The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-09-22

oaks and beeches, with here and there
clump Of silver birches or an avenue
of stately pines At rare intervals
comes a clearing in which nestles a
little cluster of mud huts backed by a
miniature village church. The small
fields which surround the tiny hamlets
are carpeted with wild flowers.
Campions and poppies of immense size
and most brilliant coloring, orchids of
many varieties, cornfowers-
purple and amethyst-wild roses of a
vivid pink and with thornless stems,
yellow snapdragons, delicate harebells
and fragrant pinks-there Is no end
to the variety of blossom.
The air is exhilarating as cham
pagne; though the heat in summer
time is very great during the noontide
hours, at sundown refreshingly cool
breeze invariably springs up and
heavy dew begins to fall. 1t is most
delightful experience to roam then
through the beautiful forest, listen
herds of sheep, cattle, pigs, buffaloes
wander down the magnificent aisles.
to the flute of the shepherd and the
horn of the guardian of the swine.
Equally pleasing it is, during the heat
of the day. to spend long hours of
dolce far niente on springy bed OF
wild thyme by the side of a brawling
streamlet-I may add that for the in
veterate angler it is an even more en-
| joyable experience to extract from its
dark pools and alluring stickles many
lusty trout. For almost all of these
forest burns" abound in fish--nOt
very large, it is true, but vigorous
| fighters, giving excellent sport.
Big Landowners the Rule.
There are very few tenant farmers
in the country; immensely big land
owners are the rule, and these, with
the aid of host of bailiffs, manage
their own estates. They devote each
farm to some special object; one, for
| instance, is the OK farm, another the
sheep farm, a third is set aside for
horses, a fourth for donkeys, another
for poultry, another for pigs. and yet
another is the dairy farm.
1t is, by the way, rather curious
fact that cows milk is despised by all,
rich man and peasant alike. It Is
looked upon as only fit for pigs and
| calves, or to be mixed with other milk
| in the making of cheese. Only buffalo
| milk is considered fit for human con-
sumption; this is, however, to an Eng
lish palate, far too rich, both In quail
| ity and flavor.
| Outside almost every village In
Pennsylvania is the gypsy quarter.
| Outside it, not In it, for the despised
| Tzigany is never allowed to dwell
| among the villagers or to mix with
| them on equal terms. He is the basket
| maker occasionally the brickmaker.
| of the neighborhood-bu always and
everywhere he is the muSic-maker. The
gypsies are the orchestra Of every
! town and village, at every fiesta they
play untiringly, hour after hour, while
the peasants dance. Men and women
alike are lowered with the gift of mu-
sic, and the wild Czardas crashed out
by Tzigany band makes even the
cool blood of Northerner tingle in his
veins.
But fiddling is not the gypsy's only
accomplishment; he is also most ex-
pert thief. In fact, legend Of the
country says that when a Tzigany
baby makes its entrance into this vale
of tears it Is laid on its back upon the
ground, while purse is placed on IT'S
right side and fiddle on its left. Ac-
cording to the direction in which it
first extends tiny fist its profession
in life Is determined!
A fair, fair land that beyond the
forests"-a more than interesting peo-
pie, varying infinitely in rank, In
character, in customs, even in beliefs,
but united in one overpowering long
ing: to free their necks from the
Magyar yoke, and to be reunited with
their kindred ON the farther side OF
the Transylvanian Alps.