The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-15
PRINCE BISMARCK.
A Visit to His Estate in POmerania.
His Character and Habits

seat of Prince Bismarck, in consequent
of This unceremonious invitation from Il
Chancellor: ~ say, Countess, mind yC
bring Miss - with you in July.
like girls who have the lrankness to /
me know that they think me an old hun
bug" The following is an extract iroI
this letter
THE rafting noise of the carriage
the court and the baying of bands
watch dogs brought the Princess Won Bi'
marCk, her daughter, and two maids !
Pomeranian costume to the door. In ever
respect the Princess is in keeping wit
the mansion. She is lady on, | Shout
say, the wrong side OF 60, but fresh an
comely withal Placid women kee
their good looks fer into old age, Hay
you ever noticed what peaChy blOOr
there Is in the cheek OF q silver haire
Quakeress Princess Won Bismarck la
this becoming bloOmo She is quite al
unprCtending person both in dress ant
manners, and does not give herself any
trouble to remind people Of her being
great mans wife. ,.GYOu must not 2tanOI
because of her plAin simple ways that shl
Is vulgar or unintelligent. As the fashion
is in her native province, she received
scientific education in girlhOOd, and
on leaving school, devoted her energies
to domestic economy, | wish you
could taste the game she pots, or the hams
that are cured, the sausages that arc
manufactured, the cider that Is bottled,
and the fish that is dried during her su.
pcrintcndenCG at Varzin, The best part
Of the provisions consumed in the Chan
CellOr's lOwn.hOuse comes from hisPOme-
anian estate. In the good oldlAshionCd
style, Madame Bismarck has n bunch of
keys hung to her side. They depend
from gold chdtGLdiRe her husband picked
up somewhere in France. When sitting
in the dFawing.room, or experimenting
the farm. women at their work, her knit.
tingneCdles are always going. Every.
where in the sitting.rOoms, In tho bed.
rooms, one perceivGs In knitted quilts,
and curtains, nCttGd macRssars, embrOi.
dcred pillows, evidences of her manual
skill and hOusowiiely activity. Being an
old friend oil the Countess, she kissed me.
Whe was introduced she addressed to
me hearty welcome in German. Her
words had a mOthCrly ring as she kin dly
said to her daughter, "You'll take care to
be u good sister to the frdulGin while she
is at Va2in." Then laughing she told us
that the Countess (Mlle. Bismarck) was
engaged, but as her "intended" was with
her, She would not be too much occupied
in thinking Of him to attend to the visi-
tors, of whom | learned at dinner there
were no less than thirty in the house
when We arrived. u.... .......... a..
COncG was laid in the drawing room.
But Otto said that that would never do.
So he ordered II regular lunch, at which
tea, with thick fresh cream figured. This
repast was good deal in the nature of a
Scotch breakfast, for, In addition to cold
mutton, there were thin, hard.bNked Oat
meal scenes, honey, preserves, and sort
Of whisky distilled from q mixture Of
barley and potatoes. The furniture used
to be very plain. But Bismarck has
brought back from France carved oak
sidebOards, tables, and 6dhutS, equal to
what one sees in the royal chateau OF Pau,
and probably as ancient. Many u Sig.
HcuridL residences In France has contfibu.
ted to I'LL his roomy PomGranian achL0SS
with pleasant riches. Our ten, for in.
stance, was served in a porcelain service,
taken from the Empress apartments at
Compiegne This service was manulac.
tured for Marie Antoinctte, at the factory
she founded ut Bourg,la. Refine, and il Is
quite unique. The ground Is of canary.
yellow, and the decorative part consists
Of landscapes most eXqusitely done In
India ink The Princess Bismarck, with
truly German naivettC, says: "Ah! you
are admiriDg these little mugs. They be.
lOnged to that poor Queen Of Louis XVI.
My husband bought the whole lot for
thaler from soldier lie (Bismarck)
sent Inc such lovely things from Yer.
saillcs | will show you the wonderful
laces that am going to have made up for
LeuChen's 'rOsscau. They were found by
otto in most beautiful inlaid wardrobe |
(which ! have placed in my bedroom at
Berlin, In the castle of the Duchess de-
Mouchy, that foolish Emperor's cousin.
Ntin GOh what foolish man that En-
pcror was. heard the Emperor vii.
helm say that the Empress was very silly
and frivolous, and that she hated Prussia.
But she was not wicked, notwithstanding
her being the tool Of Princess Of Meter.
Mich in provoking the war" 40 ~
bismarck came in from fishing while
we were at luncheon. lie Is q hearty,
hilarious, rough.and ready sort Of u man,
with little culture ofany sort, but mine
OF keen mother wit which hest comes ont
over tankard of beer. Without cere
mony he took me nj the coffee stage Of the
rcpasl into the hall to show me basket
illl ortrout, fresh from little noisy brook
that runs into the lake on the garden side
Of The house Bismarck isa patient fisher
and a venturesome hunter. At Varzin,
nobody unacquaintcd with his antecedents
could see In him the stun for an astute
politician. Yesterday when he WINS romp.
Ing with the gleesOme Leuchen, he caught
my eye scanning his massive head md
soldlerly countenanCe. | wanted TO see
where the astute genius lay, to find ont
where his Machiavelian spirit turks
|ihcre," he cried, "is your English frau.
ic'n wondering that a ClOven foot does
not show itself through my jackboot.
bismarck and the devil are all one. Isn't
II SO, old mother?' (this was to the Prin.
cess What have you got to say about
lhehoois and hornsE II you could only
hear what the Vienna papers are writing
about my pact with {elial, you'd plead
forthwith for divorce. but luckily,
you never look ut the papers, and there.
lore are IN happy Ignorance Of my coouot.
rIeS with his Internal Majesty"
Bismarcks study is situated on the
ground floor. II has the prosaic uncom.
Portable appearance Of an attorneys office
desks, break.back, bolt.un.
right, halF.cloth chairs and sofas import.
cd from London by way OF Stettin; brass
handled endless drawers, all tlocEcied and
many maps; unsighty. pond.
Crous volumes In cali.skin; flies Of letters
on a square table, solid as If modo c,s