Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-13

that the churches are not well attended More
/ mOmen than men attend but | must say that
wost Of the preaching is poor stuff The queen
is said to be a German nationalist. and a short
| time ago clergyman of the established church
said, - We are living under a g7sceless and
goddess QUEEN but he lost his place for it
There is s. great deal Of systematic beneyolence
among the nobility, especially among titled
women; and there is need of it, for there are
l27 900 pSupers in population Of $3.50 600,
all made by the gin pslaces-long. narrow
rooms, with three or four men dealing out liquor
till y at night TO men, and women with babies
in their arms. But there is more drunkenness
in Eiinburg than in London.
| left London for the coutinent-there Travelled
$500 miles in 40 days, 1900 in Germany, the
rest in Holland, France, Switzerland and Aus
tria. | went first to beautiful Holland, the land
all redeemed from the sea by the hand Of man
all covered with cattle, and bearing evidence OF
great thrift The women there are always
scrubbiDg. l was afraid to walk in Amsterdam.
for fear Of dirtying the streets was delighted
with Hague, the capital, and with what heard
of the queen. She is a woman Of great positive
character. The people are excellent: there is
little drunkenness there. Two things | observed
with interest in Germsny. The land is divided
into little strips, narrow and deep, well titled
in villages, and look SIS though they had been
built two or three hundred years. Such tools as
they use no one here ever saw; but the people
are opposed 10 change. An Englshmen bought
place in the south Of France. near the Pyre-
nees, and stocked it with al the new aud Impr0v-
ed fsrm-tools and machinery; but the people
ragged against him so violently that he cannot
use them. A Yankee can nov three scrcs while
German moEs one.
l visited Cologne, where all good cologne comes
from. 1t is not the most clean o. sweetest city
ever visited. saw its cathedral I'm weary
of Madounss, and picture galleries and cathe-
dras. I'm as much prejudiced against them as
wss the southerner who visited Rogers studio At
Rome. lie didn't ike ststuette representing
Lincoln psttlng the head Of a little black gri
when be entered Richmond; and, seeing the
statue of black woman Just as he was about
lesvng, remarked " There s another id
Boston Madonna" " In this cathedral | saw
what we were told were the skulls Of - the three
wise men Of the East" all covered with jewels,
said to be worth Sc 900, though we didn't
believe it, At another cathedral saw the bones
of II 900 virgins The story runs ike this
daughter OF one Of the old kings took with her
on pilgrimage to Rome. II 900 virgins. but
they slain by the Huns. | should think
there might be bones enough for the vhole
lot
sailed up the Rhine, and think that story
and romance give much Of its interest Save a
few old towers and castles on its banks it didn't
compare with our Hudson. | went to Munich,
400 miles from Cologne. without stopping. and
there saw the reception Of the division Of Bavar-
ian troops from the Franco-PrussiAn war
had a seat, reserved for me to witness the re
view, directly opposite the grand stand, whore
were the king and crown prince The officers Of
the line we're superior to any ever saw. The
soldiers we're short and very muscular The
women we're dressei-wel, | never pay any at
tention to sdy's dress--but ! should think
they had on dresses two or three hundred years
old. The French cay they are going to whip
the Prussisns. They must live and grow before
they can DO it The French soldiers are shuffi-
ing and smsll
The late war, about which Sd much was writ
ten, turns out TO be small affair compared with
ours The Prussians lost but is 900 killed, and
the French army had 300, 600 taken prisoners
The Germans are slow-great drinkers, but pow
erful physically. They don't drink whiskey but
beer. They don't invite friends to visit them at
home, but at the beer gardens. There Is the
best music to be found in the world At Vienns At
the gardens-S;rsuss's band Full 10000 soi-
ders we're set at liberty after the review al Mg-
mich, sn2 only saw three CT four drunk. They
all desire to emigrate to this country. but ere
too poor to come. They get 50 60 per week for
u or IS hours work. No eight-hour law
there, but an American would do twice as much
work in the same time. They are very slow and
steady
visited Frankfort, and then went to HON.
burg, fashionable watering place, with, this
year, 80, 900 or 40 600 visitors. The gambling
houses there are magnificent. never saw the .
inside Of one before, but as I was abroad to see
the sights | looked carefully at these They we're .
thrOngei with men and women Of all natiouaG-
ties, Russians particularly. The Prince Of .
