Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-12-20

many kinds of homes that 1t is
difficult to typify the life Of the
country. / take, however, the rec
tory in a country town as fairly repre-
sentative, being, broadly speaking. in
the middle of things and coming in
touch with all kinds of life, writes
Anna Woodward in the Chicago Daily
News.
The rector himself is half way on
the road from the bush to the big
'ity, whittier his next promotion will
take him-the road which so many
Australians tread. His wife, at all
events, Is glad that the years Of COM
parative isolation are over. The coun-
try town, with its electric lights. its
telephones, its shops, its considerable
population, is wonderland after the
immense spaces and solitudes of the
brush.
Australia is country so cast, its
population outside the towns Is SO
scattered, that the brush parson may
find himself in charge of a really vast
territory. With six or seven churches,
widely separated, to minister at, his
home must be in some spot more or
less central to his work, however cut
off from the world. His daily duties
will carry him far afield, and will
often make 1t impossible for him to re-
turn to his family at night.
Australian Horse SkIIIfuI.
He cannot, of course, conduct serv-
Ices at all his churches every Sunday,
but to reach even two or three in the
same day he must be in the saddle
before dawn, and If he returns at the
end of the day it will be by the light
of the moon or the stars. It is no
easy matter to make ones way at
night through the vast forests Of eu-
calyptus, through the almost impene-
trable scrub, perhaps across gullies
and creeks, and over hills and noun
tains; but the Australian horse is al
most as skillful as the native blacks
In finding path through the brush.
AS 1t is very surefooted, the rider may
sometimes fall asleep in the saddle
without danger.
II home cannot be reached, the par
son is sure Of welcome wherever he
calls, at some wealthy squatter's
house, at some little tiny shanty that
serves as homestead or even at the
hut Of native. His wife during these
intervals is left in charge Of the house
and children; perhaps with white or
black girl as servant. perhaps quite
alone.
was told by the wife Of clergy.
man who had lived six years in the
brush that she never conquered her
dread Of those lonely nights. that she
seldom slept while her husband was
away, but at every sound would sit
up in bed holding in her hand a re-
volver.
Welcome, therefore, is the change
to rectory in the shady street Of q
country town. To such home the
reader is now introduced.
To this one-story house come many
clerical visitors, expected and unex
pected. Brother clergy who have
driven in from the bush for a meal
or perhaps to ask bed for the night
A bishop, an archdeacon. or 1t may
be a special preacher comes for 9
: visit Of few days or a week. II
| the spare room is occupied a bed car
) always be put up on the veranda
But the clergyman's wife, even II she
, is fortunate enough to have a serv
ant, has much to do besides the rou
tine of the house and the care of he,
children
Make Morning Calls.
In Australia the morning, 80 IA,
from being free from callers, is the
usual time for women to drop in tc
chat. At IL o'clock 1t is expected
that tea and cakes will be served ant
: the visitor. not content with few
minutes stay. will often remain til
dinner time. perhaps producing hel
needlework and settling herself com
fortably on the veranda; begging, M
doubt. her hostess by no means to In
terrupt such work as she may have