The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-27

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thus turn the wheel. BY the side Of
these paddles are tin buckets which
raise about two quarts Of water,
which is emptied into a trough at
the top Of the wheel, from which it
runs along wooden courses to the
gardens, where it passes into the ir-
rigatioin bitches. These wheels are
placed singly or in groups up to five.
Then there are some smaller wheels
about Is feet high and with larger
paddles which are used to turn mill
stones in the flour mills.
Yesterday ! took walk along the
river bank out to some orchards.
Just a little farther orr the land is.
infested with ,brigands, as I knew,
and ! was told when returned that
it is wonder I ever got back, for
that direction from the city is de-
cidedly unsafe, even when one leaves
the city. Anyway / had good walk
and was very glad that ! did not
know that the brigands-"c "cheteel1s"
they are called, were so close to the
city.
Coming back 1 passed thru few
lines of native tarneries where they
were soaking, scraping and drying
hides. Talk about primitive methods!
Adam may have cured his hides the
way they were doing it, but ! can't
say much for his sons if they did not
invent better process. Scraping
hair from hides with stick is hard
ly up to date.
4 Everything here is primitive. Ev7
erywhere one sees the two-wheeled,
gerz wide, high carts with wheels
about five feet in height and which
are set way out from the sides Of the
cart. These are drawn by cattle, or
water buffalo or mixed teams. The
latter are hitched to the wagons
only by neck yokes and walk all over
the street. They are driven with a
blunt stick and guided by the same
instrument. When the driver wishes
to turn corner he punches the cow
furtherest from the direction to be
taken, on the shoulder which is near
est that direction. It takes ages for
one of these slow-moving carts to
pass out Of sight.
The grain-wheat and barley, is all
cut by hand, ard as rule not tied
in bundles. Ite is then piled in a
loose heap on the hard spot Of ground
which serves as threshing floor and
parts Of the straw are constantly
raked or pulled down from the pile
while horses, cattle, donkeys or buff
falo walk around and tramp out the
grain. Then the threshed-out straw
is pulled out and forms large circle
Z at the outside. But here seen one
threshing machine, something I never
saw in Syria. There was a steam en-
gine about twice as high and nearly
twice as long as our threshing en-
gines and a separator which, being
enclosed when ! saw it, resembled a
haf-size box car. This cumbersome
thing has twice passed our place, and
even the ox-carts don't 60 SO slow as
it does.
Another of the things which is in
teresting here is the dress Of the
people. It varies much more than in
Syria. The Turkish men all wear
fezes Cor tabooshes as the Arabs cal
them). These are red felt caps with
black tassets. The Armenians wear
, hats, caps or fezes. A few Of the
Turks wear turabns, mostly greer
and white, and all the religious mer
wear white turbans around their rec
fezes. Then occasionally one sees Z
black or brown woody fez without {
tassel. nv
The Turkish women all wear blacl
wells. The dress is Of any color ex
} cept white. Cream-colored silk is til,
fayorite color with the better classes
J and black is also very common. The,
keep their hands and arms hidden b,
, the loose founces, or whatever-you
! call-them, at their sides, and tn,
/ dresses are so long I that one cal
hardly see their feet when they ar
walking. Allin all there is q same
ness which gets tiresome. ~
1 The lower classes ofss The Turlisl
women wear trousers loose cbloome
/ effect, with the split extending to !
! place 4 Or 8 inches below thei
] knees. The Armenian women ar
Z also wearing these. but without wells