The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-10-15

while mathematician Is but a ''Frac
ton" A poet is told to look to hi
Feet" an artist is "Sketch.
"Flg-leaf7' suggests TO a sculptor tn
difficulties of properly adjusting
drapery; an amiable young Pole
whG@e exquisite silhouettes have
cteated a new branch of art. is called
IS'knappe Tusch"-Indian Ink.
rgroup of architects form Beams,
squares" 'Freestones." Key
stones,' etc, while a company O
musical celebrities answer to the eu
phonious titles of "Fiddlestick.' ;
"Fiddlestring," shake" "Trill.'
"Quaver," "Quodlibet." "Sharp,
Valve" etc. A renowned student
and teacher of aesthetics. who scars
into regions high above those where
the ordinary student dwells, is called
"Plackholz z"-''Plodder" or "Plod.
horse" Just think of it. What a
shock it must give to his exquisitely
refined nature to be brought down
to common life in that abrupt man
ner.
The mock gravity with which
these hoary-headed sayants, wits,
poets, artists, etc, employ these
terms in addressing each other. is,
to 4 stranger, the most comical part
of all.
On that memorable Christmas eve
when was admittcd-the first Amer
ican lady who ever entered into those
sacred precincts-we assembled at
an early hour in the beautiful rooms
belonging to the Bergwerk. The
president Of the society, being royal
architect. was enabled. in the con
struction Of one Of the government
buildings, to reserve a cosy room
for his pets. The liberality Of the
government in according the space
has not been unequailed by the gen
erosity Of the Miners in decorating
it in a becoming and characteristic
manner. 1t is furnished with IL
brary : statues adorn the inches :
paintings, engrayings, and elaborate
architectural plans cover the walls
all the productions Of the Miners
own heads and hands.
OF course the evening commenced
with a peace Offering TO the demon
of appetite. How little we should
hear of discord and dissension if
people reserved the discussion of all
knotty questions till after dinner
At any rate, on that occasion groups
Of threes, fours. and a dozen gather
ed around the tables, ate. drank and
cracked jokes till the whole company
was in q most genial mood. Do not
imagine that any had imbibed too
much. The Germans drink copious-
ly, but the liquors are light, and
their natures are not easily excited.
About ten o'clock, a curtain drawn
across a temporary stage was reno
we'd, revealing a forest scene. Deep
IN its reccsses sat the goblin Rube-
zahl, guarding the entrance to dark
cavern, which, by a stretch of imagi-
nation could be supposed to represent
the shaft Of the ''mines" in which We
were then ravelling. Rubezahl is the
goblin Of the mines Of Riesengcbirge.
Whatever his usual temper may be,
he was, on this evening, well dispos-
ed-and sat grinning before a bright
fire, deiighting nightly in the fun
going OH during the distribution Of
the gifts, which were heaped on the
rocks around.
The youngest members of the So
ciety, acting as servants OF the elder.
hastened to distribute the presents to
the gentlemen first. Each member
bad sent something to another mem
Der, who had been apportioned to
him by lot. Of course, the recipient
of the gift had no idea who was the
giver. A comical challenge to adj
dress the company accompanied
each; and after the wrappers were
removed and the presents inspected,
the president, by several vigorous
strokes Of the hammer, brought the
meeting to order. In few appro-
pirate words he thanked the Mi
nersn for his exquisite present, the
donation of the whole Society, read
a few business reports, and then call
ed upon the others to return thanks
to their unknown donors.
Here followed, for more than an
hour. such "a feast of reason and
flow of soul as" / had supposed exist
ed only as finnre of sneech. No