Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-03-12
THE USE OF COFFEE IN VIENNA

was hrst introduced IN 1858, Dy the |
Kulcziski, a Pole, who, being the
interpreter, of Constantinople ira
ding company, and perfectly fami-
liar with the Turkish language, was
employed by John Sobieski, King of |
Poland, during the siege of Vienna
by the Turks in 1858, as spy; in
which capacity he went freely |
through their lines, penetrated into
the city, and conveyed messages to
the besieged, and from them to the |
relieving army of Poles. After the
Turks were routed, they left behind
them in their camp vast quantities
of coffee. Kulcziski asked for the |
coffee, and the privilege of opening
cofee-house in Vienna, as his re-
ward for his hazardous and most |
valuable service. The request was
granted, and he Immediately opened
a coffee-house, and prepared the bev-
erage in the Turkish way. The ven-
ture proved a success. The citi-
zens soon acquired a taste for it, and
from that day to this, they have
been the greatest cofee-drinkers in
Christendom.
The focal point of Vienna is the
GREAT CATHEDRAL OF ST. STEPHEN,
located in the heart of the old city.
From this point, streets radiate in
every direction toathe suburbs. The
length of the Cathedral, is 345 feet,
and its greatest breadth is 2SO feet;
but its crowning glory is its lofty
and imposing tower and spire which
lifts its golden cross 447 feet into
the heavens. The spire of the tow
er of St. Stephens is the first object
seen in approaching Vienna, and the
last on leaving the great city. AT
the time of this great siege by the
Turks the tower was in an unfnish-
ed condition, being only 800 feet
high. From this perch or point of
vision, Count Stuhremberg, the
brave Governor of Vienna during
the siege, was in the habit of recon-
noitering the position of the Turk
ish forces. A stone bench is shown
the visitor where he sat while thus
employed. 1t was from the elevated
seat that he first saw the banners of
the relieving Polish army Unfurled
on a distant hill, on the morning of
Sept. l2, 1858, and shouted the well
come news to his officers and sol
diers below. The garrison and in
habitants were on the point of starry
alton, having eaten the last horse,
dog, cat, and rat, found in the city,
while their walls were battered to
pieces and in ruins, and no resist
ance could much longer keep the
mighty Turkish host from taking
the place by storm, and putting the
defenders to the sword. But Leo
pold, Emperor of Austria, barely
thanked the Polish King in cold and
formal words for saving the city.
FROM VIENNA TO MUNICH,
the capital of Bavaria, is about 800
miles by raj, but farther by river
and rail. Some travellers, who have
plenty of leisure, take the steamer
as far as Ratisbon, which is 325
miles southwest of Vienna and 100
miles north of Munich; others fol-
low the Danube as far west as Lintz,
where the mountain-scenery is very
fine, and there take the cars to Mu-
nlch, 200 miles farther west, and
thence go west to Strasburg en- route
either to Paris or Switzerland, or
northwest, via the old Protestant
City of Nuremberg to the great
Jewish stronghold, Frankfort, and
thence down the Rhine, to Cologne,
and around to Brussels, and from
there south to Paris, = which is the
starting and ending point of all Eu-
ropean tours. ah The railway from
Vienna to Lintz runs parallel with
the Danube, and part the way along
its banks.
THE COUNTRY
is mountainous, rugged, or billy,
with pleasant valleys, well cultiya-
ted, by thrifty German farmers. In
Italy, one rarely sees barn con-
nected with forms. All the way
from Vienna to Munich, there were
plenty of large stone or brick barns.
Almost every farm has its big barn.
The appearance of much of the
country, and the buildings and 9th
er improvements on the farms,
strongly reminded me of Eastern
Pennsylvania and the hilly portions
of Ohio, which are occupied by de-
scendants of Germans. | saw COM
paratiYely little wheat growing, but
everywhere rye was cultivated; ii
seemed to be the chief grain-erop.
Next to it in acreage, was barley,
and there were patches of oats, but
they were very sparingly grown. ]
observed no corn anywhere between
Vienna and Munich. Potatoes
were planted everywhere, and are a
principal crop; there are also con
siderable quantity of beans and peas
The farmers were all busy cutting,
curing, and stocking hay. There
: were fewer cloYer-felds than ex
pected to find in country which
seemed we'll adapted to the growth
of clover. I observed very few vine
yards on the hlll-sides, and very lit
! tie wine is produced in this part o.
Austria and Bavaria. The noun
tains were thickly covered with pint
forests up to the snow line, and il
this respect exhibited a striking con
b trast with the mountains in Italy
which are generally quite bare anc
naked, or, at best, have only stunted
looking trees thinly scattered oYel
J their rugged sides.
AT LINTz
the railway leaves the Danube
which makes long sweep around
through Northern Bavaria, and rises
in the Black Forest, not far from
the head waters of the Rhine and
the Rhone. From Linz the railroad
threads its way among mountain
and through valleys to the Austrian
border city ofSalzburg--lOO miles
where it escapes from the Alps, and
enters the great grsvelly plain whicl
! extends over the larger part of thu
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