Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-18
CLASSIC HEIDELBERG.
As Viewed By Our Correspondent
Other Noted Places in GERMANY.
HOTEL NATIONAL, DRESDEN, J
july IS. 1892. (

We didn't see anything of Mainz
but started early for Worms. There
was a German il our compartment
who lived there, and We got into con-
versation with him. He spoke English
| a very little. We found that he was
the pastor of the Baptist church there.
When we got Off the train ne showed
US around.
| We had only an hour in Worms, but
we saw the Luther monument, a fine
statute. At the corners of the pedestal
are bronze statues OF the reformers
Lavonarola, Huss, Wyclffe and anoth-
er Then around on kind of wall
are statues representing different cities
| IN various significant attitudes. One
thing that | shall always think of il
connection with Worms is storks. On
our way to the cathedral we saw a nes,
way up on chimney with three storks
| just like this family in my Hans
| Christian Andersen.
We reached heidelberg at one
o'clock, Saturday, July ninth, had din
ner and then went up TO the castle,
The ascent is made in I; curious zig-zag
| fashion and is steep all the way. en-
joyed getting out among the trees
again where there was singing of birds.
Including the walls and all the old for
tifcations, the castle extends over a
large space. Up in the old moat is q
spring of the coolest water we've found
in Europe. The grounds around the
castle have been planted with all kinds
OF trees, under the direction of the Un-
iversity and there are labels on them.
| found evergreens that | had not seen
before.
got picture of the tower that was
blown up and was SO strongly built that
the half which fell still remains whole,
The walls are twenty-five feet thick.
There were three or four gates to the
castle proper, one of them having 81
very Large porteullis. We went down
cellar to see the great wine casll, and
ali stood On it at once. | forget how
many thousand gallons it holds, forty.
six, [ think.
We went up again after supper to see
the castle by moonlight. bGt although
We waited until after ten and could see
the light over the top of the mountain
behind the castle it would not come in
sight. Still the view was charming
enough with the lights of the town in
the valley below, the gIimmering of
the river Necl1ar and its illuminated
bridges. OFF to the northeast, fifteen
Or twenty miles away, we could see the |
electric lights OF Mannheim. Once in "a |
while someone in Heidelberg sent off |
sky rocket which scared up against the |
lark mountoins. The stars were out |
and the outline of the castle was plain
5 seen. There is a kind Of garden |
here where people go to listen to mus
C. drink, and have a social time. At
)ne side we came across Il lot OF stud
snts having IA regular lark. They
rere gathered around a table under
he trees with & large lantern in the
middle of it. They sat drinking and
laving toasts we supposed. As we
passed on the outside Of the trees they
we're singing one Of their drinking
ongs, or rather bowling it, for such
inging you never heard. It reminded
ne Of some Saturday nights in A.
was glad | got that glimpse of Germ
Il students customs. We saw numbers
f students on the streets with their
ifferent colored caps.
Our driver told Us that the day be- /;
ore we reached Heidelberg there was |
particularly fine duel. Some of the
iris saw ii boy with fresh wounds.
,ou know they protect their bodies SO
here is no chance of getting hurt, and
lash at one another's faces with a
-rist movement. When blood is drawn
ne duel is OFF. All they want is the ;
cars.
On Sunday afternoon three of Us, with t
rofessor, walked to the top of the Y
on the ether side of Neckar. 1
pposite the castle. Opposite was {
pnigstuhl with the castle half way /
p its side. We looked down upon 6
le beautiful Neckar valley, and the +
hine valley with its variegated fields.
Te could see the Rhine in several a
laces, and way Off in the distance the
'ur towers of the cathedral of Spires. Q
The fields are laid off in little blotch G
;, three or four times as long as wide, G
I'D the colors mixed just as on the y
ills coming up the Rhine. It looks as $
lough it had been planed. it seems SO s
sgular. The day was rather warm, a
1t we rested often and enjoyed the s
ak very much. It was equal to a o
ven miles walk on level ground. II
asn't tired at all the next morning, "
Id think I'm ready for the Alps. h