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

lcopirirhL lsoi, BY Edrar L. wakcman1
CHUWAN. Cornwall, Nov 2s-.It is
talk aud seat, p A. Cornish folk them.
feivcs .ay, that IL, % word aud blow, and
ouoncf the blow int Ia the discipline of
Cornish children aud particularly with
Cornish boys.
The Rirls OF Cornwall rive nobody
trouble In earlyli They are llt.le autom-
hfona in youth. sIlont fT pagan stone
circles In airlhood. ,oicelsss and blushing
thereafter unt.lwcdded. when they nc once
develop such strength " character tenn
per and tons po that half the men of Corn
wall nfe Known Individually az "Jiuny's
jack aud 10 rnlllery are greeted With the
inquiry
Flows the woman o.. owns Eel"
Whether or not the BOYS rcquirc rough
treatment, thcy gtt It. They seem to ok.
pee, Il. and they thrive under IL, Tlrr
are all boys u parents who labor
severely, aud whose fathers brforc
them for more than thousand ycam
have dfudgOd aud striten Ia the same
sturdy way toutimont Ia child train
ing j. here unkuuwn. A drili hammer,
hohnaiild l1ot or a huge fist goes
along smatly With the rpprmand DISC
bldience h nlmost unknown. Whenever
Il occurs e 4 aniuo days wonder To the
tntireyillagc. Recently witnessed m In
stance 10 mining village. a miner had
given Bis boy q command.
~ went dot" replied the lad stoutly
"Iha wasn't, chi We'll. II thee doesn't,
III give "a thump In tho nudeck" lback
Oi the neck.
The words were not out OF the fnthers
mouth before he hnd knocked the boy
sensclcss by blow IN the "nudeckn No
one expressed surprise 40 the treatment,
and the boy was left where ho fell until
his senses returned, when he marched
stralghtway 70 carry ont his fathers com.
mAnd. but the nstunlshmCut aud horror
ut the boys dlsobedlencc oct the entire VII.
lagc In Hn uproir,
The Cornish boy Is not permitted TO i'm.
hgine himself proficient. one hoy know,
Appended to- Lls grandfather, the village
Joiner and undertaken. had made n little
dovotidlcd box With hinges, lock aud key,
IN which TO store his pennies and other boy
treasures, lie was naturally proud Of the
achievement, and asked the old man II tho
work was not well done. Tic latter i'm
mediatcly proceeded 10 kirl. the TOO nspir-
Ing lad from ono cnd Of tue VILLAGE 10 tho
other.
SUI, in their way and within their rig.
orous conditions Of life. the boys Of Corn.
wall arc perhaps as Jolly lot and SECURE
a. much rough, boylsh enjoyment as tho
lnds OF any other country In the world
Their costume from the age Of four TO
about ten Is peculiar aud gives them tho
appearance " rudely dressed girls Their
fclt are shod with light hob shoes, over
which short, ooarse woolon stockings are
always hanging A bare reach of shin In.
tcrvcnes between these and the canvas or
corduroy trousers Over the latter j. a
kkirt. ~ with the boys Of the west " lre-
land. reaching 10 the knees. Trousers aud
skirt hang from a tough, WOODEN waist
aud over all IL "a loose "sayol," or save all,
Of canvas or coattc muslin, something after
The pattern OF short smoek frock. Tho
hcadseHr n supplied by the discarded caps
or billycock hats ol fathers with the best "
ventilation always provided.
A. this age the Cornish boy Il simply a
Vougious little animal. bent solely on sup.
plying a never wholly satisfied hunger, au
his mothers chief duties toward him CON
sIst ia providing an adequate supply Of
what he Is forever demanding In the form
OF "trccle mOsten lie means treaclo aud
Amorscl Of bread, and the happio.t hours
Of bis lie are employed In H. consumption.
He has few CHORES or errnnds, his chief
labor being TO supply the household with
water. This j. brought Ia buckets or doft
pitchers from long distances, iro half
mile 70 two miles. from "pen aiaii.a 4"
springs. or ancient Celtic holy wells, and
this ht manages 10 convert into diversion,
n. be- is never vI.lout company
The Cornish boy, either while zkirtc1 or
when bee hls reached the corduroy age. q
never lonesome DO bis littlo lubprl or iu bis
various sturdy uA,tImea Al Cornish folk
live in communit.cs, move about 100 ,ruup1
lea .Ht
f-hrrs live iu villages, mlnrr8 aro uuivcr.
sally found in iiiIc mining towns, aud
ftum TIRES ur four 70 dozen farmers,
with their atoll,gs and tiny farmhouse,
nrr hundlcd close together So there are "a
tcorc Of young cousin Jacks" In tho
H1nllct hamlutg, Hud the advantage and
pleasure OF numbsr are Invariably pos.
Ieaed.
The rnmos aud p1stiues Of Cornish boys
are distinctive, aud are markedly different
from those OF boys u the same quality else
where In England, For instance, football
the universal toyl' game Of England, Il
altogether unknown In Cornwall. Crick
otIng 81 only kept mp through the contin
uod efforts u the church o. England Gu
rates. But Kite lying IS . passion with
nll Cornish boys. H. even extends 10 men
have seen many a miner, after his lonG
my D tNl 'NtiNN itfAHHf ffAANA NIlNU NNlW'
old pagan menhir OR tor above his village
home, smoking bis short pipe, and In .
kind Of grave rapture dying a kite tallel
than himself, IN an cndeavor 20 Guido Z
similar achievement on tho part oi his owr
boy and other village lads. .
Two Cornish boys gangs are universal
endless and very ancient. These are TO
stones" and "coh nu'tlne" The FIRST ]
played IN all open roads, paths aud streets
and the second in any place aicder Cor
nsh skies whete two rival lads eau secuU
room enough Ia which TO crouch down ani
nwlAg their stout little arms. In ITO
sl1uo,,n diagram similar To the on
chnlked on deck for "Bhlp billiards." Will
rounded end like that Of bagateIl
board, Is drawn In the road; and the gam
consists OF kicking with the lett foot, Oh
right foot being always held In the RICH
hand, round Hat stone from the approach
lug llue from one space to another, bu
never over but one line, clear around III
entire thirteen spaces, aud out again
without oncc having dropped the RICH
foot The little fellows become wondeI
fully expert in this difficult feat.
"Cob uuttlngn Is an all the year roun
sport Much Of its .est comes from TIA
dangers IN securing the nuts necessar
for the years supply. Common haaslnut
are used. These are got at great risk
from the demesne copsea and forest edge
The nrlsos with the "ehucksn still on, ar