Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20
HEIDELBURG, Sunday. July 18th

We came in here at seven last night.
Found the city in an uproar because OF
some sort of celebration. Flags were
| fiying, the Grman colors (black, white
and red) waving everywhere. We all
managed to get into one hotel. but the
rooms are of every grade. Miss Daniels,
Miss Rounds and | are in one little room.
1t has three single beds and one window
that opens into the hall. You can see
that they're not the most comfortable
quarters for Sunday. However, after a
weeks experience on the ocean, we feel
equal to anything that can possibly befall
us on land. We've found a room, half
dining, half-sitting room, where we can
do our writing. We've now had three
nights of sleeping in the German style Of
beds Cologne, Bin@en and Heidelberg
and ii is much better than you might i'm
agine. The under bed was very hard the
first night. and seems more SO in compar
ison with the down bed which lies on top
OF the sheet and blanket. 1t looks like an
immense pillow set on top of the bed.
One side is usually folded under. When
you get in you spread the big pillow out
hardly long enough. But it is warm and
comfortable these cold nights. We've
had remarkably cool weather so far, and
are glad oft.
FRIDAY was red letter cay. We came
up the Rhine in a boat from Cologne to
Bingen. The scenery was grand; the
castles on the Rhine are more numerous
and more beautiful than one can imagine
from reading about them. On the boat
we had a big dinner-the one spread of
our trip. Seven courses and all of them
eXcellt mt. You'd be ashamed at the way
eat vegetables. | try everything that
we come to. Friday night we spent in
Bingen at the ''White Horse hotel.
There is pretty garden inst in front, and
one of the walters gave Us mignonette,
and roses to two girls. | send a bit of
mine. The other flowers are from the
castle of Rheinstein, which III mention
later. One of the walters was particular
ly obliging; he talked a great deal; was
proud of his English, L think; he had
reason to be at least. We asked him the
name of some trees and he said they were
"castaneans, :; and tried to think of the
English for it. He went back into the
hotel to find out because he said, 81 have
forgot, and | should not forget" We
told him we thought they were chesnuts,
but ne didn't agree. When he came
h.. a. he tsNn,, ;oh+ ;c saha-t
nut At Bonn new member Joined
our party. DR.. Humphrey. who belongs
to Mr.. Hoyt's church in Chicago. He is
one OF the secretaries of the American
Board. and is a pleasant additlon-jolly
and entertaining and seems to take an in
terest in all the girls. He will be with US
until sometime in Switzerland. 1eSter-
day morning we took our boats across the
Rhine, visited the castle Of Rheinstein-
the N ost beautiful. perhaps, that we saw.
1t seems to grow out of the :op of an
enormous rock, is partly covered with
vines and is most picturesque. IT'S just
a little north of Bingen on the west bank
of the Rhine. We went all through it,
only twelve cents each, and saw great
deal of interesting old furniture, glass,
amor. etc. There was tha field bed of
Charles XII. of Sweden. The room oc-
cupied by Frederick of Prussia, the prince
who restored the castle in lS25-29- We
ascended by smooth winding path. At
least q dozer kinds of wild flowers grow
ing at the foot. and round the castle were
growing beautiful roses, fuchies and pam
sizes A small orchard OF aprioots was
near the top of that great cliff. 1t seems |
wonderful that there should be enough /
soil up there for so many green things. |
We were rowed across TO Assmannshausen !
for dinner very nice it " as too: veal cut |
lets. fred potatoes and delicious presery- |
ers of plums and pears mixed. A very |