The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31
PEvNsILviNIi GsRMay BELT.
Good Things which Congressmen Won't
Ent IN Washington This winter.

Good Things which Congressman Won't
Ent IN Washington This winter.
READING. Pa. Dec. 30 This city Of 0o,oco
people Ia the capital Of the PcnnsS lvaHia Ger
man belt Of the United States II is there
Interested in the story that the PENNSYLVANIA
Germans in Congress this winter ere gnlnc To
do away entirely with the usual S".c'dIel
Pennsylvania Dutch dinners in Warrington
which were weekly feature % Their l!'c
there in the past pIriel ErmcntrpGt.
who died durins the last recess, was the lead
ing spir.t of these dinners and Harry Green.
who now represents this Congressional GIN,r.0
is too much Of a Yankee and Inlc graduate 10
waste much time on s,urarnut and spcck, 'chr!us
and kncpp onion pies funnel cakes or GrrcAgu-
kucha and lot OF other strange dishes hno"n
tnihc reople Of the PENNSYLVANIA German belt
when Mr.. Sowden Of Allentown WAS In Con
gross no preferred lot warlick and schmenrkaSc
II the best butter NIL Washington could produce.
That Is to say Mr. Sowdcn was very t"nt ~
op0le butter and cottage cheese iOr has bread
York. Lancaster, LrhGh Carbon, NORTHAMPTON,
lIcrls parts Of Montgomery. Chester and Schuy'-
Iii, Lebanon and Dauphn counties constitute
the Pennsylvania German belt The di' .c,i
spoken here IL not like that ot the Beers but many
Of the words are sin,iiar Mr. liIiIeCGs, who hrs
been writing abou. tie Boer country Isa Pcnnsyl.
yaLIa German lie got al"ug quite Nci VITA
President kruger in the Dutch Gialc,L Tie
rcoplc Of this district are descendants from rlr
Germans who came rom the paatinate lJnycafs
ago and since then they have m,Acd IN bad Eng
iish with worse German and formed LANGUAGE
unllne any other IN lhis country. U. course sncy
are a sturdy Industrious peoplc, as their fore
fathers we're
Iut1 is name Of Revolutionary fame. but II
does not fi.urc now am>lS the local sons y the
Revolution. The names Spohn. Hahn nsu-
trich Kisselmoycr Kirchkoh, kirschhaum,
Spreclcr Kiadt Brnsius Schultz Nagcl. Lei.
thc.ssr Laudcrmilch, Nrct~ayhcltcr Laulcn,
scngcr Oxenritvr. Christ Hienercitcr. House
knccht. Sircrkdenrgcr, 2cuig. Ohrcuh"um por.
thus ADMINISTER. Guthhrn|- RoScr"'Sel. fiV n
good were all hnruc by Revolutionary herpcs
hut with y Few exceptions tl"v do not now figure
In modem society. Mr. liruslnS. dcSccn!Hnt
- n mnn prominent in &c Revolution. now rrnrc.
selts tho IRlct stcr 81 t-ict IN '"rrrcSs and -
one ~ the lew Pc nsvlv ana Gr-r'ars n NV ere.
The prnnSvlvHriA German t'lt ALWAYS hsd \
r.ru'7tion frr ~ harms erd fn' oven. Thciar-"si
harms In 'h~ farming country of'nc tni"r "t''cs
are found in these Dutch" counties TIL" farm
houses are ~ stone, ard the harms R-n"rallv 4
stone, 100 Nearly ell tho farm nors"s a. me Vet.
ter class brill century ny" rrr II gray limestone
Dutch faie oven were u stone, At many places
IN. hakc.ovrn and the cider press have gone into
decay Farmers buy 'icir Tread now, and haul
their applrs To the sram cider press \ c"n'"ry
sgo. rye bread hah"d on the hearth, npP!" sntts
pies in winter. fruit ri"s in summer. ClIstnrS
chr-nr cakes and sugar cakes Il "hrat rrcaa
dough constituted the wee. ly hakc-oy'n output.
Genuine old-fashi ned rTc trrad IS E.wa rarity.
thing. Nov the city baker gets around am, mr.
the farms almost daily, and as tn" Minn%'uta
wants. farmer can raise wheat 81 can tho baker
beat the housewife,
sylvonia German Ill, and every local newspaper
correspondent Is using the phrasc. VIC squral II
hs Dl is I%STd IN !" Ih% lan1 Lug p,6I
In the rural district. Country butchers have 'h"ir
dat"s all llr, dear into the spring. The county
but cher i'rins J. is day work A. A. NJ. and
ends up about in the evening. som" farmers
butcher two or thrre hogs At a time, and have a
hn'chcrng in DcccmtrT, January and February,
shoulders and sides aud lays aside the portions
10 be cooked for pudding and ,hoppyd or 'ar
in'rstncS "a re- filed by he chopped meat HE iat
is rendered into lard and FINALLY comrs 'hC goat
cunCpC'ion, the popular CiSh known AZ pUn-haus9
e ,hs 'hc m'drrn people have II, scrappr rhc
old,fesftoGed ron hansS Is mad" Il prk lui""
local butcher who has tic reputation Of Ing
how best 20 mix the ingredients in the irs
proporti n is The me who secures the most work
lie Is ALWAYS in demand and his tame rs ~ n
have kiI,r lrcnlrs know II lar aII Mo When
II is sufficiently cooked The mixture is poured inc
Thrn Psns c mi INV %a S' and GT% Tor %
fast, II Is AN I'D saving that 1t Is al ways SAT,
winter bet 70 wager TIA, every man IN ne Pom
fast, They say u is dish tit for the gods am
they vast Of its ~, dn,Ns pou halISs wa
frequently on the CongrrSSi nal Ill # fare ar
ranged by Ermrnfrout and Suwdcn. The lura
butcher Is also IA star in the production Of buuC
Next 10 pon hauss the favoriie dish for breal,
fast Ia flied mush, Com meal is we'll boLc,
and clpled Then il Is sliced half inch tcl
and fried In hot lard. Fresh SAUSAGE and mush
or fried pudding and muSh for breakfast IL IA
preferable in the German belt T. lamb chops
eggs and Saratoga p,tatpra Travelling mel
lrDlnr lhTnilrn the German nplt have lAI nlrl
i1h three times day for seven days, = wccI
Of Tidicule f. ever heard. The prOpc are homes
and we'll meaning. Their forcinthcrs lived 1t
this way: so do they They prefer spare rib
of tho hog TO turkey, and hard cider t. cham
pagne. Thcya-e sleek and round AID the ~rls az
rosy checked and fair sk inncd, showing that poi
their blood Their children are taught in EngiSl
and they speak the Pennsylvania German dial &c
before and after school. The teacher speaks
tho dialect with them nj recess
, At bedtime the PENNSYLVANIA German farme
does not bring from his celia few apples 70
with d zen knives all fan Ia and have n goo
time. The daughter Of the farmer when sh
marreS ati gets from home the chief gilt in III
shape Of n big feather bed made Of pure gees
, feathers worth a dollar pound In tho h
stone farmhouscS all sleep IN cold rooms cxccp
the mother and little ones who occupy heatr
room above the kitchen, Stone houses are n
, putrd to bc very cold in winter, \ II lip II ra
carpet is In front of caCl bed, and all beds in Yn
ter look inflated and big owing to the large irathc
beds Railroads and trolley cars have mad
! great improvements Every village has factor
/ or silk mill, The German belt IL hive of n
dustry and very prosperous and many Of Tn
Ill, and ~ .tn xgt.l