The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-05-07

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Some miles west of Psmbin on ths
British side Of the boundary line, there
Is large settlement of Msnuonites.
About 1000 have come to Manitoba
where The eaSssunsst 4,as rssssved
SOC. 600 acres for their settlements. Il
vas beautiful incoming whom " sst
out on ~prsirie yacht" behind . pail
OF quick-stspping borses. to visit the
Mennonite Reserve. Our road lay
along the north bank Of sbs Pembina
river. skirtiug the timber. and occa.
sioGaily catting seross point A6Ipodi
which ran out INTO the open prairie.
We passed many thrifty iookiug farms.
whore the men we're still ysgking at
the remnant OF the harvest. At Snug.
gler's Point there Was . log tavern and
we stopped for . little dinner. The
landlord was frontiersman. vho he'd
Jtriea life in many territories. We asked
bim whether the Meosenites were good
settlers. and how hs liked them.
Wsh,' hcVsid. 'thsyre.Q QAist s1puab
and some oo I'm liteslpr@ @ety lwhit@; bit
they aiat nrEood to tbe Soujtry. Thlf
livsANs -bl6ek broAd. zApd s6el6lS sn2
raise their own tobscker; and when .
crowd on EN- comes in here to drink,
each man steps up and drinks and pays
for his own liquor
Such conduct - this, of course, 10
subversive Of the first principle of
treating .. sssssi sn, Isndiy
! A few miles farther on We fooud the
farm village of Blumanort. It 10 not
the largest Of the villages on this re-
serve. but it will serve - type Of the
rest. The high road wss simply .
we'll sen wy@o 4t1ck RvGx bsxe
plain. : A4isssazhr Inc 70 1s6 4
90 low ths<ched hodste ~ SCI kide OF
the road aud stsso, saw mill made up
the village. The farms radists from
this center. Every man cultivates bis
owu land. and the four and-twenty
families have the advantage Of living
close together, and making common
font against the hardship and loneli-
its had 30 q 81 pIz its hoqlpaSk
ter -~ho teaches Gsrh& Aa :
The Village is (4Small 30Ek cbGfc6
the Pfarr,r eotn over ! I'm oue
larger town q pr h stS ed tAe3s
We sat on the steps of the mill. talk
ing with seme Of the villagers. and
eating q water melon, which was passed
around {, om man to man for each to
cat off o slice with his pocket knife.
The Mennonite German 10 barbarous
sialiSsis siasI, ,ss is33ssSssassS hs:s. hs'sc. h
I served as q medium of communica-
tinn. They told us that their village
had been unfortunate; that they had
been forced to msve twice on account
Of the wetness of the land. The pres
ent situation sepned 20 bs better. Thsy
like The coantfy better tta6r Rnssia.
But one Of the men, whQ bad not yet
taken mp his Alke tSnt - AQhd. COM
planned greatly that under the new Law
made tbs. summsr, ,ha- could cat qa@1
eighty scro ~ hoGnenEdnd. He thou 6
of going TO Aeeb& o.. the Uo&R
Stated. where he could get one hun
dred and sixty aerss. iRut how about
the oath of allegiance = we asked. He
shrugged his yshouldess Iand. GFiH4ed,
from which we concluded that he midst
be Bu.tonsr Of the lodser stamp.
The YsR fxerse:sd fpOeese eD6ist1H
make wsr ia ,kapitobs- >. Thsyrhsd
heard that he Was naEeaipg Wito eeti
(sshoussnd braves to- xttsek ,EfgEjou,
They seemed much relieved 30 ,heay
thatsbe w1o n6ny tA&6rSa &hetto She
clay thr41adng sAbor. D169ssh 5onG
wheat atackazra1keprailssnsMsiving Z
Team Of horses over il 70 tread out The
grain. The mSthod wss old fashioned
suopgh. 10 b qaits prnogslT. 4 went
Yovss 70 sQIsj II ~ teN hfates1i 4
Aaks ~ (qua Asks oftt@tktpAk ~
tot d ths Ssacfs and ebe horses. Hs
vas pleasant, talkstiys old man. whe
had como from Russia within . year,
sAd was inst beginning = make home
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