The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1896-01-22
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Editor CLINAx.-I have Just returned
home from a two weeks visit to Wavne
and Puiaski counties. This is busy
world and everybody so bGsilv engaged
in looking after their own interests that
few seem TO think more about others than
thev do about themselves. 1t is natural
Tor man to Ice selfish. Ii is christian to
practice self denial.
In trav-liu. [ meet with a great many
kinds Of people AMI must confess that on
the whole that there L. very little differ
ence between the people of the mountain
counties and those of the blue grE S
The mountain people are kind and hospi-
table and more clsnish and just as proud
in their bearing as the people of the
upper counties. Not mere than three
miles south Of Point Burnside, on the
road from Somerset to Monticello, once
stood the residence Of Thomas Smith
He WAS an Old acquaintance OF mine.
1t was on Friday, Dec 4th, that visited
the old home If Thomas Smith. He
had long passed away with the genera
ton in which he lived When she
cholera broke out in Nicholasville, IN
JLiy 1870, ! took my father, mother and
two sisters, who have recently died, to
the mountains Of Rpckcastle AMI Pulaski
counties where We spent three months
in visiting my mothers relations The
one Of these goodly old log houses which
contained six rooms and an ell TO ,m 90. 4 O.
west thirty feet long 10y seventCc" " r
Sheds of various lengths and hen Ir,u :
and cOOps were scattered around, he
meath the caves Of which martens, b.ue
birds and pigeons had undiepuied pc
session. In front were two majestic oaks
INTERVENING their branches SO as to form
almost a bower over the whole court
ward. A few rods west a clUmp of ccdars
covered a rocky dell where the crows
noise and to rob and steal Through the
old farm a dashing riyuIet forced Its way
freuing and chatting like an ill-timed
colt. but afterwards 10y successive wind
ings and more gentle falls II grew quiet
Ii It's course and gurgllng Pleasantly
through a dowuy meadow and along the
roadside leading to the Cumberland
where it discharged its clear sparkling
water When l visited that old place a
few days ago, | found everything in
ruin. The old house has long since been
pigeon houses are all gone Below the
grlen, | remember little rustic psling
enclosed rude poplar seat, over which
bent an apple tree Of favurlte fruit where
delighted when employed in driv-
ing mules TO the South, to stop
and fla my pockets with apples. Altcr
lingering around the old home of my
old friend who diei wears ago returned
to Point Burnside and came on the cars
t. Somerset ON the Mount Vernon
road is old Mount Zion church, erected
by the BaptIsts niEety five years ago.
Old Richard Colyer was .pastor of that
church tifty-six years. The church
stood on a gentle hill on the right of the
road to Mount Vernon, commanding a
fine view OF the surrounding country.
There are more than two thousand per
SONS buried in the old church grounds
/ remember seeing Young New England
girl from Maine in 1856, who was en-
gagged IN teaching school near the old
church. She was not more than seven
teen wears of age when | first met her
Nature had given her personal charms OF
no ordinary character and from young
girl, al she was when | first net her
she had in few years grown up to be
young lady of great personal beauty
The deep black expressive eve, the noble
forehead aud features. So brilliant thai
the eve of the stranger Was at once rivi
ted by it. Who can forget that red anc
white-the hue that came and went
deepened and paled as she spoke. And
withal how little was the beauty of tht
person Compared to the intellectual
worih-tD the heart. Thus early usher
ed into the school of womauhood. Sh'
loved all that was bright and cheerful in
the world around her, and tine beantifn
mountain srenery amid which her lo
was east fOsts,rei this love until it becamt
a passion embracing earth and sky. NJ
light ar shade, brilliant hue or delicat'
tinge escaped her eye, ever seeking +"
the beautiful, and csad indeed must hav'
been the heart which could have wan
dered with her over hin and valley ant
not have breaihed the pure spirit whicl
filled her. She, / said. grew to woman
hood. She vas beloved. She loved a.
woman will and must love Soft an,
tender words were breaihed into he
spul by Yea .irginian- bui a'as, a.
that their ,uls Wished niig4.t MT be. an,
trne t. the deep fiery within her Sh'
babe him farewell, never again 10 NEE