, 1890-07-03
MTH THE GIpSIES.
character and Habits Of a
Despised Race.
MERRY, R0LLlCKING AND FREE
True Fidelity and Love for Their
Families, Kindred and
~. ~ Friends.

& CAMP, NEAR DOVER, n. j., June
&l6. There Ia something truly re-
<marksble about tho almost un-
*rhangeablc reserve OF the gipsy In
tthe presence Of any other than his
Iown people, and Of his singular
shifts and efforts 10 he as one dumb.
Z Catch him In q city or trading In a
[villAge or come upon him In any sort
Iof mixed company, and his retlccnce
~ 70 marked that the ordinary OBJ
Il server would set him down as inor-
dinately stupid. This habit IL uni
versai among these people and they
break through II only under great
Strcss of badgering or necessity. A
wagon- load OF gipsIcs once halted In
front ofa wagon-malxer's In a small
4 Pennsylvania town, where l fre-
\ qusntly make MY home, and
awhile one Of them tried
70 dicker for q sulky for one-half It's
+ sAlne, a really intelligent clergyman,
10 the presence Of admiring towns
people, put n set Of stercotyped qties-
4 lions TO them about their mode Of
life and tho stats Of their souls, vary
Ing the same with other proddings
Of like nature In his line. But the
lot Of lost heathens were so bad as to
smilo at him, so dumb as not to an
swer him, and 90 downright wicked
~ TO give him no chance for an argu-
ment; whereupon the good man
lost his temper entirely, and con-
signed them to eternal pertiition In
one compact and canonical sem
fence. Standing next the team aud
thinking to have a little fun at the
person's expense. / sujd wickedIy
In an undertoue TO particularly
liyalv old dame in the wagon.
"a ahan rnuUje-a grve chori
Tell him 70 and iaw the drom. % or.
N pIalu ,Enrlish: "The man In !, had
one hImseff--n horse theft TeIi
him ~ ard no awav.U
Tho Wosrlnr, ftuyc me m auick look
Of half inauirv and reeoguition.
which I returned with nil GOOD ns,
surance. Then she called the ripsy
from the wagon anon nv n word.
He caInln out nimbly, looked quickly
~ the crowd, and sprang into the
wagon; Suss ~ tney started rapidly
.IsH, H. 49,. ssts, n I,e v.o'sy
,,osirg n their so,.i. Il, d,G!,rant
forins OF future torture. and said
quietly; 'Hits said ye're no better
nor horse thief yersel. Howsrum-
dever nus be' nebby ,ye might be
--E.,ulm E..uyS "a, owm wi so soui WI prVmt
r.urh. ,ud.ibe aood NJ ,na', "s s,,,..I,. seIt
thai his powder had been burned for
nauQht. Ashamed as 1 was at INV
own part In the retort, my astonish-
ment was In the un heard-of depart
ure OF tne prave gipsy rule TO never
Siansy,,,ir Siy sr,, nnJsr % .ha os..ss ,, y, ..,-
sting eirc,lm~tances EniI refribu.
tion came In learned disqulsltion
from the clergyman on gipsies, the
burden OF which was that gypsy
writers anu students Were In league
pg g..e VIA aaee piacc as .he mos.
ss.ar,,, ,'in., rro,,ads ., ~, t
hrei!,a.a anl st,,r,d aa, .nJ os,
s.rsh ~ " ''"p'" peop'o v"
70 A'' NED
NOT Was MS iuea an uncommon
one. That II generally prevails is
not singular when IL is remembered
that their whole life motiye seems IN
be IN appear Tn MI but tbo,nseIyes
d.. ~, sor, 80 ,,o,,,,. +. a. -.
J.n, '." .''s -, ope - ons
WIN 'no nio'' 'e"oi"n. vi couhtfy-
side ioIk, or among those not OF their
race who are thoroughly known and
have been unqualifiedly tested, that
they relax from this sodden ,nanner
and rr.tepse or bra,nIossna.s ~,
49, s,
'n's a. any u'neanu III any way ana
you WIN nha IL 10 De true. As Is al
most true OF one or two other races
we have with us, they have no race
sympathy with us; they resist all
assocIat,on with ne. thew can
-, - 60
no' 80 y ai'e, Vi IN
intermihghhs or mixing up.
All people not gipsies are, TO
their notion, made for them To
forage from, TO subsIst upon. There
fore, and because this Is true Of the
whole race, and not exceptionally
true Of u part Of II, or OF individuals,
their wavs auony us ,re and for
ever will lie. the exact onnosite of
what they are amony thrnnsa,yes
Pretense afiectation decei, than
.ra hsconne their nnt,,rc Nor 80,
thsso ,,naIities ha ,a,to,od ai,'st m
she,n as mar, NJ tha,r ra,i s.,i,,a
fnxa. nav n, a,i,a .i.h, 80;
.ioilv and penero,,s n, hona Am
The eipsy nature is the fox nature