The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 236, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1887 Page: 2 of 8
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PEASANTS OF CHAMPERY.
K Kwln Village Vlioe Young Men
ud Women Are Not Jilvnn to
Mnri'ylii.
Tim Msimt.' of (.'litunpcry says The
l.oii'lon yucnt nro I'prciully (jonlui
iiid j)lims;nii; i-vory ono you ini'ct lias
i bun jour for you mul limy nuver think
if siskin;; nioru than lint vuliui of tlioir
SNtv.'lli'Hl creniu niut milk. They aro
;iot u marrying people ami thvro arc
icry fnw children to bo seen. In ono
;f their proi'os.tioiH thuro wero ei;hty-
ivo untnurrie.d women. Aslotii.slicl at
iiit'li a nuiubur of old muids in a mnull
joninuiiiiiy 1 inquired if I ho young
men hougbi brides from u distunco.
iho answer was: ''Oil no they do not
marry at all. They live at homo with
I heir parents; there uro not chalets
t'unii-li lor them to nniko a separate
iii'Hwje nor land mioiigh to fied nioro
inontlis.'' Therefore this vitiligo bids
fair lo decrease in population.
Tho euro lias an Immcnso inlluenec
and does not allow his people to beg.
lie disapproves of gay colors. Hence
llie women's hats aro mostly trimmed
with blacl" und ho has put quite a veto
on dancing. Whon servants' balls aro
pollen up in tho hotels he begs that tho
young men will not give their hands in
tho dance lo tho fclrunger. Ho does
not think it necessary lo caution tho
young women. A few days ago a
young girl said to bo the prettiest in
tho village died of consumption and
was buried two days afterward. It
was a pretty sight to seo tho funeral
procession coino down Iho village.
The bearers wcro four young men with
white ribbons and favors and the
women all wore white muslin veils
the same which they had worn on the
letoofthe assumption of the Virgin
when all the people men and women
attended service in tho church and
with the cure at their head walked
through the village chanting and
carrying a banner. 'J'ho 1 ttle church
was full (luring the funeral service the
women kneeling lo the left the men to
tho right of the aisle. Tho colli n was
placed in the middle covered with
Mowers and surrounded by lighted can-
iIIih. At one period of the service tho
women all liled round in procession
each one sprinkling the colli n with holy
water. Alter Iho collin had been low-
ered tho grave was tilled in by four
young men and the mound shap-
ed by them the poor girl's godmother
remaining lo superintend and put the
finishing touches. The portrait of tho
girl adorns tho shop windows riding
on a mulo liko a man. and with tho
primitivo wide trousers which llm
women wear in tho mountains. There
nro two or three general shops or
store whero every variety of article
may be purchased from large hats and
gauze veils to woo''n goods aud Kng-
Jish biscuits.
As a rule ladies come lo theso moun-
tain places rjuito unprovided with suit-
able attire. They have dresses with
"kilting" round tho bottom which rip
oil' and catch on a rock the lirsl moun-
tain path they descend often risking a
bad fall. Then they have boots so thin
that the stones literally cut them to
pieces aud they have lo resort' to tho
native shoemaker who will make Ihcitt
a strong pair of high lueed-up boots for
about 14 francs. A plain woolen skirt
not gored is tho most useful dress. It
should not be so tirhl as to impede
plvgli-BS. 1ml oo iie.u k us to f.iliiie the
wcan r and there will be nothing in it
to catch or tear. A full flannel bodice
and belt at the waist to which latter a
few useful articles should be attached
(kuife sc'ssors pins etc.) and a largo
hat which will dispense with it sun-
shade aro also desirable us it is un-
comfortable to have lo hold a parasu'
in ono hand and pick your way with ko
alpenstock in the other.
