The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-03-10
A QUEER sou1HeRN VILLAGE.
North Carolina People Who Have some
Real Old Fashioned Customs.


Real Old Fashioned Customs
Sixteen miles south OF Salisbury. II
Rowan county. n c.. Is situated the littl,
village OF Enochvilc Its name was taker
from Lutheran church called ST. Enoch
/ There are eighteen white families In thi,
village and two colonel families. Thes,
are industrious. honest people. but hav,
ways peculiarly their own. They believ,
strictly In walking In the ways their IA
theirs trod, which has passed into n joke
Enochville II an old German and Dutch
settlement, and Dutch habits cling TO tn,
people most Of the older members OF whom
speak very broken English.
Persons going to this village must b,
initiated into their mode OF living and
speaking. Scarcely any household article,
are called by their real German or real
English names. They have changed even
their own names. aud fresh arrivals from
Germany or Holland would not under
stand their language, which IL 30 pecu
liarly their own. Their proper name,
are Ridcrhour. Coughenbour. Eiscnhour
lAughenhour, Propst, lost, Clodfclter
foutz, Eddlcman, WinccOn. etc. TheiI
given names are the ordinary run Of Mary
William aud John.
They express themselves In this wise: A
man going 10 Concord or Salisbury says
II want to Kit bnck till dinner tomorrow. d
Ask any Of them II they have seen the
bride. They will shy, "Oh, yes; I've eaten
some Of the cake yit." And, II have been
TO shows before now Already | have In
mind a young man who has received first
grade certificates In four counties. aud he
says. II have saw" and III you don't
take your buggy robe in you'll be losin il
directly" This same Young man ride,
aud drives pretty horses. dresses well and
has his necktie Of the latest tint.
The people OF Enochville cook In old
Dutch ovens; they clean them out with Il
long pole with wet cloths on the end. This
pole the old people call huttlewusch the
young ones huttler. Dried apples are called
scnitts, from the German schnitts. Thes,
ovens bake pies beautifully, and this il
verify a land Of pies-pies for breakfast
dinner and supper II Is no unusual thing
to find five or six different kinds Of pies on
the table Of the poorest people. Thes,
people have plenty to eat, and they enjoy
H., but they prepare some rare dishes
Dried fruit Of any kind is boiled with meat
pastry with cabbagc-dumplings they call
IL. Coffee h made in this way; Some
coffee Is put into the pot. which is filled M
rest Of the meal Is In preparation. Next
day they put in more coffee aud more
water aud boil again. and so continue until
the pot Is about as heavy as lead, when
emptying takes place and the process Is re-.
newcd.
Everybody does manual labor. and the
women work In the fields with the men.
IL Is a common sight to see women pillow.
ing and binding wheat, or splitting rails,
or hoeing, or hauling wood. The girls FIRE.
quently marry Mt about fourteen years of
age, and one such tells this story; She
takes her baby To the woods, piles up a
sort Of pen OF chips about 1t and cuts -four
cords Of wood day, besides cooking the
meals. This woman has seven or eight
children Her husband IL well To do, hav.
ing horses, wagons. etc
The men have labor saving machines
such as horserakes, moving and reaping
machines wheat drills and feed cutters
The women also have sewing machines and
cooking stoves. IL Is a hard place foI
women. They have no housekceprs. One
young woman just twenty one years OF age
has been since the age Of eleven doing the
washing. securing. ironing aud sewing foI
family OF seven. When she tells her IA
Their she is indisposed and wishes for helT
he replies she has nothing To do but To sit
around the house all day.
They pride themselves upon their Jersey
stock OF cows. MIR Deal milks twenty
Jersey cows, has large barns, water sup
piled by windmill several farms. a store
grist and sawmills and "a cotton gin. and
his wife and mother 20 barcfooted in tn,
summer. In dress they are up to the latest
styles, have silks, feathers and goldheaded
umbrellas. all for Sunday. There are M
teen organs in eighteen homes Georg,
In New York Sun.