High Life

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 16, 18 April 1907, Page 7

High Life

t A certafin port-ion of Prance is called the turpentine district, •asit is largely gt-ven over to the production of turpentine iiha't exudes from the enormous number of maritime pine _ trees. The process of obtaining the turpentine makes one think cf the way maple sugar is made in America. ' A' shingle is inserted in _ the tree, and from it is hung a small pail, into which the turpentine drips in a tiny stream,j»Eta,ctej year the incision in the tree has to be made" at "aY .greater height; and on this account a most sin«uiarl custom prevails. . ' !§ All of the workmen use great s'ti-lts, Upon wh-ichl they stride about, examining. t% Ilitftle H^lP^Sdil emptying them when full, alttogn%u>y may iPSE! lws; many fe^t from Iln p-rdMnd. These stilts are usu-1 ally about sixteen feet 33$%Z8S*F$5£. workmen wear! I Tjhem all day, just as steadily as they wear - theiri boots or jackets. - 3 * f F" i The men who. useful. Indeed; -"neatly gion live, as one may say, up in the air* Each stilt>i wearer carries a long staff, which has a round, flail top, upon which Jh.e^its to rest 0%. when Weats hisi d TO^ 11 r t fVs h %-?9g$ h <w r *fr^§'a\fiTOßPiSigßi|-to seel and* sixWtfMeet above ""tKe" groufi%. "^ jl i'HJ33Hfts cM^f *6lly child, - I. 1 They polled ah4m.^i^lsprim, & (And Deaths iwfth* scythe* *$nd hour-glass bad - I ,„ ,Oalled round to wait on him- > & JMTJie mother wept, the father som&^^ §s **- 1 For death looked very sure, ' | .-. — —— I Through Woods' Great -Peppermint Cure.