The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-09

first because the Dutch control the trade. There, too, the famous Delft ware is made. but there is neither sand nor clay in Holland.
 There are but a few highways and these are on the top of the dykes.
 Transportation is by boats on the | canals which vary from to feet in l with to those large enough to permit l the largest steamships drawing 30 feet of water to cross the country. There
 are no fences and light bridges are made on which the cattle can pass from one section of a farm to another. i The natives go by boats to make visits
 and carry merchandise to markets. The
 vessels are kept very clean and are
 washed from the top of the masts | down after every voyage After the
 scrubbing is done the sailors put on l their store clothes and go up town, as we would say, to see the sights. The sailor owns his own boat and paints 1t in very bright colors. He propels it
 with Q bunting stick. and the wife helps. When they own a dog it is for
 work, and man and dog harnessed together will tow boat. The dogs
 seem to want to go faster than the men. It is surprising to see how much
 work the dogs will do. They have no
 time for play in Holland. They are
 used to draw carts of all kinds, and
 two dogs hitched to cart will trot off Wltl two DlS HIGH SILIllS III lI4S N0Ii1ClS.
 The country is covered with wind
 mills. These are used to pump the water from one canal into another and finally into the sea. Steam pumps are also used to keep the water down.
 The railroads run on the top of the dykes Canal boats now have naptha engines. A mans wealth is not reck- oned in Holland by the number of cat tie he owns or the dollars he has in his pocket, but if a young woman wishes to know how much her sweetheart is worth she will ask him how many windmills he has. There are great
 many dams in Holland, but Judge Beers did not hear any profane ones. The reason. he said. because he did not understand the language! The Judge told much about Rotterdam,
 Amsterdam, and Schiedan, where the famous SchnappS are made. Ships un- loa0 in the very heart of the city; the houses have very steep roofs and eye- brow windows: they are all built on
 piles; sometimes a church cants over to one side so that it is five feet out of the perpendicular, but it holds to- gether as of one piece. From Delft Hendrick Hudson sailed in 6 sloop 80 feet by 16 and of but 50 tons burden, when he crossed the Atlantic and dis covered Manhattan Island and the Hudson river. Amsterdam is a city of half a million. on the river and in the shape of aa half moon It is the center of finance, and headquarters for the diamond industry. In the summer season it is thr nged with diamond l buyers. Judge Beers told in detail the peculiarities of the diamond market and how they are sold. He said very many other interesting things most of 1 which were new to his hearers, and at the close received a vote of thanks. l Refreshments were then served, and at a late hour the company dispersed. |
 MT. Frank l.. Curtis has returned 1 from a trip to New Jersey.
 The sudden deaths of many well 1 known people in town has put many families into mourning and will have it's effect upon the social season.
 Mr. Robert T. Wheeler died on Sat urday morning after a long illness. He was employed by the Stratfo,d Oyster Company. He is survived by 9 widow and two sons, Robert and Edmund. His mother. Mrs. Sarah Wheeler and a brother, Mr. William M. Wheeler and a sister. Mrs. Charles K. Sta@g also survive him. A few weeks ago it was thought MT. Wheeler could not live and Mrs. Stagg came rn from Bay shore, L. T., to De with her brother He was a son of the late Ezra W. Wheeler, and over a dozen years ago he married Miss Marion Beach a sis ter of Mrs Warren M. Briggs. He was 34 years of age. The funeral was held this afternoon from he residence ot his mother on East Broad street.
 This evening the ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church gives a valen- tine social at the home of MT. and Mrs. Geo. w. Fairchild, Main street. Any one may send Q valentine to the house or by mail. And all people who hope to be married soon. are invited, as well as the friends of Cupid
 There will be @ Bible class at Putney chapel this evening.
 Harry Lewis has gone to Iohiladel- phia and Percy Lewis was in town over Sunday. He abides in New Ha- ven.
 People with a clear sense of the good and entertaining, are still tlookine for ward" to the lecture by Prof. Phelps