Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-02

dreaded steuer or tax. Unaocustomed to
den, your sympathies are continually
aroused; but when You venture to remark
! upon 'man's inhumanity to man." the
Germans smile at your enthusiasm and re-
ply, They are only peasant women, who
know nothing better, OF, They are con.
tent with enough to eat" In fact every
imaginable means of locomotion appears on
the streets OF Dresden, except the single
buggy or the light express wagon which
dash so jauntily about our streets. But
amid the varied collection of equipages,
carriages, wagons and dog. carts, no con.
fusion Is ever witnessed. Universal law
and order is the just and righteous reputa.
ton OF Dresden. Keep to the right, as
the law directs, is never violated. At
railroad crossing all come to standstill, in
prompt obedience to the long wooden arms
which clasp hands across the street, and no
one ever dreams OF venturiug further till
they unclasp and throw mp their arms
again. Germany has no dearth of cripples,
but life and limb are seldom lost under the
wheels of the great iron horse
CHARMING Is THE CITY OF DRESDEN
When the shadows begin to grow longer,
and you follow the custom of the country
and go out for the Spazier gang. The Ger.
mans believe in the motto: "Take the
open air, the more you take the better y
and they live up to it. In the Grossen
Garten, which covers an area of $50 acres,
you find, at this time Of day, every high
way and bypath teaming with life. There
are nurses with babies, invalds in wheeled
chairs, equestrian parties, pilgrims, stran,
gers, citizens, officers, soldiers, members Of
the court, often Prince George with his
family; all walking. chattering and laugh
ing, for troubles and worries are all left
outside of the Beautiful Gates" Or go
just outside of the city, wend your way to
che Moreau monument, erected on the spot
where the brave General fell fighting
the mighty Napoleon go to the very place
on the banks of the Elbe where first the
star of glory in the crown of the merciless
conquerer began to lose its luster. and
where in the space of two days 10, 900 of
his brave men fell.
Extend your walk still further till you
reach the village of Blasewitz, and make
pilgrimage to the ancient linden tree i'm
lnortalized by the great Schiller, who wrote
Don Carlos" beneath its friendly shade
or cross the river in the queer, clumsy, lit.
tie boat, and visit the old home OF Korner,
and sit down in the summer-house where
Schiller loved to muse alone with his
thoughts and his pen. Or go out on any
one of the three bridges which span the
graceful curving Elbe and connect the divi.
sions of the city, all of which command
extensive views of Dresden, its environs,
and the highlands stretching away in the
distance. Stand on the old bridge when
the shadows have grown longer STILL and
the city lamps twinkle out follow the
graceful sweep of the beautiful river, and
gaze on the sparkling waters below,
while the giant shadows of the lofty build.
ings awaken in your soul all the slumber-
ing childhood stories of monsters with out
stl etched arms.
CALM AND PEACEFUL is DRESDEN AT MID
NIGHT,
When the clocks are striking the hour,
And the moon looks over the city,
From behind the tall church tower
Quiet and safe are its streets the long
night through. No ringing cry OF Fire p
ever breaks in upon your tranquil slumbers,
for confagrations are unknown. The in
vulnerable stone walls completely battle all
efforts of the pitiless element. No sound
of temperance is ever heard, and yet no
reeliDg drunkard ever roams about. Drunk
enness is simply abhorred by the Germans );
every one takes his beer and wine, but he
takes it moderately. The only man in
Dresden who is conspicuous for taking too
much is Major from Boston, who claims
to be a veteran of the war. The Germans
point to him as the American who can
+" take more beer than any German in the
Vaterland." He is quite harmless, how
ever, employs drosky when he cannot
navigate, and manages to escape the
fa.herly arms of the police. With all the
temperance societies III America more Of
the evil effects of spirituous liquors are
seen in any city there in one week, than in
a whole year 10 Dresden. "Who knoweth
which is best 2"
And thus, as days lengthen into weeks,
and weeks into months, you obtain view
here, an impression there; bit of color at
one time, shadow at another now
glimpse of peasant life, again a peep into
the court circle, till finally German
Florence is seen, sketched, filled in,
touched, retouched, and ready to hang
away on the walls of memory, while you
turn to other skies for new scenes, fresh
attractions and strange faces.