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dulge in your alkalino antidote to all tlie vlnegar you havepreviously swallowed, under the namo of " Stieger" or"Braune-berger" to the sound of a brass band at Ems.

Around Coblenz tliere were some dozen of these " Wein-gartens" and the little play-bill of a daily paper was usuallyhalf-filled witb these advertisements of " Garden Concehts "and " Gabden Hakmonies" —the said concerts being, as witliour " Canterbury Halls " and " Effingham Saloons," merelyextra attractions to induce extra drinking.*

Moreover, every village has its annual " Kermes," orSunday Fair, in honour of the saint after whom the parishchurch is christened; and this again is an excuse for thepeople flocking in unusual crowds to the " Wein-gartens" and

* We append a few advertisements, cut at random from the Coblenz paper,in Illustration of this part of our subject:—

To-day, Thursday,

To day, Clirist's Ascension,

Executed by the Hartmann Society,wliereto (the public) is most respect-fully invited.

J. Z------, at Güls.

MOSELWEISS GARDEN.To-day, Thursday (Christ's Ascension),

Executed by the Band of the 25thRegiment of Infantry. Open at half-past Three. Admission for Gentlemen,21 sgr. (3rf. English).

TEXAS.To-day, Thursday, Ist May, 1856.

Open at half-past four.

To-day, Ist May,

H AKRA® IM Y,At Fellinger's.

©©KaeiiKT

(At the Tavern bearing the sign of)" The Peninsula."

To-day, Thursday,

©KÄfRÜ® @©[M<g[IßT s

Executed by the Band of the 25thRegiment of Infantry. Open at half-past Three. Admission for Gentlemen,2| sgr. (3<7. English).

G. T------, at Pfaffendorf.

OBERLAHNSTEIN.

To-day, Ascension Day, if favourableweather,

©ÄKSSEIM [H1&M®GW

(At the Tavern bearing the sign of)" The Lahneck Mountain."

LAUPUS'-GARDEN.

This Eveuing, at Six o'clock.

IFKII iMlÄKKfa©IMY D

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