Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-09-23
The Season ut lIOinburg,

The Season mt lIomburg.
Correspondence of tho Pail Mall Gazette.
IL til" SUCCESS oi II Season can he judged
simply by the multitude of visitors, HON.
burg is certainly entitled this year to high
rank among German Watering places. New
er within tho memory of the Oldest inlab
liant (who in this instance must unloubt-
eddy he that veteran player Countess Kissr-
loD has tho town witnessed such I'M influx
OF tourists OF every class and description.
Hotels and lodging houses arc filled 10
overlooking. Every day imprndcnt travel
crs who have neglected. the prtcnution of
securing rooms before their arrival return
disc"nsui drly to Frankfort to await the va
cation Of some apartment which q conde-
srenlinE landlord has promised them nftcr
much negotiation for tho week nfior next.
The morning promenade is u wonderful
sight; such n host of billions faces,
such IN endless variety OF eccentric
costumes, such u Babel of tongues,
among which tho slrill twany Of our
Mir American cousins is peculiarly proni-
ncnt, could DO found in no other place in
The civilized world. moralist wonld as
hurcdly find here abundant food for TO-
Election on the wonderful powers of self
deception possessed by mankind. We Ill
get up ut most incOnvenient hours, swallow
n certain quantity OF IL most na,lscOlls fluid,
and then, having sacrificed so much to np-
pearnnccs, hooth our conscience with the
untuiln.lcd belief That love of carly rising
and salt water WIS our real reason for COM
ing here, and that the gambling tables had
nothing whatever to do with it. Perhaps,
i'll some few instances this view may be the
correct ono; some few invalias, say ono in
Il hundred, may have sought Homburg
solely III tue interest Of an impaired digcn-
ton, but l fear such cases arc fow and far
between; and, as friend afflicted with u
mania for misquotation remarked to mo
tho other day, even "thoso who come to
drink remain to play"
Certainly the demon rongc-et-noir has
never held moro undisputed sway in Hon.
burg than in the present season; never
have tho tables gronned under such q load
of notes and rouleaux. 1t would seem as
if the gamblers, having only two more
years left in which to complete their ruin,
were hurrying on with redoubled speed to
that desirable contamination, and where a
stake OF Il, 900 frames is allowed on single
comp the pace can be made very rapid in
deed High play is SO common that unless
you are lucky enough to win or rich enough
to lose hundred thousand francs ut
least, you need not hope to excite either
envy or cemmiseration. One persevering
Muscovite, who has been punting steadily
for six weeks, has succeeded in get
ting rid of million of forins. As
yet there lave been no suicides to record,
owing, probably, to the precautionary meas
ures adopted by n paternal administration.
q OS n froyh1.lor 10 Innx1yr, fn 1,o
ly cleared out he at once receives visit
from one of NJ. Blanc's officials, who offters
him q amafl sum on condition he will leave
tho town forthwith; which yiaticum, how
ever, for fear of accidents, is only handed
| to HIM when fairly seated in the train that
bears him away, to blow ont his brainD,
should he feel SO inclined, elsewhere. One
of the most unpleasant facts connected with
tho gambling iG the arlor displayed by
| many ladies' in this unfenlinine, pursuit
last night out of twenty-five persons seated
at the roulette table counted no fewer
than; fifteen ladies,s including an American
ady with her two daughters. =.
The King of Prussia has arrived, and,
with due Difference to the official editors
who have described in glowing paragraphs
| the popular demonstrations in his honor, ]
am bound TO assert that he was received
witlrv modified tokens OF delight There
was not even a repetition Of the triumphal
arch of last year; those funeral black and
white fags. whose sole aspect is enough to
| repress any exnberancc of rejoicing, were
certainly Tapping against the hotel win
| down and the official 1lag-stafis, but little
else testified to the Joy Of the Homburghers
at beholding their sovereign. They manage
these things better in france. Any French
p,efet would give the German authorities q
few useful hints concerning the cheap anl
I speedy manufacture of loyal enthusiasm
| The Foreigners, however, seem determined
to stone amply for any lack Of proper feel
! ing on the part OF the townspeople. They
| crowd rai,nd his Majesty as soon as he ap
pears i'll the rooms or gardens, and moi
tho poor old gentleman with vigor which
taxes all the energies of his aides-de camp
to save their royal master from death b,
suffocation. Need add that our Old friend
the irrcprcssible "Arly," is ever foremost
in these gctlemanliko demonstrations .
OF course the town swarmg with we'll
known English faces; indeed, the peer.
and NJ. p. Is here at present would form G
very respectable j,;,riy in the two houses
We are especially well Off for dukes; thu
Fremaenliste notifies the presence of nc
!
A far less respectable class Of London so
cioty is also, an sorry to say, strongl,
represented. allude to those gentlemen
of the light-fingered persuasion whom the
outer world rudely designate as pic1:poak
els. This n.orningtwo gorgeo1sly arrayed
members Of the fraternity were marched
down to the station by the police, each be
ing decorated with pair OF bright stoe
| han,1cuf1S. snventac,, f,f them xyara a rract
ell last week in Frankfort, at one FIJI
swoop, and ct tho tables the raw of look
crg-on, Who always surround tho players
consists in aboutcqual proportions ofthes'
gentry and their natural enemies.- the do
tcctives. Their booty since the beginning
of tho season must be reckoned by thou
sands. Mustapha Fazyl Pacha had his poke
picked of purse containing six hundred
pounds, and q Russian lady was lately rob
bed of splendid diamond brooch yaluel
Mt $4,000 francs.