1902-08-21; Clare Sentinel

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OLABE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY AFTEKNOON, AUGUST 21, 1902.
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A   LETTER
FROM
INDIA.
FAR    OFF
Miss McKinley Gives   a   Graphic
Description of a Native Thibetan Family, the Ceremonial
of a Marriage, and Woman's enslavement.
In a little shanty twelve feet long
and six feet wide covered with kerosene oil tins dwell our next door neighbors. They are genuine Thibetans of
of the sturdy hill type.    The family
_ circle consists of the father, mother
. and four children, who have enough
life and energy for two 6rdinary families. They all do coolie work; that
Is they stay about the Bazaar, and
, when some European has bought a
7v* basket full of vegetables, and wishes
to have bhem carried home, some
member of this interesting family is
at his service. They never think of
carrying the baskets on their arms
but always on the back, by means of
a small grass rone, which they pass
round the forehead and under the
basket. In the same manner they
have carried many of the--stones,
which bave been used in erecting our
new school building. Having, these
people working on the compound
every day, for many weeks, has given
us a good opportunity of studying
them. The mother Is a fair faced
woman who always has a smile for us,
no matter how heavy her load. After
carrying and breaking stones all day,
Y she goes home and cheerfully cooks
-"^fche humble meal for the family, which
is no elaborate bill of fare, 1 assure
you. Ia consists of rice and dahl, a
piak   seed   which   takes on  a yeJ-
.. low h<ie when cooked, She has no
convenient stove or range on which to
prepare this repast, but calls into use
a little iron dish, about eight inches
high, called an ungeti, into which she
•puis the few coals or small wood, with
which the food is-cooked.
But I did not intend to give a his-
• tory of this family, however interest-
jj-jj? that might prove; 1 me&oi only to
select one member of this group, a
•young man of sixteen, who tired of
jBlsgle blessedness, and took unto himself a wife in the person of a little
Thibetan maid of fourteen) who llyed
a short distance from his home. We
had a good opportunity * of seeing
•much of the ceremony connected with
tfs wedding.
About two weeks before the engagement took place, the parents of the
boy, visited those of the girl, carrying
with them a goat, wbich they offered
as a gift, at the same time asking for
bhe hand of the daughter in marriage
with their son.
The contract was soon made, and
the parents of the girl at once began
preparations for the feast, wbich is
the crowning feature of every wedding in India. For this occasion 480
pounds of country liquor, made from a
certain grain, one goat, two pigs, five
'•naunds" of rice were produced, as all
the relatives on both Hides of the
house are invited, and the feast continues two days.
The boy was next carried to the
home of the girl, in a hammock made
of a strip of cloth, only the head of
the prospective bridegroom appearing above the Hurface of the cloth to
tell us what the bundle contained.
The procession was a strange one as
it moved aloog. The band, consisting
of stringed instruments fearfully, and
wonderfully made, led the line. This
augus t body was fully alive to its
responsibility, for the combined noises
of a fife, drum and bagpipes in the
home land, could not compare with
tne sounds which issued from these
curiously wrought instruments. The
whole neighborhood joined in the festivity, all talking or singing but without a doubt—all happy.
When they reached the home of the
bride elect, they formed a circle,
which had been previously marked out
by branches of trees being thrown
upon the ground.
When the group was seated, the
priest, a flltby looking fellow, read the
Zoroaster or law, and then threw up
some ragSi which, by the manner in
which they fell, determined the time
of the wedding.
The garments of the bride and groom
were tied together and they marched
about the circle, the bride following
the groomr The priest talked and
read until daylight, and at last decided when the vows were to be taken,
and the bride removed to the home of
the bridegroom. All now retired
within the shanty and the groom presented the bride with jewels and
clothes. The parents of both children presented each other with small
sums of money and then allowed the
young couple to wash their feet*
The bride was now carried to the
home of the groom \n ihe same hammock in which he came to her. The
motley crowd surging along through
the dust by her side. The next day
this same crowd, with many more,
who had been drawn by the prospect
of the "Loaves and fishes," carried the
young couple to a small mud hole in
front of our house. They were carried into the water, and the bride
stooped down and washed the feet of
the groom, and then drank some-of
the filthy water herself. The boy
here publically acknowledged the girl
to be his wife, making her mistress
over all he owned, which by the way
is only a hut with a mud floor and a
little fireplace in the corner, where the
wife is expected to cook the food for
the entire family.
