The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-09

/ sive civilization, he is opposed to an,
innovation. While enjoying the in
creased comforts which the Uitlandert
money has enabled him to buy, he ha
a general and hearty dislike for the in
! dividual who furnished the coin. TOT
! indolent and unenterprising to develol
| the mineral wealth on his own farm, he
resentS the success of the foreigner
who has purchased the farm from him
Claiming that his one and only dream
of life is liberty, pure and undefiled, he
| is content TO exist under a most gro.
tesque travesty of it-Krugerism. There
is one thing, though, in which he is
notably consistent, and that is Socia
equality. The old folks are all "ooms'
and "tanteS" and the young people are
hall nephews and nieces. This equality
does not prevent them from having So
cial disturbances. In fact there is al
most as much slandering and backbit-
ing among a group Of Beers, as one
can find in a fashionable drawing room
I give an apology taken from pronif-
nent Dutch paper, where it was print
ed in both Dutch and English, to give
it the utmost publicity. 1t speaks vol
umes for Boer life.
II. the undersigned, acknowledge that
with my low mouth and low. jealous
heart, / have unjustly accused the noble
Mr. Willie Nogel and my respectable wife,
Sesielja Johanna Wilimina Forster. / also
acknowledge that ! have often slandered
other gentlemen with my low and jealous
mouth, but i have always prevailed upon
them 10 settle it with my cowardly
crocodile tears. But this time have been
deceived by my low mouth and jealous
heart as this noble gentleman is too re-
spectacle to. settle it. To show that /
have lied, l strike my mouth with my
hand and say Low mouth, why have you
lied about Willie Vogel and his honorP'
7 wis isl
throughout the whole world as warning
to others who may be as jealous as l am.
And after this | promise TO say nothing
to the disadvantage of Mr.. w. xogel and
my wife. w. a. FOSTER.
I sincerely trust that the noble Mr..
Willie VogeIs nobility was satisfied by
this confession, and that the beautiful
Sesielja Johanna Wilhimina lived hap
PLY ever after.
Better Stable Than House.
When Boer selects a site for build
ing purposes his first care is to erect a
good stable for the horses; that is, the
favorite riding horses for the family,
and it will frequently happen that the
stable is far superior in appearance and
comfort to the family residence. If the
Boer is successful in gathering in the
= '
perfume him until he consents to build
a more elegant mansion. l once called
at Beers farm a few days after the
touches had been given to the
new house and the Dutchman took
childlike pride in showing me every
nook and corner The old house where
he and 'tante'' had seen many ups and
downs during thirty years of conjugal
association was matched roof, green
brick building, with mud floors, stand
ing at the head of a fine orchard. Up
to the time of my visit the family had
not been able to induce the old lady to
move into the new house. | had a talk
with her on the subject, and apparently
failed in the mission my newly found
"oom" had sent me on. "Tante" in
sisted that the house had become like
a second self to her. she had no patience
with the new-fangled notions the chill
dren were everlastingly pastering her
with: if that was all the good that came
of sending girls away to school she
thought they were much better off at
home, learning how to keep one house
tidy. What hurt her sense of decorum
most seemed to be the fact that the
girls had-heaven knows byfwhat spe-
cies of hypnotic influence-persuade
the old man to buy piano That piano
was tante's pet aversion. In her young
days people were highly contented with
the music of the German concertina
and mouth organ, but now. If tan
Le" was afterwards induced to live in
The swell house / am certain she was
never comfortable in it.. As to the new
house itself: The Boer had engaged a
ycod architect from a neighboring town.
Who had done his work faithfully The
edifice was a splendid one; DOM was
'ich, and once having fixed the idea in
lis head that he needed an aristocratic
lomicile, he had spared no expense. But
he line of demarkation between the !
lrchitect's design and Boer taste was
clear. Regarding the painting
If the doors and windows there had |
,een considerable family disssnsion The |
I'D man wanted them rosy red, the sons |
insisted on a brilliant blue, while the |
yirls-and surely they ought to know. |
or hadn't they been to a boarding |
chool in the "dorp" maintained a |
glorious green was the only correct |
.olor. The old lady, it appeared, had |
lot entered into this discussion, feeling |
Ter contempt too strong for words AS |
compromise, nearly the house I
vas apportioned off and the |
iisputants left to decorate their
portion in the color he or she |
ancied most The result was start
ing. In some cases, the large front |
loor in particular, the whole family
lad Jointly done the decoration. This |
loor had green panels, blue top and /
'ottom and bright red sides. "Oom"