| Show VIENNA austria may 6 1813 editor deseret mems news I 1 we spent a few days very pleasantly and I 1 hone hope profitably in munich the capital of J bavaria our oar hotel ac commo nations dat ions lons politeness of host and attention of have been nowhere exe excelled elied cited the general appearance of the people in respect to tb style of dress their thein moral character and education ivill will bear comparison ar son with that of the first cities in other an countries the streets public gard gardena gardens ena cna parks and squares possess many attractions but the weather was unpropitious for the fall tion of or sightseeing munich ia Is situated in a barren plain u upon pon both sid aid bides sides es of the river iser leer it con contains lains about one hundred and seventy nive five thousand inhabitants and is 19 considered the fourth city in germany in point kollit of population many of its parks squares and public gardens are adorned with fountains lawns shrubbery cascades grottos equestrian figures and colossal statues in one of these squares is a large obelisk f erected reeled in honor of the bavarians Bava rians who were stain in the russian campaign of 1812 bearing the inscription to the thirty thousand bavarians Bava rians who perished in the russian war erected by louis first king of bavaria completed oct 18 1833 they died for the deliver dellver deliverance anco of the count country of the park called the english gaya garden nearly five live miles lon ion long iong by a hait halt mile in width Is orna onna ornamental ornamented mentel at vast labor and expense we visited the royal palace and spent some two tivo hours in walking through gh the imperial apartments ins inspecting ting the numerous of IntIre interest Bt and curlo curio curiosity sity the audience hall hail embellished with twelve portraits of roman emperors the Q grcen green reen gallery with a great number of dutch butch and italian paintings the bedchamber bed chamber containing curtains of gold brocade valued rained at the enormous bum eum of four hundred thousand dollars and the mirror room boom adorned with precious vases of gold and silver sliver together with chandeliers of immense value also the hall otma nima nf marriages ages aces appropriately decorated with frescoe work the hall of bf the emperors adorned wits paintings by the most celebrated masters the hall of charlemagne lemagne ne with numerous pictures of gi gantell size commemorative of the most remarkable events in his life ilfe the throne hall is one hundred and sixty feet long and seventy three wide ornamented on either side by twelve corinthian columns of white marble supporting galleries between these columns are twelve statues of princes in gilded bronze each of which weighs nearly one and a half tons the simple cost of gilding was waa about twelve hundred dollars each the royal library Is a very beautiful building comprising seventy seven seren rooms in which are contained more than c eight t hundred thousand volumes the royal I 1 bronze foundry is 16 much celebia celebrated monuments have been cast in this fo foundry nd ry for nearly all parts of the world in the southwest south bouth west of the city on an eminence in a large meadow mcadow stands the colossal statue of bavaria it is placed upon a basement which is ascended by a flight of forty eight steps the height of the statue itself is thirty two and a half feet and pedestal twenty eight and a half this female statue represents the of bavaria with a lion liou at her sid aid side gide in her j ight light hand she holds a sword a ardd arid ta ither left a chaplet this tills immense statue was vas cast east at the roval royal foundry the in I 1 tc alor of the figure cont cout contains ains a staircase of oxy six steps which ascend through the pedestal ie destal to the height of the knees and I 1 I 1 rom thence by a spiral stair to the head within which eight persons can be seated one day hearing that the king with his guite suite and royal equipage was out on an t imperial wedding I 1 set forward on foot in company with my sister to witness the immense attraction which was drawing nil all munich into the streets b by tens of thousands ds hating having submitted to halt an hours journeying pressing and smashing by the patr patt patriotic lotic and enthusiastic citizens of ol munich filially finally we secured the honor of gazing a moment on the I 1 plis passing pomp and glory of his royal koyal majesty 1 the L t ekin eing king of bavaria and occupying a point toward which he smiled and civilly bowed after narrowly escaping being trodden down by the crowd I 1 returned to my hotel wondering how bow much mathematical skill or philosophical hillo wisdom would be required P to 0 determine the exact value of what was gained by this exposure we left muni munich ch on the morning g of the 29 tb and arrived in vienna by train the following evening vienna the capital of austria is situated at the foot of the vienna mountain in a plain near the right bank lank of the danube it t contains a population of about bight ight hundred thousand A boulevard encircles the eus cuy planted with trees and bordered with very elegant buildings and beautiful gardens the city exhibits some very remarkable edifices the castle cathedral ot of st stephens