Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-20
WAKEMANS EANDERINGS
A TRAMP THROUGH coRNwALL-lL

Some Cornish Hobgobiin. aud Iugahoos.
Grousoma Desortod Milne stacks New
Ing - "niinc Hob Crowder aud Grow
der Seller. - Roadside Games aud
strange old Customs
tcopyrIghi, isoa by Edgar l., watcmanl
CuowAN, Cornwall. June o. Whatcyc.
Wesley aud Whitfield. with the railway,
the newspaper and the telegraph, may
have done IN altering tho every day Lives
Of the Cornish folk, no puwcr has yct
been able To bnnish the cndcnrcd wraith-
81 the mysticisms aud mysteries II
legcudnrily heroic past. To-day, 80 firmly
m I've centuries since, the inner heart CT
the Cornish man clings 10 his "drolln or
tale OF giant. hobgohlin aud fairy with the
greatest tenacity; and few Of these arc
interesting by way Of illustration. Belle
fian was formerly tho name " lands
End, rs also the name Of mighty giant
who made II his home. Comoran built
~. Mlohnols mount, but was slain by the
rodoubtablc Jack the Giant Killer. Holt
burn of the Calrn defended ordinary NOR
tails from other giants than himself, The
Giant ~ Nancledry principally suhsistcd
upon little children. The giant Ircbig-
gan frightened bad children into yirtuous
lives, aud dncd OF the iuc0rriyiblc ones,
which he usually fried upon Nat rock by
his cave door. The giant Blunlorhug,
killed by little Tom llicknthrIt with
rhrt axle, was the embodiment Of surly
lasincss and cruel greed. The giant
Wrath, terror Of the coast, walked out 90
fea dozen miles or NO. and. fastening tho
lshtrmcu's huatH TO his girllc. ttrliied
lcIsurrly hnul. 10 his cnyo 10 serve bis pris.
once, up for food no will
10 an Cornish folk these monsters uill
live in nrusidc tales, and the numbcrlrss
monuments 20 - pagan pasi scattered over
tho rocky t0rl aud Wild moors. such as tho
crumlrchs, monollths and other rude Stone
monuments, are the household goo and
pasiimo implements uf this vanished but
not yanqul-h,l race, Every hin or crag
has it, cairn or crowlcgh, every gorge or
glen IT, Ghost 90 goblin Tho knowledge
~ all this take, lgm possession Of tAa
waudcrer through Cornwall
II these were not enough 10 keep alive
all manner % weird supcrtitions. the
chinueya Of tho deserted mines Of Corn
wall alone would furnish suMDilu, gfyw-
some iuluruco tOof itself create aud foster
sploks enough for an cutirc people.
Away hael. ga the vicinity u Llskcard
they began TO loom dagkly upon the land
scapc. From this place thcy ato every
where seen, Increasing Ia numbers az the
Redruth district Is approached, and do
crensins In frequency toward 81 Ives aud
Pcnzancc. From the top uf some hirn
Cornish hill what seems to be- hundreds
can be seen, and on the road between Rcd
EIIlh uuI fH4utNNFft IA .lIafufsu.. ..F Loo
miles, counted upward " forty "llnuek
cd or abandoned mine stacks.
They usually comprise tho towerlikc
chimney, the old engine room aud the lofty
bob shaft, lndescrlhablc stcrility aud
drcarinoss encompass them. Not even
fur2e will grow upon tho "poor dirt" aud
"ohurks' or mine refuse around them.
DAVIS chatter ID their tops, The wind
means through the rotting climnryS
Weird tales, supcrstltionl aud whispers of
tragedies nre assoCiutcd with them.
often turn aside 10 the drraricst OF these
places. In ono found half dead English
tramp with his half starved wife who had
Just given birth ton child Here wns r,a
tragedy for another Cornish bugnhoo.
LETT them little money, sent member nj
the mounted constabulary to them ant
went On my way, but now see phastly
faces through the crnmbIing walls OF oyery
other "knackcd" mine stack that looms II
sight
Moving 'mlnc bohn Is one OF the curl
Gus performances In tho Cornish miuin'
districts happened TO witness. Turnini
from u hill lane into wide highway saw
Rgrcnt concourse Of people following ~
enormous truck drawn by AZ least twout,
teams ot shaggy Welsh horses. Juiniul
the crowd found that COruish folk hat
COME from miles around 20 See the "min
bob muyiu.n This "miup bob ~ III
great beam, the hugest piece In all hug
Cornish mining machinery, which work
like - steamer beam, the man engine an
tho mine pumps. This one weighed IA
ward OF rs tons 4 mine had been ubar
doned; n new one was being opened by IN
same company, aud from the great flrg
works NJ Haylo had come this iron true
forty feet long, with steel wheels like u
engine driver on which the trcmerdou
casting was being conveyed The carnc.
interest u miners, "kcppns" captain
md engineers who accompanied the Dot
dgFous beam; the curious excitement ,
hundreds Of sirugglers drawn together b
the 'ycnt, and the mischicyuus prayers ,
Cornish boys that something would ''scat
or break, 10 increase tue An,.letles aud teI