The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-01-25
THE ARKANSAS TRAVELLER.
What He saw During HIS soJourn Among
the "snuT Dippers."


Oh that good.looking snow, that beautifu
As down your back the cold shiyers the,
And The chilly north wind through yom
whisaers does blow,
And makes yoa long for the wea;he,
| below;
Down in Arkansas the sur
shines eleven months in the year, and
cold weather is comparatively unkuown.
The writer, during the past three
months, spent considerable time in the
aSove-named state and cannot say zoo
much in favor of the country climate,
scenery and people.
| Notwithstanding the fact that we were
| there during the most inciement portion
OF the year, the climate. with the ex-
cepton perhaps OF q sGperabundance
OF rain, was as nearly perfect as IL IS
possible for it to be.
The people throughout the south as q
general rQ!e are far more hospitabie
than their northern peighbors, who fol-
low the maxim, Everybody for himself
ana tne L.! Tor all.
The greater par, Of our time was
spent near Heber, the county seat Of
Cleburne coanty, about seventy-hve
miles north Of Little Rock. The finest
mineral and medicinal springs are To-.
eated there, and they are bidding fair 10
soon out-rival the famous hot springs.
Seven large sprlngs-whte, red and
black sulphur Iron. arsenius. chalybeate,
eye-water, etc.. are bubbllng forth with
In an area OF about enc acre. A north
ern man, who never before had tasted
sulphur water. upon taking his first
drink from one Of these springs re-
marked; IN bet any man in town -
thai that spring IS on!y u quarter Of a
mile from hades."
There is one practice 20 which great
maay OF the female population are ad-
dictei, OF which we are net In favor.
viz: 'sauf dipping A small branch
from sweet gum tree. neatly trimmed
and peeled, together wlth small can OF
ylhianous-lookinc suGf are all that is
necessary. Sticking cue end OF the
"sti2i;H 10 their mouta. they proceed to
chew It until IL has become soft and
stringy. something like brush. Then
inserting the brush end" mi the Suuff
can they give it a cCaplc oi'sarns which
loads IL" and.tEey axe READY For busi-
ness. The business consists in
"chawing" the snuil-iaden stick and
"eXpectorating, AZ which they can ex-
eel any tobacc0-:hewer' who ever
mastica:ed Arkansas twist II IS said
that some o: these old "dippers' can
spit through the key hole ot door ten
feet away and never to3ch the lock-
The practice. however. is fast becoming
obsolete. only the lower classes being
addicted 10 Il.
think ii woHld dc some Of our north-
ern young people soo1 If they could at
tend one Of the Arkansas dances
rags" they call them. There is very
little style, but plenty OF fun. aud every
thing goes. They dance principally
square" dances. and ssca changes as
every body rag" ''all chaw hay" anu
''get that gun" are called 20 the
melod!ous notes OF ROW Boat Ashore
and Hog.eye." or course, these are
the native dances. but the ''swell'' balls
are fully equal to anything We nave in
the North.
Imust not neglect to mention the
pretty Girls-why, even Baraga Is not IN
1t with Arkansas. A great many OF
them dip snnf, but then, you know, the
boys chew twist-not Peerless-so it is
an even ching.
Take it all in all, judging from person
al observations, we would say that not
withstanding q fright smart o. rain"
and mighty heap o. snaKes," a man
could not Fl nd better place TO locate
than in this same mucb-abused state
Of Arkansas. FRANZ +. WEBB.
LAIED, Mich, Jan. 22, 1896.