Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-02-11

en-, physically, were not adapted to, or not
capable of engaging in. But since came
over here have become thoroughly cured
of that impression. If there is anything
that have not seen her engaged at, from
painting a horse to acting one from mend
ing laces to loading ship-from sw eping
chambers TO carrying the hod-from mend.
ing watch TO cleaning the streets-from
making mosaic to mending the roads
then know not what the occupu;icn may
be. Everywhere over Europe, in the hcav.
lest, toughest, and most disagreeable
drudsery of labor, she is either side by
side with the man, or performs it exclusive
y. Of all agricultural labor she does more
than one halt, while the loads of vegetables
she carries TO the market towns on her head,
OF in baskets or tubs strapped to her back,
sometimes carrying them many miles,
would stagger the strongest men. Where
ever l have benin England, France,
Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy-I have
seen women deing the greater part, or at
least large share Of the druggery Of out
of-door life. 1t may be an evidence of
! superior civilization, and the lack Of sucl!
exhibitions may demonstrate American
UOOrlSDneSS Anu l'rk o -'nGe.Deut-Dut
...e Tie .he boorishness.
We expected to 20 fr-m Belgium into
Holland, but it was so disagreeably rainy,
| and cold, and dreary all the time that my
friend and companion, DR.. Peck, was anx
ious to get south, to more genial climate,
and so we started very suddenly for Italy.
We went 10 Cologne by way Of Liege, aud
saw much that was enjoyable on the route.
AT Cologne we saw the great cathedral, which,
though still unfinished, after two or three
centuries Of labor, is a magnificent struc
ture. Here We also found o church erect
ed to st. Ursula, that contains the souls
and bones Of 100 virgins, who accompan-
| led St. Ursula once upon time on Il pill
grimage to Rome, and on returning, were
set upon by the barbarous Huns and mur
dered. That's the story, and of course en-
dorsed by the Church, must be true, vir-
gins and all. At any rate we saw sculls
and bones without number placed in all
| sorts of fantastic combinations on the walls
| and about the columns of tie old church.
We saw also thorn from the crown Of
| Christ, and piece Of the true cross, AID
! the finger Of one saint and the foot of An
| In another church they did the bone bust
ness up less extensively, but had the souls
of several hundred martyrs-early Chris
tians who were sacrificed hv the Emperor Di
| oeletian because they refused to renounce the
| faith. From Cologne we went to Cob,en'z
down the banks of the Rhine, and the next
day started for Frankfort, making the jour
ney in two days in order TO have daylight in
which to see the whole of the Rhine scene
ry. |, was truly very beautiful even at that
season, when we lacked the green foliage of
the vine to brighten the high and rugged
! hillsides. The scerory, h)wever, in natural
| beauty, hardly equals that Of the Hudson,
| but the charm is i'll its Cd ruins, which sur
| mount almost every lofty peak Of the noun
| tain border, and have furnished imaginative
gentlemen abundant food for fancy. These
are the remains Of the castles of feudal lords.
who were generally noble robbers Of the pee,
| pie and laid all the commerce Of the Rhine
| under vexatious and onerous contribution. FL
! nally the cities Of the Rhine combined to
| rid themselves of these lordly thieves. and
with the help of the Emperor Rodolphc, Of
Germany, succeeded in destroying all their
| strongholds. Of course there is an air Of
romance about this, very charming to many
! enthusiastic travellers, and combined with
| the really beautiful scenery for some part OF
the distance between Cologne and Maycnce,
| together with the old towns which line the
rivers banks and its vast extent of vine cu-
tiyation, make q most enjoyable route of
stopped at Bingen, not to see that old SOL
der who lived at 'Bingen on the Rhine
but TO see the brother of our townsman Au-
gust Myers, to whom | had letter, bu,
could not spare the time. Frankfort we
| fo-nd possessing but little Of special iuter
| est except a very beautiful statue of Ariadne
by Canova, and its old houses, which l was
much interested in viewing, especially the
old Jews quarter filled with houses hides
cribaby quaint and odd in construction. Il
WIS here that the founder of the house Of
! Rothschild was born, and the building is
one Of the Oldest and oldest and poorest.
| At the Bourse we saw the Frankfort mem
Der Of the House, who had q very pleasant
| good.natured countenance, and a very Seedy-
| ,ooking hat. From Frankfort we went 10
Munich. one Of the fines. capitals in Europe,
and one of the most modern in appearance.
King Louis, who died but year or two ago,
although he abdicated hong before, used tie
money voted for the army, when he was
King in improving his capital. lie was a
great lover of art, and built splendid CALLER
| les and filled them with excellent selections
| of all the old masters Of the Italian, Span
| ish, Flemish and German schools Of paint
| ings. and Of newer works. He gathered an
| excellent collection of Antique Scu!pturc,
| and added some Of the best works Of Caro-
| va and Thorwaldsen. He drew to Munich
| much of the modern talent in nrt, and it is
still one of the best art schools in Europe.
| He established the celebrated foundry for
bronze casting, which casts most of the
monumental bronzes of the world at the
present time. | was glad to see that most
| of its orders are American, and some OF the
| finest by American artists, which is ev-
dence of the progress which we are making
in that direction. The city is full of statues
and fountains, mainly the result of his of-
orts, and a bronze statue Of Bavari". which
! is placed before sort of memorial temple
which he also erected, on the crest Of Hill
overlooking a large field where the fairs are
holden inside of the city, is one of the lar
GeSt bronze StatUeS III tDe WoElu. IL Is le-
male figure GO feet high, placed upon a gran,
lie pedestal perhaps 20 feet high. with the
typical lion Of Bavaria crouehing by her
| side. She is both n large and lofty girl, and
| hundred persons can readily find standing
room under her skirts, while twelve or fiji.
teen can sit down in her head. The old
King built up university that new num-
bers 5000 studeuts, and library scarcely
second to any in Europe, and museums NO
! ted for the richness of their various coec
tions. Indeed Munich is one Of the delight,
full and profitable places in Europe, and |
was only sorry had not more time ;ime TO
enjoy it. We went from there to Vienna. q
city of nearly million Of iuhabita, IS, with
strong contrasts Of magnilieence and squal-
lness, and with much in it that | could
speak Of for it furnished IRE good deal Of
material in it's really excellent picture gal
leries, in the old palace Of Schonbrun, in
the burial vaults of the House Of IIapsburg,
among whose 30 sarcophagii we saw those
| of Marie Louisa the wife of Napoleon, and
her n, the Due de Reiehstadt, and the un-
fortunate Maximilian, of Mexico. From
there VIC went to Trieste, over the Alps by
the magnificent Semmerng Pass. with all
its wealth Of rugged. grand and beautiful
mountain scenery. At Trieste We saw but
little of special note save the Castle Of Mir
annie, the home of Maximlian, modern
built chateau located on a juttiug point OF