The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-02
OTTO Won BISMARCK.
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von P%uttkamer demanding his ~caugnter'S
hand in marriage. Won Puttka,ner and
his good wife were strongly opposed to
the match. They had heard dreadful
things about Mad Bismarck" and did
their utmost to dissuade their daughter
from marrying him. After much difficulty
be finally broke down the fathers opposi-
ton, but the mother, a high spirited woCl-
an, was obdrrate.
The daughter. however. evinced a pref
erence fcs her wild young sutton, and at
last it was decided to invite him to pay
the family a visit. The Puttkamers were
staid, simple folk, and determined that
since they must have this strange fellow
for IA son-in-law they would receive him
we'll. SO they invited a company to be
present when he arrived. He was tired
and travel stained as he alighted from his
carriage and was escorted to the house,
where a formal reception was prepared.
But he had eyes only for his sweetheart,
and dlsdaining to regard her parents or
their guests he rushed up to her as she
stood at one side with downcast eyes, and
throwing his arms about her neck nearly
broke up all formality and probably had
"a W AZ 80 IA AAASA VI
all traces of opposition.
The marriage took place in ls47, and the
young couple made a short wedding tour
through Switzerland and Italy. At Venice
Bismarck accidentally met King Frederick
William ~ of Prussia. He was COM
manded to attend the royal dinner table,
and a long conversation ensued between
him and the king on German politics. The
foundation Of his political fortune was
made in this conversation.
Bismarck was taken by the
royal invitation. He was totally UMPIRE
pared for such a contingency and had no
court dress with him. He was obliged to
borrow one, but the suit was not made for
a man OF his proportions and fitted him so
badly that he cut a poor figure. He had
been for some months previously a men,
Der Of the Frankfort diet. This meeting
with the king eventually led to his ap-
pointment as Prussian ambassador to that
body.
Few who knew the wild life Bismarck
had led expected he would make a success
of this mission. But he had seen a great
deal Of the world and had hidden adieu
to the follies of his youth. He described
the change himself by simply saying, Il
have learned something"
Three children Were born to the Bis
marcks-Marie, born at Schoenhausen Aug.
81, 1S4S; Herbert, born at Berlin Dec. 2S,
1910, and William, born at Frankfort Aug.
l, 1852.
During all his life Bismarck used to write
long and atfectionate letters to his wife
whenever he was away from her. Some
most charming thoughts We're sometimes
expressed in these missives. When in
Frankfort, where the Thurn and Taxis pos.
tai system was in vogue, he had to write tc
her cautioning her to be careful what she
said. DO not forget when you write tc
me-" he wrote, that your letters are not
only read by me, but by all sorts of postof-
flee spies"
OF Bismarck's daily life at Vargin DIR.
Busch wrote a few years before the princes
death:
THE prince rises late and sits down to
breakfast at 10. He usually begins by tax.
ing a glass of milk, one or VIC cups of cot
fee, toast and we soft boiled eggs. During
breakfast all official letters and kilograms
are read and disposed of. Then he trans