Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-06-18
Written expressly for the Dayton Emprel
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pihces we "ulheQ UP ihe NH 70 luf eouECe
Of the stream of steaming water which pours
down through the town, and we're duly amaz
ed and startled when the woman suddenly hy
ing opsn the doors oithe spring house and
let the steam burst out into our faces, while
she enjoyed the joke as much as If il were the
FIRST instead Of its thousanth preparation.
She filed glass for us, but o sup sufiiccd /
don know what its medicinal qualities may
be, bot with the addition Of little mustard,
can easily believe that a copous draught Of i
would have very decided effect. It's temper
ature is axty-dve degrees Reaumur-which
is the thermometer used in the couutry---the
the equivalent of which, according to Fahreu-
hert, will leave for those who are curious
and capable TO determine. IL has no pariic
ular favor, and is very much like any other
warm water II springs cut Of the rocky hill
side, and the cauldron in which it is heated
no man has ever seen. Perfectly natural was
the terror OF the unearned eountrymen who
exclaimed, Hell is not far from here and
the imagination readily falls in with the idea,
that the traditional demons of the Black For.
est, have their home or prison within
We walked again through the avenue Of lit.
tie booths where every imaginable "knick-
knack" or motion" is exposed for sale, prom
enadod once more in front of the ConOersa.
tioashans, enjoying the delightful
music, looked in again at the crowd about
81 a. t,k - II.
diminiahes, or wearies, and then farewell (for-
ever, most likely to Baden Baden
Our course was down the valley of the
Rhine. On onr right nearly all the way were
ranges ofhills covered by the Black Forest
and crowned with castles, and on our left, dis
tant mile or two, the beautiful river. / note
it here, as fact not altogether insignificant
that instead Of being very much excited by the
interesting localities we passed, we made our
selves comfortable most of the time on the
cushioned seats Of the cars, with our cigars
and books. We would merely lift our eyes to
| look at n ruin--to each new town we gave but
glance, and we're never so fully interested
as when, about the middle Of the day, we
halted at a station to get a ham sandwich, a
piece Of cheese and glass Of wine or beer.
With what utter incredubllity we would have
heard this indifference prophesied four months
before On the banks of the Rhine with
eyes and thoughts for other things than tbe
people, and the scenery. Astonishing, but
nevertheless, true.
I Heidelburg was our first stopping place
/ Before we had taken our seats in the omnibus
we had been adressed in passable English
by three or four young persons who announ.
ced themselves as professional ervants to the
University students, who were more than will
ing to assist us in that capacity, but we assuf.
ed them chat they were better gessers as to
our nationality or language than our voca
ton and that we would have no occasion for
their services This noted city 10 situated on
one side Of de6le or opening in the
range of hlis-(mountdiRs we would have
called if we had not SO recently Sc en- the Alps
for the Kaiserstual, is two thousand feet high
-out Of which runs the river Neckar
westwardly TO the Rhine a. city it is h,
no means comely, and owes it's reputation tc
its university and the grand, ruined eastl,
which overhangs the town half way up tho
mountain. The former brings si.r or sever
hundred students here every year, from ever,
civilized nation under the sun, to study The
, sciences, civilized and uncivilzed languages
: living and dead, philosophy, christian auC
heather, law in all it's branches, fro IN the the
ocracy of the jews and the codes of Draco
. Lycurgus and Scion and the pandeets Is of Jus
tnian, to those Of England America, Persia
China, and II may be New Zealand In fac
there IS hardly any Imaginable field Of re
, search to which one cannot find here amonl
, the professors a competent guide The ole
a castle brings thousands OF tourists yearly
: who stop as we did to spend day or two il
= idle stroils aud musings among scenes which
r we're full OF life and splendor five eeuturie,
Q ago wondering at the monument which thu
!, generations OF those years have lett for them
y selves, which, though 1t has been a ruin since
r 1859, IS still grand an strong 1t was a for
l tress as well as palace, aud suffered mucl
|, from assaults during the THirty Years War
Q and was finally taken and effectually dsman
d tied by the French Il one Of the fines
Q ruins out Of Italy, and compared With It Ken
n llworth must hide its diminished head
8 This ground has been passed over so oftei
g before, and so much has been written abou
the students, their amours, their Clark" thei
drinking parties, their societies, songs an,
II duels by those who have had better opportu
g ties Of seeing and knowing than we had tha
o what l might say herein concerning then
e would hardly be worth saying One party o
e English students we fell in WITH in their laugh
/ ing lamentations over the of the fate Of thai