The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-15

journey it felt heavy enough for a
common two-horse load. n
The family with whom l was to live
was expecting me, and soon had hot
coffee and cake placed before me, to
which 1 did ample justice.
In Leipsic one becomes accustomed
to the rattling noise Of the busy streets,
to the merry voices of the people who
continually throng the thoroughfares,
to the strains of sweet music which
flow out from nearly every house; in
truth everything there is lively you
do not become lonely for want of some
thing to see or something to hear you
can spend a pleasant and profitable
evening at the theatre or some musical
concert; you can take q walk into the
Rosenthal, where you can see the elite
of the city, attired in their best robes.
But in HohenlOhe, how different No
wonder | was lonely the first few days.
No wonder l at first thought myself
foolish for leaving lively city to go
to the country and dwell alone, where
l could not, perhaps, hear word of
English in year, where amusements
are as scarce as fre-engines and the
streets are as void of people as they are
of street lamps. But matters have
changed: am contented in my coun.
try home, because it was in such a
place was born and have lived al.
most my entire life. The country air
possesses a purity that cannot be found
in the city; the simplicity of the COUP
try people, the quietude and serenity
with which one IS here surrounded, the
pleasant walk leading to neighboring
towns, the beautiful groves in WHICH
sing the birds Of spring, are in them
selves sufficient to make German coun-
try life desirable. Those who have
lived in the country know that there
is sweetness in that life that those
who have been born and lived their
entire life in cities never have expert
enced. Hehenlohe is a town of not
over four hundred inhabitants, who
are people of industry and enterprise,
as thoir prosperity fully demonstrates.
Farming is the chief source of revenue,
and the manner in which their fields
are kept is an honor to any people.
The houses are principally old and of
the old German style. The church,
just few rods from where l live, has
been in service over four hundred
years, and still receives the people
twice every Sabbath within its shatter-
ed walls. The Pastor, with whom l
live, is German of the good, jovial
class, who likes to converse and relate
his little anecdotes, and, like all other
Germans, finds great pleasure in the
drinking of glass of beer, or in smok-
ing his long German pipe.
The country surrounding Hohenlohe
is level and picturesque, and as you
take walk out into the open fields
and lock around you, you see no less
than ten different cities aad towns.
Leipsic, about ten miles distant, can
be seen with ease. A very short dis
tance from here was fought one of the
great battles of 1913.
have noticed one popularity about
the Germans which is to me both EN-.
barrassing and disgusting, and that is
their inability, at times, to understand
their own language when spoken to by
a foreigner. 1t seems to me as though
they expect a foreigner to get their
language reversed, as it were, and when
he gets it right they fail to compze-
hend this fact. For instance, when a
young man steps up, full of confidence,
and inquiries for the University Church,
and is shown into the University
Kitchen, or after working an hour on
an important question, and commit
ting the same to memory, and then
steps up to a gentleman and delivers
it in regular native style, and receives
the answer, "Ich verstehe das nicht," he
cannot but feel somewhat disgusted as
well as discouraged. This, am thank.