Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-21

ourhly onaced thought and retired lrt,
that hcntlnc state Of contemplation
akin 70 Niryuna uf th1 we'll fed. ssf
satisfied Doors when bedtime comm,
the watch dogs urc turned loose and
the family rctlres To- lta feather touches.
should stranger come 10 the door
oven In the middle % the night the hos
pitnbie Beers will turn out OF their beds
and give ono up 10 the stranger. while
the house vrouw gets ~ and sees that
the scrvnnta set before tho stranger
the best her pantry affords.
The houses are ono Htorlcd. built ~
mud as o ruic. and painted white or red.
They arc soon covered with iuxuflant
vines and ore therefore picturesque.
They contain from four 90 siN rooms.
the voofhuiH or parl0r being opened
only on state days. The wallis OF All
the rooms are painted green or blue or
mauvc ana the pafi0r'is hung with pic
lures representing scenes from the BIZ
bio. IN the paflora of houses In the
large towns one may now and then hear
plano or an organ, played by tho
daughters who hnye been away ~
school. The parlor ia not remarkable
FOR lts luxury even IN the best houses,
wooden benches and tables and a ror-
roous family Bible being about an it
cuntnInn Some very modern folks have
a large Photograph album, but pho-
tographera are, nH rule. but little
pntronlzcd. a folding door generally
divides the unrlnr from the dining room,
which IN just behind IT,
on sunday every family goes 10
church. " too fnr from town. worship
BE- held In the rarlor Al the uocra be-
long 90 The Dutch reformed church.
ana the minister, or prcdlkaut. uH thcy
call him, r. "a moro important person
even than the rector in an English VIII
lagr. ile settles Dramatically 900 moot-
/ "a questions M morals and when any NJ
hts pnrishIuuora departs from tho
siralght aud narrow pathway aH % iH
! understood ln the TuuHv1al. he Us haul
cd before the prcdlkant and hla elders
and roundly lcciurod Tor his failing.
The great social events Of the noor
wumnn'a life are the days when tho
/ prcdikant comes 10 dine with her fnm-
/ ily ut weddings. chrIat0ninrH. COM
nrmatloua and the Nochtmial Those
who cannot ro 10 church every Sunday
/ on account of the distance from town
hitch up the ok spans ~ oxen 60 tho
| white covered wagon. and. laden with
presents frum the farm Co be- presented
| 90 the prodiknnt. go truudllug over tho
] knrroos ana mountains 60 the nearest
/ town whore they take communion on
| sundny DO tho church and aftcrwafd
/ pnrtuke OF feast ut their town houses.
/ Tor nearly nil the woli.to-do Beers have
l town houses and farm residences. The
town houses are closed except al such
times uH they drive ln 90 church. Somc-
/ times they have two country houses be-
| tween which they divide their time.
according Co The nlentifulncsr Of grass
In ono place or the other. Women ana
/ children pile into the great OK wagons
in which thoy sleep ana live until the
new home ia reached. The food o. cook
ga over nm opou Gre which BE- kept
lighted an night Tor, while the days are
warm. the nlghts on the knrroos nre
| very cold. beside this there IL danger
/ from the wild beasts that roam over
| tho lonely plains nnd from wandering
bands of black bandittl To sleep thus
| under the stars with tho wall of the
plovcr aud the howl of the jackai In
ones ears and the danger of death at
ways at hand would Try the nerves Of
man. but the nocr woman has no
nerves. Indeed. she sleeps ne soundly
under the nky us In her feather bed
under the tin roof at home. She can
shoot na wen uH the men, and " there
were ulFht attack would probably
shoulder her own KUN and help drive
back the marnudcru. Not alone I'M
orrlng shots. but fine horHcwomen NJ
well. In the old days when there was
strife between the blacks and tho
whites. parties OF nocr women have
often alone and unnldcd defended the
lnnger. or fort. from the aavaEcs who
expected Co ma them easy prey. In
tonHcly patriotic, they teach their chill
dron 20 love freedom fear God and hate
the English. This n about their creed.
schoolcd in "a rough school and with
Dutch ohatiuncy Ia their blood. the
noor wompn viii be- dangerous enemies
tc the all c0nquor|nE urlt0na, Tor they
Will. like tho spartnus of old send their
husbands and brothers and sons and
Hwcethrarta out 90 rrpcl tho invaders
with the injunction, "Wlth your shield
or on H. MADGE PORTER.
when arrested for shooting his wife,
| Robert Clemens. Fuu uf rich farmer