The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-30
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RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
A SKETCH OF LIFE IN HOLLAND.

ana lLS people:
"Ihe city which lies nearly at the
south of the Znyder-Zee, has direct
communication by sea with almost all
the provinces, and thus she had become
the mart for their produce long before
railroads had introduced a new means
OF communication, which has not even
yet superseded The vast fnter-com-
municatiOn by water, which existed in
this very ex extraordinary country, almost
every heId OF which may be reached by
water, and the manure from the cities
IS thus, at very slight cost, spread oyer
the most distantfelds. The large barges
which are useds for the, sea voyage as
well as internal trade, carry about one
hundred tons. They are rugged with
two masts, placed considerably apart;
at sea, and sometimes inland or on the
rivers, they use their sails. at other
times they are propelled with long
straight poles, used by the athletic boat
| men, who, placing the end of the poles
against their chests, and walking back
wards, urge the boats forward with
considerable speed. Inland. when
the sails cannot be used thew are
drawn by men, or sometimes women,
The tow rope has fiat board, which
is placed over the chest, and thus the
boat or barge is drawn along, Horses
are seldom used. Indeed, ii. one man
can pull one Of these boats along, it
"OuAu OS lulbe economy 10 use q horse.
which consumes as much food as seven
men to do the work. These boats in
order to turn in a small space, and to
afford considerable stowage, are built
very square ut the bows, and thew have
very old fashioned look, but they do
large amount of work. Amsterdam
may be. said to be built in the sea; all
her buildings are raised on piles, The
Palace alone required 1885. In pass
ing along through the CITY noticed the
foundation which was being prepared
for house. Two sets of men were en-
gagged driving piles, while third set,
with centrifugal pump, were pumping
out the water, a very copious stream Of
which was flowing from the pump,
The pile driving was done with the
rudest machinery, such as would in
England be superseded with the winch
or steam engine. Here the object seems
to be to employ men, not to supersede
their labor with machinery.
"The Protestant churches are rarely
open except on Sundays, and even
then it is difficult to get a seat. At
Berne l found the church locked. and I
was refused admittance because I was
| not there within quarter of an hour
| after the service had begun. In
Amsterdam 1t was u little better. I was
| allowed within the porch, but the doors
admitting to the seats We're all locked.
The minister goes through his duties
like a lesson of which he wishes to get
rld ana as he does not like to be dis
turbed, those who come late are locked
out. The churches are provided with
large, heavy, ponderous-lookinr Bibles Sts
fastened with two imposing clasps
The catechism and prayers are placed at
the end instead of the beginning.
They do not allow families to sit to-
gether in pews; all the women are
placed in the centre of the church and
| Thn
their hats even during the service, and
neither men nor women stand up dur.
ingthe singing of the psalms, which oc-
ours three times in the service, and COL
lections are made during the semon.-
The collectors have implements like
landing-nets, with long handles; the
net is lined with black velvet, These
bags are poked in succession under
each persons nose to receive the contri-
button. Two collections were made on
Sunday morning. What their object
was did not learn, save that one set of
others were plain. Most of the congre-
CATION put something into each. The
clergymen was supplied with wafer
and he paused frequently in discourse
to moisten his lips and throat-a very
necessary precaution in using such a
cultural language as the Dutch.
81 found the Crystal Palace opeu on
Sunday evening, and a band engaged in
its weekly concert, The building
which would hardly be missed out of
that of Sydenham, is simply a large
concert hall, with a few flower beds in
It The company which numbered eight
thousand, were seated in groups at small
tables; where they had tea, coffee, wine,
&c, or stroling about the hall of the
adjacent ground. The building was lit
with gas and thronged with people of
all classes. The charge for admission
was sixty cents (tehpence.) .,1s I9la
The fair at Amsterdam has attract
ed all the movable theatres and other
similar amusements. The tables are
decked out with provisions of various
| kinds. asst masses of the people, all
sober, all well conducted, are moving
about. In one spot is n French kitchen:
the cooks are working in public: IL is
all well lit up. Adjoining the cook king-
room are alooVes shut of by curtains.
where visitors can taste the quickly
cooked viands. One of the most ANUS
ing spectaCles is the manufacturing of
pancakes, or fFitters; 1t is carried on in
the open air. Upon large brazier,
about three feet by four feet, is placed a
plnte of copper, closely indented with
little saucers about three inches in fli-
ameter, and placed in rows, Two yTo-
men sit on high chairs, each having "A
large bowl of batter on the left hand: a
long g4handled timber spoon is used
with the right hand to jerk spoonful
OF batter into each of the. Guns which
have already been creased. Here it
trtes Tor few moments until an atten-
dant teverses it with q long fork They
are then quickly gathered up with a
FORK and taken away to be eaten. The
jerking OF the batter never stops; as
soon as the woman. has got to one end
of her space it is time to begin AGAIN.
The whole proceeding is indeed yery
funny. THESE fairs are sort of satur-
| MALTA; They occur annually. and are
the means by which very staid people
throw off some of their pent-up anima-
ton. They are mostly IenjoSeli by the
middle and lower classes. All servants
consider they have a prescriptive right
to the enjoyment of thefair, which lasts
a fortnight. If any of the better Glasses
visit the spots where it is held thew
never join in the sport. Sometimes par
ties OF dozen young men and Young
girls join in band and march where
ever they choose, singing and dancing
the Dutch women are to heseen in great
variety. That of NoorCi Brabant.
which consists of a cap fitting ti0ht.
over the forehead, but large over the
back, and with a deep curtain or fringe
coming down over the shoulders, has a
very pretty etiect The most curious
head-dreSses are those of North and
South Holland, in which rich cold
band is worn across the forehead,
and In some cases small ornaments.
like winkers, at eRchio side.,J These
jewels, which are very costly, descend
from mother TO daughter, and are much
prized. The hat or bohnet, hardly
know which to call it, is also very PEE
culiar in its shape. As each province
has its own head-dress, the fAir presents
features of vAst variety! The Dutch
women, seem 70 cherish their former