The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-02-14

majeSty's rooms, bpt wasn't much impress
~ BY lhe!n, greatly 30 poor Ross S disap-
-n:ntuea; who had taken ne there OF
purpose to show them to me; she after
ward said: The people now are goT Hrned
hy a President, appointed by Prussia, and
they like it much better. for the last Elec-
tor was very tyrannical. He wouldn't
allow any manufactures because he didd't
ike the smoke and if a man wanted to
huild even 50 much as pig pen, he was
obliged to draw plan of the building, and
send it to the Elcctor, who would often
neglect it for months and at last, usually
wrote ''uot allowed," OF It. Indeed they
aav, he was 50 in The habit OF writing g not
allowed = on these papers, that once when
ano;ice OF the death of one of his officers
was sent him, he rs usual wrote, "not al
lowed" and returned it.
IN this park are some beautiful waterfalls
and fountain. said TO be the highest in
Europe. Every Sunday. for an hour and
ahalI, the water is all turned on aGt! crowds
Of people come to see them.
Bnt must tell you Of our journey from
BaGen Baden to Heidelberg. Either the
road was very rough Or our car very rickety,
for such a shaking and jouncing never
mad before We shook all over, and
pounded against each other. and the sides
Of the car, and at ~ uncommonly hard
jolt there came shower Of bags. bundles,
shawls and umbrellas. from the racks
above our heads, that nearly finished us
We took all the things out of the racks
and pat them on the foor, where they
danced a jig all the rest Of the way.
WALKENHAUsEN, Germany, Sept 81.
We vent 10 the coffee party this after
noon, and sach a funny party it seemed to
me. We arrived at Mrs. Volts at four
o clock, and were shCwn into room where
were half dozen people, all strangers to
me. Everybody shook hands with every
body else; then we laid off our things in
little room adjoining. When We returned
to the parlor Mrs. Wolf sent Rosa and me
into another room, where we found Sophie
Wolf, 4 young lady Of twenty-five, and her
cousin, "a Captain in the army We
then sat down to coffee at table laid for
seven. They brought us each cup OF
colfee-the other things were already on
the table. There were several kinds OF
bread: one Il little sour, one a little sweet,
enc with caraway seeds in it, one with thin
f.osting on it, and one with cinnamon and
salt sprinkled over it. There was plate
of toast, made perhaps last week, FOX they
dom think it hurts it to be made several
days beforehand. They dip the bread in
cggs and toast it on the top Of the stove.
They don't put enough egg on it SO that it
tastes eggy, but just enough to make il
like leather. The fancy bread that have
mentioned they call cake and it is all
they know abou5 cake; they never had
any such as We make in America. They
gave us neither knives or napkins, rs they
are considered unnecessary save at dinner
We dipped our 'scal1cs" in the coffee and
ate them with our fingers. After we had
been at table Cor fifteen or twenty minutes
4 lady came in and sat opposite rae. By
the time she was well under way with her
supper a lady and gentleman Joined us
occupying thc two remaining seats. They
were introduced TO me as Mr.. and Mrs
Bitter, but their name beIied them, for
Mr.. Bitter was SO sweet that he ate his
supper with his left hand, so that in his
right he might hold the hand of his wife
After long time everybody finished their
cCllce; my unknown yis-a-vis took ont her
and Sophie Wolf, not knowing
how greatly amused I was with herself and
friends, brought me book Of engrayings to
poetry. The beautiful and touching thing
he repeated was something about people
VINO had potato for heads. lie emphasized
his words and pounded Ills head as if it
were indeed a potato, and his fist a pes,le
and he was determined to mash it until
there wasn't a lump left in it. In the
course Of half an hour they brought us
each another cup OF coffee and the cake
plates were repIenished. Il took lis halt
an hour to get through with this cup Of
coffee. Then I made a sign to Rosa and
we left the table, but had been standing at
the window only few minutes when we
saw them bring in more cake and wine, SO
we had to return to the table for another
half hour. There We're some twelve OF
fifteen guests altogether, but some Of them
ate IN the pallor, or | should say, begun 80
eat there, for they left their seats as they
seemed TO fancy and strolled around the
room, sitting down again whsrever they
CHANGED to find room. BY the time the
cake and wine were finished Rosa and
were the only ones left Of the original party,
at our table. Before the cake and wine
came in segays We're passed to the gentle
men, who smoked at odd spells
Instead Of placing the table in the center
o. the room as VIC do, these Germans push
it up along side the sofa, and so get on
with fewer chairs. They rarely have one
long table cut push two or three together
of shape Or size. These people
that I saw to-day are some of the first
here; several OF them are relatives of
Rosa S parents. BY the way, Rosa's moth
er is Il daughter Of Sophie, who was quite
a celebrated musician and composer.
The buss stopped here little while ago
and l saw the conductor bring in letter.
was so in hopes it was for he; but 10;
several minutes passed and it wasn't sent
up. Finally the old lady came up and
raped at my door, saying she had letter
for me. What a disappointment it a0as
from Haaocer, relative to my going there.
/ 81 all be very sorry at leaving the Wig
ands, and | think they will be sorry TO have
me 90, Cor | have been like one of the
family ever since came and very happy
family it has been. 1t viii be leaving
friends to go among strangers again. |
wonder what they will sag when l tell
them.
Yesterday when | went down to dinner
told Mrs. Wigand about my Hanover letter
and that although l was sorry to leave
4hop, I p,ust rn What do Won think they