Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1896 — Hill in Holland. [ARTICLE]

Hill in 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 was the show.place of the town. It was artificial. “There Is a fine hill In the Plantaage,” said 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 plain. "I can ,see no hill.” “It is just over there, but you cannot ~-*ee it, for it is hidden by that bush,” I ascended this fine hill, which-prov-(l to be an artificial mound not twenty feet in heigtit; but the nativesArevery proud of it, and speak of it as if it were some huge mountain. As an ijwtanee of how successfully a (Jroninger is deceived by his admiration for it. T may" mention that my companion heaved a deep sigh, mopped ills face, and dropped exhausted info a chair—thoughtfully placed there by the corporation, for this object—when he reached the summit. But to do this eny,nence justice, it must be allowed that the.hilLis beyond dispute above the level of the sea.