The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-04-18
BETTlNA.'S EASTER LILY.

Ediau waters There is Jagged outcrop
into the sea, g series of hedges and many
sized projections, against which these
waves are continually dashing up, N the
fl w ut the tide, with never varying mo
,intouy They crme up bnldEy--as war
rors 60 10 battie--1rom away out in the
sea, where they sport. and gambol like
children 1t play. They come up insplr
cd with new ambition, seized with an
other nad thong htlessunss, and are bro
ken AID scattered like piaythings. Thus
it is forever; they learn no lesson; they
are daily rent and cas- up IN foam and
bubble. And there is dead, cold toy
hanging over great ilocks Of guls sit
sn0~-. white on the wafer caps; shrieking
3ltterns fly about in the gloom; discon
tented little peters hurry out and IN. and
everywhere.
TGerc are few harbor8 on this rock
bound coast some shallow bays lined
wlth sand banks land the water is in
constant tana.c, I, very Scyla and Char
ybdis Of anger 8nd treachery. VESSELS,
! stunning the icebergs ID the open sea,
sometimes drift into these places, and go
TO pieces on the banks. Fishing smack>
coming in from q successful day, are
caught up by some ogerw lining cur
rept ana cast upou the shore, where they
lay at ebb tide, nigh up and in the sand.
Tie ebb leaves the sands quite bare. A
oroad, dry beach is formed, and the
waves 90 back behind the cape. Then
Ithe rocks appear, their broad seward
bases uncovered, There are many fan
ltastic orottous followed out by tue &C
ti1n If the water and the friction OF sand
land pebbles brought ia by the TIDE tor
lagos The Acadlan peasants, as they
D IS at midday, peer curoosiy into these
miniature Cagerns, hastily cross them
selves, and pass on, that they may trans
IHct their little BUSINESS in ihe market
} and set ont on their hOmeward Journey
before the warning bell sounds, and the
roaring can be heard, for it is u tradition
Hong preserved that "he VINO hears the
roaring on the SAND is lost" The roar
ing is the flow, making long strides to
Nard the water mark
Behind the rocks are the villages-for
Ithe nost part little clusters OF white
washed cottages, each one In small gar
den. enclosed by low wall OF stone
True, a few Of these. more presumlng
ltEan their neighbors, are built of stone,
n an ancient fashion, with peaked roofs
and gables Beyond, the great pine for,
ests ot the Little Rcstlg"ucn looked
lheavenward, aud their shadows Jail upon
1.-The badIy.til'ed farms Of the AcadIans
In the town are the great warehouses OF
1.-THE North Holland Company, and the
Ibranch houses of the JDorStS and Won
lHeldens OF Amsterdam. There is a fine
lchurch in the town, IT Nova Scotia sand.
lsOne. to which les hGbItGntS and towns
tfolk resort In great numbers on the oft.
recurring east days of the church. The
lbroad ships oil the Netherlands make
lfreu1ent trips To Holland. bringing the
famous cheeses of Holland, all manner OF
flow country delicacies, thc~faOrics OF the
ll0ums of Rotterdam, the varied knlck
knacks of Harlem and Utrecht, huge
pouches of Dutch toDacco, casks OF wine
land gin, and the mails from home" to
1.-THE burghers Holland is still the Mecca
lof the Ouch residents on the cape, and "a
pilgrimage is considered sacred duty
Iby them. Les habjtGHts have long since
forgotten old France, and m4de u rev
France in Acadia; but the hurghers still
Icling to "home."
The Joorsts are pre-emiHently the
great family OF the cape A Joorst holds
the most prominent place IN the proyln-
lcial government ;the senior of the great
dutch firm is a Joorst Reverend
Joorst, untainted 10y the heresy Of Viii
Iliam of Orange, is Apostolic Project o.
1.-The island, while each consignment ouI
lbrings an imported JOorst as supercargo
Old Madame Joorst, An 0ctogenarian
Ihale and hearty, is the presiding genius
land good fairy OF all the Joorsts on The
fisland. The Farm is the landed estate
fwhere madame, with her grandchildren
was ending her days in plenty and peace
The Farm itself is ii long. low mansion o.
Iyellow and red brick, surmounted by q
froOf of gables-great cumbersome affairs
such as the Dutch delight in--a roof with
lchambers in it, reached by stairs 90 tn,
lOutside vEae
This happened there in Passion week
Il III.
1t was Holy Monday and evening
Bright fires hlazed in the farm chimneys
shadows danced and fitted in the DARK
1places; the checks of the sheperdcss or
b the hearth tiles CLEANED rosy ia the fire.
Hight little tongues of fire kept leapinn
snp from the smOuldering back logs
There was pungent odor of burning
lpine 8diffused throughout the rooms y
huge Dutch clock licked cheerfnlly in
1.-THE great hall a Flanders cat lay dream
ing on the we'll scrubbed kitchen hearth
}. fThe long, low parlor was bright with
wax lights; silver glittered on the side
boards quaint Clichy goblets and Be-
helRiah Asg0rs stood in rows upon the
lchimney piece chubby angels of Harlem
|, IUronze prtH5ed over them parrot in
Igildedn cage was croaking, betty! ali