Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-09

be called house gipsics, ~ they occupy
matched oahius in XIX Yetholm, the
property VI the Marquis Of Twceddalc. held
under the curious tenure Of nineteen
times nineteen years at nominal rent
But n few families remain. Nearly all tbs
old stock has died Oh or omlgrated 70
America, though no longer ago thnn lsi7
they mustered from round about over 100
souls aud 300 asses 20 escort the remains Of
their old king canuy "Wull (WilD Faan
from Coldstream TO the burying ground at
Kirk Yetholm. II was hc,c. too, that my
late friend, the brightest, wlitiest and most
sensible gipsy woman that ever lived,
Queen Either fsa, reigned 20 long. 40 wise.
~ and 80 we'll.
These Nttholm, as well ~ oil other scot.
fish drom or roai gipsIes. chiefly subsist
by hawking earthen, Tin and white iron
ware, horn spoons and "scrubbcrsH and
"bcsoml' the latter sort Of willow
broom, about the country. They travel a.
far into England ns Newcastle and stat.
fordshlrc for the cnrthunwnrc, huyiug
iuulty pottery chpaply, and selling the
same at good profit Tie remainder Of
thgir wares they make In a rude way
among themselves, the women being quite
us adept as tho men. Some drive asses be.
| fore their lii,le caris, but more posses the
hardy "Sheltie" or shetland pony. For
/ their own shelter ut night their carts nre
"whummel'd" or "whomeid"-that Is,
turned upside down.
Generally speaking, the Hipslos OF Eng
land are comfortable gipsics In proportion
/ to the distance they make thoir haunts
] from the great ccntors Of population. The
same ls mcasumbly true ~ all other Eng
| lish lowly folk. The gypsy class which
| also Includes all manner 81 travelling aud
tramping nongipsy yagabondl, the radical
/ improvement OF whose condition has De-.
come tho heroic work Of George Smith, OF
] Coalyillc, never pilgrim far from London,
D Bristol, birmingham. Manchester and
I Liverpool. Their members sally out from
/ these cities and forage around nnd around
Z them Ia we'll defined circles, going nrd
/ coming q, they are prompted by Impulse
or scourgcd by Necessity They arc B,d.
! ouins of civilization, Indeed, aud their
! reformation or cxt.rpniion would prove "a
/ public good. Ny own observation aud tx.
| pcrienccs have been almost wholly among
| another and better elias, aud the httof
I u more like our American glpics thaa
/ my Of the nomauy 30 nll foreIln lands
] Probably the most liyllie form OF gipsy
/ Ito yet remaining In England may nd
| found In Wales aud ~ tho English lake
/ district u northern Lancashire, West.
morland ana Cumberland. have hrcn
much among th" "statc,mrn. 4" or land own.
Ing peamntryp f the Latter region. a. we'll
~ WIN wy slp'' tltle' iefh.pa ! hN'e
| q'oatone" ~ .HiAll t'fil'fh anu DINERS ~
70 lNo t'p.l' siltuA among tntn' i nave
A'''t h'uv'rN an answer NhIAfNrhulo 20
we hpi'tl'' oil inc contrary nlueh as u
the 'As' ~ ''iN3le e'ah' " Hlue ulHtt ,'tH IN
Sut,''s'i' tno s,pslu' NnhuN coming ~
,goN'" 'eI"".,t 20 WIN ''t.ih ny, thu n'
,b"V' "I''u wv .'pl''.yl n'sl A'' ,l"y Nn.
Wv i''''e Ni"'Fe iNr WuHH u' hhoFn or
llu0N "t 'u,l' e''' ,o.l'enr,. Ne'e the
sI,y '',- nu',il.' Nor ''u'i ! i''rh IN
~ WY iD'iHi''g t's''h gu tlhs'o a's "i
Nv" ullRNt u',npu''t9 ca ."o par oi any
Llp,l with w i''ulS'y V' iAAh, ~ tAo
1910 INV 'i'Na' WIZ lole" tho I'M
plllu :, 'li,'llu' l''''u'' he V' pplAo U'nN'
20 lno ialS'r l''hg',iliiFo 'oML'' sueh -
Misan' hol,on' lr,.'ph, h.HeAnntll +,
,s o,no ,sti. "'l u !'elsI,n' a.i
I though the p.er mug travels gtyly among
them during this por.oi, they are generally
3 liked and often respected la the neigh Dor.
/ hood OF their hnbitations
Arain. In Yorkshire. awny fron ia
u,trifarturin, to,gns III. t,l,,,i,. Inv.
coll J.N...I ...ttt..s o. Q s....t ...I . =. 600.
~ 49,, ~ 80 ~ ~ y.
Z he"utkci ans eANed nt inc cphstahu lhfy
I ~ they are IN the midland shlr~, where
. they have chiefly come under Mr.. Smiths
I observation. Ia Mharfdalc, In tho vicinity
Of lll,lcy. are many fntullio, OF Respectable
pi,si,s n, nlnnt Nor,i'sii.r,nn tI.,,r,
i,. ~ iii-' ~ ~
'us Vuly CUNT ' NV lelu'els suu tinkeia :,
anu 40 lueh IN INC way OF puylhB ani
. t'lllhs hpfAcs ana other i've STOCK. 10
. liucuiusLlrc and NOttinghamshirc from
Grlmahy 10 Trent. and particulArly aIput
Nottiuebnm mud IIurtpnil .TortsrI nrs
,rry man, nro.,.sr,,,, ,,insi,s ,,i,,,. ,,,,I
ii'' f.,., 49, '"''I'
H'H eau ue Whveu marry Is ihf uaeh h7
some OF the mobility, and often with quite
Ms favorable results. In the county ul
I Norfolk 1 have passed some Of tho most de
llghtful days OF my life ~ the guest of
pins. families y,bn ,,Lin,, ,.,,,,,,,i,r1 non.
-, as 80. -, y,
80. -. a, F"','1' ~ W. ~ '"u $40. "
spoT'Hnleh 'that unhuhlly resort 10 the
htoaus or narshy lakes with wioAer
baskets and hAit, aud often act NJ guides
to the most dcs!-al 10 fishing or shooting
grounds
In all the west and southwest OF England
the gipsies are welcomed aud treated most
generously. In Cornwall they are general
~ called "yagrOm men, as the sturdy
Cornish folk class all per, ous, even To com,
mefciAl travellers, literary trAtnps and
tourists, who for any reason wander froul
place TO place, while In Wales a simpler
more unsophistlcated, kinder hearted PEG
pie do not live than the gipsics. All Welsh
people love them. They never leave Wales,
aud the, are ns much an Integral part ol
Welsh peasintry themselses'