The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-07-23
Village Lie n 0seuany.


Tha Rer. Dr.. Bi.siage,, writing to The
Presbyte-ian. gives N interesting account
Of bis visit to Suls, in the beautiful valley
of the Nsckas
Nov We srs 1t Svlz. The depot j.
mile froa the village. and considering the
stable character Of Gerusn villages it will
always BE- mas. The valley IL 30 narrow
that you feel you ccs'i shro~ . stone
scross it. The fcoa hills Of the Alps
alm.ss '-owd the town iase the RIVER. !
was the oaly Sui, passenger and - ]
followed my gnid., Who vas the post-boy,
] heard the ringing Of bells and the firing
of guns What dad isme.as There wa,
a wedding. and these were the salvos. /
need not say that ieis welcome, and wa,
welcome 1t Sula. -Four thousand mile.
and the ssareteneb' ossn passed over made
my friend's fase lean with inexprsseible
delight. OF course b brought out vine
and cake. Thea we went out into the
compact village, Of twenty one hundred
people on The Smallest possible ares
Marrow streets, a. sidewalks, and th-
little square, 10 which was tie villag,
fountain, shared 10 common by the COWS
tho geese, sud the v;..sgs.,, and, becaus.
Of this meia~ye. not ve., tidy. to.t Yer,
plainly that land was scarce and men.
women, and children plenty. you have
some better things in America, said he,
half-apoIogetieally, ~ he looked at tn,
mire, snd half in protest. - be rprsai ou'
his arms to give signiicancs to the words;
you have freedom,
eve climbed tn. sts p hil'aide to see tn,
church. The seIson,, a 'ssle desiccated
nan, a sort ofrsmote eman.tion from tn.
Herr Pfarrer, unbsrred the heavy door.
for Us. The interior was cold and cheer
less. The stark wbitewash, renewed
| through centuries, and here and there fall
ing off in irregular patches, added " the
chilliDess. The aisies arc Aoored with
stone. Huge beams lie on these stones =,
and upon these the seats, which are logs,
are framed--looking not unlike one of our
DO 70 turned down, ~here the joints would
be the seats, and, the giriers would cor
correspond with these huge beams. Tn.
church was bull. in 1913 j. is Lutheran,
but it was built before Luther was beard Of
In getting 70 these suche., the NO, SHIPPER.
must step ever these end stringers, AMI
generations of feet have worn down the
hard oak half way to the floor All this.
too, by the ligher feet of women and
children ; for the men, except the town
council, are banished to the galleries. The
seats seem to be private property.
They are IN every variety Of form, of every
degree of discomfort. Some were on
hinges, like the chairs of theatres and
opera houses Some were softenrd With straw
mats here ard there was one with n
threaf-bare ca.hion of red or black cloth,
altogether SO thin and skeleton like as 10
sugge't a-dn sr hr ihan sof cess.
"Generasions Of boys, while not listen
ing to the preacher as be reasoned hisn,'
IN his wine-glass shared pulpit"
~ irovidense, foreknowlelge, will, and fate;
Fixed late Tree will, i0rekno Wedge absolute
Aud found no end, in wandering mazes loet
generations Of these boys were swinging
their feet uneasily, and scoopipg out the
stone floor in troughs, the whole length of
the benches. This is boy nnture, The world
over, l saw the evidences Of it in the vii
lage church Of Nied-rling~eiIer. The red
sandstone, which has held up the Strasburg
minister and old Basic for centuries, has
not been proof against the feet of the chill
dren, YEARLY beating time to the morotony
or unintelligibleuess of the sermon. We
dined with our friend the professor. 1t is
ID breach Of privacy to tell what it was.
First came vcrmicelli soup-as 6ne and
evenly cut IS atalan fdel,ni. Then boil,p
bses, cold ham, and potato cakes. Rad
nhes, lettuce, bread, but no butter, and 70,
dessert kind Of custard, patriotically call
cd hhesn 6und covenant CT the Rhine),
composed OF toasted bread, with custard
poured oyer it, and whipped cream for or
nament.
The pro- essor went with me to the sta
'ion, I am not sorry that negIec
ted some OF the sights Of Stuttgards and
took dinner at SuIz. The memory of il
hangs in chamber of my heart by itself.
1t - framed in the vale of Neckar and il.u
minated by its June sum-"