The New York herald., 1871-11-13
ME PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH.
Their Habits, Customs and
rvr "a Country. Ft7t
LIFE AT THE FOOT OF THE BLUE HILLS.
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How They Farm, Fodder,and
Fructify.
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lures.
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THE DUTCH I'M POLITICS.
THE DUTCH I'M POLITICS.
Hig Men In the Lehigh, SwHtsra
and ,Conestoga Region,

HARRISBURG Pa, Seps.9l3 1Sn.
whenever you zee town ending wsSn burg
0aways suspect Ii TO be 'Htgh DutchtJ" whether ie
- Newbura. on. vhe Hudson; Harris9nSurg, on tho
0nenandoah; skroudsburG on the De,hware' or Har-
sDourg on tneSusquehanna. tA@
AsRUcTs OF DEUTSCHLAND. df
n there aresno traceaSle reasons way itsheuld be
German there are reasons lying somewhere Near
around. THESE reasons ere apt to be nigh cultiva-
nan OF the limestone coils particularly; unusually
sarong and stalwau breed Of draaght horses; the
Sspio1s use Of clover to bring up overwrought
ground; stOne houses with rod r0ofs, or brick
louses painted glaring red or yellow: remarkably
hinge baras witch the frame saperstructure over
nps tho stone basement as 20 pr0tect cattle and
barts below, and tine second story OF the barn is
alse enDered by . wag0n-way, drawbridge-fashion.
trom the hinder site; good fences and very few
neone walls, no matter how mach stone there may
- thereabout; phegmatic, overfed, inonensive,
hat frequently small and stunred people, with here
md there perfect giant IN size, capable OF carry.
Ag barrel OF -four mile without shifting 1t; OF
Dating, alone and unsupported, quarter or bacon
ana half bushel OF sauerhrdu at . meal, and
60sing for Andrew Jackson. with more than the
Nth Of St Themas, at every Presidential election,
bass and to come.
1uch are some OF the sanent surface demonstra-
Auns Of the Pennsylvania Dutch country-a beauti-
- SAAu SWCCp "a lSu VI uLuo ltucStO00
knels and valley land, comprising The better por.
0on Of fourteen rich and elderly counties, lying
between the BIue Mountains ana tide water. ana
osed up At one END by the bent elbow OF the Dela-
ware, In its course from Berdentown to the Water
Gap; but Its prolific population, moving southwest
Nardy over the boundary OF Pennsylvania aad nl-
)ng mp the valleys Of Virginia. can be1traced Is far
= the mountains Of Western North Carolina ana
East Tennessee, where their exemplars were known
Anrng the cayn war for their sturdy attachment te
- cause OF the Union and freedom.
NICE TRAMP FOR PEDESTRIANS.
~ this period Of the year pedestrian tramp
snAeng the Dutch counties would be particularly
sneertaining and instructive to the scholar OF
1eseFs invnlla, or patient udging pleasure seeker.
mis- country, although the nearest to New York
~ Of any Of the quaint and provincial
o1gi0ns In cur Union, has been almost entirely
6atiectcd except By our capitalists In coal iron
ate or produce. or b. the through traveller bound
- she West who 1les westward TO Harrisburg on
Ne lightning train, marvelling for q few minutes
. . stme at the exquisite garden cultivation on
both sdes OF him and wondering what part OF Penn
Wlvania IL may be. Even the lightning express
Raverses tins country no longer; for the Pennsyl-
vanla Railroad, anxious to utilize It's full trunk
bength to Philadelphia and lease the New Jersey
hncs to boot has for several months past disconr.
aged what was called the "Allenfown line,' which
pught to be the regular expeditions highway to the
west ..s
In this month of September the nne apples OF the
pennsylvania Dutch turning red. cider is plent
III, and hog tcherIng, sausage making sauev-
esau picking and leisurely hospitality distinguish
NE country. 1t Is customary to laugh ar the
Dutch for their backwardness In politics.
Dducation and worldly wisdom; but their civiliza-
hon, such as 1t is, Is very perfect and simple;
their method industry: domestic virtues and entire
absence OF violent and wicked propensltes, sucn as
revenge. political corruption deserton OF family or
parents and wanton mischievousness. have enabled
khem to keep pace with the more active populations
d New England. Virginia aud even interior New
York. that they may be said at present 30 be the
s1cllest farming population In America The United
States census shows Lancaster county, Pennsylva-
MIA, TO be the richest farming county In the Union,
and Its neignbors OF Lebanon York. Adams, Berks,
Montgomery, Lehigh ana Northampton are not far
nenind 1t.
II the understanding OF the people Is not as acute
- In the valley OF Connecticut, II their commercial
ben is not as comprehensive as the Low Dutchman's
descendants In the valley OF the Hudson, II they
are inferior to the Pennsylvania Scotch Irishmen
IN leadership. adventure and personal prowess,
Dr to the virginian and Marylander in
cash and audacity, they are, nevertheless,
happy, rich and comfortable element,
whose good habits ana strong bodies Ahave tough
pned out the more wtry races by nrermarriage with
them, and they make in the heart OF the Middle
States an impregnabie body Of loyal conservatism
against which the isms and insrabities OF the out
ttde populations break like waves upon rock.
Some Of the finest specimens OF physical women
n the country, equal to the Blue Grass women OF
ksntucky, are raised on the limestone streams and
oairy farms of the Lenigh, Schuylkll, Swatara
Conestoga, 6usquenanna and their adJuncts. The
roads which traverse the country are OF tho very
BEST character Of limestone pixies; the inns are
sheap, seldom charging above two dollars day or
ben dollars week; the towns are frequent, the his
borcal associations often curious and anccting aud
phe bospitaliy OF private folks If one has introduc-
Daons, equal to the best In the South In the days
- Aavery.
HOW TO GET TO THE DUr CH COUNTRY.
mo New Jersey Central Railroad win deliver you
tp IN less tnan four hours, after ride Of eghtysx
miles, at Easton, the bastion town OF the Dutch
p0untry on the east which has been called the May.
bnce OF the American Rhineland The Morris and
nssex road has Q terminus at the same imposing
bitale city. The Central road u generally thought
10 he the pleasantest for passenger travel, rs II IL
BOT blocked mp with the coal trains which Ill the
Morris and Essex; the latter road, however, runs
through the strongest scenery In New Jersey, by
Dcnoolsy's Mountain and the ShawangunK range,
swing 70 which nearly impsssable features IL re-
guired from 1886 TO 1855 to complete IL; It Is now
,eased by the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad,
whose connections extend from Hoboken to Oswego.
TIE ooUr D'0IL OF DEUTSCHLAND.
you have any doubt when you get TO Easton
nat you are really in the Dutch country, inquire,
Sor evidence OF General James shunk who h the
Sditor Of one Of the nourisning daily papers
- the son-in-law OF the Hon. Jeremiah
.. Black, and the SON Of the late idolized
Dutch Governor Of Pennsylvania, Francis r.
nhuuk. Old
pDries Of famous Dutch magistrates OF Pennsylva-
pla Of whom Simon Snyder and Ritner were con.
hpicuous instances. Ritner brought into public life
HE late Hon. Thad. Stevens, VINO precipitated the
Buckshot War but Governor Skunk, who could
1Deak fourteen kinds Of Pennsylvania Dutch and
Aad personally tasted all the varieties OF cheese
Runnsylvauta, never had any Prime Minister. The