The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-06-07
kFrcm Flint's Letters.1
THE WESTEpM. co,-,.

| 'oA fHnt's Letters.
IHE WESTERN COUNTRY
Kentucky has great mapv bana.ouo
villages. Every County in the fao,;,e
p p mas at least oRe such. On The
canks OF the Ohio, which are exposed "a
ieYer and ague, the Inhabitants have
pare ana sallow cast of countenance Az
soon as you depart from the Ohio. and
ma yourself in the region of hills and
springs. you will now here see fairer ard
fresher compilations, or fuller and finer
lorms' than you see in the young mon
and women, who are generally exemn,-
eu rom The necessity of labor. They
nave a mild and temperate climate a
country producing the greatest abnn.
udnce, and sufficiently old to have pes-
sesseo Itself OF all the comforts OF life
Inc people live easily and pIentif1llv
and on the 7" finest of the wbeat.,, Tbs
| circumstances, under which they arc
born, Tend to give them the most ners
,ect development of person and form.
IL struck me that the young native Ken
tuck'ans were. in general, the largest
race that had seen. There was obvf.
ous' at once, considerable difference ,
OF manners between the people of This
and the opposite States. that thew do
not possess slaves. The villages are
full of people, that seem to have nlen.
" OF Leisure: The bell of the court
house, for their villages co = nIgIft
hours previous notice, generally assem-
BILE full audience, to what is here
technically called "a preaching 1t
was easy to see, in the complexion.
manner, and dress of the audience. a
greater exemption from personal labor.
than had witnessed elsewhere. Strik-
ing marks of rustic opulence appear i'm
pressed upon every thing here. There
is great difference in the manners of
the taVerns here, from those Of the AT
lantIc towns. The public houses assem-
BILE a great number of well dressed
boarders, townsmen and Strangers
The meals are served up with no small
degree of display and splendor. The
lady hostessis conducted by some dandy
TO her chair, at the head of the table.
which seems TO be post of no small
honor, and which she fills with suita.
BILE degree of dignity,
/ The ease and opulence, that are 50
visible in the appearance of the people.
are equally so in the houses, their an.
pendages and furniture. Travelling
through the villages of this fertile re-
gion, where the roads are perfectly
Il good, and where every elevation brings
you in view of noble farmhouse in
the midst of IFS orchards. and sheltered
, by its fine groves of forest and sugar.
maple trees, you would scarcely realize
> that the first settlers of the country.
). and they men of mature age when they
!. settled it, were, some of them, still liy-
!. ing. Every thing is young or old only
o by comparison. The inhabitants, who
! are more enthusiastic and national than
4 the other western people, and look with
a la proud disdain upon the younger
States, designate their own State, with
) the veneration due TO age, by the name
o of cold Kentucky" TO them it is the
}. home of all that is good, fertile, happy,
n and great. As the English are said 10
ri go to battle with song extolIing their
r roast beef, instead of saying their pray
ers, so the Kentuckian, when about 10
r. encounter danger, rushes upon it, cry
ing, Hurra for old Kentucky Every
;, one in the western country has heard
= the anecdote, that Methodist preach.
er from this Stale, in another State
a was preaching, and expatiating upon the
! happiness Of heaven. HaviOg gradual
! ly advanced towards the cap of bis eli
4 max, In Short" said he, stmy broth.
- rem, to say all in one word, heaven is a
- Kentuck of place.
The Sea Elephant--It is curious 4
81. remark, says Mr. Weddel, in the ac
u, count Of his late voyage towards thu
Isl South Pole, that the Sea Elephant
IL when lying on the sea shore, and whe
a. threatened with death, will ofte
ed make.no effort 70 escape into the .watel
n but lie still and shed tears, only raisin
Sc the head TO look at the assailants, an
en- though very timid, will wait with con
re-. posuEe the club or the lance whic
r. takes his life. In close contact, ever
MS human effort would be of little ava
IN for the destruction Of this animal, u
al wieldly as il ia, were il to rHsh forwa