Wales was there this summer and g tried his .
hand They are open from II m to II p N .
a man is said to have visited Wieshaden recently I
with $4,000; he said he was going to ' break .
the bank" but broke his head instead sf er los
ing it all From thence went 10 Berlin, l.eipsic,
Dresden, snd thence to Vienna. After TIE bat
tie OF Ssdowa, Austria adopted a liberal policy,
and is nov progressive and growing. Iiungari-
ans, before excluded, nov form au integral part
of the empire. Then | went to Paris
1t is an old saying. " See Paris snd e'' Ga
the continent they say, 50 Visit all except Pars
irst for if you 90 to Paris first, ycu will never
leave it." Paris is still beautiful city. TIE
Prussisrs did not injure it, but the commune
did. am not communist, like most Of the
press attaches | met abrOki | do not Justify .
the communists, but the most Of the buildings
burned were acts Of military necessity. Their 4
six days fight in the city was perfect slaughter.
The Nersaillists spared nobody 20, 600 were
then killed. Ii was hot-blooded butchery. | F.
spent nine days in this. the finest city in the /
world, visited its libraries, picture gAller les,
monuments to Voltaire, Rousseau and Napoleon,
saw ST Denis, and visited Versailles during
stormy session of the National Assembly and .
in the five hours of visit there, saw more fuss /
than II years of Congress. | heard Theirs .
speak In speaking, they must leave their seats,
and speak from the tribune, and when there /
they hiss and shake fists, Interrupt and hold ez-
citing discussions All has very unsettled .
lock.
wasn't pleased with the French people. .
They talk great deal, but it's all OF g glory,''
nothing Of duty Edward Frere's answer to the /
Verssillists is a case in point. - have plsyed
| have lost and / now want to pay the .
penalty" They remind me very much Of our /
southern friends. They say they have been /
betrayed by their leaders, and that they finally .
will whip the Prussisns. They have been
thoroughly whipped, and don't know it. The
difference between the leading powers OF Eu-
rope appears to be this in England, perfect
liberty and inequality in France. equality and
no liberty and Prussa neither equality nor
liberty. The Prussian army has its foot upon
the necks Of the liberals, and they feel il F.; bat
the kings son, the crown prince, is more liberal
than his father, and We may look for better
things. The German people are capable of
governing themselves they can be relied upon
was seventy-three days in Europe Travelled
on land $500 miles saw great deal Was up
early, and out late, enjoyed perfect health and
rs il was probably my only yisit-I don't like
the ocean-I improve sll my time. and had
great deal Of enjoyment. saw great deal that
we have not and don't want, and great deal
that we have not, and need. l heard only three
Oaths while was gone-once in London. once
in Germany, and lastly by an American consul
They are said to swear so much becsuse Of the in
huence Of the climate but there may be said TO
be no profanity there There is no chewing Of
tobacco except among Americans. | didn't see
a spit;oon. Chewing tobacco is an awful vice,
and kills as many men as drinking whisky.
Everybody drinks. You could put in this room
all the teetotal men on the continent Ia France
they drink beer and wine. and in Germany wine
and beer. Issw some brandy drank in France.
but they do not thrown down a tumblerful as we
do here. At the csfee, they draw about two and
half tablespoonfuls into a wine-glass, and it
takes the drinker about an hour TO dispose of
that. slipping and talking. and then be shows no
evil effects. saw more drunken men in Sxi.-
zerlsnd than in France
Sunday appears to be general holiday. On