The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-29

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u or pale. 1t never wearies its
"a lovers and admirers. 1t is al
49, ways beautiful. Surely its peo-
pie have found the fountain of
perpetual youth, for nothing stales its
Infinite variety. 1t is the country of
seasonal and perennial attractions,
possessing that rare thing that even
Vandal men cannot destroy.
The peasants love their home and in
many instances preserve the delight.
FULLY quaint customs which so greatly
charm the tourist. One would be mis-
taken to judge these people as igno-
rant; the constitution of the country
enables them to obtain an insight into
general state affairs and great care
is taken In the education of the
young to broaden their knowledge in
every direction. Their intelligence,
therefore, strikes the visitor as re.
markable.
During the summer one is not
troubled with snow until one reaches
about eight thousand feet altitude. In
the winter snow is, however, as low
as 1000 or even 1000 feet. The white
line thus moves high or low according
to the season.
The pageantry of the season indeed
is nowhere else so crowded with de-
lightful surprises in which the people
move In sympathy. The peasants are
true to the nature that has mothered
them. In the spring the villages are
agog and abustle, holding picturesque
old-time festivals, preceding the start
of the herds to the mountain pastures
The matrons of the herds are provided
with melodious bells, globular in form
but thin and light and differing In
size from twelve to two inches in d.
ameter They are as varied in pitch
as in size. and their tones mellow into
gentle, harmonious effect without
harshness.
The herders and the dairy maids
meet on the village green to enjoy a
day of song and dance. Preparations
are made for the summers round oil
activity in the mountains, where, In
spite of hard work, an almost idyllic
experience is lived by the light-heart
ed peasants. The verdant and arc
matte pastures, amid these wonderful
scenic settings, provide vistas opening
on wide horizons of jagged peaks and
profound gorges clothed with the rar
est verdure. The mountain herdsmer
and their comedy companions of the
churn are hardy and blooming, ant
song and yodeling continually ease
and relieve the labors of the summer
when duties are arduous and results
imperative.
It is a unique and inspiring sight Il
witness the annual spring parade Of
procession starting for the mountain
nastures, The usual cooking and dair!
utensils have to be transported, 10
these migrants from the wales mus
remain with their charges in tn
mountains until the time OF return II
the fall of the year. They occupy thei
mountain huts, which are fitted sui
ably for themselves as we'll as for TN
necessary dairying. AS soon as TN
snow begins to disappear from I'M
lower pastures the herder marshai
his herd and starts out. In the fet
tive procession the bull leads On hi
horns are placed a milk stool, and o.
bis head a chaplet of flowers. II
hears, hanging from his neck III
deen.toned bell. These melodlou
lie are made Of alloyed silver. Fron
,he,r tones have originated the imita
,,v. vodeling or warbling of the hero
era sudden changing from the ia
setto to the chest voice, ana VIC
versa Following the monarch OF IN
Word comes the queen OF the kln'
novlv decorated and wearing the bes
Soil of the COWS. Every COW has he
hell and so accustomed are they
cram that losing them is a disaster
even causing loss OF the "cud II
L,no know their places, AT the stal
tbe strongest and best assert thei
Wv, ooodance They will battle anon
themselves for the right OF wa
..ntob onre settled, all is peace In
Sallcow leads in the search FOR pa
tures new and she brooks no interle
ence. o,,o ~ III
eornd of the herder's joyous youei
the "alpenhorn," a long horn, the e
W.. ~ which must be heard IN Tn
,eTv to be appreciated. The moui
, n'ps echo It with infinite sweetness
'a nd the effect is tender and thrililnI
a nIa farther the distance from whie
-. n1 zones are heard the more fiute,lh
aus u 80 ,ts answer-powerful, mellow
e S3rnnp and sweet, it fills the vale
o, nTn The echoes are flung weirdly an
van ,rangely from the mountain ran
s,r sue In the former times when II
! pai rSv schweitzer often had to lea'
Blulu' .onaI an intTuding fore