The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-11

introduced to the assemblage eonvene'
TO welcome him by Col. G. A. Henry
of Clarksville, and irdulged in interest
ing "reminiscences of cid times, aome q
which We quote:
SOCIAL MANNERS IN OLD TIMES.
When left here sixty years ago, in
dnstry aud economv we're he handmade
of viEynre, eontentment, ard happiness
The women and girls clothed the fami
l.. cooked the meals and did the varioui
sork, all contented and happy, volun
tarily laboring to secure a competenc,
for the household. Families in those dayi
were not enervated and ruined by lux
uries-what is called high living ant
fashion. They were clothed at home b,
their honest labor, the boys in thei'
jeans and coperss cotton, and the girls ir
their beautiful stripes of cotton and
linsey. Dresses were made to fit theil
persons and develop their natural and
beautiful forms. One cannot tell now
which is the girl and which is the dress
| have looked about over this large as
sembly to see il could not find one OF
those beautiful striped dresses setting of
the rosy mountain pinks of the present
day, but the ancient customs have dis
appeared since have been gone. In
that day but few mothers and daughter,
ever had calico dress, to say nothing
of the silks, ca-hmeres, muslins, grapes,
and pOplins of the present day.
In those days we had our sugar campe,
made our own sugar; coffee was bought
st our commercial cities and only used
on Sundays. Milk, the best and mos I
healthy beverage in the world, was daily
used, and the rose bloofned and PLAYED
upon every girls cheek. There was no
calcmel doctors bill to pay. We had
meeting houses in those DAYS made of
logs and clap boards. We called it go
ing 20 meeting. Theelegant phrase nov
is TO attend church, and go in buggies
and carriages. We walked from three
TO five miles in going to meeting, play
ing with the girls all the way. ! have
seen not further than i've miles from thie
place, from City to one hundred Iadie,
walking barefooted to meeting, carrying
their shoes and stocking in their hands
and on arriving sitting down along III,
branch, washing their beautiful feet.
putting on their stockings and shoes.
preparatory to going in. There is .
charm in pretty foot.
In ancient times | have seen at ore
of those camp meetings the forked
lightning PLAYING over the Iargest as
semblages, and the wild thunder leapin.
from head to head, and have seen
hundred women with the jerks, the ri
suit of religions enthusiasm. In those
days orr women did not deform thei
persons with artificial works about tie
head in tue form of rats, chignons and
water-falls; there was no rouge, bespa,-
tering the rosy cheek. destroying it's nai
ural beauty, nor were their beautif !
forms destroyed BY the hoop or hustle
there was no one taken in by artificial
false appearances. In those DAYS oui
beautiful women had long, natural black
hair, some auburn, some red, with di-
ferent shades of color. They wore il
plated, forming beautiful crescent NJ =
on the head, and when the stream o.
eloquence copiously flowed over tbs
large assembly, when all the fires were
lit up, have heard this plated hair
pop like the crack of wagon whip.
Girls and boys did not in those days
wear shoes until they arrived at the ag,
of twelve. The boys helped tend tn,
crop in the summer and went to the old
Pennyroyal school with the girls in the
winter. In old times we had the favor
ite reel called "McCioud." When the
word was given, "hands all round, set
to and face your partners" giving TIC
each full space to display their activity
and gymnastic skill in the various steps
of ancient times have seen several
sets at the same time, both boys and girl
cutting the single and double pigeon
wing, which caused thrill of excite
ment and emotions equal to the brilliant
flights of an eloquent speaker.
A STORY ABOUT GEN. Jackson.
Many are the interesting scenes OF
Jackson'e life which his biographer
Parton, has omitted and not brought to
light. When boy l saw him scare and
put 10 flight twenty thousand men. The
occasion was this: Grey Hound Ken
tucky horse. had beaten Double Head.
Tennessee horse, and they were after
ward matched for five Thousand dollars
side, to be run on the Glover Bottom,
course. My uncle, Josephus H. Conn
carried me on horseback behind him ic
see.the race. He set me ON a fence and
told me to remain until he returned
There must have been twenty thousand
persons present. never witnessed such
fierce betting between the States. Money
and negroes were put mp. A large
pound was filled with horses and ne
groes bet on the result of this race
The time had now arrived for the com
petitors TO appear en- the track. hearf
some loud talking, and looked down tn,
track, and saw for the first time Gen
Jackson riding slowly on gray horse
with long pistols held in each hand.
think they we're as long as my arm, and
had a mouth that ground squire
could enter. In his wake followed my
uncle. Conn, Stokeley Donelson, Pattol
Anderson, and several Others, as fierc'
as buli dogs. As'Gen jackson led tn,
van and approached the judges stand
he was rapidly talking and gesticula
ting. As he came by me, he said tha
he had irrefragable proof that this wa
TO be a jockey race; that Grey Houn,
was seen in the wheat field the night be
fore, which disqualified him for the race
and that his rider was to receive fv
hundred dollars to throw il off, and b,
the eternal God he would shoot the frs