Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1881-12-23


considerations. Those grand old men
couldn't have withstood the hard
ships aud braved the dangers that
surrounded them " they had not been
fed on good bread. IL is my religious
belief that mean bread will not only
make man puny but pusillanimous,
aud Il long INDUCED in will set him
to stealing. "lf can meet with q
second, l move the adoption OF the
dutch oven IN every well'regulated
family.
now THE OLD INDIAN FIGHTERS LIVED
A person endowed with keener
mental vision and more vivid imsg'
ination than ! have. could get pretty
clear insight into the home lite of our
ancestors by close inspection Of these
old records. Their mode of lite. their
ideas OF literature, their style OF dress,
their diet, the quality and quantity
Of their household furniture, the kind
of farming implements they used aud
the many and varied difficulties aud
dangers that attended their situa ton,
all are revealed more or less distinctly
in the old yellow papers which have
lain undisturoed for full century in
the Lincoln county clerks Office. But,
as matter Of course, to derive from
them all that they suggest would re-
quire good deal OF time devoted to
their examination and good deal OF
study by the investigator-much more
than ! can give to the task. To IL
lustrate the idea l have attempted to
advance rather than to undertake to
make a pen picture of those early
settlers as they appeared IN their
wilderness homes, viii give here
from inventories and sale bills some
items which have hastily and i'm.
meihodically culled;
Among the personal effects OF Ma
thaniel Hart who died in 1888, and
who was quite wealthy as is evidenced
by his will in which he gives to each
OF his children 1000 acres of good
land, ] select the following;
Eighteen negroes (among whom
are the rather singular names Of Cuff,
Big Jack, Little Jack, Hercules.
England and Duke valued at from
$40 to fl0O each. Some of all kinds
of live stock. his flock OF sheep, how
ever, consisting wholly of zone RAM
farming implements, such as plows,
broad hoes, grubbing hoes. household
furniture in the form of beds. two
chists, table, parcel Of china (decid-
eddy aristocratic this was, he being
the only man in the settlement who
could show anything grander than
deli and pewter) His kitchen fur.
niture was tea kettle, small brass
kettle, small pot, large pot and two
"dutch ovens. Besides these are
handsaws. whipsaws,ham
mers, flax wheels, cotton wheels, loom.
40 pounds worn pewter, 4 rifle guns,
2 smooth bores, "a bells, silver watch,
silver hiltsd sword and a pocket-pis-
toll. The above is pretty fair sam.
pie Of the personal inventories OF
that period, though there are some
articles not contained in it which al
most every other settler had as ap'
pears from their estate papers. OF
these | may mention powder and lead,
Duiiet-moids, gun-nints' tomaha"ks,
birthstone and salt'petre FUSED to
make POWDER pewter dishes, plates
aud spoons. But few seem to have
possessed wagons, Only two kinds
OF plows are Northumberland and
Barshares pronounced by the old
timers Barsheer.)
Decidedly the most interesting in
ventory have examined is that Of
MIR. Clough Overtoh. 1t clearly re-
veals that he was a gentleman who
believed in good clothes and plenty OF
them, was given to amusemenis and
y. L Il