St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-02
The Tourjee Excursion Party in Eu-
rope.
NUMBER NINE.

The Scenery betloeen Stuttgart and Mu-
nich-Ihe SchWabian Alb-U Ulne andits
CathedraI-MuRich and its Multiplici-
bOf Sights-The Galleries of Statua-
ry and Paintings-Ihe Statue of
Bauarfa- Royal Palace and its
Art Treasures HOftEeGter-Etc.
HOTEL OF THE Four SEASONS, MUNICH,
BAVARIA, July, 1879.
FROM STUTTGART TO MUNICH.
The railway journey from Stuttgart
to Munich is through very picturesque
region. The traveller approaches and
passes through the romantic Swabian
Alb, and upon the approach to the Ba-
varian capital the blue and graceful
outlines of the Bavarian Alps begin to
show themselves like delicate fringe
along the southern horizon. The chief
places on the route are Ulm and Augs-
burg, the former just within the east
ern boundary of Wurtemburg, and the
latter on the other side of Swabia, and
just within the western limits of Upper
Bavaria, but the many picturesque little
towns through which the railway runs
are quite as Interesting as these. In
some of these places, and especially at
Geislingen, which is romantically stu
ated in Il ravine at the base of the Alb,
the old houses are of queer tumble
dOwn-Style of architecture, while the
number of windows they contrive to
crowd into the high roofs is something
really astonishing. At Geislingen, too,
horn carving is carried Oh very much
the same as wood carving is followed in
products are quite as fanciful in design.
Near the town, perched upon high
rock, is the ruined tower of Helfenstein,
which was destroyed more than thee
centuries ago. 1t is just beyond this
point, too, that the train climbs to the
table land known as the Rauhe Alb, the
dividing ridge between the watersheds
of the Neckar and the Danube-the
North and the Black Seas.
ULM.
The quaint old city of Ulm is situated
on the banks of the Danube, which
; just at this point, is neither beautiful
nor blue. We halted at Ulm severa
hours, long enough to make thorough
. inspection of the ancient munster and tC
J climb to the top of its high tower 1884,
feet) to gain beautiful view of the sur
rounding country. The church was
founded in 1877 and has been built al
intervals. The tower has not reached
the intended height-475 feet, according
to the architects design-and probably
never will. The edifiee is very spacious
being 5l8 feet in length and its nave
l41 feet high, and it contains some very
fine wood carvings by the Syrlins, faith
er and son, who lived at the beginning
of the sixteenth century. There is alst
Il curious monument in carved wood tt
an old Burgomaster and his wife, the
architect being represented between
them with the church on his shoulders
On the walls are the escutcheODs of al
the ancient Swabian families, and in th,
side chapels are some old portraits, one
OF which, of st. Besserer, painted by
Martin Schaffner, in 1916. cost Kins
Louis OF Bavaria the handsome littl,
? sum of &c, 900 gulden. The organ is on,
) of the most celebrated in Europe, hav
ing been built in 1856 by Walcker, o
Ludwigsburg, the constructor of tn,
z great organ in Boston Music Hall. AT
ter our inspection of the church, our as
cent to the summit of the tower. wher,
an inscription informed us that the En-
peror Macmillan had been before us
3o7 years ago, and visit to the statel,
hath6GnS, we lunched at the Colder
Lion, an ancient inn that has not We
caught the infection of high prices
: Good wines cost something less than ;
mark twenty-five cents) per Htre, an,
the edibles were equally cheap. Having
done ample Justice to the larder of on
host and our own appetites, we one,
more took the railway and were sool
across the Danube on our way to Mu
Mich.
MUNICH.
Our stay in the Bavarian capital ex
tended over several days, and as Messrs
Gaze & Sons representatives possessed
an 'open sesame" which threw aside
the doors of palaces and museums, boil
Ill and out of season, we were enabled
to make good use of our time. 1t is il
this matter of being able to break owe,
many of the rules of places of publ,
exhibition, that we enjoy many oppor.
! tunities not enjoyed by individul trav.
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