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Show Boer Umbrella. Umbrellas for somo Inscrutable reason rea-son for tho seasons In South Africa are not so changeable as ours, aro much used by the Boers. In common with our own views, tho Boer believed that an umbrella gavo a man an air of distinction, though tho shocking speclmons they carried, which reminded remind-ed ono very much of Salrey Gamp, would not have been calculated to possess this attribute among our own countrymen. Whero these umbrellas came from Is ono of tho many unknown un-known facts of tho old-tlmo republic. They wero big and bulky, as a rule of alpaca, and the catch was generally out of order, but thoy were always to bo found in tho guestroom when the "old man" was at homo, and always accompanied him in the spider when ho Journeyed into town on Saturday. Thoy were rarely opened in public, because if the weather was wot the Doer stayed at homo. An umbrella is not considered noccssary on horseback, horse-back, as a rule, but tho Boer carried it hero Just the sauio as ho did when driving in his spider, and often used it as a whip to urgo his stcors on. Outfitter. |