The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-15
A TOUR THROUGH HOLLAND.
NEW HAVEN MIN WRITES or HIS
EXPERKENCE IN THAT COUNTRY.

| WAS LuCLSy Enough ~ Hhih" "a SS"D
| Companion, who Knew Holland and
Who Took Pleasure i'm Showing the
Stranger Ahout-yVhat Mark Fubbs
Saw.
! When the steamship Potsdam, or the
Holland-American line, returned from
her maiden trip to New YORK; anu
when she tied up to her dock IN ftotter-
dam, | was ready to go ashore with
my boon companion from the steefase
big Hollander by the name OF George
| We went off the ship without any
questions and with no duty TO pay on
what we had. On the dock we eX-
changed our American money for Hol-
land, two gilders and a half for one
American dollar. A glider is worth one
hundred Dutch pennies as large as one
American penny, therefore two nun
dred and fifty pennies one can get Tor
one dollar. We stopped over night IN
Rotterdam which is large city OF two
hundred and twenty-five thousand IN
habtants, fourteen miles from the
mouth eff the Mas river, which IS deep
enough for the largest steamers, ana
which is pleasantly situated. Ihe last
thoughts before sleep were what l eX-
pected to see in the morning. The first
European railroad, bitches, dykes and
windmills of Holland were some of
these. We We're up in time to take an
early train for Amsterdam, and every
thing went all right, as George could
talk the language When the tickets
It1,, ,.l,t mi fl, ri
took seat in our room. The door was
closed with bang and horn blown
by Il man on the platform and an
swered by a whistle on the engine;
(there are no bells on locomotives here),
and we We're off for Amsterdam. AS
we left the city meadows came into
view and fields of grain were separated
by bitches full of water, in place OF
fences, from six to ten feet wide. L
thought it very economical fence that
did not need painting; neither would 1t
rot or burn up. The first birds l saw
We're crows. The next bird of renoWn
was a maybe with it's long tail. The
next thing to attract my notice were
the flowers along the railroad track
The poppie seemed to have found its
native place and soil for the banks at
times seemed to glow with delicate and
beautiful crimson blossoms, We passed
by farms where flower bulbs are grown
for other countries The cows in the
meadows were black, with few eXcep-
tons, but the milk was white and rich
and free from water, although the pas
ture lands We're fenced off with water.
| sampled ii more than once, and left
20 60 nf haar 81 tpr in Germany
After two hours ride we arrived in
Amsterdam, which Is a city of FIVE
hundred thousand Inhabitants and
very quiet, as most of the freight comes
in on boats through canals or water
ways that are in the center of the
streets, the roadways being on each
side Most of the freight is taken
around the city by hand carts; women.
as well as men, push them and the
dogs are made to work here and help
draw them, and they do il with a will.
Often time they would run away with
the whole cart If the owner did not keep
a sharp eye on them. There are only
few horses and wagons on the streets,
and the people walk in the streets. 1t
rained and was bad walking, and l no.
ticed the absence Of rubber overshoes
and boots. The public buildings here
are fine. The post-ofllce and telegraph
building, as they are together as one
department Of the government, are in a
new building of modern style architec-
ture, handsome and convenient inside
About one person in every six was in
uniform as soldier or in some other
official capacity; their uniforms looked
new and tidy and bright with metal
buttons. / took George with me down
to the city of Hague, where the queen
lives, and to Utracht, which are pleas
ant and quaint places, ! had some
business, too, and George was my inter
prefer; therefore | made a success Of it. |
When we got back to Amsterdam the !
time had come when George must leave
me and go home, and when we shook
hands and said goodbye aud the ship
he was on went out of sight, ] felt as
though my native tongue had gone with |
him and / was left alone a stranger in |
a strange land. l found my way back |
to the hotel. and my thoughts We're of |
the morrow as | entered to go farther
from my native land and language and |
toward the midnight SUM- as my route |
would carry me to the northward into
the German empire. NJ Il. |
THE CAPITAL OF MINOS.