stephenb imperial palace and many palatial residences of ministers and ambassadors the suburbs of the city are very populous containing many splendid edifices fine promenades and ornamental gardens many ot of the squares are decorated with various statues and monuments displaying great skill in design and execution among these Is an equestrian statue of Emperor the joseph III irl who is represented on horseback stretching out his hand and blessing the people also ad an equestrian statue ot of the tha arch duke charles charlesq Char les fes erected in 1809 1860 he is represented at the battle ot of aspern in the attitude of 0 raising the flag to lead the grenadiers grena diers to the attack also the column ot of the trinity erected in 1679 on the cessation ot of t the e plague this column Is composed ot of white almburg marble and la iq over seventy feet high on nt the c pedestal estal estai ia is a rock upholding keli Kell e gion glon ion ton a c cherub erub overcoming the master ot of the plague also some bass depre incidents et of sacred history tile the idge emperor in appears in the attitude ot of kne kneeling clingon on the summit ot of the column and angels rising toward heaven another very fine monument built by charles VI consists ot of a canopy sustained by corinthian co columns beneath which Is a group depret representing n tig aunins the he marr marriane iaze of the virgin we noticed in various parts of the tho city many a eplen splendid bendid did fountains fine bridges ess esq broad groad wei wet well weli r paved streets bordered borde bordi red with linden and chestnut and arted skirted with magnificent buildings and in the city and suburbs many ornamented squares public gardens and extensive parks vienna has numerous cathedral cathedrals so some of which are fine specimens of G othlo gothic architecture tec ture the church of the savior Is an elegant structure turey decorated in gothic style built in commemoration of an attempt to destroy the life of francis joseph in the vear year 1853 1851 the first stone was laid by tho the caperon emperor cap eror which was obtained from the mount of olives in palestine in I 1 M we visited the imperial Arse arsenal naly considered ane of the grandest buildings in vienna it Is very extensive and surrounded by ornamented grounds it comprises numerous workshops foundries i machine shops and a museum of arms containing specimens ot of weapons of all perI perl periods odi artillery of brass and iron and vast q quantities u entities an titles of project nes Hes it has nine steam engines and two thousand men are kept employed within tho the buildings it casts eighty cannons per day and usually makes a run two davs dava in a week tha the imperial summer palace a short distance from the city is charn charmingly Angly located beside a large public park encircled encircled by ornamented grounds and has an of seven hundred and forty trees and a grand parterre decorated with thirty two statue statues ss and a large basin with two splendid fountains the palace contains fifteen hundred chambers of late yearb years graat groat alterations and improvements prove ments have been made in vienna by tearing down old fortifications erecting public buildings straightening and widening wl de streets and thoroughfares mu multiplying enlarging and ornamenting public grounds we have spent some days in the buildings of the great exhibition everything in relation to it is upon the most magnificent scale but I 1 presume another month will be requisite to complete the arrangements to get the articles for tor exhibition unboxed edv edg and in their appropriate places at present great oon contusion fusion exists in nearly every part of the buildings it Is supposed that irwill it will exceeds exceed in splendor varlet variety extent perfection of articles correctness of arrangement arrangements magnificence and universality any previous exhibition for the presen present tf how however evers everl awill I 1 will deter observations on this subject in la austria as in all other countries which we have visit visited edy edg soldiers la in military costume are seen almost every where in great numbers perhaps you are weary of these descriptions eions of what we are seeing in the world gorgeous churches museums picture gal fral r barlesi mosques zoological gardens relies relics ruins ruffis antiquities crumbling temples statuary obelisks sumptuous palaces odd customs singular manners of or people religious and postures imposter impo impostures Im ac but in sight seeing we are bonfi confined within the limits of what the pride and vanity of u the world have labored to exhibit rather than what in many Instance instances ss we should havo have preferred pret erred seeing it would have been more gratifying to record ord our inspection of systems on oa magnificent and universal scales designed to remove poverty and distress which to a greater or less lees extent everywhere prevail andio and to give all an opportunity unity irrespective of creeds geographical lines unea or nationalities of providing for thel rown wants and comforts and ot of elevating themselves to the highest spiritual physical moral and intellectual plane kaow LONDON may 13 1873 11 president resident B young dear brother president A carrington james G bleak thomas