Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-16
RANCHING OUT WEST.
PUPILS ON THE FARM WHO PAN ron
THE PRIvllEeE or WORKING.
rsunEer SONS or Engiish Gentiemsn who
Come to America % Learn Hew to
Drive . Psow and BasE~is-winding
Up "a 8otei Dtshwashers.

Come Co America so Learn Hcw 60
Drive q P'ow and Bars~is--winding
Up "a Botei Dishwnshers.
In some of the northwestern cities like
st. Paul. Minneapolis and Winnipeg, II
is an every day sight 10 see young Brit
Usher land from the train. with one eye
glass screwed into his face Gin order that
he may not see more than he can COM
prehend, some one has been unlind
enough 10 say). corduroy suit of blouse
and knickerbockers, bright yellow leath-
er CATERS buttoned MP to the knee. q
fore and aft cap. two guns. that he may
shoot all the buffalo he expects TO find
just outside the town. q dog and about
500 pounds OF baggage. He has come TO
learn farming. He Is q gentleman's son.
accustomed to comparative luxury and
ease all his life.
Arrangements have been made for
him by some English firm. Of whom
there are good many In this business.
to do "chores" for his board. and 10 pay
el00 down to ''learn farming'-that is.
to master the mysteries Of harnessing
horse. 10 milk n COW. to drive q sulky
plow, TO drive q seeder. TO drive NOW
er. to drive harvester and, possibly, TO
drive bargain. As soon ~ he has mas
tered the last accomplishment, he gen.
orally sees that he has been duped. leaves
his teacher and strikes out for himself
THEY WANT TO 90 HOME
The coarse food OF the farmers table
and the rough society OF his hired help,
who get good wages, while he gets moth
ing, generally disgust him, however.
long before he reaches the stage Of edu-
cation last mentioned, and the young
man starts for the nearest town, hoping
to find more congenial employment. He
goes TO the hotel. and by tho time he haa
discovered that there is no demand for
any class OF unslxilled labor, save on the
farm, he 10 In debt to the landlord, and
in great many cases brings up n tho
hotel kitchen as waiter or dishwasher.
or even stable boy.
One Of the peculiar things about this
class of young fellows Is the longing all
Of them have to 20 home again and their
evident inability TO crafty that wish.
although most Of them receive sums OF
money from their friends In the old
country at regular intervals. The fact
seems 10 be that they are not wanted at
home. Their parents seem glad, or ut
least willing. to have their boys undergo
considerable hardship. with dangers TO
morals and health. rather than to have
them meet the inevitable evils Of idle
ness in England. For the prejudice
against any form of trade or business,
outside the professions, Is strong there
yet, and many an Englssh gentleman
would rather have his boy washing
dishes in America than standing behind
counter in England. OF course 1t Ia
not heralded from the housetops that
dear Reginald Is washing dishes In
America; oh. no. he Ia ''ranching Ii In
the west"
81 remember the case Of two young
lads. said Dakota lawyer, ''fresh from
famous boys college in England. What
struck me particularly when first saw
them was their cheerfulness and their
boots
Their boots were amazing. The boys
were short for their ages, 10 and 10. but
the boots would have reached half way
above the knees OF the tallest man in the
settlement. and were big In the feet in
proportion. Walking was difficult in
them. The boys almost seemed 10 take
one step up into the toes first, and then
pull the rest Of the boots along after
them at the second stride. In answer 10
questions about the reason for such
roominess. they replied that they had
been led to believe that the cold was so
intense In the northwest that 1t was Gus
tomary for people TO wear all the socks
they had Mt the same time.
Boots we christened tho boys, indis-
criminately.
"Then they produced their shoes from
their trunks Splendid shoes they were,
but the heels were shod with great plates
Of iron, and the soles were full Of bras
pegs with protruding heads rs big rs peas.
The shoes must have weighed FIVE pounds
each. Extra hob nailed, the lads called
them, and useful they would be no doubt
on tho stony. finty English roads and
fields. but on the soft loamy prairie lands
Of the west. where you could not find
one stone to throw at bird In q ten acre
lot. they were about as retarding 10 To-
comotion as the suction boots Of thoss
artists who walk on ths ceiling.
"Well, they went out to the teacher
who had secured them and lost sight
Of them for while One day came
across such thin. sorry. Disguised little
chap. sitting on the back steps Of hotel.
that barely recognized him as one OF
the rosy, smiling boys had laughed at
a few months before.
Whats the matter, old manY | said,
what are you doing hereY
Making the beds and washing the
dishes. he replied sorrowfully. I'm
''boots" now with vengeance he add
ed, with Pickering smile.
"'Didn't they treat you wellY asked.
"'0h. they did all they agreed TO do
he answered.; but IL was not what we
expected, you know. wish had my
hundred pounds back
"'Where's Jour brother. and what's
he doingT
Cooking for lot of English fellows
that have a camp out at the Forks
HAS he. too. thrown over his teacher
and his comfortable home, with plain
but substantial fare" as the circular
saidY | asked.
"'Yes. said the lad. 4 think he'd like
to 60 back. though. but the farmer win
not have him. We broke the contract
and left him, and suppose no can refuse
TO renew II. He has our money safe, do
You seeT
Il saw, but what could doy-Eew
York Tribune.
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