New-York tribune., 1890-08-05
4 QTEEE GERM.fN F1NILT.
ALMOST INCREDIBLE Icyor,Ncu.

ALMOST INCREDIBLE l'N'iNNA l..
From The London Spectator.
one cannot denl tie Immense prosTc, made IN tie
lat f,rty year, not only l4 fhFnId. n"t ever
"hcfe. ud II !, i.cr t. rr9AIc thi' "'h We '''
mAshablo Of 5 dc Nal,rt,c's ,Lc,ehc,
IN l-JI. berr lu Dcfnnuy, tie friend with whom
be "a- >'nynt took nm 70 pay Wit u d Jgf'.i"
old IrcAcT N0n SfhNchchiIfy -hsm" r>''IFh''
chose. whose dwelling chafdco'. customs hld ShT
rounding, "9ula nave matched brli'i With anc Oh
200 year. before. The of stronghold 81 u" f'hc'Nrn
burs. partly burned ry Us l'7N'' 10. l-uo slll' 'p
s'sted of a hr-c Keep "nd t"@ i.if ,i'ricd %.i5,,
uiued outer walls. so, TUNED lL'J vcr nntty fir4
yari. In-lde TIE ca,t" ~" wa arrduc"i VITA oid
German m.nf- j, 80 oddly mixed v!'A poetry. TO
long table ouyc.cl Win pewter p'i- dud 10 d'i''' Oh
Ii. roasted Whole and Atr' 8 'iai,c, Iriuc,
ana rasn, The only mark of refinement appeared
Wlth the coffee:
r.c c,.cr was served on very large silver salv'r
Quit" thrc :oct by two; ana @n II h,A' - @ 'e,H
inc a yeni II WorRnan-hp and fa,t" ana onr Of tho
finest -p""imcns Of Old R9 ian plate Tnch nav"
Ictcr Grca; who dailJ had u-ei il drrnr tl" t'r
vccl- he va, ftIymg at the >'hrc @.nnhT| I'VE @ nai
the rc' remarked tine Hrrone-> also two cups aud
some spoons and forks and lnI'c, ~, I saIc 70
.rt-inat one over there and - had the o'd thing,
melted down and this big tlay made out 81 H. i !.
the Great Peter" II gives trouble and j. more
u-rfnl The Jug lo-t at The time, and wc oiilN
found II AGAIN after the tray cane holn": NV We
u,c The thing and de- not hold WIN el'l 9F@t, ~
-.
Col,ut at rnc, and even tie old pastor seemed TO
Acknowledge ihc yande,m Of our hot,. o t ], ,n te
tray cream pot. begged leave - s"r the rooms o"
TIC: great '/ar a,,,.,.,,,,, ana ,o.. o,co, that
"Oncc beautiful Gobcln tap lrc' c~v red Ir W@l-,
They Of couc, fadcd. and IN mnny placeS tor.
down but to uy horror ,nw tl"t taey were p",ea
ly bullets ~ hundreds of places. Pm.siau bullets
,ad 10 my ,ci But Mao wrong word I,i, o, a., ID
p iol practice here when II too cold 10 shopt from
their en-. tomary stand on thc outer wall They hai
had rare fun. they told me- ~ aiming 9' the Eyes ana
noses Of ~" nWrc9 brt having now done with those
feature fhcy were practising at the finger. Boys
said T. you must be mad These tapo-trie, hive
I55cv n,cp g Sg@ anS%cr@d n rch there arc
eight or nine rooms In the other wing hung with that
stun and father thak, 80 little OF II that whenever
our oxen want covers In the winter time lac has a
strip down. Il you 20 down 70 the COW 9r,c you can
they are not worth a woollcn blanket Peter the
Greats plate melted down for Convenience pistol
prct,cr ai Golcllns stuff aud Tapestry rugs for COWS
friend, lad taken walk through ihc stable, ana !
followed tl"'n cHflon" 10 -'" icllh ,h2ud nnu old
gfiafrd Thcr, -tpod i bullock With Cupid aud the
head Of Nenuo oa hi back there 90" with the b 1
borders Of orriHH"uta lake: IN fact. ncarr all the
animal, had shared IN t'c plnnd0r 0uf
e>tr;. said: fou think mo brute. dare say bnt
ldankcte cost money this -un doesn't; Hd thee old
hanging nav o. wen rot Oh the Lacks 0i my G'ti' a. s
That he mIent have -old or EXCHANGED them; where
np9R g@5 the scm hir' No. ' hand bs BIN for a con " an
We are too poor to keep the place A. It wae-wcll.
old inrg viii hold out for another generation two ="
'rhl, Frcihorr, man Of sixty. not forty year ago
having never seen town: hc had never touched a
newspaper. never written letter. The GobclinS tap
e.trv is all worn ont by this time probably, and It Is
very possible that the precons old glass and china.
which the Frchcrrin, though she could moi sell IT,
set has found is way from th" hand Of younf
Schrcckcnburg into those Of some collector.