Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-09-05

"Trekschultz," In Holland Rather q
'o'ds depression admit, You can, how.
ever, console and congratulate yourself,
that having expressed my indignation
and caution very freely upon this point,
! shall have no apology for referring to
1t again, and your readers may be thank
full for so much done.
The larger canals admit OF the largest
shipping passing through them, the
smaller waterways, or more properly
bitches, serve for the transportation OF
the farm and garden produce for market.
But very few wagons or carts are used
for this purpose. II you travel by the
roads and land carriage, you may
imagined the most quaint, odd looking
old-fashioned, wooden crsdle.top vehicles
for the family chaise, for church and
visiting, or you have the post carriage.
Diligence, or "Glasmagen," with two
horses for fourteen guilders ($5.75) per
day, and either one will be sufficiently
original in carriage, harness, driver and
horses, TO tempt you to take out your
sketch book or journal. II you take the
railway carriages you will find them
very comfortable, divided into compart-
mests for six, eight, or more persons,
according TO the price and class Of car.
riage you select. But do not take much
luggage with you, as only forty pounds
are allowed to each first and second class
passenger, and any more weight Is
charged extra. There is OF necessity
monotonous landscape and rural scenery
in Holland. But 1t Is by no means
wearisome or unattractive. The very
high state of cultivation of the soil the
most prolific crops Of grass; the exceed
ingly picturesque appearance Of the fine
black and white cattle, in almost num-
berless herds; the farm houses and build
ings, and almost universal cultivation Of
flowers around them, form picture OF
beauty, and evidences OF the highest
prosperity, in the agricultural products,
which are the principal returns of the
Industrial and well directed efforts Of
the people. The windmills elsewhere
might be the exception, but here they are
attractive, as they are the more promi-
nent features Of widely extended pros
pect. The indispensable necessity and
peculiar adaptability Of them, to the
purposes Of mechanical power, are so
self-evident, that their existence is as a
matter Of course, and without them the
suggestion of solving the problem OF me-
chanical labor would be perplexing.
have spoken OF the herds of fine cat
tie, the exceptions to the almost univer-
sal color, black and white, are so rare
that they excite your attention. The
animals are Of we'll developed figure and
size; their cleanliness must be proven
bal their milching and draught quail
lies excellent. recall the fine herd OF
Dutch cows belonging to the most sue
cessful and practical agriculturist OF
Rhode Island, Mr.. Obadiah Brown,
whose milking stock have had the OPP
portunity Of examining, and am justi-
fed in saying finer herd OF COWS I
never saw. They are of pure Dutch de.
scent, and the genuineness Of their pedi-
gree cannot be questioned, by one fami-
liar with those Of Holland. There are
some sheep, not as large as the more re-
nowned breeds Of England, but furnish
Ing excellent wool and mutton, judging
from superficial observation. The
supply Of neat cattle from Holland to
England and elsewhere, is in excess OF
that from any other country, and II l
mistake no., 1t was from Holland, that
the "rinderpest" was supposed to have
been originated.