Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1896 — Hill la Holland. [ARTICLE]

Hill la Holland.

It seems absurd to speak of a hill in Holland, for If the best guessers are right, the name of the country Is from our word hollow, meaning a depression in the land; but Captain Knight found at Groningen a hill that waa the showplace of the town. It was artificial. “There is a fine hill In the Plantaage,” Bald my companion, “and from the summit of it you will be able to see the country for a great distance around.” It Interested me greatly to hear that there was such a thing as a hill in Holland. “But where Is it?” I asked, looking round the Interminable plnin. “I can see no hill." “It Is Just over there, but you cannot ;ee ft, for It Is hidden by that bush." I ascended this fine hill, which provd toTSe an artificial mound not twenty feet in height; but the natives are very proud of It. aud speak of it as if it were some huge mountain. As an instance of how successfully a Gj*onlnger is deceived by his admimtiou for it. I may mention that my companion heaved a deep sigh, mopped his face, aud dropped exhausted Into a chair—thoughtfully placed there by the corporation for this object—when he reached the summit. But to do this eminence Justice, it must be allowed that the hill Is beyond dispute above the level of the sea.