Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-10
STORIES ABOUT Won MoLTKE.
Some Peculiarities of the Veteran GEL
man Field. Marshal.
London Trutl

man Field.Marshal.
London Truth.
Some time after the capitulation Of
Paris, Moltke went to Colmar, and
meaning to stay there a few days, did
not disdain to ask for u billeting order.
Nine. r., however, upon whom the
marshal was to have been quartered,
would have nothing to say to him, and
Mol;ke was fain to lodge and feed HIM
self at o hotel of course, at the lady's
expense. He asked for four rooms on
the first floor, invited people to break
fast and dinner, and treated them to
champagne-in short, the Teuton hero
lived like q fighting cock. But Mt the
end OF three days the landlord, who
hated him, quietly took leave to remind
his excellency that the term of the bill
letting order had now expired. Motke
replied with d dry cough, and q demand
for small room on the second floor.
During the remainder of his stay he
dined friendless and chamagneless at
tie table d'hote.
Moltke is as good letter-writer rs
Nine. de Sevigne, and he sent some
particularly charming letters from the
east to his sister, who had married an
Englishman settled in Holstein, Mr..
Burt. Miss Mary Burt, daughter of Mr..
Burt by II former marriage, was espe-
cially moved by them, and when the
warrior came home, his thirty-nne
winters were not considered fatal OBJ
lection to union with girl Of but six
| teen summers.
| "And their first love continued to the last"
II was the happiest of matches. She
died in 1868, on Christmas eve, ana it
WAS AS II revelation to men to see how
Moltke sorrowed. Often now he can
be observed at his country seat vending
his way, in the gray of the evening, to-
ward his wife's tomb-a plain marble
monument on the summit of little
hill, crowned with cypress. Beneath
the cross, carved on the little mausoleum,
may be read the motto: Glove is the
fulfilling of the law"
Moltke has fine property. II is
situated in Silesia, between Schweidnitz
and Reichenbach, and called, think,
Kreisau. There he is most thoroughly
Mt home. Rising every morning ut 5,
he begins tine day by Lighting little
spirit-lamps M the first step toward
getting himself n cup OF coffee. After
coffee he takes little turn in the
grounds, rather for pleasure than bust
ness, which only begins at z. Between
Z and 10 the marshal likes to make
thorough inspection of his domain. He
is good practical farmer and famous
for his cabbages, which have won sever
al medals
On one of these inspections he caught
u groom smoking IN the stables, and
gave him box on the ear, the force Of
which has been the theme Of admiring
comment by many rural Preside ever
since. But, rs u rule, his subordinates
speak kindly of him and say he is n
just and considerate master. Still, no
one ever has chance of forgetting the
iron hand that is covered by the velvet
glove.
At 10 the marshal takes kind of
second breakfast, n basin of soup or II
glass of wine and biscuit. BY this time
the letters and papers have arrived, and
Motke works till noon. SUNDAYS always
excepted On the Sabbath he goes to
church and reads good books during
the better part of the day.
At noon, ON regular day, the mar
shall takes nap till dinner time. which
central ceremony of every mans day
takes place III the Motke household ut
=. After dinner, u cigar and more
work BY and by chat with friends,
if any are staying with him, and per
haps stroll. Ats ten is served. On
n fine summer eveming the marshal
will take another turn after ten, but nj
most invariably goes to bed at 10.
A war interferes much less with
Moltkes habits than might be suppos-
ed. A friend met him in the streets of
Berlin in July, 1870, and after excliang-
ing IL few words, muttered something
about trespasslng ON the great mans
time mt such II crisis. and was about to
withdraw, when Moltke retained him,
saying in HE quietest manner, 81 have
nothing to do 1t was the simple
truth. Tho work had all been done
long before.
He is not, however, much of talker,
the famous soldier, who can hold his
tongue in ten languages. A funny
newspaper correspondent asked him i'll
that same July how things We're going
on. pretty well" he replied; "my
crops have suffered little from the
rain; my potatoes We're never finer"
| will not add the superlluous statement
that both "Our Own" and "Our Special"
are pet dislikes of the marshal, for
never yet knew u commander who
dotted on them.
History of Clocks aud Watches.
The clock, which Mt the present day
is considered an almost Indispensable