The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-07
joined hands, to reach around it. 1t is
called "grosse eiche" (great oak). A
nleasans nath through the forest leads

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to it, and numerous signboards point ou'
the way "to the great oak" The parks
are not handsome, though they afford fine
opportunity for recreation in the open
air, and "Rosentbal" has a pond much
enjoyed by the skaters, when the weather
is suitable for this sport. There are sew
eral ponds for this purpose here, and the
city has devoted one to the use of pool
children, who are unable to pay for the
privilege of skating.
Many of the public buildings and some
private residences are of stone or stone
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 ia
very handsome stone building.
This city, as your readers may know,
is the seat of the Supreme Court of the
German Empire. The Court halls are
situated one story high from the ground,
generally called by us second story
but by the Germans Seine treppe" Zone
pair of steps,. In the lower story are
business houses, and the building is not
very fine in appearance. A new hall il
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 is one of the handsomest
in the world.
The Museum, which is opposite the
Tbeater, is said to be very fine, but has
been closed since 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 I will write
in subsequent communication.
The city possesses two bronze monu-
ments of considerable merit: one is that
recently erected to the memory of 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 a book in his hand, while
Melanchthon stands by his side, holding
a document and bending forward to show
it to Luther. The figures are much be-
yond life size, and are mounted upon q
square, pyramidal section of colored
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, "Germania," recently
placed upon the "Niederwald" on the
Rhine, to commemorate the victory OF
the Germans over the French, 1871.
At the unveiling of the Luther monu.
ment on the 10th of November, 1888,
the procession wa. the largest I have
ever seen. By order of the City Council,
the Professors and students of the Uni.
yersity 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 few 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 is connected
with the German word "dach," meaning
"roof," 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
are 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 our
cities. The custom of families occupy
ing story, or stories, of house aud not
the entire house is, primarily, a matter OF
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 OF
those in our own country. This mode oi
living is also furthered by the fact that
these different stories are often built and
owned by different persons.
Upon the octagonal, brick cupola ol
the "Thomas" church, at height Of per.
haps hundred feet, dwells man and
family, whose business it is to keep the
6ie watch. This man occupies himself
in his dwelling at trade of some sort
and his wife and children seem to enjoy