The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-27
IHE, Vienna EXHIBITION
Visit to the Estates Of Prince
Schwarzenberg.
An Austrian NObleman and His
Thousands Of Acres.
Farming, Farm-Life and Social
Conditions in Bohemia.
TIE CHATEAU AT WITTlNGAU.
The Prince and His Guests Wander
Over Hill and Valley.
Statistics of the Schwar-
zenberg Estates.
FISHERMEN FOR FIVE CENTURIES.
Tho Abbey Of the Fifteenth Century the
Beer House Of the Nineteenth.
The Dinner in the Monks
Refectory,
The Prince and His Guests Wander
Over Hill and Valley.
Statistics of the Schwar.
Zenberg Estates.
FISHERMEN FOR FIVE CENTURIES.
Tho Abbey Of the Fifteenth Century the
Beer House Of the Nineteenth.
The Dinner in the Monks
Refectory,


VIENNA, July Q, 1873.
Those who study this Vienna Exhibition will
note In the rear OF the first Austrian court large
pavilion covered with glass. This Is the pavilion
OF Prince John Adolphus Schwarzenberg, one Of
the great mobiles OF this Empire, and famed for his
devotion to agriculture. AS you enter the pavilion
you see hunting trophy, ingenousy arranged
with grasses and rocks and moss deer IN full
hight, rabbits and bares, foxes pursuing poultry
and an ugly wildcat IN the background clinging to
bending branch. On another side Is trophy OF
grain and useful fabrics; all manner OF seeds,
breads. hops, corn, cheese, woods. On another
nde Ia an ingenious trophy Of fruits and vegeta-
bles; to0ths0me winning picture, with
Ill kinds Of Austrian growths, from the
red apple. rudy with last years sunshine,
30 the fresh young cherry, with its newly torn
stem, and the sensible, unobtrusive cabbage, dis
hained by the poets and artists, but wet with the
morning dew. There are various woods, masses OF
coal and Stag, representatives Of all that the Aus
trian soil win grow or the Austrian earth win
render to the miners wrenching hand.
You will learn also that the owner Of this pa
vilon, memorable trophy OF the worlds exhi-
billion, IL one OF the great landed proprietors OF
Austria, and may be said to stand at the head OF
Its agricultural interests. or his lands and tene-
ments we shall speak again, but, our duty is al
together with him in this days correspondence,
let us tell you who he is and what function he fills
In this Austrian world.
THE HOUSE OF sCHwARzENBERG.
His name Is John Adolphus Joseph Augustus
Frederick Charles, Prince and Lord OF Schwarzen-
berg He Is Prince and Landgrave Of Kleggau, as
well as Count Of Soulz and Duke Of Krumau. He is
. chamberlain to the Emperor, and intimate coun.
Hio her c 10 nal
Henberg. Of whom people talk as coming Pope. His
SON Is q captain ofAustran cavalry. The family IL
DID, renowned, rich. famous for its doings IN war,
In diplomacy, in religion, and now in agriculture.
II quite comprehend Its history 1t began in Fran
coma in 14o6 the founder receiving honors in 1920
as lord OF .'Schwarzenberg in Franconia.n In 1929
the Emperor Sgismund made the lord
count Of the Empire, and gave him q voice
in the councils Of the Franconian earls. For
nearly I'VE centuries hOnors have flowed upon the
house. One member was exalted by the great
Macmillan; another was general under Charles
", while third, called Adophus fought the Turks
in 1000 with SO much valOr that Rudolph II. made
him q count. This Adophus Seemed to catch the
ascending crest OF honor's flooding tides, for his
son, or it may have been grandson, was made
Prince Of the Holy Roman Empire and Grand
Palatine. Title after title came along Ia list OF
which / should despair of submitting to any easy
tempered printers), lordly domains accrued to the
house In twenty different places among others the
domain Of Neuwaldeck, which the students OF
Frederick the Greats lite will remember. Then
Charles Philip-famed as Field Marshal who
warred upon Napoleon in the gigantic campaign of
lS14-the uncle Of our host and who, because OF
his valor and having exhausted the fountain Of
honor, was permitted to quarter with his arms
those Of Austria, Hapsburg and Lorraine. Since
Nor oil Had no ouui1v hos fnlln vvoA
agricultural pursuits and find that among the
honors resting upon the Prince, our host, is that
OF the Presidency Of the Agricultural Society Of
Bohemia.
THE sCHwARzENBERG ESTATES.
Az to the estates OF this Prince am almost AFRAID
TO speak, lest it may appear to be exaggeratlon.
He has castles and lands in Bavaria, himself in
some way a Bavarian lord. In Syria, in Upper
and Lower Austria in Hungary and in Bohemia
his possessions may be found-farms, lands,
breweries forests, from mines, iron found
ries bakeries. hour mills, brandy distilleries.
lorges, fsheries-on his lands alone, dependent in
some measure upon him, population Of over two
hundred and fifty thousand souls. In rough CAL
culaton / should say these estates are seventy or
eighty miles in extent, and may be divided into
hundred separate farms.
FARMING PRINCE.
Prince John Adophus has been famous for his
agricultural tastes, The sword OF his fathers has
been beaten into q ploughshare. He has won
many gold and silver medals from former Ex-
hibitions for excellerc In agriculture, and you
may see them as trophies on the walls OF his an
cestral castle. He Of course aspires for q medal
from this Exhibition, and so, entering one OF his
estates for competition yesterday was fixed for the
visit Of the jury. The estate OF wittngan is about
four hours distance from Vienna into Bohemia by
railway and invitations were gwen to the jury,
the members OF the scientific and artisan commits
sions and some Of the representative journals. A
special train was provided, the hour ofeaving being
six In the morning. The jury on farms, which had
jurisdiction over the excursion, concluded TO give
whole day to the inquiry to compare this farm
with those they had seen and the others that were
also entered and which they expected to see.
THE JOURNEY INTO BOHEMIA.
The day was as fair as bride or major general
commanding could have wished, and as we trun.
died along at i've in the morning to the Kaiser
Francis Joseph station the clear, warm encour-
aging morning air quickly alayed any resent
ments that bed-oving people could feel on
the subject OF early rising. Our company was
gathered from all lands--all lands in an exact
sense, as you win find whenever you come TO this
clty OF the Worlds Exhbition-French Italians.
Germans; Spanards, assiduous at cigarettes: Mus
sulmans from Turkey and Egypt with their quaint
red, tasselled fez; almond-eyed, silent, curious
representatives from the far East, who write
strange characters in large note books and showed
surprise at nothing; selection Of American men,
beers Of she Commission, and ever-present members
Of the press, who come to 40 the work as cheerluy
a. though it we're barbecue or an execution. A
half dozen OF our party were ladies'
At the hour named we swept out Of the station,
for we had to run hundred miles up into Bohemia
and return again the same day. Out into the