The German Element in the United States with Special Reference to Its Political, Moral, Social, and Educational Influence, Volume 2Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909 |
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Pagina 36
... became the wheat granaries of the country . Their great , well - built barns , fine stock , and big Conestoga wagons were an object - lesson to the other sections . " The same may be said of the German farmers of Wisconsin and the ...
... became the wheat granaries of the country . Their great , well - built barns , fine stock , and big Conestoga wagons were an object - lesson to the other sections . " The same may be said of the German farmers of Wisconsin and the ...
Pagina 38
... became noted in the history of American farm- ing for their cultivation of specialties . Such was Pfeffer , of Wisconsin , who is famous in the history of American horticulture for the growth of an apple , which he has called the ...
... became noted in the history of American farm- ing for their cultivation of specialties . Such was Pfeffer , of Wisconsin , who is famous in the history of American horticulture for the growth of an apple , which he has called the ...
Pagina 44
... became a charter mem- ber of the Missouri Horticultural Society and the State Board of Agriculture . He established the Husmann Nurs- eries at Sedalia , Missouri , in 1872 , and was one of the first , if not the first to ship cuttings ...
... became a charter mem- ber of the Missouri Horticultural Society and the State Board of Agriculture . He established the Husmann Nurs- eries at Sedalia , Missouri , in 1872 , and was one of the first , if not the first to ship cuttings ...
Pagina 46
... became instrumental in placing the European grape industry on an entirely new basis.2 As already stated , one of the most successful wine - produc- 1 Cf. Bush & Son , and Meissner , Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of American Grape ...
... became instrumental in placing the European grape industry on an entirely new basis.2 As already stated , one of the most successful wine - produc- 1 Cf. Bush & Son , and Meissner , Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of American Grape ...
Pagina 50
... became editor of the " Staatszeitung , " the first German paper on the Pacific Coast . In 1858 he purchased a tract of land in Sonoma and planted twenty acres to vines . In the same year he made twelve hundred gallons of wine for John ...
... became editor of the " Staatszeitung , " the first German paper on the Pacific Coast . In 1858 he purchased a tract of land in Sonoma and planted twenty acres to vines . In the same year he made twelve hundred gallons of wine for John ...
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Pagina 148 - I remember when they modestly declined intermeddling in our elections, but now they come in droves and carry all before them, except in one or two counties.
Pagina 211 - Reader." A few copies of Noehden's Grammar were imported, and a few copies of I forget whose "Pocket Dictionary," fortunately too copious for an Anglo-Saxon pocket, and suggesting the generous amplitude of the Low Dutch costume, as described in Irving's mythical "History of New York.
Pagina 433 - This is the largest sum ever given by a man in the history of the race for any social or philanthropic purposes.
Pagina 204 - Strasburg, who gave instruction in mathematics. He was willing to do what he could for me in German, but he warned me that his pronunciation was very bad, as was that of all Alsace, which had become a part of France. Nor was it possible to get books. I borrowed a Meidinger's Grammar, French and German, from my friend, Mr. Everett, and sent to New Hampshire, where I knew there was a German Dictionary, and procured it. I also obtained a copy of Goethe's "Werther
Pagina 148 - English; the Signs in our Streets have inscriptions in both languages, and in some places only German: They begin of late to make all their Bonds and other legal...
Pagina 147 - I am perfectly of your mind, that measures of great temper are necessary with the Germans ; and am not without apprehensions, that, through their indiscretion, or ours, or both, great disorders may one day arise among us.
Pagina 537 - The Fatherland: 1450-1700, showing the part it bore in the discovery, exploration, and development of the western continent, with special reference to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Pagina 245 - I never saw a population so totally divested of gaiety; there is no trace of this feeling from one end of the Union to the other.
Pagina 148 - German. They begin of late to make all their bonds and other legal instruments in their own language, which (though I think it ought not to be) are allowed good in...
Pagina 148 - Few of their children in the country know English. They import many books from Germany; and of the six printing-houses in the province, two are entirely German, two half German half English, and but two entirely English.