Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-09-21
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
Our Foreign Letter.
On THE OCEAN WAVE,
So-t,x,t,1, q 1870

September 2, 1878
Dear Journal: When l wrote to
you from Larkhall the time for our
departure home was drawing near,
but l thought would have time to
write you another letter from the old
world. An opportunity, however,
not having been presented to me, l
shall now, when all the rest of our
passengers are talking with their
friends about their trip and recount
ing to each other their adventures
and mlsadventures in Europe, again
crave a small portion of your space
and give you a brief resume of our
trip since our departure from Nurem-
berg
After leaving this city we wended
our way towards
WURzBURG,
where we found letters awaiting US
from home. Here is situated the col
lege where your friend, Rev. V. F. S.,
entered upon his studies, and our visit
hither was principally to see his pro-
fessor. During our stay here, however,
we went around and found the city in
teresting. Our old friend, the guide
book, says it is one Of the oldest cities
in Germany, and the old and curious
ly built Notifications would seem to
indicate as much. In one of the
churches here Walther Won der Voge-
lweide, the great German minstrel of
olden times, lies buried. Durino the
AustIo-Prussian war - 1856 - the
Notifications were BON barded and the
city was forced to capitulate.
Our next place to visit was the
charming little city of
KIssINGEN,
known to the whole world on account
of her celebrated mineral springs
There are here some very large and ele-
gantly built hotels; almost every
family can accommodate visitors and
have signs out proclaiming the fact,
and a stranger would think that the
city was made up Of hotels.
Persons from every nation in Eu-
rope make it a resort, but it is mostly
visited by the Germans. The EN-
peror of all the Russias" is one of the
frequent visitors, and during our stay
here the German Chancellor, Prince
Bismarck, was spending his vacation
at his cottage in the neighborhood.
He never appears in public, but at 4
o'clock every evening he takes walk
on his verandah when the people have
an opportunity to gaze upon his
majestic form if they feel inclined
to walk to his cottage about mile
and half from the city. The visitors
drink the water twice a day, morning
and evening, and during the hours for
drinking the band plays and the
visitors promenade in magnificent
grove known as the "cur Garten." "
Every morning at the head of the
Garten stand women and children
selling boquets and all kinds of bread
for visitors to take home for breakfast
after the music lie over. The springs are
| carried on by the government which
has provided dancing halls and read,
ing and billiard rooms. For all thi;
the government exacts from every one
staying longer than week tax ac'
cording to the rank of the visitor.
tried every plan knew to "take th'
beneft" on the Bavarian government
but the tax collector caught me a
last and was obliged to pay ny
marks like the rest.
The Rev, V. F. Schmitt's (your es
teemed citizen) native place is in III
neighborhood of this city. While b
Was visiting his friends and relative
| had an opportunity to take the res
which I had SO long desired W
spent two weeks here and becomin
aware that we must soon return, W
separated, your correspondent to Wis
his friends in Scotland, and his con
panions to tarry little longer wit
theirs. Being left to paddle my ow
canoe, I took leave of my Germa
friends and proceeded to
MAYENCE,
, situated on the site of fort founde
by Druss IA B. G. After stay he
4 of " few hours viewing the places