He never speaks but makes his opinions clear based on how he smokes his pipe. Nicholaus Vedder is the landlord of the inn and the leader of the group. Here the more idle men actually gossip and tell sleepy stories about nothing, every once in a while discussing “current” events when they find an old newspaper. Indeed, when he tries to console himself and escape from Dame Van Winkle, he often goes to a sort of philosophical or political club that meets on a bench outside of a small inn. ![]() All the women and children in the village love him and side with him against his wife, and even the dogs do not bark at him. He also is well-known for being an obedient, henpecked husband, for Dame Van Winkle has no problem shouting insults into the neighborhood and tracking him down in the village to berate him. He is just incapable of doing anything to help his own household. It is not because he is lazy-in fact, he is perfectly willing to spend all day helping someone else with their labor. His single flaw is an utter inability to do any work that could turn a profit. Rip Van Winkle is descended from gallant soldiers but is a peaceful man himself, known for being a kind and gentle neighbor. ![]() Rip lived there while America was still a colony of Great Britain. It is set in a small, very old village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains, which was founded by some of the earliest Dutch settlers. The story of Rip Van Winkle was found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker, an old gentleman from New York who was especially interested in the histories, customs, and culture of the Dutch settlers in that state.
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