The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-20
An AMERICAN IN EUROPE.
Observations Upon the Life and Politics
Of Thirty Years'Ago.
By THE LATE
JAMES SHEPH ERD Pike

July IA. 1se2.-on the first week Of June. six
weeks ago. they wore cutting their hay on the
hanks Of the Mas and elsewhere In Holland.
To-dav We passed immense fields between
Utrecht and rotterdam still uncut. owing to
the continuous rains.
Ihave mover yet seen wing machines or a
horse rake In Europe. Yet nowhere could
they be used to such advantage as on these
splendid Dutch meadowa Labor here Is SO
cheap, that the Introduction Of labor saving
machines In agriculture is neglected.
NV route UP and down the Rhine is that
taken by julius Cesar. and many other fill
bustersrs since. Only It ID by no means such
Journey now as 1t once was In Casars time
the journey was a work OF months. Now 1t Is
nsasured by hours. We can 60 from Cologne
70 the mouth OF tho great river at Rotterdam
IN seven hours.
The great public roads in these old coun-
tries are supertine-broad. level or graded. and
as hard and smooth as brick.
The terracsd vine hill opposite Bingen Is
very remarkable. The terrace walls would
faee nearly the entire hill. and the cultivated
surface 10 two-thirds or three-duarters OF the
whole area. Without terracinX. none OF IL
could be cultivated.
July 40. ls62-The country between Dusse-
dorf ana Cologne 10 fat and embarrassing and
DOOR though under full cultivation. The soil
10 clay, and must suffer both from very wot
and very dry weather. The crops on 1t seem
generally to be light The oats grow low and
look small in the head. They are yet green
while the wheat Is being cut The hay and
potatoes are light crops in the main.
wissbaden 10 a loose village in the basin OF a
rolling country. with large accommodations
for travellers. among them five gambling
tables which were thronged on the Saturday
and Sunday Of our visit
Imet the King OF Holland as walked to the
great boiling spring. The gardens and walks
about the Kursaal are extensive and fine. much
larger than at Ems. but the peculiar and pic
turesque features OF the latter town are want
ing. There is no river: q clear running stream
creates pond In the rear OF the Kursaal. large
and turbid. As an inland town 1t has numer-
GUS agreeable features. but its natural advan-
tages are less than those Of AK or Ems. Yet
It IL o great favorite. and crowds OF people
throng its thoroughfares.
Frankfort on the Main holds colossal
statue of Goethe and the house Of his birth.
q group OF statuary consisting OF Faust. Gut
tenbere. and the inventors of printing: Dam
peber's statue Of Ariadne on a panther: the
house where the family OF the Rothschids
originated. which was occupied By the m other
till her death in about 1S47. small and moan
though 1t is: a Bible by Gutenberg. hand
somely printed: the house where Luther lived,
and tho shoes he wore.
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