The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25
OUR GERMAN LETTER.

STUTTGART, August LIST, 1876.
Ed. JEFF.-DEAR SIR: Personally
l am not acquainted with you as the
change of the Press took place within
a few days of my leaving Findlay with
my wife for Philadelphia But prom
ised the former Editor, Mr.. DeWoIfe,
that would occasionally write a com
municatiOn for the JEFF. My wife
and myself left the Commercial House
(kept by Mr.. Stewart Sprague,) a gen
tleman of the first water, and his most
amiable wife, on Thursday, the 11th
of May, by rail road to Tifiln, from
there direct to Philadelphia, remained
there until the 7th of June. We went
from there to Washington, where we
were cordially received by Hon. Chas.
Foster. our most worthy Representa-
tive and Member, Of the 10Th CGbgres-
sional District, who ought to be by all
means re elected over and over again.
The people OF our Congressional Dis
triet can not End better man for that
responsible position. From Washing
ton we went directly to New York, and
shipped on Wednesday, June 14th, on
the steamer Leythia, on the Cunard
line, for LiverpOOI, where We arrived
safe and sound on the oath of June
Before the steamer passed the Narrows
a heavy fog settled down on the waters
and all objects disappeared from view.
1t lasted two days, but the sea remain
ed very calm. Steam power, only,
propelled US farther towards our desti-
nation. The last three days of our
voyage the sea got rough, and the
steamer kept rolling from side to side
until we got near Ireland, then the sea
got calm again and we got good sight
of the barren shores of that well
known land Neither my wife nor my
self were for a moment sea-siek on the
whole voyage, but ever ready for our
meals. We remained in Liverpool, un-
til Monday, tie Goth of June. Left
at SIP O'Clock 4. IL, and paid orr
fare clear through England, and as far
as Colon, on the Rhine, then, you see,I
had no need of looking after our
trunks and ''sieh." Going through
England, / noticed, from the rail road,
that the farmers were making hay,
some with III chimes, others with
scythe, the grass looked heavy, then
many OF them were pIowing, all with
three very large, powerful horses, not
abreast, but one after another The
grain as far as could see looked very
promising. As said before, we left
Liverpool at 1-2 o'clock, and got to
London at / o'clock p. ~, left London
at 3 o'clock OF the same day, by rail
road. for Havwieb, and got there at 8
O'Clock p. M. FroH there we took the
steamer for Antwerp, sailsd all night,
end Tuesday morning, the 27th. We
found ourselves in the river SheIda,
and we reached Antwerp at IL 4. M.
We left Antwerp a. 2 p NJ, for Colon,
and got there at . o'clock the same day
All through that small bat thickly set
tied Kingdom Of Belgium, I noticed
the grain standing well, and the farm
ers with their women, busy making hay
bat all with scythes and haDdrakes.-
The land here is ia smaller parcels
than il. England, the people have the
same strain of horses as in England
Every y or ~ minutes on the railroad
there were towns. villages and stations
where the train halted from 10 min
utes. In Colon we stayed from Tues
day till Thursday, and at 3 4. NJ. hav-
ing seen all tire sights to be seen. took
the steamer up tire old historic Rhine
for Mainz and arrived at 8 o'clock the
next morning, Friday. and went TO tie
Market and saw the Gutenberg Monu-
ment. Left Mainz at 9 o'clock A. M
for nv old. but beautiful city, Stutt-
cart wli.rt. W arrived very tired, at
o'clock y. u June 3Dih. On the fol-
lowing Monday. July 81, payed
visit to our Consul, Judge Joseph s.
Porter, Il warm true hearted American,
man who truly represents, with "a
careful zeal, our glorious Country
abroad. there secured two tickets
for ;he next day. our Fourth Of July
celebration, which was celebrated by
300 native and foreign born citizens OF
the United States. Since the 4th we
have bad very warm weather, the
Thermometer stands in the shade in
the day time at from % to 81 degrees
-, but the nights are invaria
bly, cool and peasant.
The grain all over Germany looks
promising. they commenced last week
20 harvest. Potatoes are also good
and there is a good prospect Of an ex-
cellent Vintage again, spples. pears,
and prunes are failure on account oil
late Spring frosts. Z. U.