The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-29

Al any point on the frontier or ]" IN tn
heart OF West Virginia 20" -, Pav.aIts
Won. and the length OF morning 80
stttntional" finds YOU In the dominion VI
q beiated century. The uihe Is 81
your watch. but your pocket c",euu" ,,',
a hundred years too lar ahead, 80 I'm
that the present era Jars inc p"'. 81
plares The Chesapeake ana OhlO IN
road. which bisects the state. j. HIouci,h
even 10 elegance, but thousands ol P'DPio
near It's street threads nave never iiruoI
over 4 mile Of it, That very modern stats
man ". L. Wilson halls from
there. but the life in the noun
tains IS so ancient that EeOIge
Washington. were he back on v vDboie
would say, after a tour Or the "ho's
country: AT last. here | ind par' ot
the world as / left H. ,. ..r tho
went into West Virginia over inc
Per nsylvania border last sumner, 80
put up at mountain sPil"s ,,,riaI
There was a clashing OF Two cehtutniito
there The arch city maiden IN White
flannel was there. trimming her hat MN
butterflies. sticking hat-pin mo ..hun
at twenty places, so As 10 mp h,rtine,
them too much" ami at night she banged
out SOusa's last two-step In way tuIS
filled the old woods with the bIe"ln "t
Mchig 1n-Avei.ue boarding house; buS
in the early morning, "he9 her mi, at'it.
suit hunk over a chair, and her Whlle
sailor" sat on the top OF the Delio1iH
pitcher with a ra<ish cant 10 one sluc'
the squirrels and the locusts ana ths
katydids had the forests TO themselves, d hu
,he early stIrrers on the mountains We're
the old-time West Nirginians' as slInpie
and genuine "a fresh air. A..
Observing that the strangers az tne
SPRINGS came from unthou2ht-Of distanT"S
70 drink the sulphur water that Dubbed
nm i'm the meadow by the hotel. they too
paid the tardy century the compliment OF
bringing its catholicOn, but, with never
failing shvness, they always came ~
sunup. without noise or DuStle, tI0uSn
in strong force 10 nil their pals and cans
and l1ickeys and carry the Hound away.
They and the nineteenth-century loarderS
were impressed and COzened toy the same
fact. the water smered so bad and tasted
So nasty that IL must certainly be good
medicine / never viii forget now the
mountaineers interested me Inc women
came sidewise. hohhlug lightly up ana
down on the horses. with both feet SIDE
hv side on the animals ribs. The Cdpes Of
their calico hoods waved prettily I'm the
breeze. The teamsters knew better tnhu
10 sit on the 1oltng wagons mat pounded
over the rocks in The roads, 40 e1ch sad
died the left-hand horse OF MS team and
rode a. ease while the horses tugged mp
the hills with force that had 10 he met
ana cased by means Of the harness Of
broad straps. which is the horse-genr Of
the entire Appalachian world. The little
boys brought trousers that did not know
iheir shoes. never having met them, and
Jackets that mimicked the trousers 10y
being too short-in the sleeves as we'll as
the body The liAla girls were bare AT
both top ana toe, rs beitted creatures
that ala not have 10 go into the thorn
and brambe-thlckets. ~ the boys had 10
DO In order 10 be boys. But their tubular
cotton drawers desired 10 see ~ much OF
life as possible and therefore reached
below their little dresses. All alike were
simple. honest, unobtrusive. and shy
From Where Time Has Slumbel ed" 10y
Julian Ralph. in Harper's Magazine for
September