The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-10-03
BLACKS OF AUSTRALIA.
SOME OF THE DANGERS or. LIFE IN
THE BUSH.

Slow Progress of Civilization Among tho
Natives = Wounded by a Revengefrj
"Gin'-courtship Among the savages.
The Schools of Australia.
sit surprises mo that your blacks all seem
so civilized. They appear to work just like
white people. Isee that they all wear clothes.
and some Of their women are exceedingly
smart IN their attire"
Mrs. John r. Reid, of Townsville, New
South Wales, Australia, rested her hands in
her lap and looked at the reporter with pair
of eyes as black as her velvet robe. About
the collar of her gown was a massive neck
lace of South Australian gold. Her dark hair
curled in little rings over her forehead, and
her white teeth showed ever so little through
her red lips. She is handsome brunette,
the very embodiment OF health. With her
husband and fourteen year-old daughter, Mrs.
Reid has been visiting relatives on Fullerton
avenue. Born in the bush of New South
Wales, this is the first time that Mrs. Reid
has beheld ether than Australian shores.
ssThe place of my birth is upon the John
son river, !" she said. "My father was the
first settler there. He has great plantation
on the banks of that stream. He is ninety
years old now, and no one could get him to
go away from that country. And it is
beautiful country we have. You people here
know as little Of us, Of our ways and customs
as we do of yours. 1t seems strange, for we
are each such great countries. We have a
beautiful land, too, much lovelier, think,
than America, and have been from San
Francisco to Boston since came to the states.
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/ Di1CE women arc Called gins folo QTONo 4
knife into nv head one harvest time YOU
see at harvest tirne tho natives loitered or
the outskirts OF fields. stole ND near to the
stables and watched all the time to make of
with corn MS fast as it was rarnered. Work
thew would not. Do you think one Of these
naked savares would so demean HIMSELF
We'll this d9v IN nv play I ran close to ont
of tbe harms hacked full of the newly gath
arod groin ITron, ont n low growing clumr
| of hyusb,vood nm rose n bie tqin., She heck
ona1 mo n nor More fearful TO trrn thar
"a face her advanced. When / neared he,
sha lrovo tho l,nife into nv head Then sb,
ran. NV father sent men for the neares
rhvsieian and for q squad OF police. Tn,
| iIrnifa STAYED in nv forehead till the doctol
car,e and pulled it out. Luckily tho pofn
was unnoisoned The police shot seven O
| the blacks in the bush then. for whenever an,
denredation Is committed all ia tho vicinitI
nra shot ON SIGHT like rabbits. We don
afont tho lenient policy toward them that
learn Won do toward your Indians.
aOnr blacks are different In type from th
African. Their hair stands up, wiry an
bpsbv. like that OF the Circassian women Il
your dime museums In the bush they wca
no clothes. but when they come in town tn
authorities compel them to be clad. TIL,
| Won rive a gin a gown she will seldom pu
but one arm in sleeve, letting the garment
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