The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-29
any IN SOCIAL EVOLUTION
..o,,,ans Of Ninety Years ago
he1' and Of To-day.
Iyo~,aarsS

.A.-cl-iaDS OF ~N--@-1
kenIu0i-e and Of To-day.
lines lane Allen in Harper's.
.,an+b century opened gravely
me M L-an+nckians. Little akin es was
for INC Of the people to the Puritans' lie
the 'I-' -, had been almost as granltlc IN
aniOL7 illness and ruggedness ana ug ~ the
Us i;sf Perhaps the one = ea ct f. 70
unrelitL hat had been perfectly Tree 10
country -, Il chose was the bowlng ana
4 dance "i bnfraIo. The only thing In the Iog
4 retlr NJ bo+ had sung from morning III
CABIN L. the summing wheel. NOT mach
81 night WI 80 women but danger, anxiety,
benihu cessation, mOurnful Tragedies
a vlgils' - of them but might ntly
sareiy 70 her loom and woven herseli
have sontt ~ sorrow. Not much behlnd
gaI ll9 -,, bnt telling of trees, clearing OF
thos55 ~ Of houses, opening OF ROADS,
land ~ 1roblems of state, desolatlDS
disA SUI the republic. Most OF them, per-
var - ND remember the time wnel IL was
Das 11,,,rnon a fate among tne1l lOr d in a..
=, i-iIlad that for one to lie DOWN anu ule
orot,Iral death seemed alnosUan uuna. .I a.
1..,rrence. Many must nave nau ia Uno -
& aces the sadness that was III 'no l"0o u
Ll Il-caribeIass almost from the first. there
Ne N.ao I'm ont among the Kentucklans some
nAl ontsDeaking outactlng exhioltionS
u o. ., boront animal vigOr. OF unbrldled
OF eAIV sairifs. Some of these were slngu-
au -lit-a1d faithfully enough in the ancestral
~ - English sports and relaxatlons-dog
ven. y, and cock fighting, rifle target
s. Ae'4iT, wrestling matches, foot racing
snr tba men. and quarter racing for the
III - 'no Without any sense of making
mo- seo,I or of becoming themselves a
p sPeotScle in history, they were always
9sodv TO form an impromptu arena
I.a I'd institute athletic games. They
pnj even their gladiators. Other
81 rnde pleasures we're more truly charac-
Il teristic of their local envlronments-tne
& ~ nrIlip, and tbe0ullting, he social frollc
q Of the harvesting, the merry parties VI H lax
q S,rllars and the corn-husking at nlghttall,
8 ir,ban The men divided INTO sides, and the
Y lrreen glass whisky bottle, stepped with a
- ooh was filed and retilled and passed
3 rom month to mouth, until out of those
instv tbroats rose and swelled rhythmic
db0-al song that could be heard in the deep
q woods mile or more away; at midnight
q those who were sober took home those who
8 yere drunk. But of course none OF these
Il ,vere organized amusements. They are
NOT instances of their taking their pleas
s I,ras sadly. but CT. attempts to do much
hard rough work with gladness. Other
& occasions. also, which have the semblance
q of peculiar Joys, and which certainly were
& rot Ias,ed over without merriment and
s. turbulent and dlsorderly fun, in reality
8 were set apart for the gravest of civic and
politica reasons-militia musters, stump
q speakings, county court day assemblages,
s. and the yearly July celebrations Still
s. other pleasures we're Of an economic or
q unitarian nature Thus the novel and ex-
3 citing contests by parties of men at squirrel
a shooting looked to the taking of that de-
q structive animals scalp, to say nothing
3 of the skin; the hunting of bee
81 hives in the woods had some regard
81 10 the scarcity of sugar; and The
8 nut gatherings and wild-grape gatherings
81 by younger folks in the gorgeous autumnal
q days we're partly in memory of a Scant, IN
a varied larder, which might profitably draw
81 upon natures rich and salutary hoard.
Perhaps the dearest pleasures among them
s. were hose that lay closest to their danger.
u They loved the pursuit of marauding par
8 ties the solitary chase; were always ready
a to throw away the ak and the mattUck for
q the rife and Che knife. Among all pleasures,
81 the weddings. For plain reasons these
s were commonly held in the
3 daytime. Aud as it was, the men often rode
q to them armed, and before leaving too
often made them scenes of carousal and I'M
#chaStened jOculaFitieS. After the wedding
#came the "infare," with the going from
The home of tie bride to the home of the
Ngroom. Above everything else that seems
TO strike the chord Of common happiness in
the society of the time, stands out to the
Inauguration the picture Of one of these pro-
EceSSIous-a long bridal cavalcade winding
#Slowly along narrow road through the
Esuent prlmeval forest, now in tue sunlight,
now IN TIE shadow Of mighty trees meeting
over the way; at the head the young lovers
H. rudely mounted, SO simply dressed, and
Following In their happy wake, as though
ktney were the augury of a peaceful era
soon TO come, struggling, broken line of
tne men and women VINO had prepared for
That era, but should never live to see its
Eappearug.
Hdca scenes as these give a touch of
Drlght' gay color to the dull homespun
e4ture OF the social fabric of the times.
.hueeo' when all the pleasures have been
1auS enumerated, they seem good N nv.
but the effect of such an enumeration is
1nlSleading. Life remained tense. sad
arIeh; character nodded itself on a model
IL spartan simplicity and hardihocd, with
pu6 Uhe spartan treachery and cunning.
DuU from the opening of the nineteenth
snIuly, thlngs grew easier. The people,
eScuqu from the necessity of trying to be
aae, oeeah To indulge the luxury of wish
ns " DC happy. Life ceased to be a war
e. sng became an industry; the hand
~ OH defending, and commenced.acouir
ng the molding of bullets was succeeded
ny the coming of dollars.
IL is against the hecLorouod oe r,,ol, a.
oicnnouS past that We find the Kentucky
e ''.i IISC projected by the intensely practlcaI
h progressive spirit that ruled among the
49, In the year 1916. Not ing
nave been conceived with soberer
49, OF worn less the aspect of a great
Gtu,ar pleasure Picture the sceneI A
soldier and hopored pentle-
60 1+t win a taste for agriculture and fine
mas announced that on a certaIn dav
rstpi aiy ne VIII hold on his farm s'grand
ERTbo Ilo" ana fair, free for everybody. u
Mas Piace Is near Lexington, which
And s Snen the center of commerce
<weSt H. u refined learning in the
time born nleager newspapers of the
tavern oes carried the tidings to every
howl ana country crossroads IT is a
,Ooel undertake 6: the like has navar haau
E|kln Tnn .nls side of the Alleghanies. The
Rre s,i'i n morning come, you nav see Gath
5nen oS ESGry remarkable company of gentle
Folnn T ,earIP pioneers, revolutionary soldiers
5bictmro eels OF the war of 1912, walking in
towp 'te 70 twos and threes out of the little
"a be ~ L I5e green woods where the fair is
blong tb ue,u others jogging thit erward
throSSgIb5 9 10 oy5pat and newly opened r5ads
IRON Ell Il iae dense forest, clad in homesnun
luncbe aee sn 70 head, and mindful of the cold
bockefs ',,.u whisky bottles in their coat
fhitbers in pr saddle saddle bags; some, perhaps drawn
s. nce AIRY wagons and aristocratic gigs: