Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-14
DR.. LlNSLtYS TRIP.
HE WRITES ENTERTAINMENT CT
EUROPEAN CUSTOMS.
and Monte Carlo with its Flushed
Gamblers Described in an In
teresting Letter.

The many friends of DIR. J. II. Linsley,
director of the State Laboratory of Hy-
gicue. who is travelling in Europe for his
health ana at the same time visiting for
eign labra tories, will be Interested in
letter from him to j. q. BelroSe of this
city which the Free Press Is allowed to
reproduce in part. DR.. Llnsiey and his wife,
who accompanied him, are both we'll He
is deriving much beneht from the "trip.
and is already much better. The letter is
dated at the Westminster hotel, Nice,
France, and its descriptions Of Monte
Carlo and other points are graphic and
interesting. 1t follows:
81 am just back from an IS mile auto
mobile ride towards Monte Carlo, which
| enjoyed very much. was only gone
about one hour, and the trip Included
some pretty stiff hill climbing, thus maxi
ing the pace pretty good one, although
these Frepchmen run their machines at
the rate of - to 80 miles an hour right in
the principal streets OF the cities. They
are of every conceivable character aud
description, but the motor power is gen.
orally tho same !. g. gasolcne engines.
There are comparatively few private
steam or electric carriages here, and those
they do have are of American or English
make. There are many of the former in
Paris and | like them much better as re-
CARDS nOiselessncss Of machinery and ease
of riding. The French machines make
vibration
I In Holland we visited Rotterdam, Delft,
where the celebrated blue ware originated,
The tiugue and Amsterdam. The country
is one Of the most interc sting ever saw.
Everything Is scrupulously clean, every
one looks thrifty and there are no beg
CARS The appearance of the country IS
me st peculiar to the stranger. As you Of
course know tho natural level of the
country is below that of the sea and Is
only prevented from being constantly in
undated by the use of big entertainments
of earth Cor dykes and huge water gates
or locks The latter are closed during
high and opened during low tide. Canals
are the principal channels of communica-
ton between the various cities and towns
and even between different parts of each
city They run through the middle of the
principal streets and often comprise the
greater width of a street. 1t looks strange
enough to walk along a street and see
ahead of you the spars of a ship or fun
mel of a steamer move no!selesSly, appdr-
entity out of the middle of block and
cross the street ahead of you through
what S, ems to be an invisible channel.
However, when you have approached near
enough to the spot, you discover the
canal and swinging gate through which
the craft has passed Canal boats some-
thing like ours, and small light draught
steamers are constantly run on these
sihle by wind and sail, but more common
ly being lowed by horse, dog or man-pow-
er. The second way Is the more common,
and l saw from one to five dogs hitched
up abreast Juggling at the two lines OF
rous craft. man walks behind them
ana supports the tow line and sort OF
'evener," but I saw none of them showing
evidence Of undue eXertion. We took over
"A 20-mile ride on one Of the little steamers
! have mentioned, and enjoyed it i'm
mensely. The boat had on board a mum.
Der of people, who had been in the city
Rotterdam, on buSine ss-shoppng etc.
aF:d would run up to their front doors as
we came to their houses and let them off
, one thing is Interesting, the pilots Of
. these steamers, and in fact of all the tul
l boats, both large and small, that saw il
t the country are stationed behind tn,
smoke-stack aft the middle of the boa
Immediately over the engine room, anC
they control the action of the engines di
= rec'ty. OF course there is regular en-
gineer, but the engines are under steam
- all the time and going ahead or astern /.
I done by meatls Of rachets and cog wheels
= Again the pilot wheel does not turn in III,
: direction ours do, but horizontally like III,
e brake wheel of a car. AS We rode aloni
r the canal We saw on either side of us hun
n dreds of magnificent cattle, all HolSteins
= feeding in pastures, the level of which
a was several feet below the level of tn.
Z,
n ing. To keep this land sufficiently dry 70
n agricultural purposes the goverumeu
. makes use of innumerable powerful
a pumps which raise the water from tn
K canals n these low La ds into large
:. canals which communicate with the SCI
: and which discharge much of their con
!, tents during low tide The power use,
for this pumping is both steam and wind
. especially the latter. Wherever one look
=, in Holland, in the country, from three t
:, 20 of those huge wind-mills meets tn
=. gaze. Besides pumping they are used 70
;, all sorts OF manufacturing, saving lum
.. Der GRADING grain, dressing lumber, an,
u in fact for everything that most peopl
= use steam for. Each one of the big arm
, of the mill will average to be, l shoul
. say, 20 to 80 feet long and six to eight fee
, wide, and when they are driven by a fai
u wind develop great energy. They ar
;. still building them and We saw many il
/ course of constructed. A mans wealt
u in Holland. is to some extent, reckone
II by the number of such mills owned b.
t him. an ordinary mill being estimated
Y without other machinery, at from $500 I
y 5000
II The Hollanders can give us points in tn
l. manufacture of dairy products and thin
d this Is due to several causes, some q
which, perhaps are the breed of cattle
extreme cleanliness and great care of tn
cows. All the cattle | saw We're blanket
- tu ana looked 10 ne IN splendid cOndltlOT
q These people are SO eXcrutiatingly clea
j. that they won't allow their neighbors o
n members of their own families to go int
o the house with their shoes on. Const
= quently, whenever you go in the countr
" portions you see outside the doors of tn
3. houses. smaller and larger piles Of thos
IS wooden shoes which they wear 1t look
V. odd enough.
S After Holland We saw Brussels; had
e few days in Paris. stopped ia Marseilo
.e and have been at Nice a little over on
r. week Since we arrived here we hav
(. taken la Monaco and Monte Carlo TIL
s. last as you know, is the greatest gamblin
e Layout on earth. Monte Carlo belong
g to Monaco-the smallest principality
4. existence-whch has total area [
2i2 or square miles. The two places at
join each other and together contain abou
, 10 600 permanent inhabitants. The head c
-, the government is the Prince Of Monaco
- who resides at the fortified royal palaC
- at Monaco and who has a standing arm
~ Of co. We went over the palace and, a
10 though exhibiting a considerable outla
~ of money, is not in it with the palace 1
~ more important monarchs. This littl
- country coins its own money and makes II
T. own postage stamps. The inha bitants pa
no taxes, all the expenses Of the govern
ment and church, in which some |.
priests are given jobs, are paid from tn
is proceeds of the Casino or gaming table,
in The Prince leased the use of the ca sin
to parties who allow him 81 ,0C, 900 annua