Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-04-17
A REMARKABLE SECT
Russians In Manitoba Who Are Pee
sessed OF a Strange Craze.
Refuse 40 uss Lo"sr Animals for Any
Purpose and Place All the bur-
dsas OF Labor upon Their
Men anu women,

Strange fancles sDmeti times take pos
session OF religion, sects, but the
strangcst Of all Is probably the dis
tresslug mania that Inns cnthralled
: goo Russian Donkb1,f,rsti WHO huNc
located in western Aanffoha. saws a
sneciai 30 the New lsrk Times from
yorktown, Manitoba. In tire Swan
river district the government is apoie-
hensive for tie reino allie craze that
ms taken possessi9 Is ..es,ke eolaal-
lists. visit to the commnnitysh ed
that the sights, scenes and the horror
epicted were almost beyond concep-
ton.
1t is we'll known that The DouShobor-
sti are adverse to shedding blood. This
is the reason why they emigrated
from Russia and Il is efsq The reason
why The Canadian government exempt
I'd then, from military duty as Induce
,nent for their location on Il prairie
lands of the west As 10 What they
should eat, this was purely personal
matter but, az IL appears, it was one
of the features that was overlooked by
the government that will cause i'm
meHse trouble.
In this country man may eat what
he chooses, and II lis religion dictates
that he shall conform to n vegetable
diet, such beliefs are respected. All
might have been well had this state
of affairs been confined 20 vegetarian
ism, but the noukhoborsti releicn
does not appeor L be q finished prod
net. 1t has been constantly undergo.
ing changes. From the belief that 1t
wns Q sin to eat meat, 1t seems long
jump 10 reach The conclusion that II is
wrong to eat animal products, but
these people have now given up drink
ing milk. eating butter, cheese, eggs.
rtc., and the COWS, oxen goats and fowl
are increasing and multiplying, and
waxing fat, while the people are on
the vel re pf starvation. :.
Having reached this absurd posi-
lion, 1t was but a step to another and
more ridiculous one. Fit were wrong
10 eat the flesh Of, animals the same
line of reasoning made ii compare tive
ly easy to condemn the use Of les tr
harness made from the hides Of Coos
creatures, and then followed tie con-
demnation of woclen clothing. beconSe
wool grown on the bodies of sheen.
which also belonged to the Lord. TIE
next step was still more sweeping in
Ats effect on their economic condition
1t was TO make servants Of any Of
the lower animals. to use them for
beasts Of burden or for any other pur-
pose.
They had the courage of their con-
victions, and at once turned out their
horses. cattle and sheep. driving them
to Gods Hill" to forage FOR them,
selves, placing all the burdens OF farm
life on their own shoulders. Fer all
drawing purposes, such us nauiir q
heavy loads on wagons, men take t,.e
rlace 81 horaes and oxen, Twelve ~
IA men aitciled To pillow suffice Tor
this purpose, and il is the only mstho.,
employed by them Ia tie oul, ;yatieu =
the soil. Women even, are employ Ell
in this manner, though when cen,ina
into town men only acc seen hauling
the wagons and huggies. Every day
In the streets of Yorktown dozens or
men may be seen drawing wagons.
hauling what little produce they may
have for sale. and carrying back t.
their farms -four and other neces-
stiles.
The Doukhohorsti are clad excluy
sively IN cottop clothe and wear nh
her boots or sNces knit or woven with
binder Irvine. which they buy for ts4
purpose. Their food consists of breed
and water and such vegetables as they
grow, and V "a berries arsl cribs which
they gather Their farms ere neglect
ed and iheir stock. Of which they have
much, is running wild in the hills,
where it will all die during the winter,
or be appropriated bysthose who are
not of their religious fuith, and who
will at least give the stock shelter.
With the advent of cold weather
starvation and disease must certainly
follow, and, they appear TO know this,
for they have been in CORES pon6ence
with authorities in southern Calf
fornia. Nevada, Arizona and Australia,
with a view TO emigration TO warmer
climate where the conditions would
enable them to subsist on the soil
without trespasseng on the possessions
of the animal Kingdom. tits needless
to say that no one wants them, as they
are still in Manitoba, an elephant on
the hands OF the government that
brought them from Russia few years
ago to develop the prairie land of the
west.