New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-23

- So mar, than o Superficial rakin-
The. peasant OF to-day 4 often p''t'' Nan in'ei
ec,ualIv than his iath": was-Pop'' ~ Inv los u
foIth and the confusion Of IDEAS ""' UNCONSCIOUS
Is he gives IN another place " "'o'' 'o' INV
doc,a,nr. The ,upcr,iructure OF society doubtless
"'' -, 49, ,bo.. upon w.0m 1t all rests
- ,t =, ,,b he thought from the appearance
.. r ,,, =, cv.ryboay mus, be happy ana pros
p.rons but Il peasant s;id
~ working from three o''"'" III inc HhrhihI
r,uI dark one can Just manage 10 'arh ones bread
,oir,v d. work exceedingly hard those
rca.an, pruprictcrs AID mr'Nc''' 'uu' WI h''NV''
.n,y,r counting their hours h"' 'e Town "ofN"ie"'
90 '.,,,, cha, ,i. day longer. and II they can
n,r,,., q, ..v. auythlag. II Is by constant sci
d.uI,i- And cv.n they are H't upon t'c lowest
level Of rn.tic life. They are I'll" i"a'p'hu'' D".
tee agricultural lahjrcrs with 10 Interest IN inc li"
seemed 10 Mr. Barker scarcely better Oh 'hah O'"S'
II burden. says he "a ,r,.,, ,.ou., ,,,o
=, ii,,,. ,nlsre where the great crucifX stands; !
iunI It drnsly crowded. lhirr OF -FOUR M'' uI.I
i nf nsInr laid upon the sharp cdsc Of The blade
alonr f., whole length ana hrnly ucd. ~ i,, ,i
,rn. W I can enter fully into the atlach'n,h, u
,h Wrench peasant to niS bit Of Land which, tapu-h
~ may vld him little more than his black nirai.
,rnoi lac taken from him 80 long - h. can m'i"-c
To- i've by the sweat of his brow
Auroren,Iy he found the most deterloratihg c"''''
= cnvIronmout and hard labor In the lIauto n'rcy
the lt:l..
ricc,c were dwarfcd and very often deiorm'o,
Ther almost exclusively vegetable diet, their cA-
cosivc Toll and the habit Of drinking hall putrio Ii-
w"r od from 's cSpn VIII" Ills physical DISSEMINATION Of
Cde TT e1nGlfr 5 h nsnccre BY
or the force Of circumstances. Their worst a'ilti"s
nrc si,wn Il. the fair Their canon Of moril'y m,r
IS Lat every one must lo'n aiier h'n,y mink If
re- messing the Hes that they Tell IN birt'fln9 uttau
they maintain tia; every man w-o buys onTnt T., -
'. :
!, FIrcac fair. when there was question 0i puN II
bullock The animal. tan %"I p ,hs a aS
learned that II" r,as2n Of HE ,msSing %"S rail- III
d,np of but The people have discovered very arr
mi rick Of fastening il on again az may be that mere
our traveller has added MI inference nor gwen 10 Il
fact that was, thus creating myth OF 01,'r\alui,
and IL needs II vigorous pail TO rNp2'c ne nari.
Nimong other tricks OF the country Is thar Of ur'th
inc nm illtcmprr,d and unmanagcablc hor'" VITA
t,,n ljttcs Of VINE before taking him to u" iIir
IT,. tIcn becomes n quiet - lamb. near" 'no
nor,r. ana he fcrnd on" ~ the fair bnt the neAo
day when h" went n"AT ire animal II "'p""''" "
lie DO, ,,s.d Of -" devil
TvcIyw here he found the people too ready to PM
off mon hin the odd coin, that were not current Ill
their respective districts. Yet everywhere th'y were
lo,pitallc and Kindly ~ soon * they b'canc con
WINGED that the waylarcr WIS Tot German. They
wcr, cnmparionallc and loquaclous often Is he
graptIcaIiv remarks. getting drunk on nothing
stronger than the ncw If their own words. lh'r
fnn WIS icmncstuous at times. ana the roof oil uic
litlr way,.dc aub'lg" occasionally ,""nl'd 10 u" III
danger Thcv were full Of superstition. too. rs Is
natural in land pierced ~ mnum"rabl" oaverns ana
.tlld.rlanaln rivers. and Wore every crg has IL
lrc.nd: but The mo,l curious thing WIS that Will"
tLcy have forgotten many waves Of conquest when
have flowed over H." country toy retain vivid
tradition Of the English invaders in The twelfth cen
tury. Even that j. perhaps q remarkable iat Tor
t.-c popular memory