Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-08-16
A DUTCH PICTURE.

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Here is description OF the Dutch. by cor
responder, of the New.York Mirror. which
for fidelity, truth and beauty, will match any
ofMr. Washington Irving's Dutch delnea,ions.
my one who has idled along the banks Of The
sleepy old Mohawk, or ruralizsd in that charm
ing valley of con,en,cd burghsrs, mus, be do.
lighted with the following picture. Our own
lands may equal theirs in beauty and fertility;
but do our people equal them in conten,ment--
in klndness--iu genuine hospitality-in all that
constitutes the comfort and happiness Of social
| lifel
Observation-Disclosures, were you
ever in Dutchland, where the water
runs up hill because it is Dutch water :
Were you ever so fortunate as to make
the acquaintance of those primitive
old Dutch families, whose farm houses
dot at intervals the bank Of the noble
Mohawk-those pocket editions of
Paradise, smiling with peace and plen-
ty, like the good-natured jovial counte-
nances OF the venerable Jolly Dutch
men who inhabit them
Did you ever see field of broom
corn, hundred acres maybe, waving
in the wind like sea of bright yellow
gold? No. Then you have never
been in Dutchland. Perhaps you new
or have. as have, re,,l.a aie"c 1000
meadow rows Of tall Seneca clover,
and impcnetrable thickcts of wild
grape vines, pertaining the air almost
to suifocation, just wide enough to
keep you from running into the river
on one side, and tho fence on the 9TH
or, and suddenly find your way stop
ped by Dutchman with his huge mar
ket wagon, going to town perhaps with
a load Of cabbages. See how compo-
scdy he takes it: you cannot pass by
him, he cannot set by you! He secs
the difficulty, but cannot avoid it. He
stops his team, takes out his pipe and
lights it, crosses his legs, and looks at
you so pleasantly he is cogitating,
wondering what you will do. lie
looks on one side. there is the fence
he says very good, and takes puff;
he looks on the other side, there is the
rivcr-ayc, very good, and takes an
other puff; he looks ahead, yonr wagon
stops the road--he takes another puff,
and says very good; he looks behind
a thought has seized him--hc will back
out. "a half mile.) lie calls to you
so pleasantly, 81 will back my horses"
You get out of your wagon TO help him
and find pair Of bars by his side.
"Why don't you take down the bars
and drive through" you ask him.
ooh, very good; | did not think Of
, that" he says, and shakes his sides
to find how easily he is extricatcd from
his dilemma.
God bless the Dutch girls, and pre-
serve you safely from their bright eyes
their rosy cheeks, and their sweet lips
Their faces are a perpetual sunshine
ever breaking forth into merry. joy
Gus laugh; are you bupgry2 tell them
and they will bring hot cas- and Dutch
cheesc--whatever you want; arc you
thirsty? tell them, and they will bring
you Zuite maiee-any thing you may
wish to drink do you wish to kiss thcm'
tell them so, and they will turn up
their tempting lips and say, yes, OF
course; are you sick! they will nurse
you with tho most tender solicitudc un-
til you are well; arc you gloomy or
sad! they will cheer you up with their
smiling faces, and make you merry in
spite Of yourself; but misuse their kind
ness once, and they never will sec you
again. Once more say, God bless
the Dutch girls. L. ID. }.
New DrscoyERY.-We arc inform