Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-25

and returned from daily gfa1lng' but
in the summertime on the mountain
sides Is the real outdoor lite OF tue
guardian OF the n0cks and nerds.
Whether he be herdsman, goatherd or
shepherd, he Is usually given charge oil
a flock or herd OF from 80 10 100
animals.
These folk rarely inlermarry with
other classes. When they do they IN.
stantly DEPART from the flocks, are ab.
sorbed In lower orders Of the cities, or
become the most desperately hopeless
OF the human cattle that labor IN the
fields. The pride OF their own descent,
in the exclusiycness Of their class, in the
long line Of shepherd ancestry they
can trace, amounts almost to a passion.
It's practically the one pride they possess.
This isolation Of blood and interests has
preserved interesting traces IN physi-
ognom, They are wonderfully Sara.
Genie In their look. The tall, slender,
supple figure. the oval face and shining
skin, the neck. tiny at the throat spread
ing quickly and heavily IN protuberant
muscles, like a broad-butted tree, to
the shoulders. the yellowish-blue tinge
of the white Of the eye, the distended
nostrils, and the dazzling teeth, all pro.
nounce the cas- crn origin and retained
physiological alinities.
Straight as an afrowiihis shepherd Is
clad from head 10 feet in undressed
skins. A bilurcated garment Of I'M
tanned hides. fashioned after the pattern
OF that one so well known TO American
dress reform ladies. forms sort Of waist
coat and trousers combined. The latter
are opened at the sides, below tie knees
often displaying gaudy buttons Ofna.
men,ing The sides Of his hali.gaiter, un.
dressed skin boots. over his waistcoat
is a long, loose. armlcss Jacket OF hide,
provided with numberless pockets, his
rainproof storehouse OF meager treas.
urcs. A jaunty, bfigandish hat sets
pcrkily upon his fine, curly head, and
brings into striking relief his olive skin.
his large, grave eyes and .crinkly, curly
beard. Slung from his right shoulder
across his left hip by broad baud OF
hide, with occasionally the priceless
treasure Of polished brass or bronze
buckle, Is the inseparably capsella or
shepherd s pouch. a rusty carbine,
which Is never discharged, or a stout
staff as high as his breasl--but never the
shepherds crook Of olden tales and
ilbh'Iu fdOffnNA NltANfA ADllIlltAt llt
picture. And II Is always picture. Tor
this fellow with the face Of an apostle
and the eyes OF q saint is so deliciously
languid and inexprcssibly lazy. that his
splendid form Is forever In pose and
repose.
Nearly every shepherd Of southern
Italy Is married. lie marries young.
lie rears, or rather there grows, seem
ingly all unconscious to himself, large
family. The sons marry other shep'
herds daughters, the daughters, other
shepherds sons. Himself perhaps bou
IN the grass by the side OF the "tfatufo, 81
In a CLEFT Of some rock In the edge OF A
torrents grayina, or in some low hut on
hill or moor, he energies from childhood
to manhood nomad; is nomad IL
youth and manhood; he mates as q
nomad; and never ceases a nomadic life
until the quicklme Of some village
Campo Santo consumes his bon 5,
So that 10 every flock belongsa family,
The tatierdemalion group possesses
no home but that Of the daily grazing
land Of the flock. Their sole possess.
ions never equal FIVE dollars in value
Their total earnings do not exceed
eleven cents per day. Like Wallnchlnr
CipSies they squat anywhere for resi-
and sleep. and eat anything that will
sustain lie. II they possess single
aspiration ON earth. II Is that secret one
Of so many other Italian field and moor