Hard Times lor Embryo State s-
raen. Now tho embryo statesman begins
lo study up statistics on the li.bor
pieslion. He reads the capitalist neon-
umist and comes to Iho conclusion. Mint
the workingman is getting three limes
the wagos ho did 30 years ago that
food and clothing is twice as cheap
that llie hours of lalvir aro twice as
short and that Iho laboring mc n are
actually living on (he fat of tlto land in
a Garden of Eden paradise of luxu-
rioustiess and lolling on flower beds
mid on rose bowers of leisuru ami idle-
ness. Ho next turns to tho labor
economist and is surprised to see dem-
onstrated by the most conclusive sta-
tistic that wages have gone way down
into the bowels of the earth and that
prices have hhol way up into the clear
blue empyrean of llin lii majiient ami
the workinginan is obliged to support
his fatnilv on ground nuts and old
hoes. Ota truth was it said nf old.
icre is nothing that lies liko 'fib
ers.'" 1'anUe Jilmb
'tine oncltlmi-'l dopi Iit electricity It
J'ntlr d'crlbed t bT king proem.
"Jl
Humor In Literature
The most nearly Immortal charnotor
of lileraturo Is Falstaff and FaUtaff" is
a humorous oliaractor. Tho most long-
lived of all writlug is humorous writ-
ing (ircat libraries aro tilled with the
dead bodies of many books that wero
onco famous books that were written
by statesmen and powerful bishops.
They lie only disturbed by tho curious
untouched by any "Old Mortality"
who write names anew on the scroll of
human thought. "What littlo old vol-
umo is that over which that gray-haired
sage is laughing?" It is a humor-
ous story written hundreds of years
ngo.
What is it that keops the "Vicar of
Wakefield" so fresh? Not Its quiet
pastoral atmosphere nor its plot nor
its description but its humor. Why
do wo stroll with bombastio old Micaw-
bcrt Not because he is unfortunate
but because he makes his misfortunes
humorous. Humor is the most natural
of nil literary qualities. In life iifty
smiles ring out whllo ono toar is fall-
ing. Monday we smllo at our tears of
.Saturday. Tho greatest of all phil-
osophy resignation is itsolf a quiet
smile.
Tho American nowspapor is tho best
in tho world not because it contains
accounts of more murders and disasters
than any oilier journal but because
it brings more good cheer Into tho
family. I do not say this in dofenso of
tho American humorist but as a state-
ment of fact. The newspaper humorist
and whore is the journalist who has
not tried his paw in this direction?
perhaps needs defense. He writes a
great deal of that which is politoly
known as "rot" but so do ull writers.
Tho humorist's efforts may not ploaso
the "gontloman" who sips his cofl'oe at
morning with tremulous blubber who
the night before told old jokes over now
whisky but they may croato a laugh
at the armor's breakfast tablo.
Addison thought that nearly all
writers had at some time aspired lo bo
humorists and I do not know but that
such nn aspiration is just as praise-
worthy as tho aspiration which nearly
every writer has that of trying to
please.
Humor should bo just as refined ns
pathos. Tho newspaper that prints an
obsccno joke should not bo admitted
Into a respectable family. It is bettor
to bo dull than vulgar. Premeditated
humor like premeditated poetry is
generally of poor quality. Incidental
pleasantry having the avorago of tm-
nxpoutedneas breathes tho most onjoy-
ublo humor. It is of course impossible
to "grind out" so many yards of humor
per week; and tho wonder is that our
comic publications aro r.o worse than
they arc Gjpse r. Head in The Jour-
The Growth of the Quilt
Tho ladle's sewing society quilt in
eighteen hundred began to be built;
and they said they thought the quilt
would bo done sometime in eighteen
hundred and one; and then tboy said it
would surely be through in the spring of
tho year eighteen hundred and two.
liut tho years passed on and the boys
grew men and girls grew womon in
eighteen ten but thoir immemorial
crazy iiiilt just had a part of one corner
built. Tor tho years grow old and men
decay but a crazy quilt lives forever
aud uye!
