Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-09-09
ROADSIDE SCENES.

ing through bu6 OoA AlaA PA~ F----~N
dering on the seat of war, writes to his
paper:
ROADSIDE SCENES.
The scenes witnessed from the car
windows. this side Mannheim, have
been striking testimony of the thor
ouPh German character Of the people.
Squads OF white. headed boys took of
their hats to The soldiers. Nearly every
man by the roadside gravely gave them
the soldiers salute The old women
waved their hands One, quite aged,
stood in her doorway and cried. IL
prag for you" Girls came tripping al
every stopping place with coffee and
bread, and were joyous to see now
greedily and with how many thank
eel" their gifts we're consumed-IoT
the bread and the coffee were sacred
for the cause of the country and 10
did the poor girls hearts good to see
the boys eat and drink Of their stores.
The girls, when coffee and bread were
gone, would place cushions on thelr
heads, and putting mp their baskets,
hurry away with penslye grace, Saying,
good luck, or good journey 4hey
were modest, sweet-taCsd glrlsi Anu tHe
soldiers were not rough IN tnelT pres
ence, but perfectly respectful, as wen
as thoroughly grateful Lhe people
of the roadside knew the so4qqlSels
eroWding the trains and out all night.
would be hungry, and according %
their ability provided for them, and
their faces, saddened by the war
and tender with solicitude, told how
truly it is better to give than TO re-
ceive.
Our train (perhaps I have said 10
somewhere else) was one of hve, eight
days out of Berlin, and, 10 being the
third of five, stopped whenever the
danger signal told that No 2 could not
20 ahead. The phenomenon was that
whenever we stopped the hght-ioeed
peasant girls would be seen hlrrying
to Is with their baskets on their heads,
every basket with O huge earthcn
pitcher Of coffee and a humping LOAF
Of rye bread. Whether being all night
in the cars was an appetizer, need not
be discussed, but / can squarely alnrm
that I have not tasted since ! have
beeu in Europe coffee as excellent. a4
that the peasen6 girls provided ana i
sampled Il several times feeling tne
keepest regret that a very excellent
gentleman from Cincinnati, who re-
Gently fed from Europe on account OF
the abominable liquid served him an
spite of the fact that he carried pri-
vate coffee Dot in his satchell --ieel lng
regret / say, that this martyr 60 Dad
coffee was not here 10 taste the elixir
of the Arabian berry as the girls pres
ent it In a pitcher to the soldier boys.
The theory that France should have
the boundary Of the Rhine must De
modified In view of the evident Ger
man blood Of the people. This may be
done with especial safety, as there IS
NOT likelihood that the French Wlll
be able to even cali for a f'ke5Elfftt M
this part Of the country.
SOBER SOLDIERS.
Something has been said Of the sweet
faced peasant girls, coming out no me
earIv morning, beautiful and bashiul,
with their offerings, aud i must mot
omit 10 say what good boys tho soldiers
are. I have not seen a drunken ono
In Germany. There were few private
bottles ON the train last night, or ll
numerous they were sparlnRly used.
There was but one song that seemed
10 have a mystery IN it that would not
bear explanation. This related 20 q
lady represented as having gone out Co
take, a walk one day, and come homo
s'wit b a thousand thalers. The boys
sang and knew right well how 90 sing
TOO. the favorite old German airs, the
most popular, perhaps, for the moment
being "The Watch on the Rhine.
Another thing; the boys ln t1o
J American army would unmefotl ulls
/ ohaff civilians about their camps, ana
had a special animOsity 70 stoye1plpe 5e
hats. A stranger could noI neto .!tl
walked in the raiu wearing stove PIPE
bat. and a blanket as q shaw! the
| ion9th Of a train Of ffty cars, without
hearing good deal OF has s.i3eeta Poeal'a[,- l1-
eoreneeg T To the length Of his nose end
tbe shape Of his teeth. An American
citizen dressed in that style, and, ln
addition, carrying a bottle in one hand,
took the walk described to-day, end
the boys, looking as if, indeed, they
saw a curious subject, said not WORD
and made not b noise, but let hlm go l9
peace with his hat and blanket anl
| hottie.