Year: 1872

perhaps fifty to a hundred people.
But when l listened to the cold,
guarded, monotonous sermon; lack
ing life and conviction, and adding
this to the above condition Of the
people, I lost my surprise at the at
tendance, and also at finding people
who doubted, and laughed at the
existence of Christ. [ have not
once heard those eloquent soul stir
ring out-bursts Of almost divine elo-
quence, which one often experiences
in America, and compels one to feel
sinner and seek for mercy, in spite
of all worldly hinderance and OBJ
stacles. In America, great, glorious,
god blessed land, these Germans
would make energetic and devoted
Christians; in poor, oppressed
Germany they will remain infdels.
But on the whole, there are no peo-
I pie in the world more industrious,
economical; and more content with
this never-ending struggle for life
than the people Of this forest.


! Their greatest enemy being pow
erty, and many a heroic struggle
does it take to keep him from home
and hearth. They will labor all day
and all week and under all kind of
oppression Of land, state and condi.
tion, and in the evening gather, reg
ularly, in some favorite Beer-house,
of which each town and village con
tains many, then well supplied with
pipe and tobacco and their favorite
beer will drown in the happy pres
ent, the gloom Of tomorrow.
Through dense cloud of tobacco
smoke floats many a conversation
full of sound, reasoning and energy,
while much hope is expressed in
their expectation for a change in


their condition. But for all of that
the present and future condition OF
Germany is q gloomy one. OF course
a great victory has been achieved


the greatest political tyrant hurled
from power (by his own aggressive
acts) his own empire, formerly the
first of Europe, has been thrust into
an undecided back ground. Ger
many has been united and by the
valor of its sons and their victories
the several portions have been unit
ed into an empire of unsurpassed
Eur opean supremacy, but has the
condition of the people been better
ed ? are there less taxes, better pay,
more money, less labor, or more lib
erty ? By no means, and further,
this millennium will never come to
poor Germany. If a gilded waist
coat will satisfy a hungry stomach
so will this political splendor satisfy
the many wants Of this brave and
worthy people. Some advantages
have been gained, such as liberty in
going where you willard practicing
your profession; also in the interest
matter a man can give and take for
the use of money as he thinks best.
There is also move to separate
church from state, in spite Of this
progress the rich continue to grow
richer, and the poor remain poor,
and aCiH as long as those immense
numbers Of military locusts (the
soldiers, are kept feeding upon the
hard earned substance of the people.
The army is kept up and increased,
so many healthy men are taken
away from the different trades and
professions, that its resources and
deyelopements are stunted and
languishing, while nothing is re-
quired of them but drill drill, drill,
till one is Bearied with the continu-
al roll Of drum, sound Of thrumpet,
and the ''tramp, tramp, tramp" Of
the soldiers, who ore met wherever
the eye turns. Of course these
great hosts, greater than ever, since
the prominence of the war power Of
Germany requires it, must be sup
ported by the people. They do Il,
but howslong they will, is uncertain,
and that success for a change in the
right direction'is impossible, is evi-
dent to every observer who watches
German character, past efforts, and
success.


In nay next 1 will give you des-
cription and slight history of the in
ueres5ing city of Rudolstadt.


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