New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-16
Hose Company Kingston N. y and Tiger Hose No g. of
Astoria
END OF TIE DUTCH PILGRIMAGE

THE HOLLAND SOCIETY BREAK THE DINING RECORD.
The Holland Society, of New-York, is barely
one year old bat already II has broken tile 0cst dining
record OF ths New-Englander-, Huguenots Sons OF
the Revolution. rhs dinner at the Hotel Kaaterskil
on Tuesday night, which began with grace in Dutch
and ended with Holland punch and long clay pipes
not over as the programme had promiscdi until
yesterday morning at a. m. Everybody seemed to
have reached pleasant state OF somnOence by that
time and the eloquence and spirits which had been
long zap at last dry. After trying the famous
Dutch Herring" drinking song for .he ninth time the
Holland pilgrims sought their beds. few unfortunates
had start for this city the o'clock train. The
fine morning brought the OF the party little
later to enjoy the view OF the splendid Hudson River
valley sp-eai out like rich foreground from the purple
foot hills OF the Kaaterskl spur Down through the
distant lOwlands the stately river showed like shining
thread OF silver In the mornings sunlight. With
strong glass could a craft 40 swinging lazy
along past the little villages with their square, white
board houses and toyke ch lrches dotng both sides
OF the stream. One excited Dutchman the evening
before, had thought he saw tue Hudson River
serpent lis way up Troy and FASTENED to tell
number OF his friends OF the discovery. All went well
until OF them suggested that 1t was his sixteenth
glass OF Holland punch that the dscoverer had been
ckins through.
Now. however. the Vans aud vanders could all ace
more clearly and scattered Ia little groups over tn
mountain roads and paths looking for tie numberless
views of the valley from the steep points OF vantage
At o'clock breakfast served and hour later the
200 pilgrims nled to the big hotel porch to take the
stages again for Kaaerskil Station. rhe yellow
rlbbons which served a. once as passports and
decorations we're PINNED on aud tue ride down the
mountain began. These badges, one might add, are
merely nIakeshift. When the Rev. DIR. Van Dyke OF
the Brick terrain Church GETS back from Holland.
ne will with him OF the old pins OF he Beggars,
adopted by the Dutch patriots In 1866, one OF which
was by William OF Orange when he was
ss.assinaed This Will be made the soeiety's badge
and. without the Beggar's Pin and an imitation, by
OF the old Eutch ourgomasers hat 10 future
pilgrimage OF Holland Society man can be considered
complete. .
special train FOR Kingston waiting at tho Stony
Glove Railroad station, aud no stOps-. were male,
except to change at Pheucia. until ROud0ut was
reached. Here the Kingston party stopped and the
New Workers gave three cheers as the West shore
~ tcal rolled out leaving Samuel D. Coykendai
now OF The patron saints OF all the Dutcn
pilgrims herea0ou's, standing smiling on the station
platform.
Judge Van Worst the president Of the society, got
ont at Nyack and there some more cheering.
About thee O'clock the train pulled into Weehawk ken
and the pilgrimage over The sOcety's experiment
had been immense and there IL no Que with
a Van TO his name 10 the whole city who will not try to
nd the indspens able for getting ticket
before Mr.. CoySendalls next dinner arrives.