The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-09-27

ance. theV faced the uaIlSoA AionA ~
aoe men and beasts. They compared
Themselves to the Israelites marching
to the Promised Land. The more La
natical. resenting the annexation u
Natal. looked upon the Queen OF Eng
land as Anti Christ. In 1852 the Trans
yaal republic was formally ackno"l-
edged as independent, and Pretorlous
became the first president. On the
10Th of April, 1877, British sovereign
tv was proclaimed, and the repupnc
came to an end, after short exist
ence Of lust quarter Of a century,
The Beers might almost be calieo
white stationary gipsies, their HE pe-
ing such a strange mixture OF the no
mad and settled. They Travelled INTO the
country in wagons, and wherever they
found suitable places encamped, ana
the wagon was exchanged for house.
But they kept the wagon still at nanu'
and sometimes made enormous Jour
news. The house was always pullI
where there was plenty OF water anu
though often substantial, 1t was d
rude erection. The vrouW sits near
the window slipping tea or coffee, ana
employed making or mendlng CLONES
for the family. Here she will some
times sit. with the stolidity OF the
race. the whole day long. The DO
nestle servants are usually natives
Hottentots and Bechuanas, or BUSH
men. and though slavery was formally
abolished at the time the independ-
ence of the republic was acknowledge
ed. vet it was believed to still exist
S under specious pretenses. The 1000
i nrincipally relied upon is mutton or
e dried beef: they do not like the pig.
/. There is plenty Of game, and as Afrl-
n can game tastes peculiarly dry they
f eat # swimming in mutton-fat. Ihey
l. are not drunkards; but when they 90
e take spirits prefer it neat. after the
It fashion in the Vaterland. In the
9 house will be found the rush baskets
h made bv the Caffree women, when are
It so CLOSELY interviewer that they Will
G. hold water. and are used as milking
n buckets.
d These farms are often miles anC
e. miles apart: in fact, the Beers once
Ut had q law that houses should not Df
it hnilt within less than three miles O.
Ill each other. The offices are irregular
to not neatly disposed, doubtless naVlns
grown up, as it were, from tlme Y
ny time. as occasion required. LII
ed threshing-hoor is often simply lnclose,
ty with wall of mud and the gram troo
ch den out by oxen. Near the house IS
ne match of cultivated ground, but thel
it wealth lies in flocks and herds. Dul
is ING the day these wander over III
to mense tracts of country; at eve lne
id return. are shut up in the lnclosure
IN known as kraals, formed OF the thorn
RS mimosa. through which nothing ca
y. penetrate. This precaution is rende
{ a ed necessary by the wild beasts
as nrey. They have saying that I'll
,es lion if he can have his choice. VII II
le- on an OK or a horse; if he cannot e
Die either he prefers sheep, and third
of men: and of men Hottentot or natlN
act before a white. The kraal is SO II
ase nortant an adjunct of the farm as
is he used in speaking to denomlnate
rye settlement; they call place so-an
cid SOS kraal. The cattle are very goo
ub- So long ago as 1882 the Beers we
lad sharp enough to import some OF u
dy; Devon breed to improve the natl
| in strain. and also some OF the III
hol black Holland beasts.
= n
ost and large made, and 1t speaks wen
irSt the climate OF South Africa lhao'
| of though they are the descendants
hus the Dutch who settled at the 1ape
ally years ago, they are. II anythlhS' pl
I'M sically improved. Ihelr coilpieAio
itch are darker and ruddler than the
le a of a European who has just come oV
lied The women would be good-iooki
tied were it not that corpulency IS
to- fashion, and it is increased by perpe
allv sitting still. The general m
self ners are said to strike stranger
all somwhat cold and reserved-lt Is
and custom to merely touch, not sll;
d AT hands in the cordial English FASH
lair but they improve greatly upon
G OF quaintance.
eral The men used to carry the most
wing traordinary guns III their sporting
ght. neditions-huge things like Ill
the cannons. They set no value on
ouse unless they could put more than tn
fine fnoers-three big fingers, too
was the muzzle The gun was called a
ably or. and must have made roar W
,tion discharged They only fired at
game. OF course, rifles have pene
, led fed into this wild country, and II
,aled doubtless superseded the original
inks hlunderbusses. The men have
some character of great industry.
, the So far as we have seen the Boer LII
place settled state, but that is only hall
sell it were. Of his life: the other par
long sembles that of a gypsy. or OF the
'avor tar races, who wander over
teppes of Asia in rude wagons.
Boer has always had hankering
trekking, as he calls it, in scare
fresh lands. He brings out his wa
which perhaps to the civilized
n the better be called van. since it Is
cred, and which is built in pee
:. but manner to withstand the jolting
ritish wide plains without roads,
Boem through rivers and streams. To
etori- he harnesses dozen strong, pa
tlaw; oxen, and loads it up with all nee