Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-17
HERE AND THERE.
The Headwaters of Bitter Creek and
the Headwaters of the Rhine.

the HeadWaterS OF the Rhine.
WatterSO.4's European Letter in Courier-Jour-
nal,
Most readers are familiar either person
ally or by hearsay, with "Bitter Creek"
The "folks" upon that famous inland
water course are known TO be very "bad'
indeed, augmenting their original propen-
stiles as they ascend the ST. cam, and pro-
ducne, it9fetAtton and proportion to their
geogTaph 10 position, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of nature and anomalies in SOCIAL organ
ism andG Individual conduct. rs Una CINE
then the reflections OF kentuoEo- Texan
far, far away from home. and 1.-the bead
waters OF Bitter Creek,"' hut actually
upon the, {,healwaters" OF the RiiJHe, as,
set upon by specters and legends out Of
the udjaosnt Black Forest, heo softly
reaches t4or his revolver to find in its
accustomed place no weapon of attaos'er
deiense, WQre, formidable than q field glass
dealer inShHkftiau ~ eM NSoTA
1t 10 satlTaHd very sadie BIt when
Kentuckiaii,1}r a. TeXan, travels in Eu-
rope. he must1ay aside the comforts Of life
and look only to the lu&uries. Neverthe.
less. the man who has lived much abroad
without wanting siX-shooter, or shot
gun, and wanting it in hurry, ought to
60 to Italy and take out patent OF saint
mood, for the continental hotels, and
especially the Swiss hotels, are enough to
exhaust the patience of the good Grlsselda
herself. The innkeepers know upon the
threshold that they are TO get but one
whack at their wandering American, and
that they can not catch him both coming
and going. so they are resolved in adj
vance to make that whack deep and suffi-
cient.
The Sweizerhof, which hangs over the
Falls OF the Rhine, and affords us present
entertainment, is more imposing than
many of. the neighboring castles, and has
no end of contrIvances for making you
happy and tightening your purse. 1T pos
sesses, moreover, history, and is visited
o. nights by hobgoblins, and, being im-
pervious 10 gunpowder, and not having
been either besieged or destroyed by the
French In 1889, it is by no means TO be
spoken of lightly, or dismissed with few
belIttling adverbial remarks. No, no.
| Baron Bluebeard stayed over night here
| with one OF his wives in the tenth CEN
| fury, and next morning only one came
out of the apartment where they lodged.
1t was in one of the chant ers of the old
Schloss der Woerth, whose watch towers
and turrets are mirrored IN the Rheine-
| falls with many whimsical variations and
engagements, that the beautiful Hide
gunda was given to eat, and did eat, a
saute aux truffes, composed of the heart
of her lover, who had been murdered for
this express purpose. Not fer away stand
the ruins of Castle SteinmetZ. In the
late summer or early autumn of 1893 the
worthy builder and proprietor of this pre-
sent shrine of owls, fleas and tourists,
the noble Count Waldemir OF Bohemia,
| gave great banquet, to which all the
| country round was invited, and when the
gentle folk were weary Of merry making
and drunk with wine, and had fallen
asleep in the court hall, fire was kindled
and every mothers son of them was
smoked into kingdom come. Even now a
| headless horsemau. supposed to be the
| ghost of young gentleman who lost his
upper story while intellectually contending
against the brave Rinsldo, in the year
992, may be seen any night lowering upon
the outskirts of the wood which guards
the eastern chute Of the beautiful cas-
cade. %
From this record j take it that, at the
! outset, the ''folkS" at the headwaters Of
the Kline were,no better than the ''folks'
on Bitter Greek, but had three rows o.
front teeth, and never tooth alikel Be
this as it may, the Chute du Rhin, OF
| Rheinefall, or, In plain English, the Falls
of the Rhine, is as peaceful and pictures
que locality as one might wish to find
and we'll worth visit from those who
happen to travel through Northern
Switzerland. The falls bear about the
same relation to Niagara that Phoenix Hill
| bears to Pixies Peak. But they make q
great noise and flash in many prisons and
| paint upon the calm, sweet landscape o
most exquisite picture; whilst the Sweiz
erhof, one of the many establishments Of
the Hauser Brothers, although dear. and
up to all the tricks for beating the
stranger, is comfortable, and commands
the river and the country far and near.
Our party ran over here from Lucerne
and, great as are the mountains, there is
a loneliness still in the sight of undulating
pastures and fields of growing grain,
and