Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
AMONG THE DUTCH pos..
Some Very Queer Costume.

The traveller q speal :.
supposed to understand Re-, que who
habits arrives at a farm DGef Speech ~
the Orange Free state. 4 Ou &C. b
may have one field Of FORAGE ! laru hoas
kraal' otherwise the farm and a Sion.
try. He will not off sad i open cor II
without receiving perniseicse us boz,
been asked for and granted , q havn,
leaas nm through the half doo ,ls ANA
man apartment. There i III htohs II
furniture, numerous mini "Olle nsd
paper paper nov, mowers, and painted u Tia
walls vases Of fruit like ~ % q
depicted on the London a suose Va
The visitor will proceed to shay pil'e@eHs
commencing with the s Slaae halA
and ending with the baby in 'ou' Van
Is not the English "handsbaIau = Iii /
resting of palm within palm Il Oql n
which IS made from sunrise 70 'ne cote
then brought in in bow n sunset
pouches are exchanged ana 'otaca
ito ton which seldom varies, ~, coD rOn'e'a
The visitor and the farmer ans~o enoa
ply pretty much as follows. DTl ON
green. The clouds are heavv. 4 u. Vedi
be thunderstorm to-morrow' 'Ieie vi
very fine red horse running. N,all.a's,
communion will be next n +,aGlltnal
yrauw has a cold. Tie prasia i.u, v
fine man. Japie de villiers 6r osul
Vile, and minus the prefix, gbr h.
ram born with five heads Tia pa' DAD
are thieves. The handsbaLiSr1r pssa1
mony IS then repeated, the boss. On.
and rested, is brought round. I 1So Led
eler mounts, smacks his siambSdst ua''
off his steed and proceeds on M snow
The farmers have trained noI 5ouaeI
special pace called a triple ' s va
good "trippler" is always priza5 a1 T 4
this pace no porting" of the s,a% @@
required, and on long Journey tSa
pier will arrive each night witbon NJ uF
ing a hair, while the trotting b.rsa sue
companion, may be done IN bist,
Is reckoned by time-six milk .a
hour. If an EngIishman near tba y o
of sunset asks a Dutchman wbqre s, ulI
village lies, he will be answered. 'I'ua
raised hand and "a little way ovs, !
hill. y You then ride ten miles and i. 1u4'
out in a thunder storm, perhars ' W
reach the village the following mid5.n
Superstition and fear of contacim, a
eases are great among this people
The Dutch are accomplished hon,
lists, doubtless obtaining the knovIJ.
Of the Hottentots and Bushmen. NJ
have herb brandies for COLES and Nm.
for sores. They are often the prpv 4
quack doctors; the more as genuine nr~
titioners, who have to 90 long distanos
charge heavily. a Dutchman is satisfg
with the treatment so long as his meiir,l
adviser brings to the house a quart bots
Of physic; if he present him with small
vial lie doubts his skill and sends for an.
other man The dead are buried on n.
farms, and over them travelling mason,
erect mausoleums Of brick. Dutch Wo-
men are enormous in size, good cooks in
their style, gobble sweets and cakes al
day and take little exercise. But now
and then a Dutch wife and her daughters
may be seen kraaling the sheep at even
ing. A Boar likes bis wife's COMPANY
and will leave passengers by lis wagon
stuck in the mud and half starved while
he tracks of fifty miles with another
vehicle to pay visit to the vrauW
Feather beds are greatly prized by this
people; they generally carry their beds
with them on journeys.
The trekkings Of the Beers are re-
markable. Annually the farmhousem
the low weld is shut up, and the sheep
&.s-I ---S41 4--l------------,t, "a rpjlas ar
to the thigh veld'' for rnoy4ztve;1l pa.
ture. Beside some rushing stream lie
wagons are camped, perhaps tents are
pitched, and domestic life goes on as
usual. Fowls cluck among the wild
grasses, and the cows are MIXED beneath
the shadows of mighty mountains. The
general belief in the excellence Of Bier
shooting is no delusion. us
The people are excessively fond Of
music and dancing; concertina, larme
mum and fiddle are their delight. A
withered Hottentot dwarf will draw
strain from the sole Of an old shoe strung
with sinew, and men and maidens vii
vigorously dance to it for hours. RG
dancing there is no touching the English
Afrikander, and his measures seem quite
original. The Beers have bed
character for pilfering When TIE
men and the women enia
an up country store they are allowed to
carry of small goods like sweets or nd
bOns, which they unconsciously pay To-
in the bill. The farmers are not GIia
rich in money, their wool crops beng
mortgaged sometimes to the stores la
two seasons ahead. Young blood" az
impudent and wild. A smart curVen!
horse and hat with white ostrich pIl-'
usually denote this species. When
Boer drinks he is an entire fool
order to keepa firm hand over the yo1
men riding transport, the elders o. Y
free state recently passed Il bill proal%
ing the sale of liquor at wayslde e.
teens, and thereby Lost Large reVea-N
However, there are smugglers.
The Beers are great religious forrIsa'
and III cert2iu times they and Their ill
lilies ride into the villages from gresi ~
tances to celebrate the Nachtmaal W
meal or conl-nunion), their wagons i01..'
with produce-presents for the lai'V 4.
At this time business is brisk ana =
streets are like o fair. Yet, where naH'e
and land are concerned, the Boers ~
slant violation Of the ConnanInn. L.,
does not need pointing out. me p%
are by no means modest. and then - -,
conversations are ii times bolsle'O -.
indecent. Household arrangements, e.
Oh rich farms. are necessarily - M,
and the Traveller Elust be prepared lo'i q,
on the floor il the midst Of lou q ~
sisters and their three or four 80 %
all grown up, while the head colp 9In M d
ON an elevated and ponderous 1e1'N VIM
in curtained corner of the room; S s,-,
sleeping at superior Trans'a-- .t NJ
house, it Is well 10 examine the l lao n,
if it rests on sheenskins, thro" w
out.-St. James Gazette.