The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-10-18
VILLAGE
LIFE In
GERMANY
BaYarian Peasants
Peculiar Customs
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Oregon Girl Compares Old
World Methods
A Thunder Storm In the
FrankOnian Mountains
Berlin. Germany.

Berlin, Germany.
Our reception at Bad BruclSenau was
decidedly wet" to say the least, but
the weather soon cleared and we en-.
joyed several weeks roaming around
through the woods visiting different
places Of interest. We visited half a
dozen old ruins of robber knights, and
how we did have to climb to reach
them, for they built like the eagles
on the highest peaks. The most beau
tiful ruin of them all was Schwarzen.
fels (Black-rock). 1t dates from the
18th century and is in such a beauti.
full state of preservation. We climbed
around all over It and even crawled
around through the monster .arched
cellars which smelled of dampness and
mould They surely did know some
thing about building with stones in
those days. There is supposed to have
been an Underground passage between
two old ruins lying over FIVE miles
apart, owing to the fact that one night
the robbers were seen to enter, the
den was Immediately surrounded and
In the morning it was raided by the
police and not living soul found. No
trace of the passage had ever been dis
covered however.
We saw wild deer in the forests
each day and how shy they were. One
is only allowed TO hunt when he has
permit ano for this he pays over 200
marks for the year. and is then pro
hiblted from shooting except in lin.
tied portion of the forest. Trout are
plentiful in the streams. but dear when
you buy them. and one is not allowed
to fish.
Bad Bruckenau is a beautiful place
founded by Konig Ludwig I. II has
three different natural mineral springs
and II Is a very popular resort in sum
mer.
Stadt (city) Bruckenau is only
twenty minutes walk from the Bad
and is nothing more than village and
lies closely snuggled in between the
rising from both sides of It.
IL has population of about 1900 peo.
pie, but 1t dates from the 11th century
as a city. A pretty little river winds
in and out thro' the city. On the warm
days we lounged around on the noun.
tain sides and amused ourselves
the village people with their
queer primitive ways. They cut their
grain with little hand sickles. the wo.
men doing nearly all the work, one sell
dom sees a man in the field. They haul
everything with cows. We were often
by one of our neighbors TAX. |
Ing his milk COW and going buggy
riding leaving a bawling calf behind. |
We often saw horse and COW hitched |
together. They also have a way OF
driving one horse to a wagon with
tongue instead of thills. The dorf wo.
men go dumping around with wooden
shoes and short skirts, with shawls
tied over their heads, and carry bas- !
kets Of vegetables, etc, on their backs !
larger than they are. The women |
seem to do all the drudgery. Every |
village has its free baking oven, pump |
and duck pond. The women carry !
thinking water from the village pump \
On their backs in long deep tubs. We
enjoyed very much on hot afternoons
% sit up in the shade on the hills and
ook down on the old "dorf" with its
Monster lazy waterwheels. everything
soing at a sna.fs pace. When we saw
In OK team winding IT'S way around
he hills We had TO look twice 10 see
I they We're actually moving. / had
o smile when / compared their pace
o that OF an Oregon" farmer. The
'illage suited me all right except that
he people persist in living together
With the horses. cows. ducks and geese
not saying anything about the pigs.
md the stable refuse is left In a heap
light at the front door. On a warm