Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-13
miscellaneous.
A Dutch Cow Stable.
OSE OF THE INSTITUTIONS SUNSET Cox
SAW IN HOLLAND.

..Sunset-I Cox's Sketches Of Life in
Holland in the Independent, contain
the following:
At length, five miles east Of Amster-
dam, we stop in front Of square pvra-
midal house, mostly root and cellar Its
roof il very steep. We enter long hall
as clean as a weli-scoured copper kettle
in Dutch painting. We find in the room
many divisions like stalls. They are well
sanded, and shells are scattered in the
sand. Here and there are many -hued
stones set is tasteful fresco. and borders Of
brick. painted in red and black. Then a
pathway laid with carpet over the bricks,
and then some mating, on which we
walked. The long hall had all the r.
pearance Of vanished. elegant. deco
rated gallery. In rows above (the walls
were covered with plates, pans, pals
vessels Of all kinds of continuance for
kitchen and field, polished to a brightness
whose dazzling sheen is only to be found
in the pictures to which have referred as
illustrative Of Dutch homeliie. or in the
tabled diamond shield which Spenser
gives to Prince Arthur in Faerie land.
This hall Of the colors-wiih its domestic
RdIHlluft bi -fthsf-. ait+ 1h'ff7
pipes, cradles and tubs, .ill a. neat ~ a
fresh laid eggs cow stable Aye,
verify. This il summer, and the cows
are gu. on the yellow-decked meadows.
Their winter home il deeked out thus
clearly and grandly for the family in
summer. These divisions are for thirty
eight mich cows, and certain conveniences
appear, on close inspection. for their
housing beneath the glistenieg and
colored exterior Of this summer dress.
We pass into another APP rtment. IL Is
cool and sweet and neat. We are con
Quoted by y6nng son. the family being
out on Sabbath excursion. He points
out-in few Dutch phrases that sound a
good deal English, being homely words
this and that piece Of utility for making
cheese. Here are fifty nice, round, yell
low. fat cheeses. sailed down in long bas-
ms and undergoing hardening They are
the same seen in the shops in their bright
red color, and when cut-as we cut one OF
them for our lunch-gave their golden
beauty TO the eye and their lusciousness to
the tooth and tongue.
The various stages Of the milk until il
reaches this detachable form ia explained
to us, rs lid after lid ia lifted from the
casks. In this cheese hall are mirrors
and other articles of domestic use. There.
attached to the wall. is akniie 10 ''sknide
the bread. and here. hanging over fire
place. where shoulders some peat. are
two octagonal brass medallions, nearly a
foot in diameter. asked their meaning.
..Only lessons, y the gentle youth respond
ed read them "Dic op God cortrondt
heef opqecn Terri Of SteeR Geb0uh, ="
What l. that. Joseph ?" He translated :
"He who thinks of God, God will think of
him" A splendid lesson for any kind of
factory. cheese or otherwise. Here is the
other: "Hoogom Hoog hct hordtnarr
boren her benedeis net Niet' The free
translation of Joseph is Mount, Mount
upward, There il nothing below here ~
How near this translation comes to the
spirit of the strange decoration in this es-
adjustment let the learned Dutchman de
termine offered the boy guilder for
the two lessons. and may hang them up
in my committee room ut Washington, for
instruction. that the members may he
thoroughly furnished unto allgood works. "
Out OF this resplendent cow stable. up n
few steps and under the same roof. and
we are in the house proper.