The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-07
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the way ito the great oak" The park
are not handsome, though they afford fin
opportunity for recreation in the ope,
air, and "Rosentha" has pond mucl
enjoyed by the skaters, when the weathe
is suitable for this sport. There are sew
eral ponda for this purpose here, end tn,
city has devoted one to the use of boo
children, who are unable to pay for th,
privilege Of skating.
Many of the public buildings and som,
private residences are cf stone or pton,
fronts, and are quite handsome. The
Court House of this circuit adjoins The
Jail and church, where service for the
imprisoned has been provided for, and il
very handsome stone building.
This city, as your readers may know
is the seat of the Supreme Court of The
German empire. The Ceur. halls are
situated one story high from the ground
generally called by us second story
but by the Germans "eine treppe" Zone
pair OF steps,. In the lower story are
business houses, and the building 10 no,
very fine in appearance. A n,7 hall i.
to be built for this Court, which has not
been organized for many years.
The Theater is handsome stone build.
ing in the Renaissance style, but is not
to be compared to the Royal Theater in
Dresden, which 10 one of the handsomest
in the world.
The Museum, which is opposite the
| Theator, Is said to be very fno, but has
been closed eincc October, in consequence
of work upon the building. The large,
open, unpaved, unimproved square, be.
tween the Theater and Museum, is the
Augustus Platz, which is reserved by the
city to rent to those who take part in the
"Messe"-a Fair, of which l will write
in subsequent communication.
The city possesses two bronze monu-
ments of considerable merit: one is that
recently erected to the memory o. the
great jurist, Leibnitz, and the other is
that known as "The Luther Monument" )"
which was unveiled upon he four hum
dredth anniversary of Luther's birthday.
This monument represents Luther seated
and holding book in his hand, while
Melanchthon stands by his side, holding
document and bending forward to show
it to Luther. The figures are much be.
yond life size, and are mounted upon q
square, Pyramidai section OF coIored
granite, into the sides Of which are
placed plates of bronze with dates, which
are connected with some of the more
prominent events Of the reformation.
The monument was designed and finished
by the renowned sculptor, Prof. Schill.
ing, Of Dresden, who was also the sculp.
tor OF the famous monument and sur
mounting figure, "Germauia,'' recently
placed upon the "Niederwald" on the
Rhine, to commemorate the victory of
the Germans over the French, 1871.
At the unveilng of the Luther monu.
ment on the 10Th Of November. 1888,
the procession was the largest have
ever seen. BY order Of the City Council,
tbs Professors and students OF the uni
versity headed the procession, and the
various associations and societies of the
business men of the city followed in their
appointed order.
The houses of Leipzig are usually of
brick, and a fen of them are faced with
stone. The roofs are for the most part
of tile-some are of slate or other mate
rial. Wooden houses or roofs arc not
often seen. Tin roofs are not 80 frequent
as with us. In the country here as in
Belgium and France, one sees occasion.
ally thatch roof, but the etymology OF
the word "thatch," which 10 connected
with the German word "dach," meaning
''Toof," suggests its primitive use.
A few private houses here are built
only two stories high, and are occupied
by single families, but most OF the houses
are built directly upon the street, and
arc usually from four to FIVE stories high.
The lower floor is often used for store
or other business, and the families live
above. 1t is usually the case that one
family occupies one or two stories, and
another family the story next higher, and
third the story next higher, and so on
one staircase and one door of exit from
the house serving for all the families
There are, therefore. fewer doors of exit
than we usually find in America, and
many of the blocks of houses look very
much like the business blocks of oul
cities. The custom Of families occupy.
ing a story, or stories, of a house and moi
the entire house is, primarily, a matter o
economy, but the houses are erected with
this manner Of living in view, which
gives rise to the principal differences be-
tween the new houses here ard many o.
those in our own country. This mode o.
living is also furthered by the fact thai
these different stories are often built and
owned by different persons.
Upon the octagonal, brick cupola o
the "Thomas" church, at height Of per
haps q hundred feet, dWells man and
family, whose business it is to keep thu
f,e watch. This man occupies himsel
in his dwelling at trade of some sort
and his wife and children seem to enjoy
their "high life."
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