Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-24

J men, women and children in hoida
attire with banners, lighted candle
| and q brass band. The shops wer
closed temporarily, oak branche
scattered in the street, innumerabl
little flags hung out, images brough
to sight, little shrines lighted, an,
howers cast under the fees of th
priests who were heading the process
sion. As soon as it was past busi
ness went on as before. There wer
formal services in the cathedral an,
the many churches. In the after
noon and evening there was music
dancing and drinking in large bee
garden connected with our hotel OF
the bank of the river. The revelry
Including the playing of large ban,
was kept up until nearly midnigh
when the entertainment ended will
e ine display of fireworks TIL
Sabbath here as generally on th
continent is merely great holiday
Leaving Cologne by steamer .her,
is little OF interest until we reach thu
University town of Bonn, which wa
one CT the first fortresses of the Ro
mans on tho Rhine, and was frequent
ly mentioned by Tacitus. The Uni
| versity buildings, like those of al
the great educational institutions o
Germany, are insignificant and IN
worthy visit unless the traveller
learns from it that great Universe.
W does not consist in fine building,
but in distinguished professors.
| A little above Bonn we come Il
the Seven Mountains of whica the
most noted, Drachenfels. or Dragon,
Rock. is mentioned by Byron, as
"The castled crag of Drachenfels
Frowns DER the wide and winding Rhine.
From ruined castle on its sum.
init there is one OF the finest and
most extended views on the " hole
Rhine. In the side of the mountain
toward the river can be seen the
mouth of the cave in which there
once lived terrible dragon, who ate
half dozen men for his dinner ev-
cry day, and was worshiped by the
idolaters who lived in the vicinity
But beautiful captive christian
maiden was once given to him as O
part of his daily rations, who held
the cross toward the monster as he
opened his mouth TO receive her,
which so terrified him that he sprang
into the Rhine and was never seen
more. In proof of the story you can
see with your own eyes the cavern
in which the monster lived.
Just beyond on the other side OF
the river, is the mountain and ruined
arc of Rolandseck castle, opposite
the island of Nonnonwerth, which
was built by the brave knight Ro-
land on his return from the Crusades
in order that he might overlook the
convent on the island in which his
lady love had taken refuge, when
she heard the rumor of his death
This beautiful legend of bis Knight
ly devotion is the subject of one OF
Schiller's finest ballads. 1.-The Knight
of Toggenburg'
At LINZ are extensive quarries OF
basaltic, which is here found IN hex
agonal columns of from three to ten
inches in diameter. These columns
are used largely in the construction
of dykes in Holland. Neuwied re.
celved the Moravians after their ex-
pulsion from Moravia during the
thirty years war, and from this cen.
ter they have spread over the whole
world.
In half an hour more we are at the
beautifully situated city of Cobienz,
at the junction of the Rhine and
Moselle. On the opposite side of the
river is the Gibraltar of the Rhine,
the fortress of Ehren brsistein, which
is practically invulnerable It can
be defended by 500 men and can &C.
commodate 100000, and its maya
zines will contain provisions for 500
for 10 years. Twelve miles from
Coblenz is Ems, the favorite resort
of the German Emperor, where, in
1870. King William brought on the
French war by his sharp reply to an
obtrueive French ambassador. Co
blenz was the birth place of the dis.
tinguished Austrian Prime Minister
Prince Metternich. From Coblenz to
Bingen, a distance of thirtv-seven
miles, is the finest scenery on the
Rhine.
Three miles above Coblenz is the
castle of Stolzenfels, on a precipit-
Gus rock rising 800 feet above the
river. As early as 1900 it was q
famous castle, but 200 years ago ii
was destroyed by the French aud
left in ruins until within fifty years,
when it was presented to the pres.
ent Emperor William by whom il
was rebuilt. Queen Victoria was en-.
tertained here in 1916. 1t includes
one Of the finest views on the Rhine
On our right towers the almost con,
zeal mountain on which the castle oil
harrisburg is perched, 485 feet above
the Rhine, the only middle age for
tress on the river which has escaped
destruction. Scattered through Bob.
pard are number of those strange
old German houses with the frames
on the outside of the buildings. Thi,
part of the Rhine is much frequent
ed by artists in search of the quaint
and picturesque. Like several otn-
er places on the Rhine in early times
it boosted a lodge of the Knights
Templar, whose heroes are mention
ed in records Of the Crusades.
Just above, on the opposite side Of
the river. browning adjacent spurs
of the same mountain, are the ruins
OF the two castles called The B-oth-
ers. These were occupied by two
brothers who loved the same maiden.
Heinrich generously went to the
CrHsades and left the prize to Con.
rad, who finally growing weary Of
her, also went to the Crusades, and
suddenly returned with 3 Grecian
bride. This broke the heart of the
deserted wife, who shut herself up
in her castle and refused to see any
one. Late one evening q strange
night claimed the hospitality of the
castle. He proved to be Heinrich,
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