The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-10-26

correspondence of the N. Y. Times.l
MUNICH Friday. Oct. 5, 1866.

correspondence OF the N. Y. I1mesl
MUNICH, Friday, Oct. 3, 1866.
Some days ago L put towel in my haver-
sack, added to it a few pieces OF cieah mnen'
and with little French gold IN my purse
started across the country to RatlsDon IN enle
way one is master of his time, is not nervous
about timetables, and sees more OF tne peopio
and the land. went down Lu4wis S.r Is Sne
the Arch of Victory-a magnificent work,
mounted on which the four great black Bava-
Ran lions ever keep faithful guard over the
seat and city of beer.
country and between the inevitable rows of tall
poplars, (pdppLe, Germany that give it such a
stately appearance and cast grateful shade
There was nothing of particular interest for
several hours except the peasants coming and
going to and from the city. But these are in
teresting enough. Did you ever see Bavari-
an peasant? Egad, there are some of the fun
NEST old Jumps of women in this country that
one will see in a lifetime! There is no danger
that they will lace their delicate forms to
cruel death. God wot, they are far enough
from that; yes, several feet from it-cubic feet,
mean. In the windows of the city saw a
pamphlet called COTpalence; its causes, Pre0en-
ton and Cure. know now the necessity for
it. sal baf5 - Fia.
DRESS OF GERMAN PEASANT WOMEN. sA
The dress of simon.pure peasant woman is
worth a description. First, the skirt of it is
generally of thick wooden stuff quilted and
gathered Il think that is what the housewives
call it) into great many fine folds, which ex-
| tend the whole length and are fastened at the
| bottom. This skirt is of equal circumference
| at top and bottom, and, if well made, will
| stand alone. Enormous bustles are eagerly
sought after by the peasants. The waist is very
short, ending three or four inches below the
sleeve, and is stuffed out on all sides, (not into
| two beautiful prOmontOries,) sometimes to a
prodigious size, and over the shoulders are
raised up large welts, from which the sleeves
take their departure downward. These, too,
are often stuffed out to a diameter of six or
eight inches Around the waist they frequent
ly wear wide breastplate, made of brass, and
Ornamented as above described. For q head
dress they wear (thOse that can afford it)
huge black bear-skin cap, with brass orna-
ment in the top or else the hair is gathered in
to knot into sort lof cOnical fixture that in
clines backward at an angle OF about As degrees,
| and is Ornamented with very wide, black rib
| bOns that fiutter at great length. This is on
| ly for Sunday, however; on other days the
head is tied over with black or colored cloth,
the ends flowing IN the rear-a ghastly-looking
| gear. am surprised to see what large num-
Der of females, of sufficient means, go bare
headed, even in the hottest days
HOW THE MEN DRESS. rs
The men wear tight pants, and the height of
fashion is to tuck them in the boot-legs, which
are high and finely polished. A horse-skin
boot, natural color, is well thought of. The coat
belly. The finest ornament that peasant can
procure for his coat or vest is to set OH them a
double row of24-krelzer pieces, (about as large
as quarters,) brightly polished and set thick
together in an arc of circle on, both sides of
the garment. A black satin cloth is tied, some
times in a collar, oftener on the neck itself The
hat is of the ordinary sort, but is pretty certain
to be ornamented with a cocks feather or some
flowers. oJlas 30li1G
A QUEER TEAM. 5s=.l
This 10
elled for short time. 1 marched on till to-
ward night without finding any items" AT
last came up with team that attracted nv
attention, and journeyed alongside of it to
inspect it somewhat. 1t was little donkey
=! think the smallest ever saw-hitched in a
dray as large as you see IN New York, the
shafts of which were SO wide apart that the
donkey might have stood crosswise between
them. Between them and behind the donkey
was man who had rope over his shoulders
as If he would pull, but at first could not see
that the donkey could make any use of him at
all But finally, the dray went down a slight
hill and found that it was his business to
hold back, and the donkeys TO draw up the
hill. had seen pair of cows often enough in
team, mule and horse, COW and a mule
hitched together, and hundreds of dog wagons,
but never before had seen a man and a dom
key working together between the same shafts
WOMEN FLOWING.
left them and walked on and somewhat
further on L saw in field of potatoes what L
had never expected to see, at least in "a land
that pretended to be civilized, to wit: women
harnessed to a pillow! You may not believe me,
but if did not see them so employed--two of
them dragging pillow between two rows of po-
tatoes, and third holding it-then may the
hair of my head turn to wool and may eat
grass the remainder of my days! 1t is not
worth while here to get into passion over the
wrongs of women in Germany. L am no par
ticular enthusiast in the cause of "woman's
rights so-caled; L do not make practice of
expending any large amount of vaporing SEN
timentalities over the wickedness and cruelties
OF the lords of creation in this respect, but by
all that is tender and sacred in those dear
names-mOther, wife, sister-I protest that
woman has right not to be treated like a
beast. By heavens. they are treated no better
in Germany! In that one afternoon, walking
fifteen miles out from Munich / saw no less
than hundred times, poor, weary women,
ready to drop under their enormous loads of
marketing or wood, trudging patiently along
in the dusty road toward Munich or from it,
while the swinish beasts-I will not call them
men-marched serenely beside them, carrying
no pound of anything save their own bloated
and beer-sOaked bodies, and never offered to
touch the burdens with so much as one of their
fingers. 4t