Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-01-10

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tiAting upon the speeding qualities of
his charge tho crowd was constantly
augmenting in size-a curious. hetero-
genoous congregation Of people, who
came IN boats from the Virginia shore
aud IN the cars from the back counties
in Maryland This year. how
ever. the attendance has not
been confn ii exclusively TO
rs,denis of the immediate neigh
borhOod, hut Philadelphia, New
York. Baltimore aud Washington haye
contributed largely to swell the crowds
from the rural districts. Conspicuous
among this great audience are the
colored people. who regard the event
rs holiday and are always present in
full forcs.
These pennings take place annual
ly in August, and for weeks great
preparations are made By the people
20 attend them. The avant courier is
the corpulent colored woman with her
toothsome squares Of old-fashioned
gingerbread and spruce beer. TIL c
rapid development OF internal improve
ments and the memorable march of
progressive intelligence have some
what shorn these pennings OF their
antique and novel features, but there
is still much left 10 make them pro
foundedly interesting and highly
amusing to the Northern spectator
Il is almost impossible 10 learn any
thing as TO the origin of the Chin
colleague pony. The oldest inhabitant
can not give correct or intelligent
version Of whence he came. They all
have their theories. some of them
plausible enough in their way, but
there Is lack Of authenticity in these
narratives that leave impressions Of a
dubious character A great many claim
that they are al offspring Of the pony
of the Shetland Isles and must
have found their way to Chincoteague
from large steamer that was wrecked
on the island before 1t was inhabited.
Certain 1t is. at one time they roamed
the island in vast numbers, but when
the great storm of forty years ago de-
vastated the country and almost sub
merged Chin colleague, it came near an
them.
In size the Chincoteague pony APP
proximaies that of the Shetland. The
hair on their bodies is thick and shay
", and their names and tails are long
and glossy. They are strong, hardy
little fellows, roaming wild on the ex-
IRENE southern end Of the island, feed.
ing on the hay and tender roots which !
grow in luxurious abundance in the |
salt marshes bordering on the bay and |
he Atlantic Ocean. When they are
brought in they arc divided off into
what is known in the vernacular as
herds, and each herd has its own pc
culiar mark or brand TO distinguish it
from the others and thus obviate the
difficulty of dispute as TO identity and
ownership when corraled for branding.
These branding.irons are made accord
ng to the notion Of the owner. repre-
enting the initials, stars. spear-heads, ]
ROSES. ETC.. and are easil"
.uishodisweeGiaeT meeting of the Berlin a a,
edical Society, Prof Mendel intro :,
ccd a patient. well-to-do mechanic
no regularly at nine O'clock in the
orning loses the power Of speech and J.
Earring, remaining deaf mute until
K o'clock Of the following morning.
rom six to nine o clock he hears and
peaks rs well as anybody. This pc
uliar trouble showed itself first last
ear rs n sequel to an cpileptic attack.
he patient, whose mental powers have
OF suffered, exhibits another curious
If certain spot in the
oint Of the right hand - 3
PRESSED, he is Mt once
Ieized with commissions; If
. certain spot on the right upper arm
= pressed, the commissions instantly
disappear. Prof. Mcndel made this
experiment twice before the assembled
physicians. He was unable to give
he cause of these abnormal condi-
ions, but considered them related to
he hysterico-epileptic manifestations
ometimes seen in women. Their
'rigin ia probably to be sought in a
temporary interruption of the nerve
functions involved in the process of
hearing and speaking. Prof Mendel
aid that there was but one analogous
,ase on record. but that he hoped to
bring about a cure.-M y Post