Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-30
PRINCE BISMARCK.
Graphic Description of the German Chs
cellor.

! DtsCFIpllOH OF "eTuihu
| cellor.
He is powerful man. That is what
strikes every one who sees him for the
first time. He is very tall and of enor-
nous weight, but not ungainly. Every
part of his gigantic frame is well pro-
portioned-the large round bead, the
massive neck, the broad shoulders, and
the vigorous limbs. He is now over
sixtT4three, and the burden he has to
bear has beer Unusually heavy; but
though his step has become slow and
ponderous, he carries his head high
looking down even on those who are as
tall as himself-and his figure is still
erect. During these latter years he has
suffered frequent and severe bodily pain,
but iio one could look upon him as an
old man OF as one to be pitied. On the
contrary, everybody who sees him feels
| that Prince Bismarck is still in posses
sion Of immense physical power. Photo
graphy has made his features known to
all. 1t is strange face, which would
attract attention anywhere, even if we
did not know that it belonged to man
whose doings have changed our modern
world. It is face never to be forgotten
by no means @ handsome, but much
less an ugly one. 1t was remarkably
bright, full of humor, of merry mischief
even, in days long gone by. 1t has now
become serious almost solemn-with an
expression of unfinching energy and
daring. The round bald forehead-an
object of admiration for the phrenologist
is of quite extraordinary dimensions;
the large prominent blue eyes, seem as if
| they could look into the sun without
blinking. They are not quick-they
wander slowly from one object to another;
but when they rest on human coun-
tenance, they become 80 intensely in
quiring, that many people, when they
have to undergo this searching look,
feel uneasy; and all, even Bismarck's 8
equals, or superiors, are made aware
that they are in presence of man with
whom it would be wise to play fair, as
he would probably discover the subtlest
tricks. His thick, well-set oVerbrows
are singularly long and shaggy, and they
add not a little to the stern, and, at
times, somewhat fierce expression Of his
| countenance. The nose is of ordinary
size-not as long, perhaps, as might be
expected from the rest OF the face; the
chin is, large and massive. Prince Bis
marck has said of himself, that he was
"the best-hated man in Europe" He
has, indeed, many furious enemies in
various parts of the world; in his own
country, to begin with; and again at
Rome, in Austria, and in France. He
has not often been heard to complain OF
this, still bright intellect cannot pos
sess the knowledge of such q fact With
out being saddened by it. Prince Bis
marck is by no means a ight-hearted
man. Sorrow aud care have taken up
their abode with him. They throw q
shadow on his brow, and make themsel-
yes felt in the sound of his voice, and in
the frequent bitterness of his hesitating
speech. He is no longer young-he
fully realizes the fact that the best part
of his life is gone, that his greatest bat
ties have been fought; and may be in
his inner heart there is the feeling, that
while he has achieved much for the
greatness of his country, he has done
but little for his own happiness. Some
times when lie is sitting among his per-
sonal and intimate FRIENDSHIP has, be-
sides his family, some five or six of these
free from all restraint, smoking his
long pipe, patting the head Of his huge
dog, attending listlessly to converse
ii n going on around him in subdued
tones, there passes over his cold face a
something like soft transparent veil,
behind which his hard features relax and
take an unlocked for expression of visit
full sadness. After all. Otto Won Bis
marck, child of the Marches, where his
family has been known since the thir-
teenth century, is thoroughbred Ger
man. Though one of the most matter
of-fact men the world las ever known,
he carries within his breast hidden
vein of deep feeling; and though that
feeling is certainly not of the kind which
gives birth to morbid sentimentality, and
it is difficult to believe that young Bis
marck ever addressed his complainings
TO the moon, still it enables him to feel
keenly all that sensitive heart has to
endure during the passage through life.
-Blacka0ood's Magazine.