The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-04-14
7From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A wOMAN-HATER.
A SINGULAR STORY.

most singular specimen Of the her
nit to be found, probably, anywhere
in all this country, His single log
cabin, sitting like a ragged beg
gar" 200 yards to the right of the
turnpike from Winchester to Boones-
borough, seldom fails to attract the
Ieye of the traveller in these parts
f"Squat like a toad, as if trying to
barrow itself under ground and out
of mortal sight, its low, fat roof, its
dumpy, daubed, dirt chimney, its
closely barred, single door and
eight .by-:en-inch window, all seem
constructed with the special view Of
repelling the approach Of man
Shut up in this den, the monarch of
all he surveys, another, and this
time voluntary, Alexander SelIirk,
dwclls the hermit son of one Of the
wealthicst men in the neighborhood
---Coalby Quissenborry, Jr.
The Quissenberry and the Bush
connection Is 'he most numerous u
are descendants of old Capt. Billy
Bush, who came to Kentucky with
Daniel Boone, ana VINO MADE Sucil a
iudicious selection of wild lands that
his posterIty, generation after gen
Grafton are content to i've ana alo
within the limits OF the BUSH settle
mont 'of this ancient ana honora-
bic stock comes the genius OF the
whole lock" Dung Coaloy as
he IS known II that nei9hborhood.
Many years ago Coalby Quissen-
berry, Jrv drilted out to Texas win
me young men who were seeking
fortunes IN that golden land lie
was then gay fond OF company, and
in every way companlona6le, But
in few months he put in appear
anee, very unexpectedly, at home,
gloomy, suIlen and reticlent' lis
antipathy to the female sex was SO
strong that he refused to speak to his
mother, or to tolerate her, or any
Other woman in his presence. lie
developed INTO a thorough misan-
thorpe, with apecullar mania against
the female sex generally, both brute
and human.
These facts the writer got from q
friend a few months ago, as he was
riding by the hermlt.s cabin, and,
beemS deeply impressed with the
character OF the singular subject,
suggested that we should rae by
and interyle" the woman hater.-
II irst ascertain saId ne, "tne sex
OF the animal you ride. IT 1t IS a re-
male Iulsson3orrY would go INTO
hystefc on the discovery lie
would BURN The. gate Ioa fode
through the tree you nitched 10,
and almost aiG up ana maui away
the very son you rode over IN ms
enclosure
Finding we were aoack OF one OF
the DISTINGUISHED animals 1t was with
considerable disappointment we were
competed TO iorego an lnIofFie",--
lie had sought TINS most secluded
spot OF me 1amiiy iands 70 puila MS
CABIN. Hia hair ana oeard gro" IN
"iId ProiasloH; ne makes ms own
garments winch hang loosely ana
a~kwardly about HIM, tlli5 ms own
corn and potato patch gr,inds ms
meat on fana MILL does MS own
cooking, Washing sewing cite, and
steals out but once a month, at night
to garner up such things as he IS M
debted to the outside word for, and
beyond this will admit Of 40 inter
course with men. As to whether he
conceived his aversion to "the sex
from a jilting he received in Texas
OF elsewhere, he has never spoken.
In fact he has not been heard to
speak dozen words IN as many
years. LOOK lhere, salu our
friend, edo YOU see that fence panel
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tbo ne;ab6oring Farms. crossed 0pis-
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