National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-01-24
The Land of the WindmillS.

one of '.CarletOn's" letters to the
Boston Journal, written since he
started upon his tour around the
world. The letter is a model in its
way, and although specially intend
ed for young readers, we think it
will not be found devoid of inter
est andinstruction for older people
| am sure that every boy and girl
who reads the Journal would take
great pleasure in visiting Holland, it
is sucha queer, strange, funny place,
and the people are so odd and curl
Gus. There are such scenes as can
not be found anywhere else III the
wide world Most of the boys in
New England carry knives i'll their
pockets; and | dare say that there
is not a lad among all OF them who
may read this letter, who has not
Whitfield out d windmill, or at least
a whirligig; but there are more
windmills here than they ever dream
ed of--windmills i'll the towns and
cities, out in the country, ana all
along the shore of the sea-all III
motion whenever there is wind
enough to turn them. Yesterday
could see nearly one hundred at
time. 1t was a guSty, breezy day,
and the storm clouds were flying
/ from the German ocean. and there
was tremendous commotion among
! the wiudmills. Each one seemed to
be trying to whirl faster than the
other.
Undoubtedly you have read of
the exploits of that crazy Knight,
Don QuiXote, who saw q windmill
and thought it was giant, and Wt@.t
at it full tilt, and got tumbled into
the dirt by the great fans. which
went round and round just as if
nothing had happened; but if he
were alive in these days, and were
to visit Holland, he might think
With good reason that the land was
/ full Of giants.
You wonder perhaps, what the
people of this country can want OF
so many windmills; but let me tell
you that had it not been for these
mills III the past thele would be very
( few people in Holland now. The
Wlndmills IN one SelSe nave made
/ the country what it is.
Looking upon Your map OF Hol'
land YOU VIII see thaJ the river
kmne, which has MS source away
south III he centre ol Europe among
the mountains OF switzerland, mere
reaches the sea. W heh 10 gets win
Ill ABOUT enc hundred miles OIL 'he
sea IL SplliS llseli mo d 'ioZth OF
/ more chahhels' All "l NIlich, alleI
winding and turning through :"
great marsh, pour tEeif waters mo
the ocean. holland therefore, was
once great marsh or bog' lhcrc
are very te" stones III the country
there are no mountains or hiilS' out
. one dead level OF malsh lal'd.
Hundreds OF years ago tne pcop'e
who llNed near the NOUN Oh ihe
Rhine saw that the MARSH iaild was
very iertile, ior the Slll I'll tile river
brought down every year from lht
mountains mace tuc IAN" "NeiA rie'l
they saw also tha' II lhcN cou'" Only
get rld OF the wafer oi' the IilafSiI''
they might lay out cabbage garden,
ana Hit,e iaiinN. Inry toI'iiiellcco II
by building dams mere ana thereT :,
one on ,he ol'''rn o' l''v i',iii,e t',l G"'
e." me io''ei-3i'" w, lh'Vc III I'M
was AHo"" an I','''''" , @ "h"'".' 'll''
va '", Ii''',,'''' 80 I';. a;,, >u,,.
'" VI 'l' i'''',y T' ',''9 l',t'tT-if,,
C'l'''",' ~ '', ''' ,'''',' ,i ~ '',',,,. 'a
'''',I'' ,''I u''i.,''t ''N lI,'iI' ,.n,t.
~ @ M ~ ''a"'' ~ ,. "'i'T t,,,, L",, w" t
Va, .'.. 'e''''''' r"t ~" a., ",'', ,tor ,"at",
,I',. 'r',''.''' ,.,,',,,l.,a.,,,t, ,,,Jay.
'.,'.u-,' w, ,I.t', mI," '',', ,,o,
j ~ Ii i"'t'', ~, IN, '' ,,t,i,l, 81,
q Wv ""2 n,I ,hon onnna;,,n,
N"'ti 80, He''iST' ',;IIi,, ;i W., ,'i,I,n;II, g.
w, ~ v, ',',',''' ,i,a ,i,.o,.
p",,tP''5 NV ""',' ,'''T Wv = ~ 49,,
q l"', N'' o''5 VI '"' ''I. - ,,,in' w. ,''
V"'t'-'''r "''''' "''N - '''''
'''o o'i'C' W., N '''''' ~, ,,,,'
EuS' ot "li'o "LlIi'o WIN WIN tu'' 'rNVi"' I.,l ."V.' W
ana .. mus juNV aS cas,'S -, It ,' uoe
one lntS nav CON- 'eivo r,i i''ii'--',aN Law,
'2re'" lllT slc'I II, ilS' II NM MINI W lu
tie No 'en'S' ",iu ha,. ""N' o06'''
. pump ;lJ o'' ~ ",&i ,,ino of all tho.
il That Is the m'',","s ", 49, Tn r,a,, ,''1 ,,,
EiaI'tS SW'nslnE '.,''I a." .,bnr- -da
o. end OF the year 10 lh' % V,l'i-"' y;
and nlght--"hche'er tncf' Is