The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-10-04

s~r.ss.dssot h.i. e. Jsi-T1i'
Sycucc-TrnnE .ort woribnrs.
Mnyencc ]. uu' Of the stroagc-, foit
fcations Ia Gcrmsuv u -.oms ro'liu.
but cump IT walk and irick, an,
tramp, tramp, tramp the .oldicu so oil
day long wi,aDu, iatgrmieion drilling
apd preparing for future cme g,lo.,s
Eight thou-aud soldiers ere gugr.cred H
the city The Romans mc the ioundci.
Of the place \ large acluciuci La.
within the lat ccaiJl, bco. a,sovegcd,
which the Romans had cou-lrugied.
The guide told me that many hidden
passage were under the ri.y, inNrhicr
were stored many barrylstl powder a
blow the French heaycnvaiii-Ir they
ever in the future should ea,sass. tpg
place Ni.ilor- m, uo. permitted 90. 80
the-e sgsferrweil passage.
Thsre j. -1mea-, in selecting guide,
n ID other thing. aud Of the many
who wi.hcd To favor me with hleir ser.
yice., | -ciec,cdr iully rc'lfced fellow
and mwle huu promise that he would
no, men,ion he Rgra itiu, . mc during
tbeGay, nor lo,k airsty Ehou epiae el
beer garden
The Gut pttce the guide .ook u'c to
was ST, j'r.er s'cherch, a very pid, inicr
o-tinf nu'ld.ug. We entcrci jut in
time Io vit1e.- a marriiee ccreps!s PEI
formed. The brhhsruAa Na sp',oll
grey leadc1 man ,fees - 10 ~ VI,
while thr hriis va, yejtg .till6'ia Z
an exchange of ...l- for bea,ly !
am not in anmr.lt il, moA. an !. I
ve-e, it woa~i br'f1Il, O. d.-cs~s Eifs
subjec; aof barssniS, happiness for loii
before yo,r render. .as itvauli be n' %
prnaos
Tbs gaide then ~, me- 90 the Holy
Gho.t once a ca8.S's .'ai u1o O. ~ en-
did beF s,lou s8@s dat Tor a
nam,fr .
wbie aImis.esas. l.rsc statue o.,
Gr,en'~rg, there "a . hy ons Of tae
mos, unnatural erc4tugrs y @sf .aa.
His attire gave esii-gcs of'grcat age
anl he was hatls.., 10. hai-, uwohhel.
fell foot long dSaIt his b5ck. Ny
sympathy Wa arou 9 and va iu the
act of thr'uiug hinf avp,ilder when the
guide prevented ne y'aying be wa.
one of the wril,hic-t citizenSaf M7yence
and one of the most generous. liberal
men in the city, and distributed yesrly
hundreds To the poor Tor thirty wear.
he had worn the same clai, and r,vr,,
in heat or cold. had De worn a hat.
regarded this man "a. the grea'c,t curios-
ity ! had Vet met; for never h,fort had
| heard of ,uch bency0lence AMI phiibn-
thropv combined with such eccmtricty
and self-aheunlion
The guide next took me TO the door
of the Cathedral where | was delivered
over To the priest. Thi. mn..ive build-
ing exhibits the architecture Of many
centuries rs il slowly advanced to COM
pletion. Many Saint. aud Bishop. lie
hurried here, covered by sA1sf resting
on pillows. saw anl heard the rame,
of more heroic men in one hour than
could be found in the whole ui Eat
Tennessee. They were so laid in their
graves that their lomb-toncs touched
forming an even pavement over which
you are allowed To walk and read the in
sciiptions written in Latin. The iron
gates show the derts of bombardment
by the French, who ailerward made the
Caihelml slaughter house, The priest
gave NE piece of r,tten wuod, won't he
positive, hut llii,k he .uiAit was hon
the cross on which our Savior was cruci-
fed, and told me what wonderful mira.
c!os il had worked, etc, At any raie
have the wood and he has the money for
it! The priest had not heard Of the
wonderful plank that was found IN the
Rocky Mountains. where, having become
detached from Noah's ark, il had flou,c,
during the deluee. aud which had the
property of curing ulld.eas,s. Thednler
had made an immeufe fortune, ,e.iug /,
at 500, 900 per shaving. %
At Mayencc. parted with the. Rhine
with much reluctance. and took the csn
for Frankfrt ON the Mpin. Il Il
beautiful city, and IL squircs and gar
dens, decorated by tree- and aoNers Of
all kinds, preposses es Nc ua,eler at
once in its Evor The palm
Garden contains un extensive collect ON
Of rare fruits and flowers from all cimes.
In this garden | saw aower' Of differ
ent hues So growing as to spell names
and form figures, aud ia one place the
flower pots were 80 aIIisilcally arranged