Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-30

slnsh, and face the weird Loneliness,
Is well n the growl of the bear and
cry Of the wildcat, iSmore than repaid,
With u pole 10 longer than IA buggy
whip, a lige half It's length and Il lew
worms, % hglf hours work will secure
II beautiful dinner. And amy man
who could not appn late "a half dozen
OF t.H.a hrgtl, NIGEL Drowned, Hank
ca b., "a 'gupi'ur' loa' md two cups of
strgIl!ar coffee. ougLl Ia be taken up
and srnG 70 school. 'e is not cdu-
called.
Ihmu~h la humm ok thn bears
Ll.e r2u-n win ding pat s, and along
,4e Dol ms Of the lGE thu other
81, &C. ita l~GTGnUOuS, Y aling about
T. ilr .U'iIU trcumStbU long EuCEDd
c..uv g'a,t n dun cylurol indian pul-
int. aUl lrch cNpr.jrn, secure
u..lrU .aa, end, prchcd U,r5n "a dead
lua1pu u..r glNau~lpgcyprgs4, the
l. watches for ,lnalna Dc, ISL.
~" Bod .-., with IT, ,i.G,-.aJt
sgIraUs '. "arS gpuyo igg tIue
tulS, l.N i1 -woap down uvJu TJ-
hlL .Gl.U,l cup lawn.
II-p.o hollow gUu tIgc The fri-)y
cu,s r.uuD Up@ui dowI. waiting Ior
tHr olG si!n bear 70 bring buck the
sweets fraM ~pme b,e tree which she
has uu.m.i DIl.
Ia Iii, vast jungle the roar of the
thunder sounds louder and more tnr.
ride. and the fash of tie lightning
seems more lurid and destructive.
Woe U-t!le the lucklpss alycuturcr
who loses his way in this tangled
wild wood and is compelled 10 PASS
the night here. To the horrors of
darkness aLd unknown DANGER are
added the most blood-curdliug sounds.
The Loar-e monotone Of the hulliru-,
the wa;.iT cry of the catamount. the
deep grows Of the bear disturbed in
his Nlumbyr, the cracking vi the cane
brake under the tread OF the puma,
the moVrIiAl boot Of the owl, and the
deSpairlug snrick of some animal that
has fallen a victim TO the wildcat are
enough To freeze the blood and wnilen
the hgi".
But there are some islands of high
hummock in the Okeefeenokee where
the sol! i, rich, and sugar cane, corn,
blacksrcd cotton, rlc and sweet pOta-
toes Will grow in great perfection.
There are indications that a few hun
bred feet below the surface there are
immense coal beds.
There are hooks of high. arabic land
which make into the swamp. many of
which are inhabited. These hooks, or
inlets Of high land, are called ''cow
houses" The name was given 10 them
because in the old times, when the
country beyond the Altamah- was
sparSely settled, the piopeers, who
owned large herds Of cattle, were &C
custOmcd 10 drive them into these in
lets, where they could find abundant !
paSturag"; and one maj 1t the gap or
moGIA If The inlet could guard hun. 4,
81 head OF cattle fran straying
OF.
Fr0m the Walker COW house the
Writer has seen men with rs ruddy
cheeks 80, cye seen i'm the mountains. |
and they claim that it is as healthy as
ans puTto OF Georgia. The people there
live ia u primitive style, making AN
al.@dancc OF everything that is need
4lyi-loGS and fruits of all kinds. !
At rare intervals they come out of the
COW house topurchaSc their salt, coffee
and tobacco. aud Ia attend their church
meetings Should a stranger ever Ell
ter The COW house he is entertained
like a prince and urged TO return.
ere a big hearted people. and the
OF hospitality are sacred among
them. Atlanta journal.