Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-04-28


part with a vegetable garb. appear to be re-
ceived into the bosom Of the living prin-
ciple Of things, as IL acts ard exists among
the woods and fiel1s."
Precisely As in Wordsworth's time, out
side the Cumbrian cottages you will find
the shade Of sycamores and a tall fir
through which the winds sing when other
trees are leahess;" a little orchard; an
ample herb bed; near rill or spring spout
with its ceaseless wimple, q comely gar
den; comfortable stone outbuildings for
grain and for winter housing Of the COWS
and the tiny but hardy Cumbrian sheep,
and always the shed for the hives OF bees
which distiu from the mountain heath the
darkest, but ever the sweetest, honey In
the world. Their interiors are no leas
Characteristic. Standing In the door of
any one your eyes may again trace, in the
antiques Of utensils and furnishings. q
complets museum Of rustic household evo-
luton from the stone age TO our own axe
OF Brummagem and brass; for you win
md the quern, old ss Aryan life, the an
Gent Celtic mether or drinking cup, the
rudest and earliest make Of spinning wheel,
with delft Of the first English kilns varied
BY many faulty bits Of "Wedgewood," l"
brought here from Stanordshire BY hawk.
ing Upstes; and mingled with these, vari-
o1s tawdry household ornAments and uten-
sis Of the present time.
Cumbrian PEASANTS are a. q rule house
proud" and in yeaB Of wandering Among
the lowly Of European countries have
never come upon any rustic folk the int
uorS OF whose habitafions weresueh shining
examples Of homely comfort and rustfni-
ness. There are OF course exceptions Nov
and then you Will find settlements In
Watendlath, hid among the fells betw.en
Borrowdale and Thirlmere, where NAV be
seen all the sodden squalor occasionally
met among the Scottish west coast croft.rs
and In the Irish west coast fishing Villages.
Their houses are dark and dirty, the floor
uneven, the furniture crazy, the men clad
In ragged fustian and the women in coarse
wool and wooden clogs. These are sheep
herders under later sort Of feudalism.
In every such case the history is that
their fathers before them sold their little
estates" to the encroaching land erabbers.
and their children are consequently TODAY
In precisely the wretched serfdom wrouRht
by landlOrdism in the Scottish Highlands
and in Ireland. But with the habitatiops
Of statesmen" the interiors are charming. |
The floors are usually Of the same huge
states as those covering the roof. They |
are scrubbed and cleaned until they shine |
like dusky mirrors. Frequently you will /
md them, particularly near the door and |
fireplace, decorated with white, ocher and
vermilion chalk in figures and scroll work
embodying strange fancies In rustic art. /
The living room, or fire house" as il Is
called Is always very large for a cottage,
oIten trom eighteen to twenty-five feet /
y uare, low, but with the richest Of old /
and polished beams In the ceiling.
Indeed old oak may be found In pro
fusion The long, solid table with benches
At the side, where the Statesman" his
iAmily and all servants sit together Al
meals, the long SETTLE" OF two-yard-lonR
'eat at one side Of the fireplace. and the
'sconce" or bench on the other. under
which the nights fuel, called IAN elden. !"
8 placed; the chairs. huge and high and re-
] luinng strong arm 70 move them; the
high, narrow, sprawling legged bureaus:
ne many iron or brass bound chests; the
'eds. huge and strong enough 20 hold
pants. Tor these Cumbriaos are often tre-
nendous In stature-are all of oak, curl
'usly carved and often wondrously pol-
sned- All this Is sometimes varied by
'ieces Of mahogany almost as unique A.
An be found among the peasant homas Of
Brittany. From this large, clean err
louse" OF living room there are in ali d.
ecrons inviting yistas through wide. low
loors and cosy stone ''lean-tos,D perhans Il
ach built in a different osntnry, 20 tinv
laned windows. splayed like turret win
loWs. white with inner cnrtnins. ana IN !,
nmmer ablazs with outer hnd and hlos- 4
On. L,
The dialec. Of the distriot, which I can
My touch upon. Is very curious, and con-
aims many pure Celtic. Morse, old English
nd foseign words. The Afix "ments e !,
constant 1se. providing added qnantity
emPoasls Dirrment" thus becomes q
OF dirt and s,shamamentp In !
reAsed contempt In the expression Of
hAme Abun ebeels" instead Of bellows.
Inything crooked b s'cammed." a.Sadn IL
eavy, aud sad cake'' is one made without
rising" and Is all its name implies. "A i,
oad 4 "wad." and a young pig. fnstaad /,
{ boy, Il called an ''urchin. y A sshad- II
cry" day Il a drizzling day. A dancing :
light Is a 'tansy." no doubt from the Ger q
lan tdsz. One whose actions make him A
byword Is a ''bysen." and q short, thick
= man is a ''botchy" ITO few is 70 !
,re or 10 arrange. dali" Is the exple- I
We form Of The devils" but "donnef'' e I
1e devil himself. OF one no better than the =
sEil
When one Is overtired from labor he 4
theWed." To "saunter" Is not 70 9trar. Q
le OF daily, but 20 meditate, and II you q
10 boggart-owned" you are destined on 4
Ted 70 be given over 10 some evil srzfrit. I
I'D, lettering boys are Driving snesvfls''
that Is, Of no more account than II iriv. Q
e snails-and . poor. ''bandylar.~ 4 An / &
nfortunate lass Banned from the Land. y
: driven from home fellowship. "A copeo
Jockey dealing IN worthless horses: z
1aggin" Is food. and the singing hinny1 Ia
= hot cake baked for "a. Arriving a 4,
'e's house Is landing hoame. AL,
O. egEs" Is dish Of scram- y
ed eggs. II you accidentally 0verheard D
'ur peasant host Speaking Of you n his A
lie a. a terrible or sfsarful sonsv
on" il would only mean . complimanf. =
Il II he spoke Of you as a ~bonny pistol's '
n could understand yourself 20 be M d
Irded a. an arrant knava H.
Village and home life are very simpls
a uneventful zach little oomn1unffV II q
nicient unto itself because of the IN q
oxen custom Of never 'shivinc on The a
unger shoots Of the family grow uD b.
Il the old Eufire ralInrr A. foura