Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-02
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Some Very queer cos,.,.
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VaaeAers- paasies .'a''Ia,
The Traveller q speaI
/ Fapposeti 70 Understand ! y ttle i
ilabits1 arrives at 4 co.. ls'el spesas
The Orange Free state a0ae
may have one field Of foraa. lafa
Araaii otherwise the farm aai ~, iE
try. He will no. off ~ - I On n
been asked for and granted ,,' w !, IL
leads him through the balf 'ls
man apartment, There / epo's ials
furniture. Numerous MI aotne 4
paper flowers, and rs, and n !.
walls vases Of fruit liz !.
depicted on the Lon,loa Nov
Inc visitor will proceed d .h pssVsas
commencing with tho s'ase
and ending with the bahv s'Oas nj,
IS not the English ..hands L arms
resting OF palm within naIn, e
which Is made from sunrise !, las I'd
then brought in in ~, y s'lH&
pouches are exchanged - Oh,
ton, which seldom yar;ao Aiu eoasas
Inc visitor and the farmer ~. s0luinea
ply pretty much as follows. ..rs u
green. The clouds are heavv 'ae
be a thunderstorm to.norrovg. 'ies
very fine red horse runn;na sa
tcommunion) will be next NC aasiasz
yrauw has a cold. The MN ,ay''A
hne man. Japie de viliers tas
ViiJe, and minus the pretty, p H.
ram born with five heads N ~ ha
are thieves. The handshakis,ar ~
mony is then repeated, The .aA !
ana rested, is brought round. ~
eier mounts, smacks his siamtos ~ Y
OIL his steed and proceeds ~ 49, & ~
The farmers have tra;nad = iOuils
special pace called ''trippIs ' :
good "trippler" is always p pr. q
TINS pace no porting Of ths s.,s
required, and on long jo,,rpsv ~, 4
pier will arrive each night wi,ba y Y
ing hair, while the trottino ~ -
companion, may be done up ~
is reckoned by time-six nil '.''sas
hour. If an Englishman neas CO.., !,
q l..
OF sunset asks Dutchman wbos - y
village lies, he will be. answers n 4
raised hand and IA little way ~. Z
hill. You then ride ten miles "a Y
out in thunder storm. perbars Il
reach the village the FOLLOWING MI Y
superstition and fear of contacim.
eases are great among this peo,ls
The Dutch are accomplished t.,
lists, doubtless obtaining the kpor1a
of the Hottentots and Bushma.' II &
have herb brandies for COLES ana n
for sores. They are often the y. =
quack doctors; the more as genu;na Z.
ttioners, who have to 90 long ass.s.'
charge heavily. A Dutchman il ss,ss
with the treatment SO long as his -
adviser brings to the house a QUAR- h.
of physic; if lie present him with n.
wal he doubts his skill and sends d, I
other man. The dead are hurried i I
farms. and over them travelling 49,
erect mausoleums of brick. Dutch Z 4!
men are enormous in size, good cooEg q
their style, gobble sweets and caks
day and take little exercise. Bat i,
and then a Dutch wife and her daugArn
may be seen kraaling the sheen al Il.
ing. A Boer likes bis wife's comrssr
and will leave Passengers bv his WIN n
stuck In the mud and half starved vii Il
he tracks off fifty miles with ana n
vehicle to pay visit to the van q
Feather beds are greatly prized by taE
people; they generally carry their I'll
with them on journeys h
The trekkings of the Beers ar
markable. Annually the farmhouse
the low veld' is shut up, and the sA4i I
and cattle are taken scores of NILS d Il
to the high veld'' for mountain d h
ture. Beside some rushing stre4n Z n
wagons are camped, perhaps tents u 4
pitched, and domestic life gees q II
usual. Fowls cluck among the vii 1
grasses, and the cows are MIXED beHsa H
the shadows of mighty mountains d 4
general belief in the excellence Of Be I
shooting is no delusion.
The people are excessively fond
music and dancing; concertina, hafns
mum and fiddle are their delight \
withered Hottentot dwarf viii draw
strain from the sole of an old shoe sIug
with sinew, and men and maidea Vi
vigorously dance to it for hours III
dancing there is no touching the Enga
Afrikander, and his measures seem qua /
original. The Beers have III
character for pilfering When III
men and the women e1s
an up country store they are allowed n
carry Off small goods like sweets or %
bons, which they uneonsciously pay nj
in the bill The farmers are not eta
rich il money, their wool crops Del.
mortgaged sometimes to the stores y
two seasons ahead. Young bioods u
impudent and wild. A smart eulTs1s
horse and hat with white ostrich plla
usually denote this species. Wla
Boer drinks he is an entire foc-
order TO keep firm hand over the yOls
men riding Transport, the elders q Z
free state recently passed bill pronl1f
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teens, and thereby est large fe7els
However, there are smugglers.
The Beers are great religious fornaaa
and al certain times they a2d Their IL
lilies ride into The villages from greal T.
tances TO celebrate the Nachtmaai w
meal or communism. their wagons Nsa'
with proGuce--presents for tle palS4
At this time business Is brisk and y
streets are like a fair Yet, where naa,a
and land are concerned, the Boefs as
slant violation Of the Conmsneaass
does not need pointing out. 1la na
are by no means modest. and Their iali
conversations are IL times boisleiVlss
indecent. Household arrangements =
ON rich farms, Gre necessarily niS4l.r
and the Traveller must be prepared tg' Y.
ON the floor in the midst Of fetf " !"
sisters and their three OF four i.'aA
all grown up, while the head eoap s. sI i.
on an elevated and ponderous FeasA, g-s n
in a curtained corner of theroon ~" ~
sleeping at superior Irlnls'aAl , -
house, it is well 10 examine Tie lis'J I'm