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200 people present (forenoon) commoners of the com-
moners, not a gentleman or lady—what they seem to need
at St. N. is more congregation and not quite so much
steeple.

The German Stove

'Who is buried here?"

"Nobody."

"Then why the monument?"

"It is not a monument. It is a stove."

We had reverently removed our hats. We now put
them on again. Stove 8 ft. high—female bust in a circle
in the side midway—3^ ft. by 2j4—very ornamental,
around the top.

Huge parlor and bedroom. Silk quilts and top beds.
Parlor vast—looks out on great paved space before the
stately railroad station. Two red silk sofas; 4 tables;
writing desk; 12 chairs. Polished floor with rugs.

Three large windows; 2 large mirrors; 2 candelabra
with 3 candles each against the walls; 2 with 4 each be*
fore the mirrors.

In Europe they use safety matches and then entrust
candles to drunken men, children, idiots, etc., and yet
suffer little from fires, apparently. The idea of an open
light in one of our houses makes us shudder.

Heard cuckoo in woods at W. May 2. Heinrich said:
"How long shall I live?" The cuckoo went on cuckooing
for the next 20 minutes—wherefore H. is a Methuselah,
each yell meaning a year. First cuckoo I ever heard out-
side of a clock. Was surprised how closely it imitated the
clock—and yet of course it could never have heard a
clock. The hatefulest thing in the world is a cuckoo clock.

German cleanliness reaches an altitude to which we
may not aspire. These peasants are as cleanly in their

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