, 1877-10-22
An Elder Woman's Ofeanings
Therein.
Life in West Prussia---Womon Engaged
in Agricultural Work.
No mrerance.Scntiment.-.Ths Village
Sclool-~-A Golden Wedding.
The Ancient City Of Danzig. and 1ta Artus-
hot, Rathhaus, and Marienkiroh,
German slandera upon the Women of
America

krsrt1i Cbrvrsronftnee ~ 7ne Tribune.
DAxxiu, September, 1s777.-My last was dated
from a certain chateau In Weat Prussia, and In
n,y correspondence 1 will make this fny head
quarters fur little longer. There Is no coslu-
tty about which It 10 more important fur Amer
isans " be rightly informed thau tllls very Gcr'
many, whose people form 10 larEc part Of our
own foreign population, whose theories have 80
mitch influence upon our thought, anu whose
methods arc so much scspcutc1 In our cducn-
tton. It Is quite time, pcrhaps, that \
nav "N rA1lenagns" were wrttlcn and that
frum al American, not m European, point Ut
view. This letter Is not Intended for tho fist
chapter of such work. Yet II may attempt to
reproduce few features o! taerman HE Us It np-
pears to the eyes NJ a stranger. Few American.
penetrate into the untrarefci regions Of tie
mucl,.turied country which ts now comprised
under thu htYh-souudiug title Of the German
Empire. The thorouElAarcs Of travel IN all
countries become cosmopolitan, and II IA dill.
cnlt noHadays to get beyond the sound Of thc
Englislb tongue. This VIC managed to do In
West Erussla, where tho German language it.
self ID outy spoken by the "iieTrsrh..} }t,H-scrv-
ants and peasants alike convcrsins In the Polish
tongue.
TnH wolEN
Ia this region, ~ In most European countries,
share largely tu tho labors Of agriculture. Ono
sees them working fn tho ilcts allsisy: nor docs
this labor cxoncrats thcm fro'n tic huuschoi'l-
tasks usually performed by womcn. When the
dnnts-be1l rings, at II a. in., ono meets many
OF them trooping 10 the lel,ls. with t,askcts com
tAinfng tho noon.tidcmeal to be discussed there.
Ono secs ttlcu, nt the top ot tue load IN the hay
curt, packing tho ha5 With rake and pttchfork.
The thfcslag In th's nc'EhboFhot"s - done
by means Of a.stcan tnnchinc, VIZ saw this at
xo,k Just outside .ns door Of III Tie xrss, barr. barn.
out ~ .oo u Ioos, , oe.o"' , a'a W ~ ,',a Se'
were inc women leea'hE .he Haehlnea' coi'ecI'
lnE tho straw, anu packing 1t III great nsns.
Tic straw Is here considered very important
part ot the harvest % esui!e. .r,u,,lre Is n,uc1,
,,scJ .,,a ne.drd IN rnltIvnt,on rtc rron. an1i
ho ,,anth.s asu ar ,nu,trrs ~ ~. nrh ,ntcrst ~
inIc'i rrnrfstnrs i,rrr na IN ,m,T sx,, rtn,r,trv
inIec, as tic cinnto is vcry vsrlablu, lie ai,x-
si; ~, r,aur .,.t"s fhora ,;stiI,eras
,ia,, 10, o., e,,,' ,r,reI ptIe anrit nrs.s
.n,,,,msnitmw aen rrnt rri,e onti -" rcirsn
making % rooti food for tho zen cnttlc. '~"S'
/. will bc m seen, naInstcs this part ot tho couu,
ity aaa io Sew Yak run lint e dsia
!s!'es: astisls sss sS ;s ses s1s !.
.sMu . .nat, ~ Nv o .s, ~ nv etn, ,ns
smn. " ~ Why u ~ n,o ot'cr !. .n,,a,iyy Iy
inatt a.t III, .ornas. a, ,,.,.,,as Tia iuato
tsi. iu ~ NJ a.o,.,a - sr tph1rn.Ss Ala E"nsr
iarniah ne stap,c oi tmo 'ao9te.s s ses Esgsy
,'nrk n,,,.t last thc,n fErm,ct. thc ve"r t,nrr
pan "nat ,nns ,,.tns,, nu,~ Sen, H",,-
~a* n"a .rl',anna " nec thciS % I"Iur,rs' Thcv ere
Gsty ano ,hey yMa, te[n 70 tea nlh' a,
,'nGa s,n"ii ,,"n ~ thc., acr,, l,,n"nts
T,s ."1,irus ueo -, ~ ,,r and horn III .hsv ,,,
ahnMt ~ tIis season 'arcfonf. fnr tbc nost nurt.