A Legacy of Historical Gleanings, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Legacy of Historical Gleanings, Vol. 1 of 2

On the tables, upon the walls, and along the ceiling, the notable Orange emblems were arranged with good taste. Conservatories contributed their choicest flowers to beautify and embellish the feast and shed their sweet fragrance around. A numerous company sat down to a sumptuous entertainment at seven o'clock; good cheer and kind feelings were mingled with pleasing recollections of the history of the country of their descent and of their ancestors who settled in this good land.

Dutchmen never do things by halves. Especially when a good dinner is the object Of their particular solicitude. The bountifully spread table was uniformly heavily loaded and groaning under the richly seasoned viands; the dinner prepared and served without fail, in a very superior style and decorous manner for the notable and worthy burghers Of those wassel days. An abundant dinner and good living was from timeimmemorial a fundamental part of the creed of an open handed and whole hearted shy Dutchman who was impervious to innovations.

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