Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-08

snroupcen,rnt IN AZ an America, melody
| was 10 be performed. We rather suspectel
MS Was done for on oeleni' anu were sn
spangled Kramer" Insts,Sd OF either OF these,
however, they played that sweet aud plain
tive melody way down upGH the Suwsnee
river Win a pathos which We can never
| forget. They rendered IL with such exqui-
site tenderness and feeling tina IL was almost
Impossible 10 think that fsr-sway Suwanee
river such matter OF indifference 20 the
performers.
These village people work with the most AMI
NAL drudgery for though they take recreation
ard amusement I'm the afternoon, they are
up before chsnticleer stirs a feather IN the
morning. Knowing no happy medium IN
this respect they enter work excessively
hard or leave the matter alone altogether.
II did seem 10 Us that half the male popula-
ton pursued this latter course, were perfect
Bohemians In fact. The whole day we would
the neighborhood, and from one directly OPP
posite, where we could lean out OF our win
dow and touch the sign-board, the voice OF
the narrator spinning yarns for the benefit OF
the company was distinctly audible. A ter
rife round OF applause would end each story,
and then the voice OF new narrator De
heard In something TO Guido the last. Yet
these people beyond the worthless way they
were spending their lives did tue villagers
no especial harm. We never saw a case of
intoxication or even of loud or rude behavior,
but then they never touch anything stronger
thsn wine from the neighboring vineyards
and Bavarian beer.
the pessaniry for miles around came in TO
attend church service. The small edifice was
so crowded that half the congregation had 70
stand. They we're mostly workers from the
viney ards-a thin, sUnburnt, wlry, muscular
people. who even on level ground never lay
ASIDE their mountainous gait and bearing.
We eE jOyed the simple Lutheran service aud
The few earnest words which the clergyman
spoke, because they were so hearty, sppro-
pirate and harmonious with the whole spirit
of the worship. Coming out OF church, every
body began shaking hands with hts neigh
Dor, and wishing him good appetite for his
dinner. With the words OF the last hymn
still ringing I'm our ears, this seemed little
strange at first, but we entered into 70 with
the rest, and went home with well wishes
enough 10 bless every mouthful we sgal-
lowed. In the afternoon we sat ia the garden
by the river and listened TO The reading aloud
OF one OF Msrlett's German tales. On the
bridge and opposite bank, visible from where
we sat, was one constant stream OF people,
mostly peasants with their families, making
Sunday afternoon excursions from village
10 village.
The happy record OF our afternoon rambles
is never TO be forgotten. There was not q
nook or corner IN the village left UNEMPLOYED,
not even when IL came TO so ueeZing through
small attic window 10 get out on a rooftOp
where there was stOrk's nest. The villagers
regard this bird as messenger Of good for
tune and think house forever blest over
whose chimney stOrk builds its great clum-
sy nests. Wemouuted the dusty stairs 20
the belfry OF the old church tower, threw
open the great wooden shutters aud enjoyed
an extended view over the entire village. Up
in the caves a lot of swallows were differing
about making that strangely fascinating
sound with their wings through the air
which Germans love TO hear. Up and down
the mountains from town TO town, through
the forests In search OF the German forget
me nots and the meadow land by the river
were excursions made every day. On the
road one 'day we met
A PEASANT WEDDING PARTY.
There were four or i've wagons full OF peo-
pie, all singing and seeming in the gsyestof
spirits. Our little companions screamed out
hearty congratulations to the bride and
groom, and lot OF nosegays were thrown 70
US. The wagons were wreathed in greens
and flowers, the horses ornamen ted with CAV
str Gamers. The peasant girls wore such end
their coquettish little caps tnat IL made
quite noisy Mapping in the rapid driving.
This was the only ample feature In their
toilette, for their skirts barely covered the
knee, and their shoTt-watsted little bOdIces
looked scant enough. the men wore long
nun coats. knee breecheS and wooden SHOES
Directly following the welding party came
a large wagon with six horses. This was
loaded with the household furniture given
to the bride. Everything that goes toward
furnishing farm house was there; the pegs
all around the wagon were hung with rat.
ting tin pals and kettles, and the whole
load surrounded by several mammoth
young lady in the village who was shortly
to be married sent fof Us TO come and 10
sIeCl llousSedu. one was Tue GduZu.er
or very wealthy family, aud had linen
enough 10 last 10 her great-grandchildren,
as Il very often the case In Germany. The
things were all arranged in piles on long
tables extending the length OF the room.
There was tanle linen, bed linen. and wear
ing apparel of every kind and description,
All marked with her name in blue aud red
glass beads. Every stocking She had knit
since She was wee mite OF a girl hal been
put aside for this occasion; conseq aently
there was wholesale stock of them.
An endless amount OF linen is, indeed. re-
quired IN places Ike this village, where
they
WASH ONLY ONCE IN SIX MONTHS.
1t is not, TO be sure, very agreea bic to have
the miseries Of washing day dawn with every
Monday morning, but far worse is It TO get
all the misery in a lump twice In a year, 10
have the accumulated trials OF not less than
tw6nty-siX Monday mornings come all at
once. This wholesale washing siege hap
during our stay. Six great masculine-lOok-
ing peasant women arrived late Que night
and started 10 work at it, for they work
night and day. The house servant was
aroused 10 make them strong coffee, aud she
hardly did anything else while they were
there. In all our experience OF coffee drink
ing we had seen nothing like this. for the
music OF the coffee mill kept incesSant tune
to their scrubbing. We tried TO penetrate
the laundry regions, but were driven out by
an atmosphere as clouded with the stormy
voices OF the old women as with the no.,
hlinding steam. Inf.
ADUBUQUER AT THE FALLs.-The Du-
buque (lowal Times prints letter from a
citizen OF that town, now at Niagara Falls
| In which the writer gives this bit OF graphic
description: The falls looks TO me like a