The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-31

about the store and drank whiskey--
sehnapps,' they called 1t. They talked
Noluply as they drank, and their meth
Oh or drinking showed me how easy 1t
would be TO eVade an anti-treatlng law.
Inc men formed into groups. One of
them would buy a drink, paying ten
cents for 1t, and getting his change be-
fore he touched the bottle. Then he
carefully filled to the very brim the
thlck-pottomed glass that was set out
ana took drink out of it, The glass
was passed to another and went around
until 1t was empty, when some one else
bought. They did not seem greatly de-
| pressed over the loss Of their chief man,
or at least they did not show much de-
preston. In their drinking they were
entirely undemonstrative, and while
some drank heavily they didn't show
| any signs OF It,
II drove down to one of their villages
near the boundary, the 'steam-mill viii
lage,' they call it, from the presence
there of a grist mill. and stayed over
night. I was sorry for it. too. There
was no inn or place of public entertain
ment in the village and my driver just
| drove up in front Of one of the most re-
| SfNSNNehS-tNVfNiiiS bOdSCc teilh lOl0 WIG
man of the house that he had come to
stay.
There was neither welcome nor refu-
sal. The man evidently did not want
us. but his religion would not permit
him to turn away a traveller, and he let
us in. There was no food offered us un-
til Godkin brought, some eggs and Of
fered them to the slatternly looking wo-
man of the house, with request that
they be cooked. They were boiled and
some bread was offered, but confined
| my attention to the eggs. The odors of
the place and the close proximity of the
pigs in the other part of the house APP
peased my appetite. They laid feath-
er bed on the floor for us to sleep on
| and the entire family went to bed in the
one room. There were three well-grown
children besides the man and his wife,
| and the heat and stencil from the sta
| BILE were fearful. / stood it for a couple
of hours, then got Godkin out, and we
drove down to Neche. had expert
enced quite enough of life among the
| Mennonites."
/ Morla Ramakla was a remarkable
man among a people that are lacking
in anything out of the ordinary in men
and women. The only difference there
| is in Mennonites Is in sex. In every
thing else one Mennonite is the counter
| part of another. Their lives are color
less, and they have no ambitions except
in the matter Of horses. They take
pride in raising fine crops and stock.
Their interest in life stops there. They
originated somewhere in northeastern
Germany-those that are located in
| Manitoba did, for there are others OF
the same religion who came from vari-
Gus parts Of Europe. They are people
without a country. Originally Ana
baptists, their religion has been amend
ed from time to time so that they are
now something like the Shakers, and q
good deal like the Dunkards except
that they are practical communists
They are non-combatants, and left Ger
many In order to escape the conscrip-
ton. They were given an asylum in
Russia about the middle OF the century
and We're assured freedom from militia,
ny service.
The promise was not kept, and Morls
Ramakla was sent to this country tc
find a new asylum. He found some co
religionists in Pennsylvania, and was
| advised to come west. He did SO, ant
|
secured some land in Iowa. He wen
back to Russia and brought out large
colony, and later tried to get more land
The people were considered desira
BILE class Of pioneers, and when Ramak
la applied to the Canadian government
for land he readily got a grant Tn
Manitoba settlement lies along the In
ternational boundary running ives
twenty five miles from the Red river
The tract is nearly twenty-five mile
square, and a great proportion of 1t j
under cultivation The location of tn
people was not stroke Of policy for tn
Province of Manitoba, for they simpi,
shut out more progressive settlers
Their farms are SO laid out that tn
houses are grouped in villages. Eacl
village has a head man, who take
charge of all the produce and markets
1t, adding the gains to the communit.
wealth. They have no regular clergy
/