The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-20

l,ck's comfortable tavern, 1t Stroudsburs. -four
b Il tSs east side Of the B,ue Mountain. in Penn
wanna and New Jersey, there il Q land Of lime
ae. You can hardly 80 up or down hill without
ding quarry ct the top and lime-kiln at the
ttom Git Old-fAshioned stone houses are sbuu-
nt, 6ty and hundred years old, some OF them
th walls three and four feet thick and rooted with
te. benind them are immense stone barns, square
ne daaries, round stone smokehouses, and even
kne ovens, standing separate from the houses, with
10 chimneys Of their own. There are Stone fences
ng the roadside, and in some places walls Of solid
lsonry. Little streams, that In New York would
crossed on half dozen plaoks, are here Spawned
Fly here would make very little Roadway. The
" reads considerably resemble State street, with
disadvantage that the stones instead Of being
q, are loose. In some OF the fields, one almost
PAGERS how the grass finds places to come up
Il b almost as good Is going to Germany, to ira
through this region. II Ia mainly settled BY
rmans and their descendants. The men in their
pollen hats, boards, and blue bl0ases and the wo-
FA in their old fashioned caps and calico short
WINS, have foreign look. The tavern signs arc
2orbed with German names, and often embel-
bed, after the German fashion, with devices Of
2 rampant lion, the rising sun, &c. 30 many
FAX nothing but German, that there il some dau-
thas. You lose your road, you will not easily
Il again by inquiring. We lost ours yesterday,
pa any man we met for two or three miles was,
at he was not speak no English-much;" and
were In similar condition with respect to
peutsche.n
It Is no uncommon thing to see women at work
the fields Several | saw yesterday busy with
men getting in their hay, and two who wore
ne cutting field of oats, with reaping hooks.
amsters 40 not drive here, but ride the near
Peel horse, Ia postii,on. You seldom see four
ses harIessed together, but often three and five.
les.nos such shabby specimens % pass with US
ades from coal black to dapple-grsy, are in COM
Pn use. Besides the substantial, and un-American
k OF the buildings, there Is an air Of trim preci
IN about the farm arrangements that takes moro
be q al our goahead farmers have to spare. Fo
Rtance, the stumps In q cleared lot, instead OF
ing left Jagged and uneven, are carefully smoothsd
nearly at the level Of tho ground, and q hole in
3 fence, instead Of being stopped up with board
IL pile Of stones must be neatly repaired to CORES
nd with the rest Each house, too, has its invari
70 cabbage patch, besides ~ little plot Of pinks
marigolds for the frss and children.
but the barns-they are the very apotheosis Of
bin and cattle. From MY 10 . hundred feet
bg and thirty or forty vide, they look capacious
Pough TO contain the whole produce Of the farm,
Z little oneatory house sometimes s1og ono
kth rail fence in front, while his barn u built Of
fck Or stone, three stories high. with hand
|ms stone wall around the barn yard. Some are
efceo W1SA round port holeg, Tor Ventilation;
wing them somewhat tho air, a* . distance, of q
|urch. The basement has eight or ten doors lead
to the stalls for the cattle; the main floor l. for
|ain and above all Is the hay loft. It is evident
|at people who take such pains with their build
es, are not thinking Of moving some day !" into
wn !" or "out West, but intend to live all their
les on the spot.
They do not fancy much tho newly invented
hPing machines, drills. patent ploughs. &C., but
bfk On With the old implements their forefathers
bed in Germany. OF course, therefore, they get
more slowly than they need to, but they seem
try to make up the difference by extra perseve.
|nce. TYaI
Most IL them have musical taste, and cultivate It.
here are few houses from which you do not hear,
pme time or other. especially on Sunday, the
raios Of house organ Or violin, flute or plano.
I church they all sing-smpls airs being chosen,
which al can join--and look upon our fashion Of
ring choir T. do It for rs - the height Of the
dicul0us.