The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-10-28
DUTCH PgCULIARITIES.
some OF the odd Things met with In
Holland.

d u'ttItahlN W eltdIECAt II klt C ufLS EA
which the Dutch exhibit III their name. to
\ ~Afd strangers. A Dltcbman-l am ret
/ PcsSiCg % the very lowest class, Of cCursp-
I IN = never rises from his seat at table a.
\ f.oSs or n railway car to leave il. without
7 ,Gr ing and with a mprgbeDsive bow
Y eprakIuE biz adieu, sud tGis where be IS obvi-
! eu>S Shhout the tcquNntaDce OF single
7 o., mg~r OF tie party. Very commonly a.
7 ave been walking the streets ci Llydeu-it
Y y q t-rent here Ia th.s ueary eight times
q 'sr- eily-'hOse whom / nave met
Z I've touched th-lr hats, 10 a way Whch
Y .s uot com uou with a.; Saie 1t has real,
/ .teJ 4-l-e lh3 ming " ste aoF tbe children
2 s-t-t F.. r1sSc 4 II tDan. trs' as ey pas.
4 partial Offset 10 tits NAV oe found in tde
I .ut-.eratle aud tvyrl-s.InI tobacco smo.iCg
- ~r-c7 fhe people indulge. am crt dibir
! -frrn----Ll peiieve-ihAs there are ODY
w1 places lu w1.cE a DltchAau does ~
! HoAe N c urch and iu tie grave. | Am
7 -rr ro "a ID : mas have have something to
I ~'fh 'he unitcd alIeudaucs on Sunday s1
I tle oTmeT whether II has ary OBVIOUS Sant
Z Hf wua- ". @u Jult regard aS a proper feeling
[ I r tue last resting pisce of ou friends, cau
I DOT say. a tew OF me lrs. class cars have the
] q f. uieJ r,oken" upou tneI., aud 10 them
one a. generally safe h he have courage 10 pre-
frs' wneu some fe.i0E Traveller is about 10
I break Jle law. Bur il l. smoke, smoke
smoke, ,yerlastingly, frCm morning till night;
In crowded omnibus with ladies
, ID the dillnE rOOu wI:n them
tverywhere | have seen boys with
pipes in their mouths, when the PIPE,
IvlrtIy believe, tOu- times repeated would
nave ustds ured the sta ure OF the roy Al i5
done viii an air as much as 10 say If sou
do-'t lie smoking WHas lOr you come 70
HulaulY'
Sp--kuL o. the grave, above, reminds me
80 tu- Z. mar>able way ia wh;cl iuleraI mat
tcrs age managed ntre. after ce4ta TAX
liscs tte 'amny senc rouE a private s-rv 4ut
4 tl B m--sage 70 tue special friends Ihsu
81 careful ls, Is made out Of all Win Ioln tb.
t.uly Nis- 70 Ne Cu visItln- terms, ana more
ruai notice Of the funr-al is further Gl.-
-r uufJl tT some officials whose app .GrauCy
lu roe street is very striking. Tue, Gear u
black dress suit, with small clOtls black
>i.A so hLu-s, Clergy mao 5 bauu5.N -lurs
w.th : .ysr b1lkles ana black chGUeGu. VIII
a strtamer Ct Grape nearly long enough tC
touca the around Depending iIop one OF it-
ends. aud similar s,Teamer dJHL tlr
MIDDLE o: the back. IhSse 70 two and too
ul tbs notifying business through the
town. The funeral is he'd cary 10 til.
forenoon, ually vito 10 religious services
whatever (Dt course | sm not speaking of the
K0msIist part Of the p0pnla'ICn), aud no fe-
males accompany toe necy TO the grave. OIe
OF these fnneral oandies marche through tue
street at toe lead OF tine row Of carriages
and by the forlorn and neglected look Of the
Ieemeteries as compsred with curs, one would
Einter that the Daseh speoRle care qsry AttIe
t1r those whom v! y - -.-se
Holland is pre-eminent for good vegeta
bles They PICK out the large potatoes and
sell them 10 England, never boihug for Their
owl fAbles those much larger than 40 f giish
walnut bat they know how to boi them .
as 10 maze them delIciU1s'y meaiy. auc nicer
taun any isrge oae | ever ate. Endive 5
r "a .rd ...f.- .Ig
Isl much use delicious little carrot. which
viii Uot average over two inches 10 length,
ard Is Of very nice favor. We have had
splt ndid currdnts every DAY so FIR, up 70 t0e
last, aud nave had straw berries within ten
days.
