The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-16
,,..bu,ond Man in Germany-What
~. saw amt how He Liked.

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,,.--,.ron,iencc ,I Louisville Courier Journai.J
I,,-u ScuREipEs, HEIDELBERG, GERaANf,{
ho'H' July %. 1876.
oro GETS very much attached to travelling
,or,nanjons- thqt Is to say. you are sure
<,,ber n love or to hate them In three or TOUR
t,ys had certainly taken great fancy TO
,hs two friends. both country meu ana
sn,,,berucrs, whom l FIRST encountered al
UrusscIs last week. We had Journeyed
..,,a,hcr 10 Cologne. done" together that
somrw hat an,iquated specimen OF German
c:,;r.. i,s great cathedral, aud me countess
hon,.s of The countless virgins OF st. 6ereon.
ec together enjoyed the trip up the Rhine
mnJcr sky that matched the scenery. re-
y,,,cl N The quiet beauty OF Bingen ana tue
a1i ,rrnt VINEYARDS OF Rudisheimer ana Jo-
,,,,nc>.rrr, not emitting some OF tne juice:
T.y, visited Frankfort and Hamhu and
mover disagreed once up to that point. tnere,
indeed. We had slight oinerence
or opinion. They wanted to go TO vienna,
and after nearly weeks observation OF
,h.ir crca. strength against all oau tcmpia.
tiou. WIS not at all AFRAID 10 trust tnem
smjd the fluctuations OF what many coosldet
10 be the gayc>t and the "icAeuesI VI OH
rn,nnoan CAPITALS but for my own part, L
hl. nkrl UtliCi tildI AAN'aS''S'S,
Kpden, and Stra.bourg would "pan-out
L.iicr and be more of variety to one who
had seen London and who meant 10 see Paris
ih,n auy Of the minor capitals. So We parted
friend. and sadly giving them my blessing
and taxing in return to travel on some four
or FIVE Dutch phrases Of them baylDg
,.yo:: IN them, and costing some grief to
master took also. lam afraid. all the lore
which was possessed by the entire party, in
res,ect to the internal currency compounded
Of marks, pfennIge, thalers, silbergroschen,
sIorins. and krcu,zers, all mixed up in man.
ner delightfully."- clear and lucid 10 German
intellect. but somewhat puzziipg to the tour
is, whose home lies towards the setting sun.
Thank he: ven have mastered the problem,
and uy,c no dangers or troubles can appai
M. Bat computing the German currency
and avoiding being cheated are two different
things. In this last | have fared no better
than the others. The fellow who runs the
railroad office at Bingenoa-tbe' Rhine, amid
all poetic iiiluence>, cheated ME out OF one
mark in one balt-minute (twenty five cents
American coinl in petty transaction not eX'
ctcdrg halt sovereign, and l strongly suS-
pect could do it even better next time II ne
only had Il chance at me. AS for the
"buug:e" or caDdleswindle, consider that
A. almost too trifl,ng to be noticed, though
do sometimes flank the rascalS by using my
own candles. The great Souges on the
traveller come at other points OF the game.
The wine i charged for fully forty to titty
per cent. above the proper rates ut all the
hotels, and the only cheap thing TO be had IS
the washing. | fear that the very idea oI
washing so astonshe> these fellows that they
can't recover in time 10 oyerchalge for
il. But the hackInen are, Is usual, the worst
Of al the eXtOrtlOuerS. As for binding them
by bargain. make it any way you will, by
the hour or the lump, charge, or route to be
gone ever, il is all the same; they are sure tc
d,nand more. and almost equally sure to gel
il. Tie first effect of all these swindles Is
very irritating. Your enjoyment of the
churches. ruins, paintings, views, ana what
not, is cluudcd by the annoyance OF being
cheated; but, luckily, unless one has compu-
ted his iravcllipg-eXpenscs upon very mar
row margin, the feeling soou pisses OH, ana
The universal, irrepreSsible incident Of the
daily. hourly >windle becomes one Of the plea
sani Jokes Of continental travel, something
Ike the bear.Ggbt that one OF our party sur
rrptitou.ly excited in the Geological Gar
dcls At Frankfort the other day. 50, at least,
We agreed to take il. "Do what we will,
these fellows are sure to get u.s. said B.;
and he spoke the solemn truth. All our
study Of the currency, all the knowledge one
OF The party had of the German, and our
careful accounting, went for nothing; and |
itlt that after all The Kentucky statesman
who. when travelling in Europe some years
ago, used 10 open his hand full Of money and
lei the ra.cils he lp themselves, acted fully as
wisely, and cot of probably quite as well,
as wt did. The only way to thoroughly en-.
JOY European travel on the Continent is,
AIN persuaded. to take plenty OF money and
travel on his plan.
IN HEIDELBERG. ...
II bad any misyvinss in respect to fol-
loving ouI my own plan Of travel instead Of
being switched of by pleasant company to
20 10 Vienna, they all vanished upon my ar
rI'4! in Heidelburg yesterday afternoon. I
"a> soon established in q well furnished
"a artn.cnt At the Hotel Schneider, and in fl
lcru minutes more had my guide engaged,
hGu va, III Oh tramp for the Molkencur and
Tie great castle Of fHeidelburg, Of which had
fraG and heard so much in America. In
It" minutes | had lett the long, narrow
town behind ne, and was climbing at quite
a'-pd rae The steep ascent which leads to
Tue NoihtEcur. Passing numerous parties Of
neiu''h> OF both sexes enjoying the shade Of
the Noananside, We soon assembled some
lhEce or four hundred feet to the rondel or
crescent, and then 20 the kapzel or pulpit,
ana next, after walk by slight descent,
ascended lie Molkeucur, which Is BOG feet
above the castle, and about 700 or 800 feet,
a> Judge. above the river Neckar. Rarely
nave l seen more delightful or more varied
''e"s Than l Obtained 1t different points of
"h'> asccpt. They amply repay the walk
anu Tie visit 10 Heidelberg. There, on one
rue could be seen the Bavarian frontier,
thrh lic Odenwold and the Haardt noun
'ih> IN The taI distance stood but the spire
o' Tie Cathedral Of Speyer; then, again, Man
n'''h ahu Other German towns, while far TO
'ht iigut OF US could discern by the aid of
.uS sAs>es The Cathc0ral Of Worms, some
."'"'> nEe miles away For at least twen-
W th.lty miles could be seen also the
r'"F thread Of tie river Ncckar, and
i"' away The sheen of the Rhine be-
G'n" We p9Ht Of their junction. Be.
~" slc iaE he LGwn Of Heidelberg, the cas-
w. a"c' ialther off, the plaius of the two
>, lowered With tie busy bum of Ike and
wy 0c"Illy Of u Germau Laryest.tine, the
q 0tf2 women working together in the
.'n''' 1~h doing their part fairly and yet
trp@iEn''y tat ;r. not orerWorktd or suffering by
wa. he DAY was tru!! grand one-there
,n''. Just "'te too much OF haze in the ut
IT rhel' ,ln 10 admit OF the most precise views
,.sm"d Cis'aat points, but even this haze
sr,n"u, u 10 imF2!l more OF poetry 10 a land |
c,I ~ .Iy ancauy 80 rich in beauty and histori- |
N. not'a'i'n. a'n"an. The castle was the gem Of
rr..; "noie collection, a hundred times su,-i
and ds, 70 NY MUD, the rather fiup,ing
THa nh Sassh splendor OF Ehrenbritstein.
isn in Mnoiktncur n,' is a place where one would |
the v;ss ;nnsef long 10 drink in The beauty OIL
~ ,lnc.ClAQ hills Of The Neckar the 6 moat