Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-08-28
ACROSS THE CONTINENT
OF EUROPE.
VENICE, IrALY, July 81, 1879.

Dy steamer up through bne fnOSG plcGur- =
esque and beautiful regions of the river @
Rhine, the scenery of which, abounding /
in feudal castles, yine-clad slopes and ro- |
mantle sites, is so celebrated in history, /
legend, song and the painters art. We
passed the Drachenfels, the Seven Noun
tains, the Nunnery of Nomenworth, the {
castles of Rolandseck, Arenfels, Rheineck {
and Hummerstein; the great fortress of I
Ehrenbreitstein at Coblenz (the '' Gibral-
tar of the Rhine''), the royal castle of
Stobzenfels, the castles of Sterrenberg
and Liebenstein ('' The Brothers'') the
imposing ruins of the Rheinfels, the cas-
ties of the sECat'' and the 60 Mouse"
Schonberg and Gutenfels, the Pfalz, near
Caub; the castles of Staleck, Rheinstein
and Ehrenfels; the Mouse Tower, Bingen,
a place known to every schOOl-boy from
the fact of its being linked with the beau
tiful poem entitled Bingen on the
Rhine" the dying soldiers request, the
castle Johannesburg and many other an
cient strongholds known in history and
legend, as well as the romantic Lurlei, |
the university city of Bonn (the BIRTH |
place of Beethoven), and many other inn |
portant and historic towns and castles.
About dark we landed at Riebrick, at |
which point the grandest scenery of the
Rhine terminates, and we are conveyed
by carriages to Wiesbaden, at the base
of the Tannus range, a driYe of three or
four miles along a broad and level road
way, shaded on the sides by four rows of
beautiful trees, where we spent the night.
4 hot
and fine residences and hotels. 1t is a
large German watering-place, sOlidly and
permanently built up. From here we
proceed by rail to Fran nkfort-on-the-Main
over a beautiful agricultural country,
where we arrive before noon, take car
riages and drive over the city couple of
hours. 1t is finely built up city, and,
like all cities in Europe, it has many
monuments in statuary on the streets to
commemorate the deeds and lives of
noted men. Among such we noticed the
statues of Martin Luther, Schiller, Goethe
and others. On the way we visit the
museums and art galleries. In Frank
fort, as in many other German towns, we
are informed the Jews were, until re-
Gently, only allowed to inhabit certain
parts of the town. The Judengasse, or
Lane of the Jews, was also closed every
evening, and no Jew was permitted, un-
der severe penalties, to enter the rest of
the town. These restrictions have, of
course, long since been removed, but the
Judengasse is still inhabited by the
poorer Jews The ROthschilds' old house
is in the Judengasse. This part of Frank
| yyHyit5 ala-
tial residences and business houses OF
, Frankfort of to-day. It was a conglom-
Grafton of old, dilapidated houses and
, business, the pavements and doorways ol
which were filled with squalled, dirty
men, women and children. They were
: evidently not in the habit of seeing
, twenty-five or thirty respectable hack
: filled with people driven through tha
! part of the city, and our caravan created
much merriment for them, besides bring
ing them all to the surface and front. A
2P NJ. we boarded the cars for Heidel
e berg, where we arrived at P. NJ. Oh
II the morning of July % the party inter
:, viewed the city of Heidel berg in hacks
= This is a place that deserves more than
Is passing scrutiny The situation of tn
If town and castle, and the striking histor,
e of the latter, combined with its magnifi
Ic cent view (more than five hundred fee
g above the city), are such as to render
L, one of the most interesting spots in Ger
es many; and day of rest in Wanderin
10 over these magnificent ruins and survey
ic ing the landscape from the castle terraC
of will be often remembered when EuroE
to is left behind. In the cellar of this al
us cient castle is the monster cask or tut
he holding 80 900 gallons of wine, and dat
o. back to the fifteenth century. Sever
I'll young men of the party crowded throue
an the bunghole to the inside. 1t lays on
he side, and on the top is arranged squa
e? platform, with a railing around it, f
vi the use of dancing, which will accomm
tic date four sets, a dance on the top
ire which, it is said, will cure the headach
DIV The grounds and buildings comprise
cir number of acres. The outer walls a
twenty-one feet thick, with massive gal
ways. The buildings, which were fine
- constr ucted, are studded on the outsi
: walls with innumerable statuary, bea
- tifully wrought in stone and marble.
- the market place is the Church of t
- Holy Ghost, divided into two section
- one Protestant and one Roman Cathol
n The Protestant half is said to be the oil
- est Protestant Church in Europe, foundt
- by Martin Luther. Heidelberg has
a.t population of %, 900.
.t On the morning of the 24th of July v
nd left for Stuttgart, the capital of Wurter
M berg. This is a beautiful place, fine
hu1ilf riEL
cal Kings palace being here, the city is bu
,tv accordingly. We visited the Kings Al
Queens palaces, art galleries, etc. Stu
all CART is one of the most beautiful cities t
me party has visited, and rejoices in poI
Tor lation of about 100000.
, me July % we took the cars for Munic
re- the capital of Bavaria, stopping by
his way at Ulm, very quaint old place
some 1000 Inhabitants. At this pl;
W. previous arrangements had been made
nle compliment the party with an organ CT
md | cert at the large Gothic Cathedral, a
led hence we proceeded to the church, a ve
tne the large one, founded in the eleventh c.
ned tury, with an unfinished tower 335 f
0ke high. An inscription on it tells us it v
the assembled by the King of the Roms
edPt ~ (kairer MAXI in 1892. From the chul
v we walked down to the gate and on to
re- bridge, where we got our fret glimpse
mo the river Danube-the same that flo
into the Black Sea-after which we
aP- aP turned to the depot and resumed the jo
zon ney to Munich, where we arrived abb
DE P. M. Munich has a population
mo- 200, 600, and is the treasure-house of
Ves art of Southern Germany. It's pub
the buildings and art collections are so
der merous that it will be impossible for