Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-10-12
THE IOWA VOTER.
A. F. Sperry, Editor.
Letters from Germany.
No. l.

now in Germany; and the following
is the first insta.lmant:
BARSINGuhUSEN,
Province of Hanover.
DEAR BRorHER-I will endeavor
to give you, as correctly as / can, an
account of our journey to this place.
l took no notes by the way, and will
there efore have to depend upon MEM
Org for what we saw and heard from
Che time we babe our many friends
good-by at Burlington, May Goth.
We were soon over the river,
speeding our way to Chicago, where
we arrived at 10 o'clock next day.
Here we took the Lake Shore and
Southern Michigan, for New York,
relying upon the statement of the
Agent in Burlington, that if we
should take that route we would not
be detained at Chicago. But we soon
discovered how little reliance should
be placed in the statements of those
gentry who are in the employ OF
competing railroad companies, and
are paid for lying. We were COM
PEELED to wait till in the evening,
during which time we sojourned at
the Allan House, where we We're
very kindly entertained by the pro-
prietor Mr.. Shaw.
At the hour above mentioned we
got aboard, and were once more on
the way; but | must say that the
Lake Shore and Southern Michigan
have some of the dirtiest and most
uncomfortable coaches ever rode in.
And, in addition to this, we were
annoyed by the second Conductor
out from Chicago attempting to
extort more fare from us than the
law allowed. ! suppose his beer bill
was larger than usual. | would
advise my friends (if | have any
who may have occasion to travel in
that direction, to keep away from the
Lake Shore route.
/ felt weight go off my stomach
when we changed cars at Dunkirk,
to the Broad Gauge and Erie.
There we found everything neat and
comfortable, with big, fat conduc-
tor who was all smiles and chuck-full
of accommodation. Only few
minutes delay at Dunkirk, and we
were soon going like the wind
around curves and through deep
cnts.
At station on the way man got
aboard, going to New York $50 he
told mel to find Will to a property
worth thirty millions of dollars. 1t
appears that persons in New York
had sent for him to assist them in
their search for it, he being Spirit
ualist of fmore than ordinary ability.
He told me that he had been working
on it a little since he started, and
had found that the VIII was in a
small, red, rosewood box, and that
the box was very thick and heavy;
but he did not yet know what house
it was in. He would need more
assistance in making this discovery.
He said when the spirits took pos
session of him he could talk freely
on any subject; and / was fully con-
vinced that the spirits had possession
of him then. He was full OF spirits
for could smell them every time
he breathed.
Seven O'Clock in the morning found
us at the Jersy City ferry, and in a
few minutes we were landed at the
great metropolis. After having
obtained some refreshmept and rest,
we concluded to be little aristo-
cratic for once; and went to the Cos
mopolitan Hotel for the style OF liv-
ing necessary to make US such. But
we soon found that was no place
for second class passengers-our fam
lily of twelve persons, old and young,
costing twenty dollars per day. l
thought if we had to remain in the
City any considerable time, cheaper
quarters might suit us quite as well,
and be no discredit to our purses
either. So the old man went in
search of such quarters, and soon
returned with the delightful news
that he had found them. Then,
without any unnecessary loss of time,
we took up line Of retreat from the
Cosmopolitan, and soon found refuge
in Rheinhardt's Hotel, Greenwich
opposite Castle Garden; Hen
ry Rheinhardt, proprietor. He isa
No. / landlord, and knows exactly
how tc keek hotel. lam not able
to say;which way mein host was tho
horizontally or perpendicu-