The girl declares she is willing to
become the slave of the man, to love
honor and obey him. They came out
of the water, and dry clothing was
giyen them, and silver anklets were
placed on the ankles of the bride, and
they were both borne away to the
home of the groom on the shoulders
of the crowd. A last visit is paid to
the home of the bride, when a loaf of
home made bread, a goat and some
liquor are given. These pave the way
for ttje bridegroom into the good
graces' of phe father-in-law.
At lasb th8 young people are very
much married and are content to go
on in the even tenor of their way,
bearing burdens on their backs, or
breaking stone by the wayside, having
but few bright places in their lives,
the brightest being their ''Wedding
Day".
Maxie B. McKinley
Queens Hill
Darjelling India.
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Attention, Comrades!
The time for the reunion is near at
hand and I>. J. Brewer camp has decided to attend in a body, about forty
having already expressed a desire to
attend, and as arrangements must be
completed soon, it is necessary tbat
every member of Brewer camp attend
the meeting Tuesday evening, August 26th, that they may understand
perfectly the plan decided upon.
Not only is it desired but we urge
all old soldiers and sons of veterans
not members of the camp to meet
with us on the above date and agree
to he one of the nqmber.
CLARE   IMPROVEMENTS.
Jim Bicknell is grading his lawn at
the* corner of Maple street and county
line.
Dr. Carpenter is having a stone
foundation placed under his house on
south McEwan street.
Some tiling is being done at the
junction of McEwan ahd Third street,
making provision for the carrying off
of the water with which lower McEwan street is often flooded.
The stone-cement walls for the cellar of Olare Hardware Company's new
block are well nigh completed.
George Feighner and George Barrus
haye the contract for this part of the
work. The brick and cut-stone work
is to be let as a separate contract.
The question as to Whitney's corner east of town over which there had
been some controversy has apparently been amicably settled. A wire
fence has been exsended east, making
a square corner where the road turns
north.
Oity surveyor Boss has just completed the first complete survey of all
the streets of Olare and reduced the
same to diagramatic representation.
The grade of McEwan street has already been established and now the
grade of all the other streets Is to be
determined by the council based on
tbis survey. The grade of each, however, will be made to conform to any
cement walks already built,
Since our last enumeration July 3lst
cement Walks have been built abut*
ting the following properties: S. Worthy's and L. E, Davy's residence, Denton's restaurant, Louch's blacksmith
shop, SENTrrsrr?L office, Davy <& (Jo.
dry goods store, all on McEwan street;
J. H. Harris', Samuel Youngs' and
Henry Brown's, Fourth street and 1000
sq. ft. ab the school property on
Eighth street, bringing the total for
the last year to the equivalent of 340
rods of ordinary four and half foot
walk.
Chops From Sister Towns.
Hemp has been successfully raised
at Croswell.
Breckenridge indulges in field sports
on the 28th inst.
Drainage is the order of the day
east of Coleman.
A grist mill would not be unwelcome at Harrison.
Barrytown celebrated her eighth
anniversary August 4.
Cadil'ac ib deep in ihe discussion qf
municipal ownership.
There were last year 29 paupers in
Isabella—23 male, 6 female.
The American Forestry association
meets at Lansing, August 28th.
A $10,000 elevator 64ft. high is in
course of erection at Beaverton.
A tract of 3800 acres has just been
purchased for grazing in Ogemaw*
Osceola's Mutual Fire Insurance
Company reports a prosperous year.
16,000 bushels is the capacity for
Reed City's pickle factory this year.
Some of the northern eou«ties -propose to be represeneed at -the state
fair
Mt. Pleasant spends 8423 on cemen*
walks around the grounds of the ■pub-
lie schools,
The Village Daas or ^oieman -propose to have better light on the
streets, evenings.
Ten days ago even, there was the
merest suggestion of a frost at one or
two points in the Saginaw Va-Mey,
The railroad talk of promoter Boynton causes Gladwin to sigh for at least
a line from Beayerton to Gladwin.
It Is said that the American Refining Sugar Company of New York has
purchased one-half of the stock of »feh«
Saginaw sugar beet factory,
$23,000 of stock has already bees
subscribed for a sugar beet factory-an
Mt. Pleasant to be located betwee-s
the Chippewa and the Ann Arbor-r«&-
road.
Notice,
Passengers holding return pori7?8B-cf
excursion tickets sold tp Be»laih and
Frankfort for excursion oif .-Sun-day,
August 3, will be furnished tfdfee-ts for
the next excursion to these uesor.fcs,
whicb will De given on Sunday August
24, on application to age&t tstf this
Company from whom ticke* vms -purchased, and surrender of eat*Si -nature
portion. J. J. j£iRiHk
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