The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-02-14
FROM THE PRlTATE LET
TIERS OF \ YOUNG AMERICAN GIRL.
No. III.
BADEN BADEN, Aug. -, 1873

NO. Ill.
BADEN BADEN, Aug. -, 1873.
/ Baden Baden is situated in the valley OF
/ the -. and surrounded by hills that forr
/ part of the black forest mountains: and OF
these hills are old castle ruins, etc. On one
| Of them is the Alte Sehlos odd castle,
which was captured and demolished by tic
( French, five hundred years ago. Being il
such an out of the way place it WIS forget
/ ten, aud the forest grew up around it and
completely hid it from view. Fifty years
ago it was accidentally discovered, the
debris cleared out, and it is now one Of the
sights Of Baden. Parts Of many Of the
walls are standing, enong;i to show that it
must have been a very large building in
deed. The highest wall left standing is
four stories HIGH, and 10 one can tell how
much higher it was when built. N some
of the rooms great trees have grown lip
whose tops reach above the walls and
whose trunks | couldn't reach around
/ Galleries with ratings, have been built
around the inside of the different stories,
so that one can go up - the highest wall
without danger. and on clear day the
view from it is beautiful. We 90 up to
/ these galleries by the original stone stat.
cases, which are very narrow and small.
| As toiled up ! wondered what sort of
! men and women vent up and down those
/ steps five hundred years ago; how they
! H. I,,t a.
and feared; what they were striving for in
I that, 10 rs far Off, time. 1t is supposed
! that this was the castle of some Lord.
! whose retaincrs hunted in the forests and
! cultivated whatever land was necessary, but
who all lived SO near that they could take
refuge in the castle in case of an attack
/ j. al seems to me Ike story cut of the
"Arabian Knights l can't resist tie
temptation to send You couple OF pictures
of the Al:e Sehlos, one is of the inside, the
other Of the outside. That OF the inside
shows only the first room You enter, brt
yon can look through ard see doorways
leading into o:hcr rooms. and at the further
end of the room is door leading into 4
large room, in which grows a very large
tree, the branches Of which grow high
above the walls OF the room. Look at the
wall next the highest and round the LETT
hand cc~ner you will catch glimpse of an
ivy vine, from which l picked the leaf
send you.
SEPTEMBER 1st.-Six weeks ana not
line yet from home, but still ho,e, and
! lady told me tie other day that the first
letter always breaks the spell, chat Others
follow in quick succession. This coming
week is 20 be the great week here. There
is to be horse racing, theatres, dances, con-
certs, etc. Exactly in front of oar parlor
window is u circus ten: and the first per
Torrance is TO take place this Sunday
evening. We shall have the benefit of all
the noise made by animals and meu, dur
ing the performance, and now, we are
kept awake in TIE morning by the blriiing
Of the trained dogs.
Yesterday, after dinner, We took 4 drive
TO Ebcrstein Seh!os, which is enc Of the
Grand Duke residences. 1t is situated on
q hill side, lime hundred feet above the
valley Of the Murg, and was bnilt n 1919.
Ii is reached after Il two hours drive over
one OF the most wonderful roads in the
world; wonderful Oh account of it's hard
ness, smoothness and breadth. The view
from the castle is lovely, and we saw the
bank called, The Knights Leap. =
There is legend that few centuries ago
the castle of Ebarstein was besieged, ard
the enemy having through the treachery
of some Of the Counts retainers, rot pos
session Of the watch tower and out-walis of
the castle-the Count saw only one chance
Of escape: 50 mounting his fiery 'teed =
h spurred him to the edge Of the rocks,
aud made him jump over, down the nine
hundred feet INTO the river. Tie horse
performed the feat, safely swan the river
and landed the Count Oh the opposite
shole ! don vouch for the truth OF this
story, but in obedience Of its truth the rock
is still called The " Knights Leap
MONDAY, September 2d.-The circus was
grand success, judging from the clapp;ng
of hands and laughing, which was kept up
till very late. l think the circus tent
could almost be set into our sitting room
at home. it is so small. They don't pre-
! tend to have rings large enough for more
than two horses to perform in at time,
| and if woman comes out on one, and
! jumps through two or three hoops without
falling off her horse, it is considered
/ wonderful, and followed by storm Of APP
plause. If anything more daring is done,
it is always done by performers who are
advertised as being Americans.
The weather is SO cool here that we have
to bundle up in sacque and shawls to keep
warm while the Germans go about in their
muslin dresses and think the weather I'M
/ comfortably warm.
| WILHELNuouE, Sept 23d.-My dear lit
! tie brother:-This is your birthday, and
/ may you have many, many happy returns
OF the day | wish SO much, dear, that l
had something nice 10 send you for pres
( Gnt, Dub Cpulii ilbi ipt1lilr. NIiNl
! could put in letter pre.tier than these
pictures Of peasants, so | send these and
write to You on sheet of the pretty paper
| got in Paris, to Use on such extra-iine
/ occasions as the present. The pictures are
OF peasant man and woman, dressed i'll
their Sunday clothes, which is the national
! costume OF iiesse CasSel, and very gay the
| peasants look on Sunday, in the park of
| Wilhelmhohe, some drinking beer under
! the trees and some dancing, ali dressed up
| in their best This park is situated partly
on the hillside and partly in the valley.
/ There is Il very large artificial lake on one
side and this lake is partly i'll the woods,
and is very picturesque.
On little plateau is the Castle Of Will
helmhohe, and in this castle the Electors
used to live before Prussia gobbled up Hes
sc Cassel, seven years ago. Here Napoleon