Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-08-03

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dressed people at the tables, I followed the
example. The wafles were finely served
up with butter, and loaf sugar sprinkled
over them. While eating, I was forcibly
reminded Of good old mother Dyce's boun-
titll table on the Agency road, It the
f"Narrows"-to be sure missed Mrs.
| Dyce's crab-apples--that's all.
The women in both France and Bel
GUM seldom wear bonnets in the streets,
but invariably wear caps-freqnen,ly very
tastefnlly made. A rosy-cheeked Flemish
girl, peeping out Of her bright ey Is from
behind the long wings q don't know what
else to call them) Of those pretty caps is
by no means an embarrassing sight. The
women in the country work in the fields
quite as much as the men. In fact, think
the proportion Of females in the fields is
considerably greater than that Of males
not engaged in the lighter labor, such as
binding, but in regular hard digging. I
have often seen from the road side dozen
or twenty women in platoon all upon
their knees, picking stones. In return
ing from Waterloo to Brussels, noticed
q robust rosy checked peasant girl throw
harrow on her back and walk cir, singing
as merrily as nightingale.
! Throughout my travels both in France
and Belgium have noticed most strik-
ing and commendable feature in the char
acier Of the population. l do not recol-
lect to have seen single person intoxi-
Gated! / could 60 through .'Shade Hill''
or "Swan" streets, in Manchester on a
market day and see more people Keeling
drunk, than l have seen in all France ana
Belgium! The laboring people Of both
sexes, to great extent, wear wooden
shoes. They are large clumsy affairs and
resemble small canoes, or what we in the
West call ''dug-outs," much more than
they do shoes. 1t is astonishing how they
they manage to clump along and keep
them upon their feet. was struck with
the great difference in the price Of pro-
visions and living between England and
the Continent. Spending the night at the
village Inn at Waterloo, had every thing
very neat and comfortable, good cup 81
coffee, eggs, rolls, &C., for supper, and the
same for breakfast-all for three francs
lodging included. In England l should
have had to pay at least ten francs for the
same fare and accommodations. Onmy re-
turn TO Brussels, revisited the Museum,
which, next TO the British Museum, is the
most extensive and rare collection have
seen in Europe. Think the collection d
birds is equal to that in the British Muse
INN, while the collection Of paintings far
excels anything have ever witnessed, ex-
cepting only Hampton Court Palace
This noble institution is open to the pub.
on Sundays and "fe,e" days, but foreign.
ers have access at any time.
Travelling through Belgium one ap.
pear to be going through vast garden, 6
tas,,f lily is evrey plat Of ground arranged
planted on every hand with rows Of state.
ly trees; it is without exception, the mos
picturesque country l ever bcheld; and
shall always admire the great Flemish
masters more than ever for the fidelity ane
truthinlness with which their landscape
paintings are delineated.
One Of the most interesting circumstan
ces connected with my journeyings upor
the Continent has been my pilgrimage t
Waterloo. On the morning Of the ISL
Of May, after visiting the Cathedral ant
the Chamber Of Deputies, palace De Ma.
tion,) left Brussels on foot fof the iielt
Of Waterloo (not like the British army
who left the same city 20 years ago at tht
II sound Of drum and blast Of trumpet. y bu
peacefully wendell my way along tn,
edge Of the forests Of Soigne and Merlee.
Braine. ! could scarcely realize that
was on the road to that renowned fielt
; that sealed the fte Of nations, and changed
the destinies Of Kings and Emperors.
,, walked leisurely along the undnlatin;
country, the very picture Of our prairie
!, region, until reached the small villages .
Waterloo and Nit. St. jean, distant fou
leagues from Brussels. Here the broa.
field was spread out before The; aud bein.
familiar with the history Of the battle,
was not difficult for me to picture il
imagination, those mighty armies contend
ling Tor victory. rested myself and call
ed for piece Of bread and butter at tn,
farm house, Mt. St. Jean, and here, on III,
spot | saw the vast Importance Of its pos
session in covering Brussels. Twas her,
and at the firm house La Hail Sainte, tina
, Napoleon seemed most DESTROYS to dispos
sess the Duke. Putting himself at tn
! head Of 1900 Of the National Guard, tn
flower Of the French army, he made
last desperate rally on the centre Of tn
: forces. Twas for this frail farm house
fortress La Hail Sainte) that yelling
ton suffered his men to be cut down ik
; the grass Of the field before he allowe
: them to charge upon the enemy. VIVA
emotions did l experience while gain
J over this blood-stained field! How
P shook the civilized world to its very ce.
:, tire, and yet feather, as it were, t.rne
the scale Of victory. Now the gey four
: ltains are dried up. The din sc battle
Z. hushed. The wall Of widc;S and orpha,
! has long since ceased. ALI is now trar
: |quil, and the ripening harvest alone wave
triumphant over the broad ficles Of w;
z teflco!
Ever yours,
J, CHE-MO-KO-MON.
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e MoRE OF rHEMl-rHE riRE srHfADIr
!, IN wxsrERs V1aoISIA.-Among Il
T many changes in western Virginia, v
4 are both gratifed and pleased to annohnt
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