jennings win 0 staines and myself arrived here on sunday evening the lith dinst and met with the saints in meeting prest carrington addressing them we are all well in health bro snow together with his son BOH erastas W will go to denmark as that was the intention when we left when on the rhine I 1 was very anxious to ascertain how they raised the tile grapes and made their wine the way the grapes are raised cannot be understood fully unless seen and I 1 do not have any idea thai that any auy one of oun our grait grapo grape raisers in southern utah ulah would want to follow buit suit if they did see it for with the amount of lab iab labor laboe r they have to perform upon the rhine za to raise one pound of grapes we could raise five and I 1 think I 1 am safe in saying ten the ih e people on the rhine told met me that hatten ten teu pounds ads to the th c vine was a good yield and t U observed b se rd tb that t all their thein grapes were planted on the mountain side among the rocks and the people had been compelled to cut terraces pick out rocks and build up wails walls to the tiie height of from four to ten feet upon the lower side and then not get a piece of land more than from thirty to fifty feet wide I 1 counted at one place 4 12 3 terraces one above the other and each one had a wall some six to eight el cht feet high to hold up the lower end and furnish famish soil which wib wis was only one among a great many of the same kind the towns did not appear to be more than six to seven miles apart thus compelling some of the workers of the land and tinas to go 3 or A 4 miles to work and then climb the mountain to cultivate and in all cases the grapes when gathered will have to be packed in baskets down the mountain to the foot before a wao vao wagon walon on can be got to take thi them m away I 1 was informed that some of the grapes had been packed in a basket up the mountain with iland eo lland liand in that man manner mannen ner nen laced placed upon the rocks to grou grow the wine is sold at from one dollar to ten dollars per gallon in the hotels and steamboats F t did not find any that suited my taste any better thau than that which we take pains to make good in st george and arld I 1 am satis satta satisfied nied fied that if we in southern utah will only be careful as to the way in which we make our wine and put it upon tae tac market the wine raising business will be one bf the most profitable of any in utah that is a man can make money and means as easy and with as little capital as in any other business all that id Is the matter with us in southern utah is lack of laborers a little more knowledge as to th the mann manne erot raising the grapes and a just jua t appreciation of the true resources of the country then with a combined capital to make and handle the wine we can soon boon beco become very well established our wine contains a much larger amount of spirit than thau any I 1 have tasted and will be well adapted to make into brandy on our r pure brandy and wine would boon soon f nind find ad a aready ready market the gooner sooner we combine our capital and labor which will be according arding to your instructions when in st geo george e the better it will be for us I 1 gather gathered some profitable information on the growing of grapes and the making of wine when upon the Rhine which I 1 believe ls is ip 18 vell well adapted to our country part of or which Is the racking and storing to prevent it going sour I 1 did not get time to visit slik silk raising or manufacturing far which I 1 felt much disappointed I 1 llave have been careful to examine all the woollen goods I 1 could and also vegetables gram grain and fruit also to inquire the respective prices I 1 find provis provisions ions lons of all kinds including beef and flour where I 1 have been to be much higher than in utah I 1 have not seen any apples or potatoes that will begin to compare with ours eurs apples sell here forsight fore forc leht ight cents per pound and very tery poor quality I 1 find with the exception of fine broad cloth that there Is not that much difference la in frice price in that commodity that I 1 expected in fact there Is so little that I 1 shall not attempt to buy clothes to return home with cloth which we manufacture like ma many ny other matters we have to do with although not so polished I 1 find will mill compare very favorably when tested with this world of gilt and shoddy every day convinces me more of the benefit of making our own cloth or being satisfied with what we do make instead of paying such high duties and large percentage to dealers before it comes into our hands I 1 visited some of the cotton factories in stockport and got some valuable information for the washington factory in the geering of some of the machinery I 1 shall endeavor to see all ail a 11 1 I can pertaining to the wor working kino of wool and machiner machinery in general MI I 1 always introduce myself as fr from utah and I 1 chave hate have always been treated with courtesy and liberally shown through their works and all my inquiries answered I 1 am now ready and anxious to enter upon my ray field of labor and shall start to liverpool today to day for that purpose I 1 believe luy lay appointment is to the birmingham conference hoping you are well I 1 am |
