Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-09
(For the Observer.
UP THE RHINE.

OIL tOtOBHe-OI hOiU, as the ter
mans call it-and have commenced
our trip mp the famous Rhine which
has been admired by the whole
world ever since the time OF Julius
Caesar. My friend the Doctor saws
to me "Get a pair OF opera glasse.
from the Kelner-wai,er--anI 7.
will share the expense" | know
,hat-that is the Doctors qualn,
way OF saying will share the glasses
aud you may stand the expense: vet.
the prospects III the way OF scenery
are SO alluripg that | accept The gen.
erous proposal, aud mouopc!ize the
glasses.
The trip is exceedingly unln,er-
es,ing till we have passed Bonn. a
town Of 10000 inhabitants, noted
chiefly tor its University aud a
statue of Beethoven. A short dir.
lance further on, on the lett bank i,
the pretty village CT Godesberg. now
the property OF the Empress OF Ger
many. Nothing OF interest really
presents itself TIL We come TO the
town aud fortress OF Cobleulz, a
seem ngly impregnable position
which was given by treachery to the
Emperor Napoleon LIST u his war
against the world. Here The Rhen
lsh railway crosses the Moselle on
an iron bridge and passes al the foot
OF the fortified PeteIsberg, close by
the Rhine.
Near St. Goar. across the river,
stand the luins ct two castles known
as the 1.-Two Brothers." The story
OF these is quite Interesting. An
old baron lett hls property to Il g
two sons, first e1ac.t,g an oath ir"m
both that they would never quarrel,
Now these two s"us hated one an
other like snake. ; 50 "heE the old
baron died, they Quit their Castles
or schiossee, Az they call them in
this batborous language-atde by
side and erected a high wall be-
tween, over which they could no,
zee. In this way they "ete ab'e to
keep their oatha unbroken
Next az Il point of interest is
Canb, where on New Years night
1911, Butcher crossed ,he Rhine
With his troops. \ short distance
above il Hacharach especially re-
mark.tie for the beautiful Peter
skirche aud the elegant remalns OF
he gothic Chapel Ut st. Werner.
Above the Village OH a Imposing
cray, ls the castle of. Starleck. In
the mIddie of the river, built INFO
The solid rock, is III. castle OF Pialz,
formerly the residence OF the cleo
l,ors. Next We come to B'ngen,
Ear Blngcn on the Rhine" The
scenery he,e is beautiful. The c.it!s
along both sides are hundreds OF
feet high and OF bare rock. In a shell
tered fiat between the cliffs lies "laiI
Bngen." think j, hardly an ex'
agsclation o say that here everyone
on board reci;eu to hlnf or herself
\, much az he or she remembered u
'hat tanIliar poem beginning "a
S"Iltvr OF the Legion" Opposite tt
Bin-tn is ltudesheIm above which
is the Niederwald With the tanoul
>tatue OF Gcrmauia, which was un
sel.ed on September Is, 1888, III the
presence ot tire Kaiser Wilhelm
mar'y German princes ami member.
ol the smretlaI household aud a vas
multitude If people. Not far from
here, and built on a rock, is tn,
"Mau>etlurm" (tower of the mice)
the scene of the famous tale y
Bishop Hall" who was eaten by tn,
mice az a punishment from lIeayel
tor refusing corn to the STARRING
poor. StlIl farther up the river W,
come To the castle Johannesburg
built in 1lO6 az a convent by tn,
Bcnedlcllues but now chiefly cele
brated far It's famous wines. In ISL,
Johannesburg came into the posses
sion OF Prince Me,ternich, who's
memoirs are familiar TO every wei.
read person.
Al length, ny moonlight, We steaT
noisily up to the wharf at Mayenc
(Mainz) and our Journey up IT,
Rhine ~ at an end. Mayence, tn
chief town of Hesse, has a populs
ton of about 10000. The chief oil
lects of interest here arc the palac
; aud cathedral and the statues i
public squares, of Schiller an
: Gutenberg, The father of the art {
printing.
Here | must bring my letter to a
! end, promising if You and you
readers deem it of sufficient iuteres
to give you another letter on Ge
man life and customs on a future O.
casion. G.. II. VI.