The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-09-11

running in direct lines for thou
sands and thousands of miles, and
I said to myself reste tranquille
mon brave, we don't want any
Cathedral Of Cologne. The Cattle
dral is to Cologne what Genesee
Falls are to Rochester, the great
feature of the place. Begging as
sails you as you descend from the
railway station, mendicity follows
your footsteps wherever you 60.
Even beneath the shadow of Gods
sacred altar you are not exempt, for
there neither the priest nor. the
levite feels inclined to pass you by.
The beggarly spirit which is the
bane Of Continental Europe to day,
seems to have infested all classes.
Foreigners Of every degree are look
ed upon in the light Of legitimate
game, and as subjects fit only to be
spoiled by the Egyptians. De-
cidedly the most respectable and
aristocratic looking class Of people
to be found on the continent ale
the walters -arrayed in swallow
tailed coats and immaculate cravats,
I really envied their distingue ap-
pearance. One fellow I met at
Strasbourg was so nobby in his ap-
pearance that D ate three dinners
in one afternoon, for the simple
privilege of looking at him. He
parted his hair in the middle, and
wore . Piccadilly collar that dis
played lis manly neck almost to
his armpits. He was stunner-so
feeling that imitation was hopeless,
7 co,nforted myself with his photo
graph, which I b. 70 fled away
with the souvenirs Of my trip. It
would add no interest to these let
ters to attempt to describe the
Cathedral of Cologne. The gran.
| deur of it's Gothic architecture, the
splandor of it's decorations, the
magnifcence Of it's proportions, I
am ashamed to confess, made on
me but little impression. I would
sooner have seen that race built up
and trained to independence, than
to admire the hundreds Of taperlng
pinnacles over which so many cen
| tu1ies have rolled. I believe in
churches and in church organiza-
tions; the community where they
are not sustained isa miserable one
to me; but L do not believe in that
ostentatiops display which rears a
temple at the cost of countless mil
lions, while the poor wretches
whom it was reared to save, are
dying Of starvation at it's very
gates.
Of all the continental countries
Belgium seems like one Of the
most blest-zfrom the very mo-
ment you cross it's borders a new
state of affairs becomes manifest.
Decency, good order, thrift, in
dustry, good government, are
plain as the hand writing on the
wall. Such husbandry is to. be
seen in very few places in the
world, and it really appears as if
there were no drones in this Bel.
GUM hive work, work, work, re-
sounds on every side, towns,
villages, and cities follow each
other in rapid succession all along
the route, till you reach the beau
tiful city of Brussels, which is
second to Paris alone. In all OF
it's associations, save the art ele.
ment alone, it surpasses the French
capital. One of the noblest cathe-
drals on the continent of Europe
is to be seen at this place, which
in grandeur, combined with SIM
plicity, magni6cence with purity
and taste, elaborate ornamentatlon
without tawdry display, [ have
seen nothing that will bear COM
parison with it; and the memory
of it's grand and noble aisles will
live among my pleasantest CONT
mental mem mories, when Strasbourg
with it's famous clock, and Cologne
with it's infamous smells, arc for
gotten.
Yours truly,
BROADBRIM.
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