Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-12-09
A kOORDISH VILLAGE.
Swarthy Asiatics Who Have Not the Least
Conception of Mannerliness.

Swarthy Asfatics Who Have Not the Least
Conception of Manneriness.
The shades of evening are beginning
to settle down over the wild mountain
Gus country round about 1t is grow
ing uncomfortably chilly for this early
in the evening. and the prospects look
favorable for a supperless and most dis
agreeable night, when descry village
perched in an opening among the
mountains mile or whereabouts of to
the ght. Repairing thither l find it 10
be koordlsh village, where the novels
are more excavations than build .ngs;
buffaloes, horses. goats. chickens and
human beings all find shelter under the
same low roof; Their respective quarters
are moth ng but mere rail Nc of rough
poles, and as the gu nstion of ventilation
Is never even thought of the elect upon
one S olfactory nerves upon entering
is any thing but reassuring The
filth and rags Of these people is
something atominable; on account
of the chiliness of the even ng they
have donned their heavy raiment; these
have evidently had rags patched on top
of other rags for years past until they
have gradually developed into thick
quilted garments, in the innumerable
seams of VIII CHI the most d sgusting
chronological specimens, bred and en-
gendered by their wretched mode of ex-
istence, live and perpe,uate their k md.
However, repulsive as the outlook most
assuredly is, | have no alternative but
to cast my lot among them till morning.
| am conducted into the She kh's
apartment, small room partitoned
OFT W tn a pole from stable of horses
and bu'Ialoes, and where darkness is
made visible by the sickly glimmer of
grease lamp. The Sheikh, thin,
forty years, is reclining on
cigarettes; a dozen ill-condit oned rag
mullins are uatting about in various
attitudes, while the ragtag and bobtail
of the population crowd into the buffalo
stable and survey me and the bicycle
, from outside the partit on pole, A CT
cular wooden-tray, containing an
abundance of bread, Il ,wl of yaort,
and small quantity of str ngy cheese
that resembles chuncks of dried Goldfish,
warped and twisted in the drying, is
brought in and placed in the m ddle of
the floor. Everybody in the room at
once gathers around it and begins eat
ing 9TH as Little formality as so many
w Id an mtls, the SheHh silently mo-
tons for me to do the same. The
yaort bowl contains one solitary wood
Ell spoon, with which they take turns at
eating mouthfuls. One is compelled
to draw the line somewhere,
even under the most uncom-
promising circumstances. and [
naturally drew it against eating yoart
with this same wooden spoon; making
small scoops with pieces of bread. | dip
YOU art and eat SCOOP and all together.
These particular koords seem absolutely
ignorant of anything in the shape of
mannerliness, or of consideration of
each other at the table When the yoart
has been dipped into twice or thrice all
around the sheikh coolly contiscates the
bowl, eats part of what is left, pours
wa e. into the remainder and DELHI
erateIy drinks it all up; one or two 9TH
ers seize all the cheese, utterly regard
less of the fact that nothing remains for
myself and their companions, who. by
the way, seem to regard it as perfectly
natural proceeding. -Thomas Stersns,
IN outing.