Dogs are utilized 10 Holland il a verv sss>
temauc way. | saw tue her day New
fOUnclsnd-l thlna Il was-Ot m1cIum siz-,
b4raesSed into the thuls sf q haLlCArt OF
u9usUa SIZE but upon low wheels, ana draw
ing tuus, without aid, Is macy large ,sy
bu mel a-u hAlD baskets o, cauuhOHers a5
could be piled upon the vehicle He vas
muzzied and led with cord by a woman
Ole eiten sess them fastened in tw5s aud
turees directly Ir der tue bocy OF such a cart
Oi q size aud he'gLt TO allow It. 90 harnesssd
as 70 eLabie Them ID draw It, while their mas
ter guides Il and them. T1eY often lo0s ss II
they wanted amazingly 70 m4ks detcur 3 ter
some loose and lsZV fellow dog who
CONES along. but Circumstance" prevent
BARRIERS nave od1 s'gLs In hOIland-so o1d
that Il was a long tune before | took The
hint. saS every now and then a shop with
two brass plat-s o. about thes aud share O'
ita-P'ates, hang ng ty s'rilss IN the window;
gPC rally, though not always 18th q :. gner
cut OF one side as II some mouth OF extra sZ
a strength bad taken good bue cut ~
each. | imagined it TO have something to do
with pair Of scales, as the two looked more
e if use'ul ior some such purpose TIA, tor
any other. Bat or inquiry. | learned that
when Dutch BARRIERS shaved, they stick a bowl
with pi,ee cut out TO nit the neck, under
be cbin Of the patient, and that hese plates
represent neck basins, aud signal that trade.
fire kettle Is another DutCk institution.
FIR breakfast or tea in your room, they bring
y u something of about the size OF a light
,o- he'd. bus OF more elegant shape, with the
teakettle, singing at the top, which is S L
down by you SIDE upon the carpet. On eX
animation it proves to be ornamental
UoodeD bucket, with a copper pan some four
inches deep set INTO It, and just fitting at the
top, with little iron basin In the bottom OF
that holding tiny CRATE on which glows q
bit Of peaI-a fuel much used in Holland
over winch a copper Ieakettle sits and sings
There is no smoke rOr smell the psil is cod
10 the land and until you investigate, you
scarcely can imagine wnere the fire is, or how
Il Is. Ii IS fuel saving aud cosy for q good hot
cup Of tea.
/ don't know that have ever referred TO
the fact that IN Europe nearly all the church
and public clocks atrike the quarters, as well
as the hours. The simplest arrangement is
to have two little bells, and one big one. At
oue-quarter past, the little bells strike ope
@t9r the other, one stroke each; at half pas,
thay STRIKE th1s twice; at three quarters, thus
three tunes at the hour thus four times,
after which the big bell tolls the number o
the hour. A more elaborate way is to have
four bells 70 strike the quarters besides that
iOr the hours and as in the tower Of St.
Martins-ln the Fields end that Oi the Psrlia-
mert house IN Lordon, to cave them ar
ranged to sound thus a simple ar. The
frst gu rter gives the first four notes. Zone
qlsrJer q the little tuue) the second that
Rith the second, the third the frst three,
viii the hour gives the full air before the
hour is struck. But tie Du.cE 60 far beyono
TINS. The tower % the 5tad -hui4 ln Lc7deU
is crammed With bells aud goes cft on the
quarters with an energy, and / must saw a
beauty quite remarkable. But Amsterdam
beats ali | ever heard. From the DOeleu
hotel, in toe sin summer uisht-whle o. c
fights the mosquitoes-Ge seems to hear two
msmmOth music boxes p'aying--irom two
towers on elmer slde-marveious straius.
Between the two, (Ihtn one is slow and the
oiheT iasD. much OF the night is filled vita
Il usic, whIca pays one for being eW8ke to