. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... meach at the owners door till the next morning. When we havedriven far enough, we can go back through the side streets, whichare filled with children on their way from school. Although this isan English town, you hear almost as much Dutch spoken as Eng-lish. The childrens names, too, Peter Ryckman, Catharina Van-dam, Hans Jacobs, Anthony Jansen, these are not like the namesyou hear in Boston. There are English names, too, of course, be-cause for ma
. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... meach at the owners door till the next morning. When we havedriven far enough, we can go back through the side streets, whichare filled with children on their way from school. Although this isan English town, you hear almost as much Dutch spoken as Eng-lish. The childrens names, too, Peter Ryckman, Catharina Van-dam, Hans Jacobs, Anthony Jansen, these are not like the namesyou hear in Boston. There are English names, too, of course, be-cause for many years the English have been peopling New York, andthe names of Livingston, Jay, and Murray are heard among those ofHolland extraction. The names of the streets, however, are largelyDutch, and you can almost read the history of the town in thenames at its street corners. The houses of the rich English resi-dents and those of the wealthier Dutch, have stately mahogany fur-niture, and stores of silver and china, while their dress is even moregorgeous than in the Puritan cities. You can see plainly, however, that the earliest settlers of this. mitc^-^ jyoA A TOUR IX AifERICA. 181 growing metropolis have impressed their characteristics stronglyupon it. Even in their amusements and occupations you see chief summer recreation is in forming sailing parties up theHudson, where they go to eat turtle-soup, which is made in greatperfection there. They have no Thanksgiving Day, but XewYears they keep \vith great festivities, and the custom of makingNew Years caUs and presents is celebrated most gayly among theHollanders. Oysters have never before been known so plentiful and cheap as inNew York. They are largely used by the poorest classes, becausethey are so cheap. Truly, this city seems a goodl} one to dwellin, does it not ? We feel quite sure it will be one day a large city. Albany, up the Hudson, is also giowing rapidly, and even morethan New York is like a town in Holland.
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