Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-09-23
The Se0sOn Mt lIOmbnrg,

The Season ut lIOmbmrg.
Correspondence of tho Pail Mall Gazette
" IL the SUCCESS oil q season eau 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 the memory Of the oldest inhab-
liant (who in this instance must undoubt-
eddy .be that veteran player Countess Kisse-
lof) has tho town witnessed such m influx
OF tourists Of every class and description.
Hotels and lodging-houses arc filled to
overlooking. Every day imprudcnt travel
crs who have neglected tho procaution of
securing rooms before thcir arrival return
disconsolately to Frankfort to await the va
cation of some apartment which conde.
sceniing landlord has promised them after
much negotiation for the week after next.
The morning promenade is a wonderful
sight; such host OF bilious faces,
such nm endless variety of.~eccentric
costumes, such q Babel Of tongues,
among which the shrill 'twahg |Of our
fair American cousins is peculiarly promi-
nent, could be found in no other place in
the civilized world. A nloralist would as
suredly find here abundant food for re-
lection on the wonderful powers of self
deception possessed by mankind. i!fWe all
get up at mont inconvenient hours, swallow
a certain quantity OF most nanseous fluid,
and then, having sacrificed so much to np-
pearances, sooth onr> conscience with the
unfoundcd belief that a love Of early rising
and salt water was our real reUson for COM
ing here, and that the gambling tables had
nothing whatever to do with it. Perhaps,
in some few instances this view may be Che
correct ono; some few invalias, say ono in
a hundred, may shoge sought, Homburg
solely in the interest of an impaired digos-
ton, but fear such cases arc few aud far
between and, as friend afflicted with O
mania for misquotation remarked to me
the other day, even ''those who come to
drink remain to play" .,. =
Certainly the demon rougc-et-noir has
mover hold moro undisputed sway in HON.
burg than in the present season; never
have the tables groaned under such load
of notes and rouleaux. It would seem as
if the gamblers, having only two more
years left in which to complete their ruin,
wore hurrying on with redoubled speed to
that desirable contamination, and where q
stake OF IL, 900 francs is allowed on single
coup 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
least, y9p need not hope TO- excite either
Muscovite, who has: been punting steadily
for six, weeks, has succeeded in get-
ting rid Of a million of forms. AS
yet there hayesbeen no suicides teorseord,:
owing, probably, : to the precautionary meas
ures ad6ttAd BY b paternnl administration.
:; As SO on as gambler il known to be utter
ly cleared out he at once receives visit
from one Of NJ: Blanc'ss officials, who offers
} him Q amafh aum on cond ition he Wiill leave
the town forthwith; WHICH yiaticum, how
ever, for fefair Of accidents, is only 'handed
to hint RheR fairly seated in the, traips that
bears him away, to blow out his bfains,
should he feel So inclined; elheaiisre:' 70 lahs
Of tho moetunpleasant facts connected with
tlia7 gambling 10 tho ,ardor displayed by
many ladies in this ,ihfeai1inine, pursuit;
list night ont Of: twenty-five persons seated
atsthe roulette table counted no fewer
than fifteen ladies,l including an American
atly withdher two daughters, n, ~, =
=, The King of Prussia has arrived, and,
with, due Difference to the ;ofiicial editors
who have described. in glowing paragraphs
the popular demonstrations In his honor; I
am 'boHhd TO assert that he; was received
with very modified tokens of. delight; There
was not even repetition Of the. triumpha1
arch Of last year; those fnnereal black and
white Aags. whose sole aspect is enough to
repress any exuberahce' Of rejoicing, we're
certainly Tapping against the otal:wini
dows and the OFFICIAL Aag-staffs, but little
else Testified to the Joy Of the HomburR6ertl
at beholIing their sovereign. They manage
these things better in Franco. ANY French
prefa would give the German authorities d
aew useful hints .concetpipg the|cAeap and
i speedy manufacture of loyal enthusiasm,
The foreignsrs, however, SEEM determined
to stone amply for any lack, of proper feel.
ing ION the part oil the townspeople. They
crowd round his Majesty as soon as he alp:
pears i'll the rooms or gardensj and mob
the1poor old gentleman With a, vigor which
taxes all the energies of his aides.de. camp
! to save their royal, master from death ,bY
suffocation. Need ! add that our old friend,
the irrepressibls garry" is eyer foremost
in these getlemanlike Unconstitutional :.
OF course the town swarms with we'll:
known English faces; indeed, the peers
| and NJ. p. IS here at present would form q
very respectable party in the two houses.
We are especially we'll off. Aor dukes; .the
Fremdenliste notifies the presence of no
fewer than avo of tAose e3alted 4,Sr-o..~ses>
A far less respectable class Of l.ondon 50,
ciety is also, am sorry to say, strongly
represented. I allude to those gentlemen
of the light~fpgered persuasion whom the
outer world rudely designate IS pickpoak:
ets. This morningtwo gorgeo1sly arrayed
members Of the fraternity were marched
down to the station by the police, each be;
| Ing decorated with pair Of bright steel
handouts; seventeen, OF, them were arrest
ed last week in Frankfort, at QUE 'fn
sYoop, and ct tho tables the raw of leok
ers-on, who always surround the players
consists in about equal proportions Of thest
gentry and their natural enemies:-the do
tectives. Their booty since the beginning
of the season must be reckoned BY thou
sands. Mustapha Fazyl Pacha had his poke
picked of ., purse containing six hundred
pounds, and a Russian ladyWss lately rob
bed Of a splendid diamond brooch yaluef
'9'Ses9 $500 4.i4..... .L..o,i j.:1.