The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-23
HARVESTING CRANBERR,Es.
pc~us In che lSr~as Marsh 0G
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RrNl,s, Wis. Dec. 20. Berlin IL
snccringly dubbed the Cranberry City
by the newspapers II rival towns. and
nj picking time the visitor II Impressed
with tho thought that IL IL no misno'
mcr. All other business interests then
scom sub-oryicnt 10 this. for the har-
vest Is ~ no mcan Importance Ia n
river town III 5000 inhabitants. the
annual shipments sometimes reaching
the astounding figures 81 $1,000 bush
els from the large marsh of Sackott
Brothers aud that NJ Carey Brothers,
whose united annual expenditures are
not far from si0o,Oo
When u. picking begins, In Ooto.
Dor. tho whole country round turns out
On massc. for berry time IL n succession
Of gala days, men, women. and children
pouring towards the marshes In wba,
GEMS an endless stream NJ humanity,
all eager Ia carn tho excellent wages
that arc always paid. Tho noisy throng
In largely made up oi Sc~andinavians
and Gcrmrns by whom portions III the
county are ,hickly settled. the mcn Ia
quaint garments " sober homcspun.
high boots and awkward blue caps, aud
smoking the ubiquitous huge bowlcd
porcelain Pipe from the fAtherland,
the womcn with gay colorcd shawls
tod ovcr the head and falling on the
shoulders. short stiH dresses and wood.
On shoes. Children Ut all ages no
company them. looking curious enough
dressed In precisely the same sombrc
attire M thcir parcn,s. which gives
them the appearance Of vcritabla lii.
putians, Most 81 the pilgrims toward
the cranberry Mecca No on foot, hut
somc ride In heavy farm wagons. can.
vas covered and drawn by sleepy oxen.
with whose snail pace the phlcgmat,c
farmer seems quite content. II N this
Willingness Ia max, haste slowly bu,
surely In the race for wealth that has
made substantial farmers Of these In.
dusirious foreigners, Coming To Amer
ica with u few dollars. and purchasing
sandy farms ON which the restless Yam,
kcc has starved. aud which he IL glad
to sell Tor u more sony. these emigrants
lead n liic of frugality and sclf.aenial
which brings them n rev ard In causing
tho desert Ia blossom as tho rosc. Il {.
saying h%etcabout that what the Nor,
WVNIWu INItNtI CNuuOt Stlk nt ItttIs "
his stock, and what they will not cal
no gives Ia his family; IT course this u
an cxaggcration. but the writer ha,
visited the log houses of some III tn,
less wcll.to do people and has tount
their diet In con-is, largely II blacl
rye bread aud ,hickcned sour milk. al
the rest Of the farm produce going I,
market This frugal mode M Twins
seems tn have N, double effect II bcnc
fitting the family health and 1T gradu
ally filling the domestic cxchelucr
The women work In the fields with th,
men aud are models IL physical RI
business, never requiring u physician
A dentist has never Yet been known 4
operate upon the molars or bicnspid
of these people. whose teeth would IN
cite the envy Of a pampered child q
fortune.
Horc and there among the prospcC
tive pickers are n bcvy Of America
girls who leave homes ~ comfort an
plenty to trough it, ON tho marshe
Tor a week or two. BANDS ot VIM,
bago Indians occasionally file pas
gaily attired In bright colored goyrrr
ment blankets. the lazy warriors 4
bucks mounted on ponies. the squaw
trudging along the sandy roads carr
the "impcdimenta," with the pappoos,
strapped into n framework and born
upon the back with the other burden,
These Indians. are the children an
grandchildren III the chiefs who fougl
under the famous Rlackhawk In wins
10 now the State ot Wisconsin. nearl
half q century ago. For many ycsl
they have hunted unmolested. but weg
recently removed to the Indian Terr
tory. under military escort, by order
Of the government, but they were nj
happy, and refused 10 be comforted 1
wards Of the nation, so they made the
way-several hundred strong-hack
the happy hunting grounds Of Wiscol
ain. q distance Of 1000 miles; they al
the same harmless. strolling bands tn
they have been for many years, but the
have learned something 81 the RICH
of settlers and have pre-empted ccrtal
Wild lands. which they affect to occup.
I'D thus become entitled 10 the PR
netcs Of citizens. and enjoy immunii
froh government interference,
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