Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-01-18

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could he obtained for the moat about It or for
the cattle. Wells were generally sunk with
In the walls to supply the lord and his gar
rison. large number of retainers were
needed to perform the work, to care for the
dogs and horses, to cultivate the fields, to
make arinor and clothing. These could not
always be accommodated within the walls
and we're Obliged to build their huts outside,
but az near as possible, that they might escape
within in time Of danger. Others who ex-
ercised trades or who titled the soil, without
icing more intimately Connected with the
castles occupants than by the obligation to
render military service from time to time,
helped to increase the population OF this vas
sol village, which, II the situation was Of suf-
0cieMt commercial Importance. became in
time city
THE FRENCH PLAN IN AMERICA
There was another way in which villages
were formed at the same epoch 1t was often
desirable that in some wild forest region the
trees should be cut down and a plantation
made in the clearing. Then a number of
vassals or serfs were sent to the locality desig
mated and temporary shelter prepared ior
them OH the edge of the forest. A tract of
land considerably longer than wide was as
signed to each, which was cleared On one
end Of each Of these tracts u house was built
for each OF these vaSsals, in front Of which
ran the village street. The houses were SUI.
fc'ently near together for the protection Of
the Inhabitants from brgands or wild ami.
mails or for the carrying on conveniently of
individual trades. On the seasllore the VII.
lagos, in most cases similar appendagcs OF
castles, were aggrandized by fishing or com
merce with other countries. As the monas-
teres Of the middle ages were in reality feudal
fortresses they might in the same manner bs
the germ Of villages that afterward became
cities
From these different beginnings came most
Of the towns and cities of modern Europe.
In time the castles disappeared or became,
perhaps. q mass Of ruins. but the city re-
NAMED. All over France and Italy are still
seen villages or small cities pcrchod ON hill
sides, some OF which, having no special rea-
son for being, have fallen into decay, while
Others may have lived and flourishcd Ly force
OF some special industry. The French car
ried the manner Of clearing q forest and
founding village to America 1t is notable
In Detroit, which was laid out In long, nar
row strips Of land, one end Of which was on
the river and the other end mile or more
hack in the country. The houses were built
clonS the river and formed a compact vii.
lage, whose population was always near TO-
gethcr ut night, while the men cultivating
the folds were never far apart In the day
time. This method Of arranging the farms
was convenient as a means Of defense from
the Indiana
The world no longer moves on In medieval
fashion. Cities are not now slowly evolved
from a network of crooked lanes and alleys
by process that goes on for hundreds Of
years. as at that gloomy epoch. They spring
up in day, as during the prevalence Of the
gold fever in California or in new crusade
Of cmlgrants, as in Oklahoma, and are laid
out with painful precision by the square and
compass and not by the accidental develop
ment of population. II our development
goes on accelerating its rate Of spred in this
manner neither steam uor electricity will sui.
6ce 6fty years hence. New and more effect
i've motive powers will have to be discovered.
San Francisco Chronicle.