Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-12-28
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gather home the potatoes and turnlps.
IF the war was to continue another
year it could not have the effect on
agriculture that such a disaster would
in n country like America, where
farming is done extensively and al
most entirely by machinery which
is managed by men.
TUBINGES
Is place OF about 1900 people, Motel
only because it is the seat of learning
for the people Of Wurtemburg. It
has gymnasium, which corresponds
to our college, and a university. The
advantages for study are very favOra-
bic, and the scholarship, when COM
pleted, is of the finest type. There
are now 400 students in attendance.
The present war has reduced the
number to One-half the usual prOpOr-
ton. With the single exception OF
diminutiOn in numbers, this univers-
ity, and, so far as l know, all those Of
Prussia, is uninjured by the war.
say this that those who wish to com
plete or engage in a course Of study
in Germany need not delay on ac-
count OF the political distraction.
Expenses in this place are no greater
than they were before the war. It l.
held by some Of our professors, and to
certain extent correctly, that insti-
tutons Of learning ought TO be placed
IN quiet places. This is quiet place.
The town is exceedingly dilapidatei
and dull True knowledge, 10 would
seem, ought to work out better results
among the people. There is one
church and a castle as objects Of inter
est, besides the University TIL,
church is more properly 4 cathedral.
OF great age. The outside of the build
ing is greatly marred, and the letters
and figures on the stone tablets which
are inserted within its walls have be-
come almost illegible. The inside has
been lately remOdeled, and furnishes
a capaciOus and beautiful audience
room. 1t is the parish church. and
belongs to the Protestant Evangelical
denomination. I have not visited the
castle.
There are two peculiar customs
among the people. A company Of
young boys assemble each THURSDAY
morning before daylight, and. march
ing through the city, stopping at the
houses along the street, sing sacred
hymns. This beautiful custom serves
as a reminder Of the days Of Luther.
who, when boy, formed one in such
. company, and was marked on ac-
count Of the peculiar sweetness of his
voice. On Christmas morning thew
send up messengers to the different
houses, and, receiving gifts Of some
kind, sing any hymn which the don
ors request. These BOYS also sit to-
gether on Sunday in the parish ca
thedral, aud, by their childish melO-
dy, add a peculiar sweetness in the
midst Of the congregational singing.
During the services they take their
place before the organ and form the
choir.
The 10th of November is fSoIdfers'
Day 1t is expected that the able
bodied young men Of Wurtemburg
shall each serve one year in the army.
There is a day appointed by law
when they who have arrived at the
proper age shall present themselves
for examination. Each one is exam
ined by the proper officials, and is ac-
ceptsd or rejected. They make it a
day Of great jubilee. The recruits for
the army come into the city very early
in the morning, with wagons trim
med with pine, and with hats and
caps decorated in all manner OF col
Ors. They fill themselves full of wine
and beer, and then march through
the streets singing various songs, chief
Of which is the national anthem,
q Watch on the Rhinen It is a good
day to judge Of the effects Of Gerna
wine and beer, whether or not they
intOxicate. There is no doubt but
that it contains a sufficient per cent.
Of alcohol 10 make "tipsyT quite q
Of the jolly German re-
cruits. L predict that the gOod-heart-
ed, freedOm-lOving people Of Wurtem-
burg will never attain to the more
solid joys and higher civilization OF
the people of America, toward which
they are no doubt advancing, until
they cease to make strong drink a
and ''take, " if at all, only
"a little wine for the stOmach's sake.b
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