Ah woe! sad woo to the neckties of
r.ien that were stolon by night for the
cnisyr quilt then; for the gudewivos came
down like a wolf on the fold and stole
nil the neckties their dear arms could
hold and the ribbons that tied tho lit-
tlo girls' hair and the big boys' sus-
penders his father couldn't wear and
dear grandmother's dress that her
grmidmothor built and Aunt Nancy's
'kerchief went into the quilt; and in
eighteen hundred and thirty-two the
quill they said was a quarter through.
Km men grow old and children gray
us the yoars crept on from day to day
und aunts and grandmothers passed
away but the quilt lived on forever.
And husbands and fathers shook their
heads aud sighed "Alas! we shall soon
lie dead oar lives will be finished
soon" they said "but the quilt will be
linishod never!" And son and grand-
son passed away wero born and grew
and had their day; then dust to dust
and clay to clay were placed in their
tombs forever. But the quilt grew on
from year to year a little there and a
little hero it grows but will never be
finished I fear; it will never be finish-
ed never.
Now in eighteen hundred and eighty-
seven the souls who started it all aro
in heaven; and there from the parapets
above they drop their tears of burning
love nn Their great granddaughters
here below who worked as they did
long ago who still toil on in this world
of guilt on the work of the endless
crazy quilt! Yankee Diode.
A Hew York crntc Is of tb oplnloa thit
may nnin never nhedt tear anleM br
dHJsiulvt pol) tier drcM- Tht SptK
WILD GEESE.
'What May B Dally Been In Daltota
For the information and perhaps
benefit of sportsmen says a letter frou
Harrisburg Dakota I will glvo a fain
description of what wo are daily wit
nesslng of tho grand armies of tin
strong-wingod birds whose name headi
this letter. Of the variety known fur-
ther south as wild goose the "honk-
ers" as they are called from theli
peculiar cry whon on wing we set
largo numbers. A groat many of then
nest and breed about the small lakes in
our neighborhood and poople often
tako the eggs and hatch them under
domestic birds either geeso or heus.
Besides these there are the brat t
smaller gray goose and the beautiful
snowy geese. Of these lust there seems
to be no limit to numbers. The air it
almost constantly tilled with their
notes and one can scarcely look up at
the sky which is wonderfully wide
from these highlands without seeing
flocks of these magnlllcent birds wheel-
ing across it in ouo direction or anoth-
er. No mathematics yet invented could
enumerate tho hosts that have so far
appeared. Instantaneous photo-
grab py is the only method by whicli
any truthful representation can be giv-
en' of thoir hosts. We rode out a day
or two since to tho lake (Wamhuska
souiet mos called Stump lake). The
day was one of tho mellow golden
bracing thoroughly enjoyable days that
October sometimes brings oven to you
poor dwellers amid the midst and
damps of Indiana but to us she is lav-
ish of such troasures during her entire
reign. All tho day nnd tho days before
one can not toll for how long flockj
of geeso 'n countless numbers wero
sailing ovcrhoad in ranks and clusters
of ranks some dark nnd some snowy
white with black tippdo-wings. They
nre congregating about our beautiful
lako. probably making preliminary
arrangements for their southern flight.
The wholo blue vault which showed no
cloud was lined in ovory direction by
'ranks of snowy birds. Iho afternoon
sun shono full upon thoir brilliant plum
ago tinging it n full golden color than
which no bird of paradise could bo mor
dazzling and the vast numbers on wing
of shinning goldhued hosts made ont
of the finest sights that one can behold.
I never before saw anything to equal it.
Whon we come In full view of the lake
whore thero nre several miles of watoi
in sight there was another remarkable
surprise for us. If tho canopy above
wits full of flying birds the surface o!
glistening water was a hundred time
iniore so. Along the further sboro and
'far out from land thero were thousands
ot geese floating so close together thai
.one saw no glimmer of water betwoen
them.
Midway between the shores islands
of geeso floated but appeared to ob-
servers on the high bunks like still
Inanimate earth coverod with a fresh
fall of snow. Sportsmon wore crouch
ing here and there behind clumps ot
bushes and every now and then a rifle-
shot echoed along the woodland; but
what wore a few sportsmen amon&
such multitudes of birds?
