Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-07
JOURNEYINGS ABROAD.
A Delightful Ride from Hell
delberg.
Nuremberg Passed In Review-The
WonderfuI 1Iuseum-The Grand Ca
thedrai at 1T. Lawrence-PeOpIe
and Habits.
peeial Correspondence to the ARGUS.

utlUtTG 10 huutCu via NQECElOCIS, Is
through charming country of upland
aud meadow, with peaceful flowing
streams, fir forests and acres of hop vine
yards. vines and vegetables, quiet coun-
try villages and women at work every
where IN field and vineyard. Nuremberg
is one of the quaint cities of Germany,
where most everything is quaint aud in
teresting to stranger. Much of the old
wall still remains. and seventy large
towers attest the grandeur of its pTopor-
tions and strength. The hotel "Coq
Rouge" where we stopped, is over
800 years old-the Oldest in the city
where excellent accommodations are
found and every attention paid to guests.
The entrance is through a wide archway
in the centre of the front with old stone
flags in the court yard. Through this
same entrance the horses are also led
which belong to the house. their
stable being under the same roof with
the guests. This hotel is also noted
for It's fine cooking. and l learned from
the young women. daughters of some OF
the fine families in the city, are always
here in the kitchen receiving instruction
in the art of cooking from the French
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instruction in the various branches which
they desire in order that they may be
competent to instruct and superintend in
the culinary department of their own
homes. How much drudgery and mis-
cry might be spared our American moth
ers if the daughters would undergo the
same kind of trainingl l believe these
Germans are the most practical people in
the world. Certainly their politeness is
most commendable. When they enter
railway carriage they bow politely with a
pleasant good daY"-.he same on lesv-
ing the carriage. When they sit at d
public table and also when they retire.
they bow gracefully to all present. They
are always ready to give information
when asked. and will go out of their way
TO put stranger on the right track.
The tipping system is not near as often
sive here as it is England or France.
They never ask for tip.
The museum at Nuremberg is very
large and handsome modern building.
filed with objects of interest Here one
may study the rise and progress of paint
ing, sculpture, architecture, iron work,
brass work, shipbuilding from models of
early and later date, coins, medals, gol
and silver work, printing in books of the
latest date. manuscripts dating back be-
fore the wear 1000 A. D., and complete
collection of the earliest wood block let
tiers, etc.. all arranged in cases conven-
lent for inspection and study-corridor
after corridor tempting the visitor TO
prolong his stay.
The old cathedral of Saint Lawrence
III nth any nj ot.r1r NF
sculpture. painting. old glass and tapes
try. There are great many affairs in it,
eloquent of worship. The high altar Is
furnished with many crucifx and the six
lights. grand rood or crucifix above the
entrance to the choir. affairs dedicated TO
various saints and adorned with images
of the Blessed Virgin and other patron
worthless. One could scarcely think
themselves in Protestant place of wor-
ship, but these Lutherans in Germany are
far different from those in the United
States. It would require hours to de-
scribe this wonderful old building with
its many carved doorwavs and interior
Instead of having to follow tiresome
guide who hurries one along. they hand
you a description in English and one can
examine at leisure.
The markets of Nuremberg are beyond
anything OF the kind have seen. They
fill up many squares and extend to many
side streets. Here we saw women TALL
women having for sale hundreds of
bushels of raspberries. huckleberries,
currants cherries, gooseberries, green
walnuts for picking and vegetables
of every description. cheese, butter,
bread. eggs. crackers and pigeons,
milk. crockerywsre. clothing, meat
of all kinds. and in one little
square small square baskets foot high,
each containing about ten little pigs for
roasting. Nothing but pigs for sale here
and by men; lovely pigs, too. they were
and so well trained they were picked up
by one leg and dangled about, felt of and
pinched without so much as a squeal or
a kick on their part; the effect no doubt
of having been born and bred under the
same roof as their masters. In fact all
the animals of the country seem TO be
thoroughly domestic. no fear of anybody
or thing. One sees in both city and
country one horse hitched TO a wagon on
one side of the pole, and / have not vet
seen pair of shafts in use. Sometimes
one COW hitched In the same way; often
COW and horse together; now and then two
cows together, and very often woman and
dog together in smaller cart. The harness
is very heavy, broad bands of leather,
very broad, decorated with big round
plates of brass attached or dangling from
the ears, the carts being low aud heavy,
narrow at the bottom and spreading at
the top, sometimes inclosed with coarse
wicker work. Nothing has yet been seen
like an American harness or wagon, cart
or wheelbarrow; the latter here are very
long and narrow, with rounded frame
extending far over the wheel very awk-
ward they look and must he-but they
are made to carry immense loads of
grass and vegetables and always run by
women.
As we approach the Bavarian tyrol we
begin to see large flocks of goats. gener-
ally berded by young girls, as heretofore
we have seen fiocks of geese herded by
girls. There are no division fences in
this country and no fences along the
roads, making it quite necessity to at
tend strictly to business when your goats.
geese. cattle, horses or dogs are outside
the barn. At Nuremberg we see the
monuments of the famous poet, Cobb.er,
Hans Sachs; also that of Albert Duren
and others. All through Germany in the
eating rooms of hotels one can smoke to
his hearts content-even at table d. hote
one is at first surprised to see men light
their cigars, and in many hotels the match
box and ash-receiver are brought to You
with your coffee. At Nuremberg and also
at Munich during meals men and women
come to you while at table with goods for
sale-fiowers and photos, books. cards,
etc. No doubt II one desired. samples of
silks or cloths might be brought for in
spection-quite a desirable thing in a
country like this where no one ever
seems to be in hurry. and time to an
American is often precious.
We came to Munich Saturday night