Connecticut western news., 1885-07-29

BY MRS. REBECCA HARDING DAVIS.
 David, with his uncle and sister, had ridden far into the Balsam mountains of North Carolina one day, leaving the bridle-path behind them and pushing their way through the underbrush of laurel and rowan, when storm over took them
 There should be hut on the bank of this stream" said her uncle, "if my memory does not fail me"
 "I see it." said David. "But it is more like piggery than Q dwelling for human beings, like most of the houses of these mountaineers."
 "These mountaineers are kindly, honest folk, whatever their houses may be, and lam never afraid to claim a welcome, which cannot always say of those who live in the cities," his uncle retorted.
 The welcome in this case was given cordially. The hut was built of logs, between which were wide cracks; the rain beat in and ran down the floor.
 "I like plenty of air." said their hostess, piling up logs on the hearth. Her bed was a mattrass of husks-it filled one corner, rough pine table another; heap of sacks fulY of roots lay piled near the door. The cooking utensils were coffee e-pot and two iron frying -pans. The woman stirred some corn-meal with water, filled one of the pans, put on the lid, and covered it with hot ashes; the other held a siz- zling mass of fat pork.
 "Yes, we're very comfortable" she said, proudly, observing Polly's curious glance "Got everything snug and genteel. I'd be powerful sorry to live like some folks"
 David followed his uncle out to the covered shed, where he sat looking at the pelting storm. "I never supposed any human being lived in such soli- tude," he exclaimed. "Why she has not left the mountain for twenty years; she never has seen town larger than the village of Waynesville-she did not know there was any larger"
 '.StilT it is impossible for any living beings to shut themselves off from their kind. If you look little farth- or, you will be surprised to find how widely connected this poor lame creat- ure is with the rest of the world.
 "This coffee, which is making such comfortable smell just now, came to her from the far-off Brazils; black bearded mulattos picked 1t for her on the shores of the Amazon; other slaves In the West Indies grew her the pep per which she is sitting on the meat English mill-hands in Manchester uove her Sunday calico gown; mild eyed Chinaman gave her, tea; even this hen clucking at my feet came ,som eggs from Poland.
 "There is scarcely State in the Un' ion which has not it's part in this poor little hut. Here is an axe; Pennsylva nla gave the iron, Connecticut tht handle. Here is sugar from Louisiana rice from Georgia shoes from Massa chusetts."
 "The world is very liberalto the olc woman." said David laughing. "Sh' ought to give something in exchange
 "Perhaps she does. We will lool into that presently. I told you tha we were all closely bound together In well-furnished city house there i scarcely country in the world whicl is not represented, if you choose t search it out. You ask what the ol' woman sends back. Come, let us as, her. What is in the bag, for example
 "Roots-Angelica." promptly Tt sponded their hostess. "Pays eigh Sents in the pound, delivered in tn village wonder. The doctors use in the North to cure nervous people That next bag-But set up, set uI dinners ready. Fall to, young folks there's plenty of it, such as it is," hos pitably urging great chunks of hot jor nycake on them and delicious yello1 butter. David and' Polly "fell to with good will -
 "The other bag, you were about sayP" suggested their uncle.
 'Oh yes; ginseng. I gather hear of that 'ere. My son takesit to tt store and it issshipped to New Yorl Ian0 from there to China. Them'poc heather wilFpayits weight in gOldaf' iBomo F'nds of glLseng. don't kno what rheysdo witDE though"
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