The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-12
No Greciau chiSel ever traced
A lOye.lG form or prettior face

Deuulllul.
No Cireciau chSel ever traced
lOye.lcr form orprettlcr face
than a Cracker maid possesses during
the years Of her teens. 1t soon fades,
however. A few years of child bearing
and blowing contrary oxen changes her
into pale, sickly looking woman and
brings upon her complication of fe-
male disorders that her ignorant hus-
band knows nothing OF. She drags out
a weary, painful existence, and when
she dies cher man" looks about him a
few months and takes" another girl to
the torture.
Rips arrival with the fiddle begins
the festivities. Rip and his fiddle are
the central figures OF all the parties tor
miles around and its sweet music wins
for its master the beaming smiles of
many buxom maid and makes him
great social favorite.
A heap of pine knots blazes brilliant
ly in the great open fireplace which &C.
cupies almost one end OF the room.
About the hearth stand the pots, bak-
ers and trying-pan, and in the chimney
on rack or crane hangs the great din
nor poi, which is alternately used for
culinary, laundry and sOapmaking pur-
poses. The spinning-wheel. loom and
dining table are carried outdoors, the
beds arc crowded back into tho corners,
and the floor is cleared for dance.
With great elaboration and dignity
Rip tunes his fiddle and the fun begins.
A few long sweeps OF she bow that fair
ly made nervous man shrek in agony,
q noisy shufiling OF heavily shod feet,
then, throwing himself back, the fiddler
gides off into the well known notes OF
the "Arkausaw Traveller" Under the
influence OF snuff and whisky, the mu-
sic and magnetism al the opposite sexes,
the men and women lose the restraint
OF the earlier evening. the thin, tallow-
faced boys and the round-limbed, big
bosomed girls alike abandon themselves
10 the pleasures oil the hour, and noise
and laughter reign supreme.
as time pI oeresres the fiddler becomes
Inspired With hsown melody. The en-
efgy oil his own action becomes wonder
lul, and he throws himself around as a
man fighting fire, or woman catching
fleA Over aud over again he has
ground out tho weary Traveller" al
most unheard am d tine cia:tenng OF
feet when without a single no:o OF
warning he shifts in,O "0ld DGidy
Hare" then Il moment letet gives Them
"iIoe in the Gourd," and ends in an
exnal ted and collapsed condition win
his own favorite, which VIC haze heErd
before, "Qid Granny Rattl:Iap."
As no one ci5e present can play the
Gddls, Sai as Rip must o: course take
part in tns exe'c,pes, 1t = decided 10
plsy while. = ring is formed yith
ireSh partners oil around, and 'as pIav
. ":nrar aud Tea" ls on the board at
Mt busters.
To an inexperienced but anxious
observer it Isamsl to be niI.nre Of a
oteAa ooSn ,cel and Salt1, With addi-
:ional and pleasant features not in
ciulsd in either Of these.
There Il no holding back or mock
mots'tv now. but every one present
enters into the play as II 1t were mat
ter OF lite or death. It begins with the
fret steps OF a 'cotillion," all singing,
Come rolling down, sweet sugar and ten.
bu. changes in a moment, when Rip
cries out, swing" and here they all
80 round right and lett singing.
Come rolling down. my darling,
each couple as they meet kissing on the
wing, a. IL were, until the circuit is
made and partners meet again, when
all sing,
Come rolling in your true lovers arms,
and 60 whirling around in an internal
gallop that would turn the head and
break the legs Of any other people on
earth, ali hugging and kissing ad nause-
am, to the concluding line,
A.rolling here I'll morning.
When the play began Rip had invari-