The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-12-15
MtstellanROns gelGttions.
LETTER FROM GERMANY.
NO II.
GOTTA, October 81, 1871.
'HTTRINGFN Ann IT'S pEopTr

OoTHA, OcGODef II, 1871.
THURINGEN AND IT'S PEOPLE.
Leaving Bremen on an early train,
September 25th, and passing over a
fat, unfenced, barren and uninterest-
ing country, in which peat fields
carry the day, 1 arrived in Cassel, at
81 o'clock in the evening, being
Just one hour too late to make con-
nections with Weimer. Therefore
was compelled to swallow my
wrath at the irregularity and snail
speed, Comparatively speaking, J
of the German Railroads, and take
refuge for the NIGHT in the fine hotel
"Prince Frederick William" in this
equally fine town, found the place
brightly Illuminated upon my arrival,
and reverting to previous honors
paid me as an American, and my
pocket, 1 naturally thought this
might perhaps be designed for either
one or the other. But not so, a de-
tachment of German soldiers had re-
turned from France, with the Crown
Prince at their head, and for whom
the honors were intended. They
were fine looking fellows, and 1 felt
like shouting an additional hurrah,
and burning an additional candle, in
honor of the men who, by their skill
and valor, had worked out such glo-
rious results in so short a time.
The rain had appeared some days
before my arrival at Bremen, @and
had continued its devotions unceas-
Iingly day and night. I retired in a
dampened condition physically and
mentally. The landlord "a judge
of human nature) surmising my as
pirations, took me up, up, up, until
i, becoming fearful at the prospect
of never returning TO land, asked
him if he thought 1 could possibly
be brought down in time for the ear
lily moring train? Fortunately 1 was
not destined for the experiment, but
was transpired to better quarters on
terra trina. My bedroom presen-
ted for the first time three permanent
German peculiarities, viz: the high
porcelain stove; the bare floor; and
the feather-bed. The feather bed
coverlet gave me some uneasiness
but not finding anything else to take
its place, 1 bravely turned in. All
went well until found myself among
1.-THE debris of burning house, with
Inv lower extremities undergoing q
Islow process Of freezing, 1t was
Ionly by po Rerful effort that 1 could
release myself from this terrible
dream But my extremities were
really in a burning condition, and
1 was not slow in punching the hot
air ball into the further corner of my
lbed. But no sooner had 1 reduced
lit to a satisfactory condition one
way, when it would shoot out its
encroachments in another, until tired
land weary with my fruitless effort tc
compress the thing into quiet sub
mission, 1 sent it to the floor, and
slept in peace the remainder of the
night. But since then I have i'm.
proved much, 1 cannot only bear to
be buried by them all night, but can
actually keep them in place by hold
ling on for an equal length of time.
Quite feat it is too, when it is un-
Iderstood that the only bedsteads to
be found in Germany are narrow,
Isingle affairs.
| 1 left Cassel early the next morn
ling, after paying well for my suffer
lings and for being an American.
The country through which we
Ipassed was really beautiful, in spite
of the cold, drizzling rain, which
continued all night long, and made
the unheated car very uncomforta-
BILE. The beautiful, wood-covered
Ihills and mountains, with an occa.
Isional ruin Of earth or church, the
valleys, rich under a high state o.
lcultivation, its little red-roofed vii