The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-08-19
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4 train with POI Mennonites came IL
yesterday, under the general direction OF
Mr.. c. L. Schmidt, who accompanied the III
from New York. All tie emigrants are
from the great Molotschnoi Colony in South
Russia, which has so far sent so families
10 America. Part of the emigrants lief,
theiE homes on the ith OF July, and left
Antwerp On the 9th of July on the steamer
Nederlani The balance left later IN the
| month, ard sailed on the steamer Nevada.
The head men OF the party are Abraham
Harms, Peter Harms and Franz Te,.s. Ir.
CHI idt, ..owever, acted as the Moses" oi
the party from the seaboard here. lie was
the "guide, philosopher and friend" of each
and all, answering several thousand gues-
tons every day, and making himself gem
orally useful. He represents them as being
very devout, singing hymns frequently and
reading their Bibles. One of them pointed
out to Mr.. Schmidt passage in Isaiah,
which he claimed prophesied all about the
Mennonite emigration TO Kansas.
The journey from the sea coast was some
what interrupted by high water. Al JnGi-
annapolis boy belonging TO the party went
in swimming and was drowned.
1Ht sSNGT1l
The depot yesterday, and some few made
excursions up town and astonished their
Russian stomachs with American wafer
melons. The men appear TO have consci-
entious scruples against wearing any clothes
that fit them, the idea appearing TO be to
buy all the cloth you can get for the mon
ey. The mems vests, therefore, descend to-
ward the knees, and their pants possess an
alarming amount Of SLACK" The fayori,e
head gear is a fiat cloth cap, which they
pull off in saluting any person. This
habit they will soon drop, now they have
arrived in the State of Kansas where
nobody respects nothing" The ladies and
babies, of which there were large number,
kept close to the cars. The females were
not fashionably attired. 1t was evident
that the "rie-backs" had not struck Russia
when they left. The favorite dress goods
was dark green figure on black back
ground. The children all had handker-
chiefs tied over their heads, which gave
them a peculiarly round-headed appear
ance. These little Russians seemed gener-
ally in good condition. The ladies OF the
party displayed no very excessive modesty,
but proceed to roost out on the platforms
of the cars and scrub their heels and cut
their toe-nails. Their feet are the largest
size now worn.
The party finally sailed OUT for their
new homes in the colonies TO the north OF
Newton and Burton, where land has been
reserved for them.
When this party left Russia, the country
was suffering greatly from drouth. They
saw, however, too much water coming
through Ohio and Indiana, and reached
the golden mean" in Kansas
The next emigration will probably come
from some provinces on The Nolga, a thou
sand miles from the .Nennoni e country in
Southern Russia. There is IN these prov
inces a mixed population of Mennonitas,
Lutherans and Catholics, who are anxious
TO leave Russia on account OF their horror
of the military service. Some of their young
men, drafted into the army, have commit
ted suicide rather than endure longer the
barbarous treatment to which the Russian
soldier is subjected.-TcPsid Commonwealth,
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