Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-01

which came not. But they managed to,
exist along, generation after generation,
and to increase and multiply, and be hap
Ply in their ignorance.
THE CIVIL GOVERNORS
performed their part after sorry fashion,
but whether the priests did theirs, nobody
has ever returned from the happy hunting
grounds to tell us. Any government be-.
ing better than none, it is likely that
these two classes of nabobs handled and
ruled their stupid subjects, through their
hopes and fears, as etfeetually as any one
else could have done, and with as little
oppression. And 30 the impositions have
gone On. And now, in this country, the
same two humbugs, in a modified form,
subslst and flourish. An instance will
suffice. There is church not far from
here said to have been ded icated by Jesus
himself in spiritual person. In it are the
swaddling clothes of the infant Jesus and
lots OF other holy trumpery. The church
is on mountain some three thousand
feet high, assembled by steep road. An
inclined plane railroad is provided for
those who wish to use it; but the faithful
go on foot. Every now and then "big
doings" are held at that church. A few
days ago, some
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED PILGRIMS,
men and women, with hard peas in their
shoes, assembled that mountain, crawled
UP the steps on their knees, and Frustrated
themselves before the altar. Here won
derful cures are wrought upon the faithful
snd their prayers always answered. If q
man has the rheumatism, he BUYS little
toy wax leg at the church, has it sprinkled
with holy water, hangs it on the altar, and
his rheumatism is gone. If barren
woman desires a child, she crawls up
here, buys wax baby, has little holy
water jerked on to it, hangs it on the
altar, and IN due time the offspring is
stock in corporation, and is afraid he
will be frozen out by The majority, up he
sscends with peas in his boots, buys a wax
share, applies the holy sprinkling pot and
waters his stock 80 as 10 give him the
majority and thereby the control,-an so
a thousand other miraculous things are
done here. There is no use in denying 1t,
for here are the multltudes trying, and
here are the pictures hanging about the
walls, giving names, day and date of
more wonderful things that have been
done, than any | have mentioned. AS
usual, woman does all the work. The
Virgin Mary is he1 name, and she must
have her hands full.
In general, however, I believe the
governors" are latterly inclining to
EASE UP ON THE PEOPLE
a little, and to give them half chance to
take care of themselves, both soul and body.
| hope they will be more successful than
those under the more ancient regime. Well,
this is the moral of the old Heidelburg
castle, and of all the other old castles, and
dungeons, and miraculous churches and
lnquisitions which this country exhibits.
The moral is longer than l thought it
wasl
These Germans excel the world in
MUSIC.
In every town the bands are numerous
and excellent, and everybody browns his
cares and troubles with music, wine and
beer. "Old King Cole called for his pipe,
and called for his bowl, and called for his
fddlers three" Here, to satisfy the pub
lie taste, it requires couple of dozen
f1ddles, and bass viols, drums, cymbals,
harps, psalters, sackbuts, hewgags and
horns to match. And always in front of
the band, with his back to the audience,
is a little chap with stick IN his hand,
gesticulating and cutting up cspers like
jumping jack. He appears to be sort
of musical thermometer, and goes up and
down with the tones, making the most
fuss when the wire is Bonded. The mu.
sicians keep their eye on him, and when
he appears quite exhausted, they conclude
the performance with grand flourish.
Then all take glass of beer and get ready
for a fresh assault on this little glmcrack
of gentleman, who receives large sal
airy for being the target Of all their noise.
Everybody knows that Germany keeps
large
STANDING ARMY
in time of peace. In it every young man
at the age of eighteen must enter and
serve actively for three year, and after
that stand ready to serve four years more,
if called upon. Many people are said to
have run away from the country to es-
cape such service for their boys The
philosophical German looks at the matter
in different light. At the age eighteen
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