Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-09
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the immense heights that rise above the vi
lage. Here l found a shepherd, and had a
long talk with him To show me how intelli~
gent his dog was, lie sent him around the
sheep lie gave him word, and in a minute
the dog had the sheep an huddIed together.
In another minute, at the 5rd the dog drop
ped as If he was shot Then up, and led the
sheep OFT To another beat. i told him long
stories of my home and the DID man grasped
my hand very warmly as I left, and hoped to
see me Oh the last great Easter day, il not
before. The bauers speak wre;ched dialect
here. l could not have understood word OF
their stuff six months ago. AS came back,
it began to rain. l hid in an immense rock,
and sung Rock OF ages, cleft for me-" Sup
per Of delicious trout again, and then to bed.
Monday, Ap7i I.-Rose with the sun, and
went over the hills to Riesenburg a wonder
tul natural cave in the side OF the hill. We
enter under natural bridge and wander
around in a sort OF natural thinner, and then
retreat to Il cell in the depth OF the earth. Re
turning, you wind down long stair cases, un-
der arches so perfect that they seem to have
been built by the best of architects land have
they not y, until you emerge into the most
lovely little poriico, also natural, where you
see the valley for mites, with its little stream,
green banks, focks and steep rocks in the
background, all forming a picture as lovely as
the eye ever opened upon. We then pushed
back. On tie way back Carl and | got into
a dispute about the road, and as usual each
toek his own course | struck into lovely
path, carpeted with moss and tender grass, and
those little needles that tail nom pines in the
fall. got back to the hotel, took my glass of
beer, and about twenty minutes later, Carl
came in, sweating ami blowing, and Swore
stoutly that l must have run the whole way,
because he had taken Il bee line. Then we
struck off for the ralicoad eighteen miles dis
tant. The valley OF the Wlesent soon began
10 widen. The topping rocks seemed still
more threatening, and at Strcitburg, an i'm.
mense old castle, ON the very summit OF The
rocks, seemed to hang right over the village.
These old ruins are all marks OF the tulal
times, and show history that can not be
marked anywhere in North Germany by such
monuments. The rest OF the walk to Forcll-
helm was not very interesting, but the walk
was fine in the cool Of the morning.
From Forchheim to Erlansen, in half an
| hour, | went Immediately alter dinner 10 call
| on Prof. DtItSch, Il little Old man with very
| white hair, and very dancing eyes We talk
| ed about American authors, whom he seemed
to hold in very high esteem, and whom lie
| often quotes in his bucks. He tried TO show
me some OF the places where he had quoted
| Moses Stuart, IN his own Com. Genesis but
at last he threw down the book, with an .Auh,
ich bin nicht mehr zu hause in meiuem egeu-
EN- buche." Then We passed over 10 the
| BageriSh church He lamented It's deafness
longed for Il reer and more living preaching,
and for more participation in The good work
by the whole gemeinde, little thinking he was
| talking right against his own theory, as q
strong Lutheran.
next went to a German Reformed pastor,
Rirchner, who has lived seven years in tile
United States OF America. He laughed at
Delitschs enthusiasm, said it was only the
mans heart Jumping out for sympathy, and
that he wound preach his high church notions
| OF the exclusive prerOgatves OF the clergy
again to morrow, all the same. Had lie.
hghtful time with Birchuer, and was persuad-
ed by him to 90 10 Heilzog (the encyclopedia
mani. Not at home, but his daughter, a very
pleasant traulen entertained me-stufied me
with wursf, hard boiled Easter eggs, and tea,
uutil her father came. Then what Il time!
must bring Carl at once, and stay few days
at his house. lie could not think OF letting
me oil yet He had thousand things to
talk about Couldn't come to Eradhe 10
live, &c, &c. He is the most delightful man,
at first sight, that have seen in Germany. Off
at s., and in Nurnberg, amid an enormous
crowd, who hooted aud yelled like mad all the
way, by 103 Yuterzug.
Nurnberg, z. Apr. I soon called on
---- - Pleasant fellow, but Just
pushing of to Erlangen. So he took me 10
| another missionary 10 the Jews, Deutsch by
| name, a very old and honored man, long in
Poland as soldier against Napoleon, atterward
as missionary. Immensely amused at his no
tons OF politics, which after all are not SO
wild. He believes the whole fuss in Poland,
Hungary and Italy, is the work of Napoleon,
| who wants TO conquer Austria, Prussia, Rus
STA, and England, one after another, aud then
| the whole protestant cause LOes to the devil!
| The poor Old man seemed to be dreadtully
! scared, and swept me of with one leit-iauded
wipe, as l suggested that the people had some
| thing to do with these things, aud Napoleon
might be catching Tartars
Tore away from my good friends at last. and
walked round this wonderful old city Moth
| ing like it in the whole world. Everything
stands exactly as it was left III tue 18Th and
| 18th centuries. All new houses are modelled
after the old Gothic architecture. The i'm
mense wall, and ditch % feet deep by 40 broad,
built Of solid masonry, with irregular angles;
| its turretS at every corner OF the walls, aud its
four immense round towers, are preserved in
! the most perfect repair, although tnty are Ut
| tery useless, and could not protect the city
four hours against modern arms This de-
| lighttul rage Tor antiquity extends to the grave
yard, where people are buried just as they
were seven hundred years ago, " til an I'M
mense cubic block Of stone on top OF them, on
which their names and arms are placed in
bronze. The churches are beyond any thing
| have yet seen. The sacramenGshauschpn,
OF delicate aud finished workmanship in stone,
reaching from floor to ceiling, IN ST. Laurens
and the Obelisk to ST. Sebad. in the Sebald's
krche, are enough alone to make these
churches immortal We walked with Young
DeutSch to the old .SchLoSS, drank out OF a well
three hundred feet deep, saw some most won
derlul has r lieIs by Kraft, and paintings by
Durer, the two artists who have imm0raized
themselves and Nulnberg, and then came home
tired and sleepy
Wednesday, 3-18-Rose early and spent
most OF the mutniug in wonderful pa
pier mache mandatory, where everything
on earth, from dolls heads to skeletons
and bronze statues are perfectly initiated in
this material or at ll.45, to Bamhcrg. Ar.
rived at O'Clock After dinner went through
the old city. Was disappointed alter all that
had been promised me. Yet the Dozen is
massive and grand. We passed in finding
the door open, and helped ourselves TO all the
sights, while the priests were arranging for
some sort of a ceremony. One splendid bas
relief remained to be seen within the high
altar at one end. Carl was frightened at the
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