The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-11-14

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the pavement There were In tb,
market carrots, cabbage, pens, very
large eooseberiies. Strawberries
poare, fine apricots, potatoes, cur
rents, large quantities of beantifu
black aud red cherries, and two o,
three vegetables which we're new I,
me. The greater part OF Of those who
kept the market as well az those who
came to buy were women. tho mos,
of whom were coarsely aud plainly
dressed, aud showed in their ever,
look and motion tho pernicious Of
fects OF too much heavy work. Fo,
ten cents we bought hat full oI
cherries. and were given cabbage
leaf as large rs napkin in whicl ,c
do them up. We had an occasional
sight Of those wonderful hats of
which wo have all seen pictures
which look like-wcll anything say
u Dotch luggor after she has been
through n hurricane. We also saw
one women with the ancient Flemish
head ornaments, consisting of a
broad gold band about the forehead,
very long eur rings which hung
down resting on her shoulders, and
carious gold spiral springs in her
hair, on that part Of her head where,
in my boyhood it was fashionable
for young ladies' to plaster down
the fascinating spit bow-catoLer.
Brussels is only ~ miles from
Antwerp. and yet, contrary to what
one would expect, they are both
cities of nearly 100000 inhabitants
each In reaching Brussels we have
to pass through the little town of
Vilvorde, where William Tynda!e.
one of the celebrated translators of
tho Bible, suffered martyrdom, and
through Malines of which tho old
more terse that complementary.
"Gau1et .Uechljtia St,atis," Malines
rejoice in fools. This reputation
arose from the story that they once
saw the moon shining brightly
through their tower, aud mistaking
it for con1igntion tho whole city
turned out with their fire engines to
extinguish it.
brussels is more beautiful CITY
than Antwerp, and is often called n
miniature Paris. 1t also has an ad.
ded Importance IA being the capital
OF Belgium. Tho building in which
the two houses of government hold
their annual session IL one of the
richest aud most tasty public build
ings | have over seen. No private
house could be better cared for or
kept in nicer order. Imagine il Won
can, ye professional American law
manufacturers, committee room
with heavy velvet carpet. and not
u spittoon III sight, or n stain of to.
bacco on tho floor. IL WAS our rood
fortune 1.-Two years ago to attend
meeting OF the Belgium Chamber of
Deputies. or "a we would call it
House Of Representatives. The
members seemed TO be nearly all
talking at tho same time. aud there
were at least 500 French words in
the air every minute. to say nothing
of the countless gestures aud con-
trotions which each of the honorable
members contributed to the occas
ion.
The public buildings, churches.
art galleries, museums, squares. aud
lace factories of Brussels are all of
Interest to the traveller, nor will he
FORGET to pay visit to tho battle
field OF Waterloo only % miles dis.
tant.
OF the art galleries, one, tho
Wiertz Museum is worthy of special
mention, both from the merits of the
and from the fact that it
is made up entirely of tho work of
the one man whose name it bears.
From Brussels to Cologne on the
Rhine is nearly On all days ride.
passing through Liege, famous for
it's University with 500 students
and rs the place where all the arms
of the Belgium Government arc
manufactured, and through Aix-la-
Chapelle tho fayorite residence of
the great Emperor Charlemagne.-
Our route takes us across somo of
tho finest agricultural districts of
Europe, and at times for miles we
pass through unbroken fields Of
grain. For the first time we see
the distinctive features of German
farm life-living in villages about
three miles apart and going out every
morning to work in the fields. The
social German cannot endure the
solitary monotony Of the American
way Of living on a farm.
May not the gradual adoption of
this plan in our country go far to,
wards solving the question 80 fre-
quently and earnestly asked, "How
can the boys be kept on the farm ="
Many of these villages have walls
about them, relics of the feudal times
when no mans property was safe
unless he had a fort built around it.
Having brought our readers as far