Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-02-20
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lwriIoa expressly iorths Dayton Rppirs,l
A SUMMER I'm EUROPE.

efifFs'tuenaf W oFoaaeu the torryl 70 water
land, sud there took carriage for TIE village
of Brock, some niue milep distauts \Aii over
Holland there Is 8 network Of cannlsA which
are the commoo highwaysstf tasal Who're
are few roads however, on tsp u DC dikss,
aud By the sides Of the caazls, and il was
oyer cns Of these that so took our course.
We we're much amused FOR time in loo ing
at ttbenamerogs pntlapdish vessels, IN ,iEs
ifoh ship down ~ . little soow, propelled
by sails, or msn, women dogs or rales,
shich were continually ip sight, some pas.
ing ia toward he city, others, out TO the sea.
We we're interestsd also d 6rst, IL the ap-
parently limitlossexpanse Of low, fiat country,
the ihnumsrabls windmiIls puAping up the
water from the fields iuto the canals above
and the little cottages, MODELS Of nealness
% or about eypry one Of which the good
vroaiO was scrubbing away whether any dirt
vas visible o. not and around the open doors
Of which, therewas always host of clean,
blue eyed babies but after time the novelty
wore away, and the drive became not little
monotonous and wearisome saa..5f
The village Of Brock, ia which live. some
Of the wealthiest country people in Holland
is very ridiculous place in appearance and
also 4 lie prevalent nanDers and customs
Wheeled vehicles drawn BY AAinas are ior
hidden % conshmlnals the insgaeulaLs paving
Of III litlls marrow streets and thia law Is As
inasxibie and unauefabls aslwere those oftha
Medea and peraid6s. Even the Emperor
Alexander Of Russia, when he visited jhis
place thirty or forty years ago was compelled
humbly dsmount and pass through on iost
We we're ferrisd scFoss the canal IL q skif 81
an old woman who handled her oars as denly
As u she were born sAilor--which very like
ly she was, as these people are perfectly am.
plobio1s aud on almost every craft We saw on
our way out there was the family oflhs owner,
even 10 the pigeons, dogs and pigs. We
passed through the little gardens Of the Bur.
gomeiSter and wondered at It's unheard Of do.
corAtions. A wooden figure Of little man
dressed as parson, sits in the summer house
apparently absorbed in tho study Of wooden
book Wooden swans floating on the minia.
turs lake, and 10 small cottage, wooden
old man and woman; worked by some wooden
machinery, 20 through the motions Of spin
ming as il was done in this country three hun
dred years ago, while under the table, q
wooden dog with bellows 10 him, wheezed
out as US an asthmalic bark, as We crossed
| the Threshold.
We tAlksdihgeegh he quiet little streota,
staring at eyesyJhIDg and being stared III By
everythlag tha, had eyes in return Ju front
Of each house thereis a little stop knd plat
form on the edge Of the canals, the the water
level in which is only foot or
two below the foundations Of the horses,
where the thrifty Housewives bring and ddsh
thnr dishes after rmeals. The front doors of
the houses we're al closed, and We were sald
lthey were never opened except when mem
ber of tho family inArries or dies Whea n
child ID born, which should judge is not an
| unfrequent occnrrence in Brock, cap or
bonnet u hing outside the door, aud daily
bulletins concerning the progress Of the mo-
I, yer and the little one, are posted ia the same
ola oe, Until bis proper and aafe Zoe fslaads
70 al and offer their congratulations Al
he women we saw, wore the metal eaps and
frooti va, most Of which were Of silver Sohia
few Of dno gold, Hoops, OF course, RrstaA.
known
We PASSED through tho village, aud
found our carriage waiting for ps at liHle
house In Il. . suburbs out OF which came -
We Approac. he'd, tidy matroa With kind Of
warm compo and in glnsses for as 20 drink.
which vas ch ieay composed uf native gin,
,,hieh kv the udges Ia our party WAS pro,
nouuced very AiaiAble, equal 70 TOE eeieera-
ted sehlodam ), ihnapps Of the great Udol
Pho.
On our retutn IRE stopped 70 sxatnino the
interior Of windp I'LL aud dairy, The ma
chinery Of the form Or is very single, and only
sufficient 10 turn an AfchlmedeAn sesew,
which revolving "a b.ax a. nu angle o. forty.
Eve degrees, liils the wtAer from The ditch be-
low, disidhco of twelve OF ffteon feet 10 q
reservoir. out Of which L HoWs into canal b
which a conducted thr, ,,uiyh openings 10 ihs
dikss 70 the sea. la lAls siairy, We saw an
abundance of delicious milt, cream, bu,lel
and hard round oheesesy which have heard
their soldiers use 10 their cannon when meta
balls run out, With exoell ,nt eject The goot
vile laid By bar seruhbing bash for mcmen
70 show ~ throaeh the upper part Of be-
house. Evsrylhing vas very plain bat vesj
cOmioftahle. Upon our akiBg were the fan
| d. slopi, she stepped 70 the side OF The room
And opened doof in the I, gall that had beior'
escaped eur notice. and thsiro on she shelf o
. saag cupboard was tho bed The cradh
suspected from above, hAilgs just over i
y There sas no dirt to b 1ooe anywhero Ever
the stale below, where iho eoNa are kept u
winter, weFs AZ clean Is human labor, vii