys--l shall seek her whel
the hour comes" Meantime he was not idle
Tie Strengthened the clay walls OF the hovel
put on new roof ofleaves and boughs, an'
bought new pot for the chimneyless hearth
This he kept also well supplied with game
/ saying the while, Poverty is cunning; i
outwits even fox" But when his fathe
urged him to get wife, he replied, "No
no! better alone than in bed company. VIII
knows !? may yet marry queen"
.'sIIe who lives on hope dies OF hunger,
retofted the old man, ''he who grasps a
all holds nothing fast"
sSlow and sure wins the race" returned
the youth, with laugh so full OF gee that
nesef failed to restose his fathers good hu
NOR. :
The Emperor will be in Baden the da.
hfter Tomorrow, and am going to see him,
said Berthold, one evening.
Hast thought Of the wayg' asked hi
fither anxiously, although he would ono
hive sFecred at his own question.
GRes the bird think OF the way' or tn
Wild tr, or the goat Of the mountains Z
lrepi'a hs son,
"Alsk thought Of the e'ees and Jeers 9
the tow lolk Rsked the father. sIhe
l,yeto entheir wits on the hill people,
thayc ore2een them, provided Tor then
and 50sottn Penn sad the son. drawn
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