Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

| tremely angry with me for my care
lessness, and / was afraid you would
beat me severely. 80 / determined to
commit suicide by eating the honey,
but although | have eaten the whole
of IT, am not yet dead
AS another example OF this kind. A
wood cutter, delivering wood. as Is GUS
tomary in these lands with the load
tied on the back of donkey, enters q
barbers shop and endeaVors to sell his
wood, The BARRIERS IN the interior
districts Of the Leyant, In addition to
shaving, hair cutting, pulling teeth,
performing the operation Of clrcum-
cision, often shear sheep In their shops.
AS Is customary a bargain had to be
struck, the wood cutter asking more,
and the barber Offering less than he
expected to pay At last a bargain
was struck the barber asking for and
the wood cutter agreeing 10 give, all
the wood on the donkey's back. Horses,
donkeys and camels in the countries
referred TO, carry very heavy wood
en- pack saddle. This Is often kept
on at night donkey and horse drivers
claiming by taking this heavy wooden
saddle on, the animals would catch
cold, The value OF the saddle used on
the donkey would be many times the
value Of the load Of wood, and In some
Instances II would weigh nearly as
much. After unloading the wood the
wood cutter asked for his pay. The
barber says. What is the reason you
have not unloaded all the wood" The
wood cutter replied he had unloaded Il
all. The barber said he had bought
all the wood on the donkey's back and
as the saddle was made OF wood he
wanted IT, in addition TO the wood UNI
loaded. The wood cutter claimed he
did not sell the saddle. The Judge was
sent for who gave his decision In favor
OF the barber, as the saddle was made
OF wood and was on the donkey's back
at the time the transaction was made.
The wood cutter was compelled to
submit and nothing was heard from
him for some time. After a time the
wood cutter again came to the bar
ber's shop, this time asking the barber
how much he would charge TO shave
him and his companion He wanted
the big shave, which means shaving
portions of the head and body in addi-
ton TO the face.
After the chafferlng, which seems
necessary in these lands, bargain was
struck. and the wood cutter took off
his turban, etc. and got ready to be
shaved, was denuded Of surplus
hair and received the toilet attentions
customary lie then went out to bring
in his companion. which he did short
ly, 1t being the companion from whom
the saddle was taken some time pre-
viously, The barber wanted to know
the reason the wood cutter was bring
ing the donkey into the shop The
wood cutter stated the donkey was his
companion and that he wanted him to
have a thorough shave, as the agree
ment called for On the refusal of
the barber to shave the donkey, the
judge was again sent for, who, on
hearing that the barber had agreed to
shave the wOodcutter and his compan-
ion, and as no questions had been
asked about his companica, compelled
the barber to give a thorough shave to
the woodcutters long cared friend.
There are also hundreds of stories
about a certain Khoja Qeachef). about
whose simplicity, with sometimes a
certain underlying acNeness, the story
generally hangs. He is in some re-
spects like the Irish Handy Andy with
We relate one of them, as 1t is some
what I'm the line OF the foregoing sto-
ries.
Hawkingin former times used TO be
a sport much practiced both in Europe
and Asia. According to the laws of
falconey, when the hood was taken off
the hawks eyes, and he was shown his
prey, and on his alghting on the back
- al lapA hat
II was n rabbit, pheasant or what It
might be, the prey was the property OF
the owner Of the hawk.
our friend being the owner Of a hawk
he unhooded II and let IL fly. though
there was at that time no particular
quarry in sight. The hawk. however
lighted on the back of a COW, who was
feeding In the pasture, the COW having
grubs In the back. a not uncommon
trouble with cows and oxen In our own
and other lands, and began pecking at
the grubs. The hawk having lighted
on the COW, our simple minded Khoja
claimed the COW, and started TO drive
her to his residence.
OF course the owner stopped such a
proceeding, but the judge had 20 be
sent for. The Khoja claimed the COW
diNbIlllk ~ NlldN H' Nhi'i W az NV i"NN
of hawking. and also to help matters a
little, promised to make the judge eve
~ breakfast time present OF bucket
Of milk. This might only be little
present, but in eastern lands. where
much Of II occurs, they would call it
a bribe.and speak about II aseatng dirt
and similar appelatyes. The judges
decision must have been somewhat
A.a al IA. i'm, for
he decided IN favor of the Kh0ja Next
morning promptly at the appointed
time, the Judge was presented with
what appeared TO be a bucket OF milk
but the bucket only contained a little
milk on top, the remainder OF the
bucket being filled with soil. The
Judge, on the discovery OF the contents
of the bucket. angrly asked the kho-
ia II he was expected to eat dirt for his
breakfast. The Khoia was not at all
mt out. but in his simple minded way
asked the Judge N he could not just
as well eat dirt for his breakfast. as
ne had cater dirt ttaken a bribe) for
his supper the night before.
Hundreds OF tales are told TO the credit
Of this Khoja, a large portion OF
certain Kind Of humorous tales being
assigned TO him, Just az In those lands
nearly every great ruin you enQuire
about. is assigned to either Abraham,
solomon or Alexander the Great
These however viii give some idea
of the humorous stories related In the
coffee houses Of Turkey. and told by
professional raconteurs, which, told
with more or less poetry and oriental
imaginary. will hold audiences, who
have nerhaps heard many OF the stories
n hundred times previously.
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