Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-12-12
DONKEY FARM.
Unique ChA-.ty Instituted by a
London Lady.
Gives Employment 10 Many IrisA
Girl. In London-hilk Alleged
10 Have Curative Prop

TO Have Curative Prop
ertieh-
Lady Mar Cardigan. second 6augh-
ter Of the Irish earl and since
her fathers financial downfall : resi-
G=1t Of Loadoo. accidentally hit upon
! chaGty which uGy become IS r-o@:a-
bic as trust Hex lzG!shiP = one o. :
clique LED by N~ Ernest Hart the org
i-G-or Q: the Eish village. She = CO..
stznIly ~ work upon soroe D-w charity
which always aims TO benefit the col
!eeos Of her native COUNTY
London i full Of Irish girls. pretty.
red%heeLed young ONE fun Of en-
e-Ey. sTro-- as men and raCy 20 worG
hard a. anything. They shame the
whitefscsd lackaGaisical London wc-k-
ing gill, who Is well known TO be the
tirsGet creature under the Jun.
The colleen chafes under shop vCrE-
She wants 10 DO something that require
muscle and c5uECn sense She Is TOO
oleyer and TOO healthy 10 h. tigJ DIV 20
mechanical work. and after 4 ear -
London she grows Sad-uOu-Lc; al
yale, longing .ver for the oTpcr- u-ity
thai 50 seldom comes TO working x
in England.
This spring. when London be-c- 90
.! up with visitors and doctors cells
became frequent 20 the oyertaNeG s.rar-
seeE. her ladyEhip suddenly conceive
the idea o! 4 donkey farm Here l. =
chance for my colIecar. said She.
ISe idea c;-ue into her head - = vi
dorf .AsI0- dinner. The conversation
touched upon pulmonary. jrCID!= al
the danger Of London daapEcss L. coa-
sump.ises- Then Mr. .Astgr. rrlD q a.
not hesitate 10 mention his g H. f.
qlertly and az length. spoil. r the
doEkcy dairy which BE- T-air'- O. -
C!iy-ira cu-i-r the LIS; yrzr a. Mrs.
.Asto-'s life and the !mmca.uralIc bone
Its resulting rherefruu. cguCIUGinr
with: And Tate SAYS il uu3guoicd!,
pro!ongedher life through another sum
Iaer."
That was enough for Lady Cardigan.
BY D=Nt day her wits had planned
out I pretty farm nOt an hours ride
from The heart OF London. where She
could send her tired working girls to
rest. and where they could earn I Iiy-
ing at the same time by tending 10 tho
Loukeys and supplying London with the
a-Aah- ~ ''A4N A@Ff A-'4I slNGllhl4
without being either Z drug upon them
selves or victims Of charity. for her
!ad.yshiP i too thrifty TO see the bene-
fits in pauperizing healthy souls.
To-day q prescription for an invulid
Of wealth j.: "A pint of donkey milk
twice day" The cost is q guinea a pint.
20 i can be seen that the curative luid
- not for poor persons. but only thOs"
who can pay for il.
The first very distinguished person
20 10 paronizc the farm wa II. Il. II.
Albert Edward. DR.. Edward Giles. one
Of the princes travelling attendants, rec
o'niHcnd"d u 10 cure the prince quickly
the first day Of the ar~Tiyalin London for
the season. There was an audience with
the !ort mayor, n family dinner (aIways
q formal affair when three heirs to the
throne are 20 be PRESENT. and the prince
was 10 coach later in the day. As an cv-
pertinent the physician ordered donkey
milk for him, and. after drinking il.
his highncss declared himself wonder
fully refreshed. Lady Cardigan. hear
ing OF II, asked permission 10 mention
the fact TO her friends; and soon tn.
farm became known a. THE Prince Of
Wales Donkey Farm II is well pat
r"niIca 10y a very high class Of persons.
Il the milk is in such demand that or
dcrs must De- left far ahead. One donkey
a day j. reserved for "cHicrgcncy or
dcrs."
Those who have cared for n COW dairy
can form no estimate Of the small
amount of work needed for a dairy Of
donkcys. tn" animals arc much harder.
than cattle, and need loss attention.
h paSiurage is much more easily pro
Nihcd for. fuws need n certain length Of
grass before their lips will allow them
10 crop the heritage. But dOrkrys are
so thin-lipped that they can live and
gather food where COWS would staryc.
They are more easily Tasturch also.
Owners of cattle must be careful
about turning their animals out upon
side hills, or where there are glipucry
declines. All bad places require fcnc-
ing in, on account Of the awkwnrtlncSs
Of the beasts. This. In England. where
there is so little spare land. is an inn
measurable difficulty. often requiring
even largc land owners like the
carls of Essex and Roscbcry 10 fence
in their Dl1p'ich beasts and feed them
with cut fodder. like horses. Iut the lit
tie donkey is ~surc-fOOtcd. and can scale
the stccpcst cliff for n juicy weed that
grows above him.
The only real work at milking
time, but this the colleen bawn willing
Is performs, making n merry job Of IL.
Americans in London are charged one
dollar n pint for the milk, but they
expect 10 pay n little higher for
the privilege Of being in Lon.
don jubilee year; and for the
butter they pay ten dollars n pound. II
is such u great dclicacy hat the only
ones who can buy IL are those with
more money than they can spend other.
wise.
IDndOn's suburbs arc now filed with
snail enterprises, moncy-making and
philnnthropiC, and London physicians
are showing how accommodating they
can he. "Thc patronage Of the cole.
bratcd Dir. Thingumbub" being readily
obtained for anything that plcascs nn,
docs not do any harm. The princess Of
Wales Is lending her name to all sorts Of
things. too. md II will he u diamond
jubilee for more people than the queen.
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