The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-18

No people in the world are more clan
nish, or more reseIit enerSash enSiby
marriage or in social aud business at-
fairs, than the Cornish Their oldcnl
language, supcrstitlous and traditions
are ali Celtic. They are .impassioned,
impulsiVe aud oxcit6hle as nre NIL Celts;
but they possess a dumhr patience, an
aggressive defeusiveness against innp-
walton and an humble and steadiast
thrift which reveals something like the
Jewish strain. ., nd ~ -raat as..
RoUeTtslwGT's. .sig. '''s
Their ways are 7Iough;, and Cornish
manners arc the fssakest and sincerest
ofany people ] l,ESes ever been among
They comprise simply meaning what
you say and ssyihg what you mean,
whatever the subject or occasions All
this, too, with tRbsolntc unconscious.
ness Of afront. Between Po!pGrro and
Laniarue youthtGave me q help along
the wsy in his do1keg eaEt, laden; win
sand. j thanked kiqA Heartily on alight7
ing. Looking me hsHuarel ia7tlfe IseeI
y " wv ay giSya Ap@Fpae 5gr TIL
feer, MY sOn?Y tf2 If5S =. tjT5l.
liz Sot q aixpdnce Tor the lair Tor
which all Cornish boys enaeg!ytor 10 So
caro- d "bHS" orbit Of inoheyi and my
apologies for,nS ngpsniss Sjrs Ais non
biz and little, lIaSG tio. truculency in
asking for their Just due. This plain
noes OF speech is everywhere met with.
The lads expression. my son, haa no
leyity or taunt in it. II is everywhere
hero torn OF friendship and respect.
Between SaltassI and Truro | made
application ut the houses OF many
farmers for food and lodging. Thefood
could always be had by paying Tor 1t be.
fore it was eaten. But the latter could
not be got for any wheedllng or sum OF
money. They would bluntly tellme to
find IN inn. Ii l protested ignorance oil
the locality Of one, they would go. or
send some one, with me. ! always dis
missed my escort before the place was
reached, determined to pass tho nights
in the homes Of the lowly. tfl
This sort Of procedure and coHversa-
ton with others than farmers upon the
subject, gradually developed the fact
that Cornish farmers have nothing in
common with the great body Of Cornish
people. They arc. a species OF gentry"
In the minds OF the latter. Though
only tenant farmers, their holdings are
large for England, from 20 TO 100 acres,
and have been occupied for generations
by tile same families on ninety-nine
Years leases. They often go o'"Lun-
non," and their children arc sent to
Truro for schooling. They are staunch
supporters Of the Established Church,
willie the masses are Wesleyans.
Bit the fisher and mining folk are I'M
eouiyocally hospitable. The fisherman
will take care OF you in his little cottage
without question, without locking 4
thing in his habitation against you, but
still with q dumb sort OF quiescence.
The miner is a more rough and ready
fellow, and il not always hearty about
it. settles the matter for or against you
at once. All. this literary tramp will
quickly discover and shortly began
directing my diplomacy towards the
ordinary home'ih the mining villages. =,
You will find them through nearly all
tho length of Cornwall from Llskeard to
Penzance, and they are seldom clus-
tered in dirtYYiilages, contiguous t9 the
mines. as in our country. / do not re-
call single instance OF this sort during
my entire journeying. Two, three. four
a half dozen and sometimes score may
be found together. They are in al! sorts
OF odd and out-of-the-way places, on the
roads and of. Like the Irish cabins,
they are oftenest at tho back, instead oil
at the front, OF somewhere or any
where. Nearuess to q mine seems to
possess no advantage.
Few are rs near as half mile; thou
sands are miles away. "Pairdners" in
GORE" (corps) who combine their 10
bors, and work one of the three eight
hour shifts Of each day, may live in
as many different directions from the
"baIn or pit; Jack, Jem or Jan often &C
cupyinc homes from six to ten miles
apart. But wherever these little min.
ers' hamlets are, their walls are ait q
everlasting stone, emboTtred Ia bril-
liant Cornish roses and creepers, with
cement floors and thatched roofs; every
one subject to interminable repairs
from onslaughts of vicious sparrows
themselves tiny miners, endlessly sink
ing shafts and drilIing" cross.cuts" anc
'leyels" in the soft and yielding straw
HOSPITALITY.
l was soon able to march squurely ny
to Jack and Jenny at their. cottas
doors and boldly ask for, aecom poda
lions for the night. There was no'halt
ing In the negotiations on either side.
HWass say, Jenny?" the burly felloN
would pleasantly ask of his honest wife
"Shaii aw lay I'M oop?"
clay un cop" it should be explained
did not mean that tho stranger shoult
be attacked or hustled. II is Cornisl
for entertaining, caring for, or housing
III tina thee, thoul Gun stan un
Jack" the wife would reply.
san right,znn son, " would be Their
ioindcr, addressed to mo. "f the cul
stan un, maak sci (yourseltl thoam
There was no further ceremony abou
thomatter. | Always slept IN the Eali
story garret'hsnaath the 4bateh. Their
is one room below; sometimes two. On
door, the front one, Is found sufficient
A window ID. at either side oil this, an
often directly above these are tiny light
for tho garrett, Each cottage isprovide'
at ono end or ut the back with an ope
fireplace tnthe centre OF the wall.
has sort OF panee atone side covere
which the Cornish h6n Seville il endless
/ " polishing. At the other side is th
Iungconer." This has "heps" or uppe
| and under doors, behind which ar
stored furze fagots aud other fuel.
Tho furniture OF the cousin Jacks