My neighbor the postmaster brought
in half a dozzen geese the result of twe
or threo odd half-hours' sport Anothei
neighbor took twelve the snmo day.
One man shot fourteen within thirty
minutes. Tho flesh of these birds
excellent and In this climate can bo
kept a long timo. A party of sports-
men are Tiere now from Florida and
will spend a week or more.
Two gentlemen from Boston spent
woek here shooting and bagged a large
number of ducks and sovoral geeso.
They left for homo about two weeks
ago. Had they remained till now the t
sport would perhaps have boon more
satisfactory as tho larger birds are fai
more numerous at this timo than r
month earlier. As it was liowevor
theso Boston men wore so well pleased
with thoir trip and with the opportu-
nities for good shooting that they l"M
their canoe hero for next year s use.
In passing I will iust mention that we
have a survey made and stakes set for
a railroad to our burg which Is prom-
ised to be built next year. In a country
where a railroad can be built at the rale
of seven miles per day as the Manitoba
has been doing the past season between
Devil's lake and Montana it is easy to
bcliove that we may not wait long for
tho whistle of the engine. Any good
lioosier who wants line sport and
boundless pure air belter than all the
medicines nnd milk shakes in tho conn-
try to set one up in good sound health
can Und both right here with 1 itle
trouble.
Life Worth Living Once More.
There was a hush in the sick man's
chamber broken only b.' the whisper-
ed instructions of the physician to the
nurso and the surpresscd sobs of the
wife and children who felt that in a
few short hours perhaps in a few
moments they would be widow and
orphans. Everything that medical
knowledge and professional skill could
do had boen done and the doctcr had
aid he conld do no more. "Keen him
comfortable" he said "that Is ail we
can do for him now." Suddenly there
came a shout through the open win-
dow. Immediately a perceptiblo
tremor passed over the dying man.
Another shout The sick man opened
h eyes. He listened. Aga n came
that voice from the street It was a
tewsboy crying his wares. "Ho!" ex-
claimed the'pniient throwing back the
clothes jumping out of bed and turn-
ing a double back-somersault "Don't
you hear himP" be exclaimed. "He
ays the base-ball season la over. I've
got something to live for now. 6ve
Bos my clothes please I'll take a run
down town." Boston Tanscripl.
mum & co.
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tHUSE Op;
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which we will meutlou :
THE AULTMAN & TAYLOR SEPARATOR
THE AULTMAN & TAYLOR HORSE POWER.
THE AULTMAN & TAYLOR STANDARD ENGINE. j
THE AULTMAN & TAYLOR TRACTION ENGINE.'
THE EMPIRE MOWER. j
THE EMPIRE STEEL FRAME HARVESTER AND BINDER.'
THE JOHN DODDS HORSE HAY RAKE. '
HAND PUMPS STEAM PUMPS WIND MILLS.'.
THE HYDRAULIC JETTING ARTESIAN WELL MACHINERY.
II you should not visit Dallas wo will
about any ol tlietse goous. e niso niKe contracts lor sinking Artesian u oils nnu a 'c
prepared to sink; them from two to twelve indms iu diameter and to almont any depth
we win ten you Artesian wen (jasing
We are also' State Agent for the Mica
run stocK or two ana turoe-piy rooting anu
straw board tesin sizing. No. 1 and 2 bulld'nir
At a cost of tilty cents por square yard you can render your house almost us wind
prool at a brlcK bouse by using our sheathing felt. i
Very truly yours.
Iv. SHIELDS
G33 Elm Street ------- Dallas Texas
Is Just In receipt of (he most artistic styles of
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And we nre Headquarters for
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Manufactures of
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THE FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL SESSION
Opened Monday
AND CONTINUE FORTY WEEKS.
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visit during tho Fair we tako this me
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take plcasuro In correspondltitr with you
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smgie-piy icit ior grurei root as well
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Gilbert, C. E. The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 236, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1887, newspaper, November 25, 1887; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth293982/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .