The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-11-03
IN HUTS LIKE SAvACES.
An Italian settlement and Its WiRwami
"A Very Jealous Husband.

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An Italian ssttiement aud Its wiewams
"A Very Jealous Husband.
Incidentally, recently. the Philadel-
phia Times learned that a colony OF
Italian emigrant laborers, mostly from
q part OF that city called Little
Italy," employed by the Pennsylvania
Railroad company. had settled in the
eastern portion of Chester county.
near Berwyn station. and had there
erected a series of habitations. some
what of the picturesqueness OF Indian
wigwams or of the huts Of the Esqui-
maux in the frozen north.
Accordingly one pleasant day Rud-
iniville was investigated. As the
train whirls through smiling Chester
county all variety of residences can be
seen from the car windows. ranging
from the handsome country homes OF
wealthy Philadelphians to the primi-
tive log cabins erected couple OF
hundred years ago by the first settlers.
But the like of the Italian dwellings
has not been seen before.
After arriving at Berwyn. a pretty
| little station in the Chester valley you
must cross the South Valley hill from
| the summit of which a beautiful view
is obtained of the panorama of the
, Chester valley. Reaching at last the
base of the north slope of the hill you
find Rudiniville, situated on a level
plain just at the spot where the road
from Berwyn intersects new railroad
in the course of construction by the
Pennsylvania railroad. and intended
to make a shorter cut on the Pittsburg
division. The residents of Rudini-
vile are employed upon the cOnstruc-
ton of this road. and it was their en-
forced residence in this neighborhoOd
that caused them to construct their
settlement.
The village has population Of
about fifty persons. all of them Italians.
except several Slavs who live in q
board shanty apart from the
rest OF the settlement. Altogether
there are eleven residences in the viii
lage. and all of them differ in design
and style OF architecture from any
house ever seen within the confines OF
PENNSYLVANIA and. in fact, unlike any
dwellings this side of the South Sea
Islands.
All the dwellings face towards the
south When the reporter arrived at
the settlement the inhabitants were
all at work except one. who seemed
at first inclined to eject the reporter
from the premises. but was consider
ably appeased by small gift OF money.
He kindly volunteered to show the
town and point out the various objects
of interest which he did with much
pride. He stated that the dwellings.
regarding which the reporter expressed
considerable curiosity. consumed but
little time i'm the course of construc-
ton and were exceedingly easy To
erect.
The ground plan for each structure
is about ten feet. After this was
marked off the ground was excavated
TO the depth of about a foot. The
frame work of the structure, composed
of saplings Or fence rails. whichever
came handiest was then raised, the
butts stuck in the ground and then
Joined at the top with ridge pole.
The whole structure WAS then covered
with two thick layers of sods Gu. from
the surrounding meadows.
Thus the house was finished excep,
| that in the centre a sort OF u rude fire.
place with stones was put up and here
. fire is kept burning. the smoke es
| cap::-:s ss best it can from hole il
) the rcr ~i the structure.
BY iar-e odds the most pretentiou:
house IN Ine settlement is one occupied
by a newly married couple. Thi:
, dwelling has actually door and i:
i matched with straw. In connection
: with the door OF this house it was saii
that the young husband was of such ,
Jealous disposition that before goins
TO work every morning he took thu
precaution to shut and paddock it fear
, ing that his wife might elOpe or b.
stolen during his absence. One of TIL
houses was decorated with a numbe
of slaves and barrel heads. secured
, b. an old shirt and intended to blocl
!. UP a leak in the roof. In front of thi
house is what might be called a tessel
latco pavement. being several feet il
extent and composed Of native marble
, Besides the young married coupl
/, there is another family in the settle
, ment but the great majority of the in
habitants are men. and usually abou
=. hall dozen natives of sunny Italy Oc
: cupied each one of these houses. Il
these dwellings they live during tn
. winter. and yet it hardly seems pos
: sibie that man could exist for twenty
q Iour hours in such novels. alongside Q
which the tepee of the Indian and III
a hut of the Esquimau are palatial an
;, he burrows of The foxes and wild ami
mails in the South Valley hill wer
a clearly and comfortable.
Very Free.
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