Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-11

where rows of linden trees have been
planted. forming boulevards.
HOTEL NATIONAL, DRESDEN,
| July 18th, 1892.
You may wonder how we came to be
here at this date. Professor thought
| best to come here from Nuremburc
yesterday and so on from here to Ber-
lin. He, with eleven OF the party.
started for Berlin tonight al seven,
| leaving Emma and Mrs. P. and some
of the others with me here. The week
is pretty full and we thought it would
be bettdr to stay and see more of Dres-
den than to try and crowd in both
| To go back to Bonn. Friday morn
ing Professor, Emma and | took a little
walk before we set sail. There | saw
my first market. We met scores of
women carrying on their heads large
baskets filed with cabbage, cherrses,
huckleberries, raspberries, carrots or
potatoes, all bound for the open square
which was filled with women by the
time we got there. The women sat
with handkerchiets tied over their
heads. some of them improving the
time by knitting. Most of them were
old and brown, but were contented
looking creatures. One thing / noted
was that they wore cushions on their
heads, on which to put the baskets
Since we have seen markets in Nurem-
burg and here. When the sun is warm
the whole place is almost covered with
immense white and brown cotton UNI
| brellas, the kind that hold up them
selves. The cherries here are large
like our plums and SO good to eat,
There are three varieties. the light,
| red and biack-all delicious
One day up the Rhine was perfect,
| neither too warm nor too cold. We
had a clean, rOomy boat and good food
Grandma and | were going to compare
the Rhine and Hudson, but we wished
that VIC hadn't thought Of It. because
The Hudson isn't nearly SO fine. There
is such charm about the different tints
OF the fields. They do not plant large
tracts at all. but have strips Of differ
ent grains. some yellow and some
green. Then we saw the terraced vine
yards, and the beautiful castles; every
few minutes new one with its peculiar
charm. There were SO many pictur
esque towns nesting at the base OF the
vine-ciad mountains. The whole day
we spent looking at the constantly
changing beauties Of the Rhine seem
cry. The cloud shadows on the hills |
were SO Interesting. When it was get |
ting dark. after supper, We sat in one !
end Of the boat and sang for a long |
time, until VIC saw the lights Of Mainz.
1t was moonlight and it seemed as if
were wanting to the scene. |
must tell you about the dinner we had
on the boat. |. Some excellent soup:
II. delicious salmon. with butter gravy
and new potatoes; III, roast beef, caul
flower, lettuce. salad and cucumbers;
" cabbage pie-and it was the best
stuff | ever ate. It was cabbage stuff
ed with seasoned meat and baked; V.
peas, English onelet and tongue; VI.
French fowl ust like any other, only
with g few more pinfeathers on
stewed cherries and lettuce salad: VII |
kind of sponge cake with
cherry sauce. / shouldn't be surprised
f there were wine in the sauce some
lines. but we ate it, asking no Ques- |,
ions for conscience sake. VIII. cheese, II
outter and rye bread. There are two
kinds of cheese brought on, one white
md smells awfully. but tastes better:
he other IS yellow and more like ours.
)ut better. Butter without salt seem
ID strange at first, but determined to |
do as the Romans do" and now it :
astes delicious. The last course on t
he Rhine boat was cherries. Wasn't t
hat a dinner? We have had several
Ike it since. To-day We had straw :
perry ice-creain for dinner. Our break 7
asts here are two kinds of rolls, coffee Y
y chocolate and sometimes honey 1
Grandma p. doesn't like the German
cooking. but Emma and | think it is :.
inc.
Some Plain Talk. h