The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-25
THEIR HABITS.

While not filthy, the Guinea is far
from clearly. His house is always in a
state Of confusion, and all the domestic
animals OF the place are as much at hOme
in his kitchen as he himself. He tolls
indifferently five days in the week, ON.
tent to have Just enough to live on. The
sixth day he goes 10 town, and on the
seventh, after church, he hunts or fishes
or visits his most distant neighbor. The
men are always illy.dressed in jeans,
fashioned and made at home. The
women affect b~right.colored C%allcoes and
gorgeous stufIs, and their hats and bon.
nets are ribbon exposltlons. The women
are great gossips, spendinga large part Of
lheir time away from home.
In summer they pick and sell berries
and vegetables, or spend hours in fish
ing for bass in the swirls along the river.
Tho Guineas are clannistsin the extreme
and will not hesitate at perjury to serve
one Of their number. The children grow
up much as they please, and spend hours
wandering about the woods. Just now
q girl OF fourteen, a daughter Of the Nor.
ris family, is Creating a stir by her alleged
ability 10 converse with the dead. Some
wonderful tales arc told OF her powers, ii
being claimed that ahO can make spirits
appearin broad daylight and in the open
air, but the visitor must be content with
the assertions, for she does not display
her talent to the outsider. Miss Norris
Is not prettier, but is shrewder looking
than the girls with whom she associates
in Guinealand, and a Gupleness OF limb
and QulCkness Of speech suggest great
possibilities in mediumship In the hands
Of q careful trainer,
In politics they are %utllltarlan, and
vote for the none there Is in it-whisky
rates as high as cash; many prefer 1t.
They take no papers, receive no letters,
and II 10 doubtful liza dozen in the whole
colony know who Is President Of the
United States. They never 60 10 law
with one another, and generally refer
their disputes TO John Norrisrth richest
Guinea Of them all, q n0n worth proba.
bly, $4,000. His decision Is final.
With scarcely an exception, the Guinea
man Is six feet tall, finely proportioned,
with long black hair, coarse and straight
as an Indians. His cheek bones arc
angular, and again tho Indian Is sug.
gestod, but the eyes are plainly those OIL
an Ethlop, asin the thick lips, the broad,
fiat foot with projecting heel, aud the
dialect. Besides tho iargon used In
every day life, the GuineRs have a Ian.
guage they all speak, but which Is guard.
ed from the outsiders with religious care,
The children are not taught this language
until they arrive a. years Of discretion
and can DO trusted not 10 betray II.
The women arc shorter and Btouter
than the men, with fuller faces. Some
OF the younger ones arc not unpleasant
10 sec. All chew tobacco, and after mar
riago learn 10 smoke. Many Of then
have sandy hair, and a kirk iS otter
very noticeable, Men and women alike
look down on the common niger
and resent any imputAtlon that there h
either white or Indian blood In thei
veins.
VITO THEY ARE,
;, Tho four leading families arc the Nor
rises, Males, KennedyB and GuIneas
. These we're, a. near "a can DO ascertain
cd, the names Of the first corners. Twt
or three new names have since appear
cd, exactly how Is something Of mystery
but theit photography suggests a NOR
variation or combination Of these foul
Their name Guinea was given then
A Immediately after their arrival, and wa
auPVested by their description Of III
! land Of their origin, the primitive gees
=, rAphsp Of The Vicinity concluding the
came from the Guinea coast They aIs
had A considerable quantity Of very ye.
low cold beads which the not TOO Int
! lpent motAllutgist Of that day declare
! 10 be GuInea gold, II 10 more than prof.
/ able the lrSt Of thS rae IN o s1iS f0un ~