Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-19

ing, playing with the girls all tn
way. have seen not further thai
five miles from this place, from fift,
to one hundred ladies walking bare
footed tOmeeting, carrying their shoe
and stockings in their hands, and. OF
arriving sitting down along the brancl
washing their beautiful feet, puttinl
on their stockings and shoes, prepara
tory to going in. There is q charm il
pretty foot.
In ancient times have seen at on
of those camp-meetings the forke'
lightning playing over the largest as
semblages, and the wild thunder leap
ing from head TO head, and have seel
hundred women with the Jerks, tn
result of religious enthusiasm. In thos
days our women did not deform thei
persons with artificial works abou
the head In the form of rats, chignonl
and waterfalls; there was no rouge
bespattering the rosy cheek, destroy
ing its natural beauty, nor were thei
beautiful forms destroyed by the hooI
or hustle; there was no one taken II
by artificial, false appearances. II
those days our beautiful women haC
long, natural back hair, some auburn
some red, with different shades o.
color. They wore it plated, forming
q beautiful crescent upon the head
| and when the stream of eloquence
| copiously flowed over the large as
sembly, when all the fires were lit up,
l have heard this plated hair pop like
the crack of a wagOn-whip. Girls and
boys did not IN those days wear shoes
until they arrived at the age of twelve
] The bows helpod tsnd tL.o-0rOfJf m the
summer and went to the old Penny
royal school with the girls in the win
ter. In old times we had the favor
ite reel called 'Mrs. Cloud" When
the word was given, Glands all round,
set-to and face your partners, giving
to each full space TO display their ac-
tivity and gymnastic skill in the vari-
GUS steps of ancient times, l have
seen several sets at the same time,
both boys and girls, cutting the sim
gle and double pigeOn-wing, which
caused thrill of excitement and emo
tions equal to the brilliant flights of
an eloquent speaker.
A RATTLEsNAKE STORY.
II it will not fatigue you, ladies, I
will tell you a snake scene Of the old
en- times. A neighbor, with a wife
and one child, built his cabin on a fat
rock among the cliffs. The rock fur
nished him with a substantial floor,
impervious to floods but not to snakes.
Upon this rock Peter built his cabin;
his winter fires were built in the CEN
ter of the house; the chimney stack
of rocks and mud protruded through
the roof and carried off the smoke.
The fires being kept during the win
ter upon this floor, early in the spring
thawed the snakes. He and his wife
and child ocoupiedi their only bed in
q corner, elevated some two feet from
the rock. Just before day, he was
awakened by the crawling of snakes
over the bed, and their Kissing all
over the house. He soon became sat
isfied that his cabin was infested with
snakes. 1t was dangerous to attempt
to walk across the rock floor to the
door, as he could not avoid being en-
veloped by snakes, so he whispered to
his wife to cover up her head and
that of the child with the bed clothes,
and hold them down, and remain in
that condition until his return, as he
was going to escape through the roof
of the house and bring her relief by
morning. He thus escaped, and
alarmed the neighbors, who assem-
bled at the break of day with guns
and ropes. They examined the situa-
tion and found that the floor and bed
were covered with snakes, They got
to the roof, made an opening, let
down ropes that had running nooses'
and after great care and difficulty
they we're placed under the arms of
his wife, and she, holding to her
child, they we're safely drawn up, and
thus saved from destruction.
A STORY ABOUT GENERAL JACKSON.
Many are the interesting scenes of
Jackson's life which his biographer,
Parton, has omitted and not brought
to light. When a boy 1 saw him scare
and put to fight 10000 men. The oc-
casiOn was this: GREY Hound, q Ken
lucky horse, had beaten Double-head,
a Tennessee horse, and they were af-
terward matched for s., 900 side, tc
be run ON the Glover Bottom Course
My uncle, Josephus II. Conn, carried
me on horseback behind him to see
the race. He set me on the cedar
and told me to remain until he re-
turned. There must have been 10000
persons present. 1 never witnessed
such fierce betting between the States.
Money and negroes were put uD. A
large pound was filed with horses and
negroes bet on the result of thisEaee.
The time had now arrived for the COM
petitOrs to appear on the track. I
heard some loud talking, and looked
down the track, and saw for the first
time General Jackson riding slowly
on gray horse, with long pistols held
in each hand. think they were as
long as my arm, and had a mouth that
ground squirrel could enter In
his wake followed my uncle Conn,
Stokely Donelson, Patton Anderson
and several others, as fierce as bull
dogs. As General Jackson LED the
van and approached the judges sand,
he was rapidly talking and gestimlat-
ing. As he came by me, he said that
he had irrefragable proof that this
was to be a jockey race, that Grey
Hound was seen in the wheat fieH the
night before, which disqualified him
for the race, and that the rider wastore-
ceive five hundred dollars to throw it
off, and by the eternal God he would
shoot the first man who brought his
horse upon the track; that the PEOPLES
money should not be stolen from
them in this manner He talked in
cesSantly, while the spittle rolled
from his mouth and the fire from his
eye. 1 have seen bears and wolves
put at bay. but he was certainly the
most ferOcious looking animal that I
had ever seen. His appearance and
manner struck terror into hearts of
twenty thousand people. If they felt
as L did, every one expected to be
slain. He announced to the parties
if they wanted some lead in their
hides, just bring their horses on the
track, for by the eternal he would
kill the first man that attempted to
do so. There was no response to this
challenge, and after waiting some
time, and they failing to appear,
/ General Jackson said It was q great
mistake in the opinion of some that
he acted hastily and without consid-
Grafton. He would give the scoun-
drels fair trial, and to that end he
would constitute a court to inYesti-
gate this matter who would hear the
proof and do Justice to all parties.
/ Thereupon he appointed a sheriff to
keep order, and five judges to hear
/ the case. Proclamation was made
that the court was open and ready TO
! proceed to business, and for the par
ties to appear and defend themselves.
Not appearing, Genl Jackson intro
duced the witnesses proving the brib-
ery,of Grey Hounds rider, who was to
| receive $500 to throw of the race,
having received 5000 in advance, and
that Grey Hound had been turned in
to the wheat field the night before.
He again called on the parties to ap-
pear and counteract this proof and
vindicate their innocence. They fail
| inc to appear. Gen1 Jackson told the