The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-05-02
Mountain In kentucky.

True enough. one-half of the word
does not know the ofher half i've.
There are old people ia the mountains
of Kentucky COW who have never seen
a grain Of te. or coffee in their lives
Not tong since heard jealous Sun
day school missionary for the mountain
districts OF Kentucky. preaching about
the deSttuIiou in thar country. enforce
his remarks with the following incl
deu':
A Young theological student fran
somewhere down east. who knew Tar
more of books than human ls,stisr. aGd
wi hal very delicate aud nervou, body
ia whom tea was an Indispensable hev-
erage came TO the mountain, Of Ken
lucky 10 Improve his heath. aud DO
good AT the same time, 10 these p'aiu
poor people BY way Of precaution he
pound canister Tie pnt up for the
eight in a plsin lpg cabin, worn with
the lab ~ 81 the day -, d NJ tea
To hi, hostess: Madam cant you
make me a cup of tea in the snorninr?
Oh. ye>; can cook anything 'ha'-
cooked -
The young man hahded her his eau
i>ter aud a~ceuded stick ladder {"
his bed in the toli Next morning y
said he preacher, they kept Whiting
for him 10 come down. aud lie keep
uniting for them to invite him dowri
for he did not ku0w whether the lnd;es
below were ali up and dressed. bat ii
he had had common sense. added the
preacher. by way OF parrn,heeis, he
could have p~eped through. lac crack
and seen for himself But at lust lie
sen'uced down; aGd What Was his hor-
ror when he saw four or five little white
headed mouutane"r- rolling the ompiy
tea canister over the h5or iu the mean
time the good lady Of the house came
III. her cap strings sirea ming in the
wind and wi,h her hes, smile on: Il
was not certain about shem dried greens
you gave me last night, but l went 10
The smoke house and cut "A piece OF
mild.ipg aud pat ihem all together III
the pot. aud when rhey began 4" an,
kiuk iheu | kno~ed | wa~ right The
loss Of all h> "guopowder' in Que
night put au cud to thal sumQ1vf s cam
pniEn.
Those mpuataneer4, said the mis-
si,nary. have sovereign contempt
tor snv man from he bluegrass ~hV
does not ennw everything Thy know
aud more too This Young preacher
etfcc;usllv ruined hi ,riu~"sc a. g.
them One morning he MIS- washing
his face lrnm tin pau ~ stump ia
,be yard when deer c,,me bounding
through ;he yard fle threw down the
bowl cf water and took af.er it as hand
i, he could 20 Now, they slid, any
man that dru I know he can't ke'ch i
deer foot, must be a born fool.
A young >prig of nobility from the
'hlu-grass rode up iuto the mountains
On business quite uumbsr - yrar-
ago, where he first M, Mr. --,
overheard the conversation oa the train
between these uug old irieud-
Muuntaueer Wei Nj Bluegrass,
DO you rrB,eM er your first VII; % our
country? You had on the first pair 0:
overshJes / ever saw. ani I said 10
myself, il these mountain boy> don
strip YOU uf them l"gU!c shoes | wont
know the res-on why
"Ye-. said Bluegrass Il remem
btr TOO The hotel put ny az 'ha, uisht,
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nIT' a.5 wa'rh ~Lor, What - thaf?
aid Que Of those bouncing girls.
My watch -"
Watch-whats that for2 never
seed the like Of that before "
The laudiady spreud Aown some
- rs. wheuSpuiT and cut wcu'
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