The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23

aCarlton" writes from Holland
. che Boston JoarRals

"Carlton" writes from Holland
10 the Boston Joarpals
The farmers boys and girls Of
America, I nun. confident would
like 10 sgo with me into &tDateh
farm. house. Stable, and house
and dairy are under the same roof.
Tho house which We visit stands on
tho bank of the Canal-the water
10 the canal almost on level with
the ridgc-pels. Ono Of the dairy
maids has been out to the canaito
wAsh her pans and dishes, and now
she Is taking them back to the
house, drawing them in a little
cart. Look at her shoes-wooden
ones, turning up at tho toe like
skate clump, clump, clump, they
70 us she steps. She leaves them
outside the door and puts on pair
OF slippers as she enters. She has
u bonnet, so curious that l shall
not attempt TO describe it, but OF
just such pattern as those worn
BY her grandmother. Some Of the
cattle are in the fields, blanketod,
to keep them, warm. - !,
A girl, with rcd checks and
bright eyet, opens The door Of the
stable, and takes US along the staIls
TO sec the cows--twenty-six cows
standing by their cribs, or lying
down chewing their cnds, fastened
with rope halters-and, funniest
Of all sights, each cow has her tail
drawn up to tho ceiling by . cord
and pulley. 50 that 10 time their
tailsgrow strait up into the air /!
There are great tubs filed With mix
and curds and whey. There is a
fire. place in the stable wherc they
scald the milk. also the cheese.
press. We enter q little room and
see pots of butter, and rows Of
cheesos, not such great ones as tho
Vermont and New Hampshire girls
turn out, but chceses almost the
size Of sixty.four FOUNDER can.
non ball, not quite round, but like
the earth, fattened triAe at tho
poles. II you were 10 20 with mo
into somoo of the warehouses Of Am.
sterdam you would see cart loads
Of these chooses, enough 70 freight
scores Of ships. They arekept for
months, and years even. and never
lose their goodness. it issaid. You
have read how a Dutch Admiral,
in q sen fight, after having fred
away all his cannon balls, kept up
tho baltic with cheescs, just such
cheeses as these which tie bright.
eyed dairy.maid takes pleasure in
showing. We go from the stable
up u short flight Of steps, into the
kitchen, and say "Good morning"
10 the farmers wife, who courtseys
like little child. She shows us
over the house, and draws aside
u curtain and shows us tho beds
In tho recesses. like q berth In
ship An old clock brass
weight aud pendulum as bright as
sand and soap can. make them
ticks in ono corner. The rood
woman is drinking u cup ofcoifee.
but ifyou were to ask her TO writo
out tho word for you in Dutch, II
would read "Kafiij, " and she would
call railroad a "Spoorweg." Sho
takes great pleasure in showing us
her treasures in tho front room
"a buroal Of the richest mahog
any, set off with bead mountings,
with carved fect like lions claws
with rows Of delft china dishes
around tho room just under the
ceiling-old ware, cups and sau.
cors which her great. grandmother
used, which she will hand down To
her daughters, ard thoy TO their
children. There arc old pictures
on the walls-fpo cngravings--
more old china on the tables and
stands. Every thing is so clean
and nice that you are almost afraid
TO be 10 the room, & taa G. ID