The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-14
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snaisr Than some American Ranches.
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Tho tsle VI Man Is only ihlriy.ihrce
miles long and twelve wide. 10 that 10
Il not great labor 20 get over %. says
I a correspondent of ihe Richmond Dis
/ patel. and. o. two railroads run one
North 20 South and the other East 10
West Won can see how convenient DC
h 10 thc visitor Douglas. Port Erin.
Peel and Ramsey are the chief towns.
The l.lc Of Man. while belonging TO
the British crown. l. neither English.
Scotch. Irish nor Welsh. but b. %
separate country. with home-rulo
government and "a language OF its
own. but set With great loyalty 10 the
imperial government aud devotion 10
the sovereign. for everywhere YOU go
you ser pictures Of tho royal family.
The government Is known a. the
"hou-c Of kcys" and consists Of twen-
ty-f0ur mctnb, ~. elected ovory seven
year. but mo- person has vote unless
he possesses real estate Of the value
of El0. or occupation Of the value Of
goo per year, and women are also
entitled 10 vote. Tho court
~ rynwald. presided over by the
lieutenant governor. II composed of
tho council which embraces the
bishop. attorney general. two Judges.
the clerk Of the rolls. wntcr bailin
and mo Vicar general 1hi. council
and the house Of koys are the active
government Of the great Isle Of Man.
There IL one feature Of special inter.
est in reference 10 the laws. and that
e. that all laws passed by The house OF
keys arc sent for the royal assent. and
when that has been secured thea tho
law must bc formally road In the
English and ManX languages ON
TynwaId hin Ia the open air. where
the council and tho keys united form
u fyuwad court. before they become
lnWs. This form Of reading the law
40 TynWald a. the oldest -riyie ON
records was old In itl7 aud hn. bcon
continued ever since. The 9th day Of
July in each year Is tho day oil public
proclamation NJ the laws passed by
the hOus Of keys.
The coat ofarm- Of this isle q three
logs oi "a man ln re- circle. The motto.
translated. roads, "Whiihorsooycr
thrown. ! shall stand The Mnnxmon
apparently rather enjoy the three
legged crest. for cveiywhcrc you turn
your face, whether az steamboat. a
railroad, q coach.a lag or on tho VIM
dows oi the siorcs, there you sro the
three logs
had read Of the Munx cat, without
tails and thought q "a Joke; but. sure
enough the eats here. nrc without tails
and I saw several without that rrac,-
ful member. Some ladies OF our marty
whip had not seen tho ManN cat
were rather doubtful OF tho trlth
Of our report anl We hal 10 accom-
pany Thorn 90 tn house whcro the eat
lived. and after closc examination
same away bclleycia In the taIle.s
cat. don't think pussy h improved
by tho absence OF the tail. Sonic peo
pie say this strange act Of nature OK.
tends 10 the dogs also.
Tho ManV language. Ike tho
ancient language OF Ireland. Is fast
passing away. and In generation Il
will bo one OF the dead languages. en-.
ioyod only by scholars met am old
woman ON the side of mountain SELL
In. milk, cakes and ginger ale, and
after asking some questions about tho
locality learned from her that tho
children were not learning the Manx
language, and that only the middle
aged aud old people spoke r.. she
said her children only spoke tho Eng
lish, ! was anxious TO yet a hook In
ManN, but could not find one IN tho
stores. The old woman referred TO
showed me an old bible In ManS.
which | tried to buy, but she said no
money coold buy her biblo. IL had
belonged TO her father,