| Show froll ri RN I 1 OVE 11 m S I 1 I 1 A our correspondent in germany writes 1 f if a lilter alter I 1 11 AN E EXCELLENT I 1 i t I 1 I 1 i I 1 of what he has seon seen in the laaen land A special social feature of i 1 alie T e journal L germany is an empire composed of about bout twenty five diffrient states such eliell as wo doms dukedoms duke doms free citie saxony oue one of tile tho four kingdoms is ruled by kin king 0 albert 1 rex ex 1 and his wife carola the king 0 is is a kind old gentleman who has tile the welfare of his people at heart ile he is rather a large t man and for all that his hair is quite white he is ie still hale and heartland heart hearty yand and gets in and d out of a carriage 0 without help lie he is well liked by his subjects and as lie he has never had any children of hid big own the future king will be his brother georges eldest son fredrick august the prince is is a young married mian kanand and the proud and happy father of one son he is light com of medium size and has a genuine german looking face his wife prin princess cesa louisa is somewhat tile the better looking A person sees tome some nice looking people in saxony in fact saxony is noted for its fine lookin looking ta women but it is the same here as elsewhere there are all classes the poorer classes have to work hard women labor in the fields along with the men and are all bowed and sinewy through 0 carrying heavy loads and doin doing 9 such heavy work when women have to go out and work with their husbands they cannot keep neat tidy houses and what is worse tile the poor farmers make a stable lor for horses cows goats oats and chi chickens ekens and a home for living out of one little thatched roofed cottage mechanics and tradesmen have nicer homes and the rich make as much display here as is made an anywhere the old al women have a great deal of business about them they just about run the market halls balls and have fruitT stalls in every square I 1 notice also there are a great wany many female loa U clerks in the bu business sines houses some of them are quite nice looking especially those where gents furnishing goods are sold if a person goes for a pair of shoes a lady bees that he gets a good fit it is the same if he goes for a shirt or a collar they ask what size eize he wears of course a stranger d does 0 es not know how bow sizes are regulated 1 in germany germana so EO the yount young lady has to find out by putting a taps tape around his neckband kand measuring I 1 am afraid I 1 will never be able to recollect a second time what size I 1 wear the germans are great lovers of leer beer and have lauy fine beer gardens crar dens where people can bit around and listen to nice music while they talk and drink men women and children all go to these places and enjoy themselves nobody is allowed to beg on the streets bootblacks boot blacks are restricted to hotels and hand bills and news boys are a scarce article organ grinders ana street musicians ceans are sometimes found just out side of the city limits but seldom inside rye hye bread is tho the staff of life in germany they have white bread but it ii is all sold in biscuits and seldom if ever made into loaves whito mile bread costs six cents a pound or twice as much as rye bread meat ranges ranges 7 in in price from 12 acts to 17 conto cc nta a pound lest best beer five cell cents ts a glass horses are expensive a good work animal costs from one to five hundred dollars but they have some very fino fine teams over here if feed is scarce they have dop dogs pulling small wa wagons ons about the streets the poor beasts do not look as if nature created them for such work and it is is quite pitiful to see them thein trotting along with a heavy load panting iu in the hot un anti and their long tongues tongue n hanging from between the wires of a muzzle I 1 must add that I 1 have beard nobody here complaining about mone money Y being scarce or hard tit times except my complaint but that is because everybody else speaks german oct 11 1803 joji JOHN 11 SQui nEs |
