The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
THE riopEaN STONE AGE.
ssaay implements Made OF This s5n.e,l.
Sill Used Ia yfrerns,.

Sun tStd Ia sttE-t,-H
AL over our country we is.i f,eay il-
teresting relics Of the m,;isns. sSSSic
spearheads, arrowheads, hamuscrs, ciii-
sells, knives, scrapcrs, ETC., tegythor with
pottery, some of burned or ba$ed clay.
some cut FROM soft stone, as SLATE. si-atite,
etc. Similn; remnants of the ae.callel
stone age of mankind are found n nearly
every portion Of tho globe, ana. lnai,.es
their interest as curious survisEls IL n
bygone time, they aid Us toward q ,;is-
covely of the prehistoric man. itis
| hardly Of less interest. on Of lsss lita@e
or scientific vallr, to noto how t',,' f,tsne
age sill survives among Us 20 nN .la
extent.
Here IN Virginia. for instance ,a8ag
people still scsld their slaughtasel lpes
in hogsheads or barrels. as our Asss,Yaa
proportions boiled their meat III ss;sf. ~
heating stones and putting them iat9 iho
water until it is hot enough fGr tie sir-
pose. The stones ordinarily used II s3is
way are rounGish, hard, and very IL
black CT brown Aiodulcs. sometimes
called negro heads or irea stpacs,
although they are compressed ilya, up-
heased ia straia through cregisIs & 30
1meS .egast &c the Garth At renio i a.;
of geological time
We sometimes crccuutcr stores than
are followed out in the center cftsi; t0 u
socket, and these not infreorcrtls: arc
treasured by their finders as M snciaat
| Indian stcne for mashing or Gsiilsling
corn. with the aid Of stone rest,e; yet
| they are nothing more nor less, fo1 Tho
| most part, than discarded stcisca once
| used BY onr rural brethren for ther gates
to swing upon--inany gates in ,all parts
of the commonwealth being Still thus
pivoted.
Many housewife I'M remote country
regions still has her stone weights, nore
or less rough, but honest; wherever the
| old Kentucky ride fingers there is lll,eiy
| to be found still set Of soarstoao bullet
mods; our log cabins yet have rough
stone and clay chimneys, where they are
not of mud and sticks; in manya hsinble
household thin rock, not alwavs
| smooth. is the utensil for halling corn
bread: and the stone "nash trap is
familiar to all our country boys. The
| stone pipe, believed BY many TO has.
gone out with the Indian, il made i,nt.
used today by many colored folks ;inl by
no few white folks. Whenever sbaD-
stone, or steatite, is found, not only the
| stone pipe, but many other articles sup
posed to be archaic, are still manniae-
tCrod and put to service by the ingenious
and thrifty. In such localities stone
pans Stone trouShs for children, etc, are
still common. Some day they viii DO
| dug up and attributed 10 the Indians, or
even to their predecessors. A little IN
quiry and investigation wonld show
much more of the stone age still hero
than we have adverted to.
1t is not rare to see stone sinkers in use
| for lines and nets IN fishing; the flint is
not yet superseded wholly by the match;
there are clocks ii the land yet run 10y
stone weights; stone novels, with dirt
roofs, are not unknown in our noun
tains; the colored ruflian, ard sometimes
the white one, carries stone in a stock
ing, along with his razor, when on the
warpath; many cider press and tobacco
press are still made effective by stones
swung at the end OF their lever; and our
small boys are all in their stone age
whenever they can give their natures fun
and free play.
| We are not so far Off from the stono
age man as some imagine; many OF the
Implements and relics supposed to bo
prehistoric, and doubtless SO III many
cases, have their modern duplicates, and
in some instances are all in use among
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