Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1891 — The Prosperous Dutch. [ARTICLE]

The Prosperous Dutch.

These people, and indeed all Dutch people, are beyond doubt contented and comfortable. The have the hai>- ; piest of temperaments and no anxiej ties. They are the wealthiest nation in Europe. They have the best of food and wines and music and education; their Pinnate is healthy; their history lis honorable and stirring; they smoke 1 cigars at one cent apiece that would be dear in New York at twenty Umes that sum. Their homes are beautiful to look at and delightful to live in. Their country is a miracle. The men who made New York and have stamped themselves all over the United States same from this little land, whose total population scarcely equals that of Lonion. If I were not an American I would be a Dutchman. No other naii‘»n of Europe comes into competition with them.—Julian Hawthorne.