The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-01-09

y ssa' ou', .hd % lcii the door opeu. aud
you called ne back sod asked me # |
as bo'o IN aawmll. told zen uas
les en- ! =" bora ia. ssuuitl ia thts
state, snd for the dtst IA years af my lie
hved 10 house without door, or ain
o do~s.
Well, what DO you wspt' ssked The man
= at The deck.
want to koow 4 you .ro gong to hang
mp that same sign again this uiuterY
probably shall bu, What has that to
! DO yon'
B Asood de. shall come through this
) buildin about once a week this wiutsr TO
ash fur small loans, and dout want 10
make no mistake. II Won waut yont door
shet. III shel It but Il you'd tutber hey
) IT left open I'll DO that In no meul.
When the slsn Gays, 'shet the door, tthen
sbet. When It says, Leave the blame
thing vide open, then leave 1t SO. Int
understood that yonr sleuvill read, SHIT
the DOOR
presume It will.
Then III put you down on the li.t ot
'shots' and bear It 10 mind At the same
time wish you'd remember me. vas
born III sawmill aud il happen to leave
your door open you won't hey to ask that
question aRrn. All is now satisfactory.
l'lI remember you- you remember me,
Ceuldt favor me with small loan today,
ehP
No, sill
Probably not | skassy expected it.
I'm deyotln the day TO comm to fair un
derstandin with my patrons and scparatin
the Suets from the Opens III call
another day far the loan. Good byl
Moonshluing is secretly carried on all
over the mountains, 1t is the earucst con
viclion OF those people that they hayea
divine right to convert the product Of
their farms into liquor, which they eau
readily dispose OF eta better price tbgn
they can the raw products, They sliiI
hol TO the principal for which all western
Pennsylvania rose Ia arms over century
ago, but they are 90 more ancient 10 this
contention than they are 10 oil their modes
Of life
Within the mountain cab everything
is rs primitive ss without snd roundabout
Most OF these are one story, with "a loft
above, and contain but two small apart
ments Built against the log huildIng is
the msssive stone chimney, and the chink
holes between the notohed logs Of which
the cabin is built are filled with mud. All
the furnishings are rude and mostly home
made, aud the few utensils are Of the mos
sntiqusted pattern. The door is low aud
have siairs TO the lott some a ladder and
some only pegs, 10 the loft the wife has
her weaving loom, spinning wheel and
reel, and here she keeps her Il II and wool
1t lie here that the IN sterisl for clothiDgi4
spun and woven. Pine knots aud taluw
candles furnish the light but when night
comes the family generally goes to bed.
Bedstesds are generally made by the head
OF the family, but sometimes we hnd
nashily painted specimen, which has do
scended from slre to son. Cradles are
hewn from logs and the rounded surface
serve M rockers.
II school houses are to be beralds Of civ
iizition then the mountain region is ike
the country OF the Gsuls before tho com
ing OF Caesar. Way down toward the foot
of the range we may see little battered
and faded building, bat few indeed rre
the children Of the mountain region who
enjoy it's benefits. We scarcely ever meet
a man or woman who is able to read and
write inteligently, and daily paper ls an
entire stranger to the mountain cabin,
Only the weekly papers reach H. and
these not for month after they are issu
ed. The mountaineer has 20 occasion 10
go TO the village at the foot Of the range
oiterner than once u month, Many OF
the gray headed seofs have never seen
railroad aud plenty Of the etrapppR
youths have never been ,doz n mIlce from
home. This ls one place. at least, whore
the sports Of onr Prandlathers are eth 10
vogue, add The highest smbltion OF
youth or maiden Of the region IL 10 attend
a log rolling, woJd ohopplpg, corn busk
ing, house or barn rahiuR, apple cutting
or stone picking, with their accompany
ing NIGHTS Of merrimeot When the Work
for v hleh the frolic IA held IL flushed and
supper over the room is cleared, aud the
old fiddler appears upon the scene, aud
soop the stratus Of tneh oi tunes ~ the
'Virglnla Reel Old Dan Tucker, and the
Irish Wssherwoman' I'll tue evening air
One by one the complies ot dancers take
heir places aud then eHfuas o period oi
hilsrity and uproar that vo1Ii rival sn In
liam po~wow.
It's pretty hard TO get the beet Of Ste
pheu Flske 10 sn argument, bnt beggar
maid Of some 60 summers suceeeded lhe
other day.
She held ou. her bsud a, Mr.. Ftkc de
.cends Cd from the elevated tttii0n at Four
.eeuth street an whlued iyr aims.
Here lie niokle Tor you, suulie. sald
Mr. r., aud I'll give you dime II you tell
ibe truth aud say you intend 10 spend II
H., liam,