Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-10-24
THE GYPSIES.
PECULIAR LIFE OF A STRANGE
PEOPLE.
They Know No Name for God, They
Worship Morality and Lead Lives
of Remarkable Purity.

of Remarkable furlCy.
once knew gypsy named Carpen-
ter nearly 100 years old, exactly ninety
six in the summer of 1877, when | was
favored with his wise companionship
among the beautiful hills and valleys OF
western Pennsylvania. His great age,
and certain amount of book knowledge
he had somehow acquired, made him q
sort of seer among his race. / always
approached him with real veneratlon,
and when one day I asked him why
gypsies were wanderers he instantly
answered in Romany:
Because they are Gods chosen peo-
plel"
am pretty sure the cd rascal did
not believe what he said, because there
was merry, half-wicked twinkle in his
eyes; and besides we were at that very
moment occupied in dressing some
plump chickens, over whose manner OF
getting into camp I thought best to
throw the mantle of silent charity. But
he gravely proceeded to draw host of
similitudes between modes of gypsy life
and those of the ancient patriarchs, lay
ing great emphasis upon the statement
sfa -. pS,os weiG Vie sine oescen ,.aa 70
~ a. ' Ta n1uso ~ neol"oi'es: 30 oseu y
snu ,ao. - ~. :ss peop.e 'li0ni ~. oosel-
sJo =. uyine o1iiliaius. . aMe. 10
snpiy !uo.e '!, from oeleiiiiall' Nei1ner
sn". 70 ouiiu nauses' nor SOW seea,
all your days We shall dwell in tents;
that ye may live many days in the land
"ieie " 10 s1IaneeIs.
~ 10 noteworthy last tnab tne
hoi'any GYPSY language contains no
o ei. uiN"lehs ioi you. ihueeu, ~ Is
@,liioss oar M u woros designating .he
oie"'or' Inc nearest expression that
rasaarohas hasa hous nu Eels.s'el.
.sot IS iaase peen apie % alscover 5
VI. .il'.' ~, y 1aaaM ron, OF gfea1 mead ana
yey - i.tel'iiy means poWeIlui man.
9,.iei po'eil a.e, anu goes NOT mean q
s Nal a. pelng WIN omnlsclent powers.
sor ~ sllis term appiied 70 supreme
oeins save ~ one instance. Inat one is
- = s.nSuiar,y unlvelsal ana always
s se, sacrea ieeena q Inc gypsles; their
so.e iole pertaining 70 the innnlte
lys e'ies. !his ory' 'radttlon OF
sesenu 70 q es N a PIC ufesque, brlef and
~ alaioso poe.ic MAJ 70 the COMES OF
Sno Hiea. suoo si'irlS anu the great DAD
0piiie US ioiiows'
Uhe gay Ine Baur-e hom (great
uoauj, whose s1lnlns tent was the sky'
wens ouo " seek WIG poar 1or dinner.
~ ~ gooo DelhS VII sIeal from an open
.ens' me paurie nom drew not the cur
Sain aDo.Io Inc door lil'eral'y, mouth).
tCOOUy u Oug cUlQ0 JQ6 f1Huri0 6inQ
son,e IL ev1i s,llis, .lie great aesll,, Wne
s ssaS.. eiig ueserseo 'en' ana cried out wlth
eie :. sN s,ee ~ p D.
xr;1, Wv 1li1 nauiie nom Is gone.
, WI ue:sroy ms psaa'iiul napitatlon ano
ioa ssT, nm 1esoiaee!
r;x, ne ~ 'l :, I .I Ding urank up tne
rivers, ate az the pomegrana es between
.ie Tins u tue SKY ana licked up al
L lne ea aa' > money. AItef leas'ing nc
w.ow HaIno On Sne wcriu, ana sRht Inc
a,.oea w. t.s'n. "isu . us iicry usli; linen ne
a.os1 - ~ ~. n'u s"elied SO Oroau
1uu . n.kn 1lln' ne coalu not gee out o.
~ .e senS uoor, anu nus norns gog last IN
T Er'o ~ooiy ZEN curve lcover, the SKY.
- 40 D1ulie ping sSsugSled ana pei.ow-
%, anu 'en pia,h ueviis toasa Kaia ping
1 Tan -, W iieip me hanfie ng aways
mus as' wen 1ne Daurie hom came back.
~ nc een plaoA aeVlis ran away. when
n1 naur.e nom LOOK the Eaure Blng
~ .. ms nana as tno1gn light as dust, and
;.tl lin INN Deyond tne eage 81 the SKY,
II = place Wnefe ne ever burns, but
pn - never ,lghs. FROM tnas day
oaul1e NOM piacea q great cnlef to
guaro us tent door,
=. ~ passing u Is interesting TO nnd IN
sie 1nree words das1 6asa 0.'g (ten black
uevilsl IemarEap'e PROOF OF the extreme
an1lq'l,!y q she gypsy race. They are
TespecIlve'y oanscrlt, Hindostanee and
nomany ana thelr preservation by
.nese peoPie, independent Of the written
u Piineeu language seems almost be-
Sonu ne'iSi.
-. Dqs IN !ne ta'e OF the ba'lrle Rom and
me Daufie blnS are found many sym
oois % gypsy tnough1 ana ieeiing. IL
y thousands OF years older than the
u.',a ana !. Is 2 curious example Of the
eaIlles' iollluiaslye tnougnt as TO Q
supreme peing; ne Is typlned as be-
n my gopa' aM1t,poweiIui put awful IN
sSss ma"sn' -ne ussil, zoo, as Inc type
=. saoeo, ensy ana ma1lcious destru %
~ oon w was so' pau noIion Tor s,VN
OF a,U1 years ago; while while many Of the