Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-17
Letter From Holland.
From the New York Observer.


wonder how many American children
would ike To live in this curious country.
knrelv, none who know much about the
eauty Of our New England hills in sum-
Ter, or have enjoyed coasting in winter,
ould be satisfied here; for it is the fiat
| est Of all fiat lands Even those who are
! little proud of their Dutch grandfathers
would be very glad they had emgra,ed
!, you steam calmly and slowly up the
euso, river bat little wider than a good
led canal, the highest and most conspic-
cus objects in sight are the
wINDMILLs.
Turn where You will, in every direction
tand armies of them, beating the air.
| Nth their sails, some one hundred feet
0g and eight feet wide, whirling rapidly,
oucan easily fancy that in the dim twi.
! ght they would seem more like active
! o1goblins than the useful, hard working
Features they really are; for they grind
% grain of the country, beside doing con-
tam, duty in keeping the land, wnat there
Of it, dry, and the water in all The bitches
the same level. AT first, astonished at
be sight, You attempt to count them but
hey come in view so suddenly and rapidly
hat you cease in utter dispair and gaze
Iswidered at the multitude, and are only
|mhued for your failure by remembering
A,t the guide-book oives Holland 10000
! them
The steamboat, or .toomboot,n as it is
l.led here, goes slowly along, stopping at
eer cid towns, with houses turned gable
! li, toward the street, among them bort,
here the famous Synou settled the arti-
es Of faith of the Reformed Church /;
assiug heavy, ungraceful ships, with
road, Queerly shaped bows and at Rot
erdam we take an equally slow railroad
r4n for
THE HAGUE.
nce the hunting seat of the Counts of
o.laud, it was called "La Haye,' from
be hedge which surrounded their lodge ;
nd so the city has since held the name
TayS 50 pulling TO young students of
! sraphy.
Here are the royal palaces and a fine
lure gallery, which holds some remark
lie paintings. One of them is Of young
oil, with white and brown spots standing
field quite like an American field, with
NO or three sheep, cow, and an old
Ian near by. 1t is natural scene
ugh, but so very natural that it would
a'ceIy astonish you to see the animals
'e' while you involnntarily wonder if
bulls eye can have caught sight of
lF scarlet necktie ard if it will rouse his
ny as scarletalways does rouse well-edu-
leo bulls; and so you forget that it is
Y bull done in oils by Paul Potter, a
bland painter, who died 2l8 years ago.
s' you do not wonder that Napoleon
Aaparte who after he had conquered a
11'r., always carried its most valued
sessions in art away to adorn Paris
fr the manner of the old Romans, who
ways held their triumphal procession.
lPuyes laden with spoils, refused the
400 which the Dutch Government
sTta HIM to allow it to remain at the
que, 1t is considered Potters's finest
.a and valued at $4,000 There is
.aeF, by Rembrandt, where the pro-
III Anatomy is showing the muscles
,'a4a mans arm to his puplls--u re-
liable, but not an attr ,ctive picture,-
I'LL which we turn with pleasure to a
scene, by Gerard Douw. A pretty,
.4ared elder sister watches the rosy
aed baby in its cradle, while her
Leg is engaged in some household
showing that good daughters hel ped
mothers III Holland even 300 years
broad streets, lght-colored houses,
.easant drives, make the Hague an
'Fa city and not unlike ether Com
s.4l towns. But
AMSTERDAM.
~ queer. Almost every street he's a
through the centre, which divide
INTO go islands aud are crossed BY
500 bridges Of wood and stone.
Mole city IS built upon piles driven
~ ground, but it has stood longer
ems quit as firm as many built on
a4a. The houses face each other
.Nale ends, and in the narrow streets
ward as if the upper stories would
'A other Here is one OF the finest
DO Europe 1t stands in large,
a, which these Hollanders caIi