Heute habe ich den Herrn Hergott gesehen

[“Today, I’ve seen Mr. Hergott”
(German actually “Herrgott”, meaning literally “Mister-god” standing as a vocative when addressing God, as english “Lord”. It was primarily used at the beginings of cantatae, as in “Herr Gott, Dich loben wir“. It became then often used as a exclamation of surprise and anger. Comparable to “Christ!” or “Jesus!”.)]

As it can be found on the web, and as Mr. Hergott told me, the name was origninally spelled with two “R”, but eventually an R was dropped, either for an easier spelling or inorder to hide the German origins in the first part of the twentieth century.

On a short ride on my bike to the West, I was finally on a gravel road, and in the yard of a farm, there was a farmer just unloading his combine-harvester (ger. Mähdrescher) into his truck. I went to exchange a few words: He just finished in this very moment the harvest of soybeans (which are very commonly grown around here in Canada). In total he got 1800 acres ≈ 7.5 km^2. I’m astonished. And even he is the very Mr. Hergott, as it says “Hergott Farms, Waterloo, Ltd.” on his truck.

He actually originated from Heidelberg, Germany. There would be a Swiss guy named Thomas Lang around here somewhere having a farm, he seems to be a friend of him.

And before going to the woods and the fram I was visiting a house that was for sale and was advertised for as “open house” at the nearby street. – The way of living here is really strange. Houses are very close to each other, but there are no townhouses (deu: Reihenhäuser oder Häuserreihen in Städten) as there where in La ville de Québec and in Montréal. The miss who is selling the place enjoys talking for a minute, till I leave. Unfortunately and as opposed to my expectations there was no food nor drinks offered. 😉