New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-09

70 an EngIshman residing in the district Whether
say. Tor there are no records to that ERECT But
the nominees got into office somehow. and there
after the power Of the bishops was 70 a certain
The question of schools also came in to hasten
and was almost as potent disntegrator as the
ties are to be found to-day who are stn conserve
i've IN their views OF school affairs. and who com
not taught in the schools they maintained in Rus
and with this advance increasing prosperity has
When they arrived in Canada the Mennonltss
were as poor as the proverbial church mouse. In
stantia financial ala il is to be doubteS WbefEsI
they could have survived As "a was they were
huddie together in rude nuts Of mud ana turf o.
70 seek reIHge IN caves and holes IN the ground
made OF sheepskin with the wOolly side in. They
few years Of their settlement many lost 10 horss
dealers and bunco men all they had earned. Rut
themselves homes in the New Word and the farms 21a
live stock and costly buildings they own to-day
What helped even more than the municipaI act
s was a split in me ehgrsas Nsssssarilg N
Constant m ee1eisnp ann e
process which Is still going on-lsd TO the growth
These after a time TeOrsaniEed into a separate
en- know az the New MSnISnisef In the man
except that the New MennOnites OF course hold
government Msmbers are enco9 9 to tass psT5
in the affairs of the state and the general trend -
Mennonite formerly deemed lost by marrying
outside the faith. but such marriages are now BY
no means uncommon The objection 10 military
service is still adhered TO- but the chances that
in the event of Canada being attacked by an invsd-
ing army many young Mennonite would rally &c
the support of his country
The MennOnites increase at rapid rate. the
direct result probably of their outdoor employment
and their simple though abundant manner OF Nv
ing. They also marry young as rule: They are
not "hustlers in the ordinary sense Of the word.
TO be hurried When the head OF family feels
himself advancing in years he passes the farm
ma nagement to his and by them is sup
ported until the end Of his days.
The land which they settled when they frsI
came To Canada was prairie with hardly stick
of timber 10 be found. To-day their villages are
hidden in trees which they planted soon as they
arrived They brought from their Russian homes
flower seeds also, for they are passiOnately fond
seed. and we're the first to introduce flax grew INK
into Canada They still cultivate fax extensively or
their farms and md II profitable industry.
When such people under the conditions thai
confronted them on their arrival could 20 to xorS
and in few short years reach the civilization o.
those among whom they settled. IL seems all the
more remarkable that the D0ukhobors with A far
more favorable environment should have nas5e
such signal failure The government is stiil hope
full that order Will be restored OF the chaos
now prevailing. and the recent condscation ans
tuilSte 5an4Ucs Will prove, y IS thought, srer
u the direction OF bringing them 20 th.ir senses
But II ignorance IN an individual is difficult TO over
coins ~ IS douoly so IN people. the authorities
Doukhobers.