The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-09-05
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Z, S SEPTEMBER !''!E ! y. 5, 1876
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~ -. ~. ~ UP THE RHINE q z777 :
| CqI: Forneeyl,, in his last letter to the
l,Wsshing'on Mro'nicle, expresses him,
seft eopoerping. that much vri,t,n-of
country in, terms somewhat, different
from those which are 20 familiar to
most readers: :@E@q 'asi1s:,i@5 s>os, nd.
| The Rhine, ike a great tn many ln,, other
things earthly, and especially like. 4
great many things European, suffers
from being ovcr-praised. The reality
falisso very. far short of the, extrava-
CANT anticipation, that you are little
anuoyed4at the deception. Take away
Ethe history l(the best ,parl Of it lradi-
tional) and the splendid efforts, Of Art,
aidedtbyt the pu,,i6ccnce Of princes and
capitalists, to adorn every village, valley,
peak, y hamlet, island, railroad station
and tunnel, and T. can name twenty
American streams. all Of. them surpass-
I.ing it in length anu: breadth, and every
one OF them equalling it in natural
beauty The Juniata, with dozen
such pictures asothat which fascinates
+, the traveller as he approaches Lewis
town on the. Pennsylvania raiitoad-
the Susquchanna, with its" superb
Wyoming, seenery-the Delaware, with
its endless. panorama. Of loveliness-
Lake George and its .islands-not to
speak Of the rivers 'of the South from
the Potomac to the Pedee, and, f1om
Chesapeake Bay to, the Gulf Of Mexico
-are, finer studies for tbe painter and,
more perfect combinations Of unassisted
nature. Very interesting g and even
beautiful.is the Rhine, 5and.so it, ought
to bsj for never was any river at once
SO. bedizeped and eulogized., " Indeed,
if genius can ever spoil anything it
touches, it has spoilcdlthe Rhine; Y ou
can ;lcok, No where without seeing some
evidences Of the. architect or the gar
dener., The waterfront Of every village
seems to be like the fresh scene in a
new play" Every farmhouse is placed
atsthes exact: point to- harmonize. with
the general outline. Several grand
old ruins, like Rolandseck and Thurn-
berg, are allowed to stand, but nearly
all the other, ancient castles have. been
put in. repair: for temporary residence
and permanent exhibition-some Of.
them occupied by the most prosaic Of
specu lators; and others held by Kings
o. mobiles, as if to show how millions
'ot money can be spent that might be
devoted to far better purposes:
! >.He says that Immediately upon. your
arrival, you are pestered 70 buy photo
graphs, Legends. and books: about the
country; and that prices are very high.
But the writer makes some amends in
the following, :, -,
With all these dravbacks, however,
tho Rhine is an. object Of uncommon
interest, and, if one may judge from
the crowded steamers, cars, and hotels,
tits destined TO- remain SO at least as
long as so many interests unite to pre-
sent it in such attractive colors. The
towns along its shores are full Of
objects !. of curiosity to the stranger;
and whether: he stops, as at Wiesbaden,
e. tss, see ths Operations Ct tas sa%eRRss eRs
deserted grounds and palace OF the late
Duke Of Nassau, confscated by the
conquering ,Prussian because the Duke
yentured to invoke the protection Of
Louis NaPoleon.;;' or at Johannisberg,
Is drink. the famous wineof that name,
onIg:tonbe had in its .del1cate purity in
she district where IT IS grown ; or at
:Rudesheim, to ascend its glorious bills
and imbibe its historic grape juice; or
al lovely ';Bingen, so worthy Of, the
:world.remembered ~poem;. Or at st.
.Goars, to- roam, through the ruins Of
Rheinfels, more than six hundred years
I.old, with all, the enhancing beauty Of
the leg gendary rocks, 'tthe Seven; Sis
(:ters, ~ and = the, surrounding. villages
or lat FStolsenfels,s to; see: the: gorgeous
residence of King. William, with its
portcullis, draw-bridge, moat, and cas-
tellan, and with all the RECALLS state and
forms of mingled, absolatism and :feudal-
tism ~orat Coblcntz, TO- examine the oi!d GID
and new fortress that stand like grim
wair,dcrss. ooif thee' adjacent ffontier, and
Seem tto' Sly to France, as, theog eogladiatel
says. to: his foes, :'Gome on; Z am:readyy'
sor at,C Cologa, where, the Catholic: faith TAFT
l,hoasts some .ef ita grandest and \ most :
ancient monuments, and where even
the Protestant stands awe:strieken be-
fore these :foymiaableI eIrolics Of the past
some of which, Hike the massive catheS
4 dsdhl; are 30 Old 7thaf the5ramc. c.of, thu
Eor1einal cdesiqner has faded: out: Of hu
MN metnory-=ato each zand j, a!ls tn
Astranger;whl find something to instruct
d&to elevate, aud to,sh1prise.v ;~:. 'slv
f>H:k3day' was:.pcnt azcoblents, exanin
:|iug Neutrality-suspicious. sss.os <..''E1:- !;
4 '':*Ths; fortiacatigns n aroaadn :coblent
ale' sla naki6g OF tirsow own vas
y e8osta', It duriag i. .ahe IetsI:io6, nea
w ashingtopyaud; ;Riehuend. look: trif
ing in comparison. - The castle5 Q
b Ehreubraitsteip, seated on; a. ipaccess'
E'fibloa irockv; mon ntain;s and !iover}ookin