CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| “Pennsylvania Dutch” (properly German) | [11] |
| Language | [11] |
| Religion | [13] |
| History of a Sect | [18] |
| Politics | [20] |
| Festivals | [22] |
| Weddings | [24] |
| Quiltings | [29] |
| “Singings” | [31] |
| Farming | [33] |
| Farmers’ Wives | [36] |
| Holidays | [45] |
| Public Schools | [47] |
| Manners and Customs | [49] |
| Additional Remarks | [53] |
| An Amish Meeting | [59] |
| Swiss Exiles | [70] |
| Books | [71] |
| Menno Symons | [74] |
| William of Orange | [75] |
| Persecution in Zurich and Berne | [78] |
| The States-General | [83] |
| Alsace and the Palatinate | [87] |
| William Penn | [88] |
| “Connystogoe” | [91] |
| Harmony among Sects | [95] |
| Mennonite Church History | [99] |
| Traditions | [100] |
| Russian Mennonites | [102] |
| Mennonites in Germany | [106] |
| The Dunker Love-Feast | [112] |
| Electing a Preacher | [119] |
| The Feet-Washing | [123] |
| The Kiss of Peace | [125] |
| The Communion | [126] |
| River Brethren | [134] |
| Brinser Brethren | [136] |
| Ephrata | [138] |
| Conrad Beissel | [138] |
| Peter Miller | [145] |
| Publications | [152] |
| Zinzendorf’s Visit | [155] |
| The Buildings now standing | [163] |
| Old Clock | [166, 170] |
| Bethlehem and the Moravians | [173] |
| Festivals | [176] |
| The Graveyard | [183] |
| Old Recollections | [185] |
| Old Buildings | [198] |
| Miscellaneous Remarks | [200] |
| Historical Note | [203] |
| Schwenkfelders | [206] |
| Meeting-House and Graveyard | [207] |
| Books | [210] |
| History | [212] |
| Journey to America | [224] |
| Anniversary or Yearly Meeting | [226] |
| Customs | [230] |
| Doctrines | [234] |
| Additional Remarks | [239] |
| A Friend | [244] |
| Cousin Jemima | [260] |
| The Miners of Scranton | [268] |
| Superstitions | [270] |
| Hardships | [272] |
| Amusements | [274] |
| Wives and Children | [281] |
| Fare | [285] |
| Aspirations | [288] |
| Culture | [292] |
| Strikes | [295] |
| Irish Farmers | [304] |
| A Farm-House in the County Cork | [307] |
| Another Farmer | [325] |
| A Castle | [327] |
| The Southwest | [333] |
| Michael McBride | [337] |
| To and in Dublin | [340] |
| English | [344] |
| Farms and Farmers | [350] |
| The Church and Rector | [356] |
| Dissenters | [360] |
| Taxes and Tithes | [363] |
| Schools | [365] |
| Miscellaneous | [372] |
| Peculiarities of Speech | [379] |
| Appendix | [381] |
| The Pennsylvania German Dialect | [381] |
| Proper Names | [391] |
| Politics | [393] |
| Yankees | [394] |
| Thrift | [395] |
| Charms and Superstitions | [397] |
| Medical Superstitions | [401] |
| Holidays | [404] |
| Easter | [404] |
| Halloween | [405] |
| Peltz Nickel | [407] |
| New Year | [407] |
| The Plainer Sects | [408] |
| The People Contrasted | [414] |
| Miscellaneous | [415] |
“PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH.”
(PROPERLY GERMAN.)
I have lived for twenty years in the county of Lancaster, where my neighbors on all sides are “Pennsylvania Dutch.” In this article I shall try to give, from my own observation and familiar acquaintance, some account of the life of a people who are little known outside of the rural neighborhoods of their own State, who have much that is peculiar in their language, customs, and belief, and of whom I have learned to esteem the native good sense, friendly feeling, and religious character.