The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-16

ms they coll 70, Ia conducted u1on a singular
principle. Daring these sweet Dastmes ~ the
later than nine O'Clock hut "a this Is deemed
too carly an hour for owing pair to separate,
tnc court snip IT, continued under circumstances
dc-cuued by Dicdrich kuicncrbockcr. and
known t" our Yankee ANCESTOR bunlling'
This custom has rNived to tic present dav
among me Ptnnss lvauia Dutch. II Is urtciised
with perfect innocence and res ectntilS. 50
Tar ~ their own sense Of social proprety Is
concerned
rue custom MAJ. have had its origin in tho
( ct That the odd iiKs" are alw Va On e. alert
To get ~ much work out Of their children. fe-
male a- well "a male. rs is possiole. before tney
gre Of an age thht gives them liberty to SHIT
Tor them selves. aud tner belief II tut the regn-
lar amount Of work cannot possibly he done
without "A due amount Ot rest
1uEfR MArRiMoStAL rECrIARIrtrs
A favorite resori Of these Young people is the
SUNDAY evening church. when service Is over,
rlws u Rows or young men may invari-
ably be en- drawn M outside. The girls
thus made 10 walk tue gauntlet. aud here ana
there one IL picked out and TAINTED to her
home. Not unfreQuently young men from towns
visit these churches with a view to- tho enjoy.
mcut ofan evenings adventure among the cOun-
try girls. THIS sometimes ere ties jealousy
among the country lads, who combine and
send the town BOYS home with pounding.
1t may indeed be safely assumed that by far the
lareer number Of matrimonial matches made
among these ucople may lie traced to these sun
dav evening mCctin-s.
while the "old folks" are mostly anxious to
see their sons aud daughters well OH In "A
nm metal point OF view when m rriaec takes
place. they nevertheless att lch the utmost Inn
porttnce to the other main qualities witch go
to make n good husband or wife, and n divorce
j. q thing almost unknown among them. Wuen
they start out IN married life. they are given by
YIN MIA ~, sf"-,,r' 90 a., a. 80, ~
the wealthy. .rm to begin life with, after
which the young people must shit for them
selves.
CHARACTERISTICS As cULrrRisrs.
Special Importance Is attached to having
good. substantial barns. They are content 70
sonf L,tt a.. H., ui,,, nLtns strurtures To- h.,yo
a dilanid.ted Darn or fence The, consider "A
doWTri-ht disgrace while as To the cnpdifinn ~
| tho al yelling tney may he ne ffecfIv Indifferent
Otherwise, Their mode Of Guilty. ting Inc sIi ia
v.f d. Z y, sNrts,, lat ,urinf,, AMI M. 'nrier
'Tbs orrnst,inn y, 49,, ide- ,.,,,., a. ,yn.t ,t,
/ call roo. lsaintn,."'ts intense and NM 70
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bs s,,n,ror 4, s, ,b., s,,',,tia' io evcr ,,,,i,
s6cJ 'rne Min j. ,b.ir 81. mann, ort ,bs
Lauc4steror lleadiug Alulnacs which give them
the ancient styIts Of weather productions. con-
~iitute the extent of taeir sco ntiac literature.
/ \ teacher having been guilty OF reading to his
school from a scientific work. treating u mols-
tuiC ana Its usefulness ana advising the pte-
sorv on ~ woods for their effect upon the
riinf N. at once received repriinand from the
school committee. and was told to do 50 no
more upon peril Of losing his situation
hut In this respect little more light Is dawn
ing upon them. rbeir annual county aericul-
tural fairs have ere tied a spirit OF efuulnft ION
and they are slowly but gradually beci luing to
lay aside their prejudices, and give little more
attention to scientific inquiry.
Their favorite fertilizer H. lime. which they
use upon hish lands aud low lands alike In
d n
| nurng purposes they drive them out into the
woods to Craze. milking the cows In the morn
ing before they CO out, and az ain In the evening
| upon thcir return.
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i"t 'HN"Hi ~ AHA ~ II" Ar '''i"'NS'
Ihe same conservation that distinguishes
tnen S'tiY my 'iv "iii thus peVriia I'ty y" II
| pervhdes their political rel itions. They seldom
DttAN on w party connections once FORMED
/ iart' iehlty thry look UPON almost As an IN
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! through ecnerations even IKE unto the farms
/ lar saying IN Pennsilvanla that the German
/ fsrmers " are not vet dons voting f.r Jackson
III ma tncY move mt" town or cry. however.
and i've there for some time, they feel more
/ 10 ertv . think Tor themselves ana u
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