The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-10-24
silent ;4 Fl Forty Years
lIancas.ef. Pa New Era.

Lancaster. Pa New Era. '9I y j
A singular case of domestic ihfe.
llicity,, extending Vver5a operio,l,i Of
iorty years, COMES if0ui Media, Della
ware scoNDly. On the, proyiderre
road, q, mile and = half from McdIs,
lives Mrs. Isssc X ariiafl. whose hus.
band, tor forty years prior TO
iliS deniise.9 lIicll occurred a4icw
yesrsIagv peyerIaJiressed, q word to
hisIwiie. TIC latter did likewise.
though they both lived undor the
same ROOF during allo Those years.
Mrs.. Isrhsll. who Is now 94y years Of
wye, in spokeni,oi ss being n quiet,
kjhd and cleyer ncighboi, lhough ex-
trsordinsriiy lleadstropg. This char
scteristic, II IL said, was the principal
feature in the COMPOSITIONS OF herihu
baud, who othrrwise .bpre, tho repu-
itaiisn Of be,ng lair aud square man.
This same siubbornIlcrs was not
sloue confined to the pareiits. for The
tfrec daughters and two Sons were
hnbucdl with itio ailre,narksblo de-
gree. The only children living are
the daughters, not oIc Of WHOM has
exchanged y Word with ono another
for years, though they too dwell to-
gethor with fheiinothcr in The farm
'housc. These pceuliarities Of the
1taiYiiy sre kuown 10, all the farmers
for miles AROUND. What at first APP
peared SsurIjrising and iuexpllcablc,
has become ~ commonplace that the
Islrsnge doings .of the Yarnalls have
long ceased 10 be tho subject OF COM
ulent among the country folks or that
sect Ion. Isaac yarnaip wss aiipindus-
trious and thrifty tiller Of the soil.
liei plsdlcds along diligeptly and
saved his hard ,earued dollars until he
wnassed sufficient 10 purchase d hun.
dred acre farm. This he worked nur,
III tiis death, Hndo by jadtcions ipr
vestInents managed TO feave, bahind
him the snug some OF t25, 600. on
which the family are now living.1 ~
The trouble between himself and
wife was brought about ir this way :
Mrs. Yarnsll was bcquesthed Q srnall
sum ofnl0ney byia relative, which
her husband desired to, use in pur-
chssing farming Implements ohd 9th
srwise Improving the property. Ills
better half said no. lshac vowed that
unless hs was gwen the, money, he
would never speak another word 10
her. True to his vow he s:esdiastlyl
refrained IRON speaking for forty,
long years. Tho danghters. who
|Dwefe nothing moro, than mere cllil-
dren when thls falling out occurred,
tried TO get the, ,motller aud father to
make up, but failed wy ieaFf al
Reared under euchsm roundings, Il
Ia moi surprising that wi hen the girls
grew, ITO q womaiihoOd they should
take sides with their disagreelng par
cuts. Que upheld The father another
the mother, while the third, after
yainly try ing, 10 bring sbont a har-
Inonious feeling bet geen all hands,
became, dishesrtened aud gave up the
task. The daughters have. since ethey
qusrreled, alwsys ignored each 9TH
er's presence. AT ltlisJssher'a funeral
q carriage was provided for the girls
to convey them TO tho cemetery.
When the funeral cortege was was
leaving the llanse the girls found HAT
they were expected TO ride together
Thsy 1t first rdflsed. Api persistent
coaxing aud the fear OF crcatipg q
scene sufficcd to induce shein to stifle