COUNT BISMARCK AT HOME.

Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 502, 3 April 1869, Page 3

COUNT BISMARCK AT HOME.

A letter from Stetting gives some account of Count von Bismarck's estate in Pomerania : — "No one thought anything abous that country before the Chanceller, in 1867, bought his property there. At present the melancholy steppes which border the Baltic are well frequented, and Vertzin is now spoken of as Sans Souci was formerly. The railway from this town to Koeslin ought certainly to burn tapers in honor of Count de Bismarck. His residence is simply a grand seignorial mansion, large and comfortable, but without any architectural style, the ideal of the dwelling of one who is half countryman and hall townsman. In front is a garden laid out with great regularity, and further on is a large park which is well stocked with game; The Count frequently invites the neighbors to hunting parties, at one of which, he had that fall last autumn which might have proved fatal to Prussia. The sea is about fifteen miles off, and during the winter the north wind must be particularly keen there. The proprietor of this domain is engaged in numerous commercial pursuits. The Minister of his Prussian Majesty sells wool, manufactures tiles and bricks, and distils brandy. His sheep-walks are renowned, and the proceeds of the shearing are sought for far and near. One of these days you will hear that he is making paper, as he has entered into partnership with one of the principal men of Koeslin, M. Behrend, to establish a factory where this article will be produced by a new process. I believe that the firm Bismarck and Behrend is going to make their produce from bark. The vast woods of Vertzin, Wussow, Chomitz, and Charlottenthal will furnish the raw material in abundance. Formerly, the first-named place had a manufacturing reputation, as large glass works were established there, but they are now abandoned. The Count is without doubt a 'country squire, but he is one who possesses genius. In him there is something of the peasant, with his rude cunning, but also his indoinitable energy. There is in him something of the Norseman, which is the antipodes of the German whom we have hitherto known, almost a contradiction. M. de Bismarck has simply transferred to politics the proceedings, manners, and principles which he and his colleagues, the landowners of Bradenburg and Poinerania, apply in matters of domestic and rural economy. He treats the Prussians and Germans as he treats his peasants, if we may so describe the colonistsj|of these countries."