The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03

dummy SlarkO velJdClC WHO TcpTc-
sents the bad luck and misfortunes of
from Jugo Slavian newspapers as the
prosecuting and defending attorneys
argue for and against the defendant.
The audience Is the jury but the dummy
always loses and is condemned to death.
He is stabbed by the dancers, carried
around the hall, and finally burned at
the stake. In recent years, an American
dummy Depression" Wine is plentiful
and the atmosphere very convivial. The
crowd now joins arms and dances
slowly in a circle while they chant the
"Kolo," which details the heroic deeds
of those high in the history of the
Balkan nation. Most of the dancers
carry a bottle of wine under their arms
and frequently pause to sip 1t while
the dance goes on.
The government and heroes Of the
United States are also praised and
finally the "poraitza" cake is cut and
the ritual brought to a close, though
the dancing continues until early in
the morning.
Christmas Jan.
More than 100 Serbian, Bulgarian,
Albanian, Montenegrin, Ukrainian, Rus
sian, and Jugo Slavian residents of
Butte celebrate their Christmas on Jan.
z. The date is taken from the old Julian
calendar which was superseded in most
of the western world by the Gregorian
calendar in 1882.
The celebration begins on the even
ing of Jan. 6, with the preparation Of
the "Badnyak' or Christmas fire made
Of three logs. Masses are said in the
Serbian Orthodox church on Idaho and
Porphyry streets beginning at midnight.
The first person to visit a family after
the mass is known as the "polaznik."
He brings a glovefm of wheat which
"Truly He is Born" and sprinkles the
"polaznik" likewise with wheat. Then
the 'polaznik" remains with the fam
lily the rest of the day; otherwise he
leaves after a short visit.
All day, open house is held by mem
bers of the colony. In the afternoon the
dinner is served with sucking pig as
the main course instead Of the usual
turkey. Hay forms the table cloth and
with straw, symbolic of the manager IN
which Christ was born. A single large
candle, symbolic of the Star of Bethle-
hem, is the centerpiece. The head OF
the family asks a blessing for the men,
bers of his family and then serves por-
lions of IL especially prepared dishes
symbolic of the IL disciples: The feast
Ing Is 1OllOWGu ny SO1lSS d11u G1lC O1oCAA.
button of gifts.
On Christmas day any member of
the colony may go to any other member
and ask forgiveness for any injury that
he may have done him with the assur-
ance that it will be given; he may also
kiss any member of the colony If he
wishes.
There were enough Germans in Butte
in 1881 for the formation of a "Lieder-
l,.~,.-J 49, sN~i~~ cnai0fy on6 rnfinnG
of meetings were printed in the local
newspapers. The Liederkranz had 60
members that year, and gave a public
concert under the direction OF Samuel
H. Speck. A German "~Turnverein" was
organized June 6, 1886 by Richard
Thierman. This athletic society had 165
members in 1888.
An accurate picture of Butte's poly
glot population is given by the United
States census report for 1880. The
English now lead with the largest num-
Der of foreign born, Ireland is second,
Jugoslavia third, Finland fourth, and
so on down the list of countries. Ru-
mania, with only 81 persons, is at the
foot of the list. Thirty years ago Ireland
outnumbered all other groups but the
great influx of Cornish miners has put
of Cornish immigration was in 1881.
During the fall of that year a long
article in the Butte Miner told of how
the tin mines of Cornwall were being
evacuated by hundreds of workers who
we're emigrating to Montana. On Oct.
l, the paper stated: "A party of Eng
lishmen, consisting Of five able bodied
young men arrived in Butte yesterday,
coming directly from the east via the
Union Pacific, and Utah and Northern
roads. Anyone familiar with the miners
of Butte has noticed a comparatively
large proportion of Cornishmen among
them"
Many Frenchmen
The Firms, the fourth largest group
in Butte, are mostly to be found on the
East side. That they have kept their
native custom alive this far from their
native land is apparent from the num-
Der Of Finnish baths to be found on
East Broadway street.
There we're many Frenchmen among
the early settlers, too, as is shown by
the names of business and professional
men mentioned in the newspapers OF
the 1905. Such names as Walton,
D'Acheul, Dussaud, DuSSeau, Henault,
Nadeau and Gagnon were common.
Butte's Irish settlement is known as
Dublin gulch and is located in the
northeast section of the city ear the
mines. An Irish newspaper published
an article ABOUT BuCCe recently IN WHICH
the author stated that o Gaelic was
spoken in Butte than in the whole Of
Dublin.
The Italian colony of Meaderville is
we'll known. Thousands of visitors go
there every year for a sample of Italian
cooking. The genuine article is not to
be found in the large restaurants and
night clubs but if one can manage an
invitation to a private home, he will
eat a meal that will begin with "anti-
paste" and work through successive
courses of "suppa minestrono," "risotto
Milaneso," "galina fritata," "enciughes
in olio di DIVA" with perhaps a little
gorgonzolo cheese on the side. Accom-
panied, of course, by large glasses of
"vino rosso."
A list of Butte's fraternal orders
gives a clue to the cosmopolitan char
acter of the population. One finds such
organizations as the Italian, Christofero
Colombo; the Irish, Ancient Order Of
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