The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18
A deficiency which deprives beauty OF It's
loyellness and manhood OF Its nobieness.
FOX HUNTING.

a deficiency which deprives beauty OF It's
/ aovelness and manhood OF Its nobleness.
FOX HUNTING.
Fox-huntlng Is a delightful pasume IN
,bis end of the county with some OF the
men. There * a fine lot OF dogs when they
! an get together. Sometimes they tree foxes
| on Sunday. The pretuest gray fox ever
saw was taken from the dogs on Sunday
Then everybody went TO church. NUMBER
OF both red and gray foxes are caught mere
The limited States mail goes daily from
! eianardsville to Bonneville on the back
Of a gray mule which is as tough as the
colored HOY who rides him Those aioug
I The route usually trust their letters TO the
Z hoy 70 mail OF deliver. Sometimes he loses
| them along the road, TO the amusement or
those who find them. especially IL they are
love-lotters.
II tho children Of these localities do not
raceive a good public school education IL IS
certainly the fault Of themselves or their
parents. The trustees Of the Monroe dis
trict certainly deserve credit for they are
providing good schoolhouses, In every IN
stance with good maps and splendid charts
as aids. and furnish most excellent teach
ers. But the great trouble with these peo-
pie II they fan out with q teacher for any
thing. they will let their preJudices carry
them so far as TO take their children from
school and let them so through life as
IGNORANT as they are. one child said II
she could do as well learning as her
mother she would be satisfied. Her
mother had been as far as secogd reader.
DREADFUL DEEDS.
Since the record Of so many dreadful
deeds PERFORATED along the Blue RidSe
show that some mighty bad people must
Iva within the Businesses OF these noun
tains. yet there are as hospitable, law
abiding. God-fearing men there as live on
this insignificant planet OF ours.
some Of these people are as jealous and
pious as Puritans; they will not even
allow their children 10 sing love songs or
listen TO q violin make sacred music. One
man prayed that the Good Being would
send tho Gospel where tho eye OF God
never saw and the foot OF man never trod.
Sometimes they baptze in the coolest
weather
The Methodisis have a church at Nor
louisville. on the line between the two
counties The preacher stands In Abe
marie, and the audience sits in Greene.
There are a great many Dunkards TO-
wards the mountain. In baptizing their
candidates face foremost. one Of them
became very much excited the first time
She was put under the water; so a good
sister called TO her from the bank, and
said Don't glib up de wus am ober.
SHIFLETTES HOLLOW.
One Of the most pleasant visits l ever
made was spent in Shihette's Hollow. The
house was large and roomy. II was stu
ated on a high elevation whilst Round Top
and Flat Top mountains lowered high
above the building. II was furnished win
an modern furniture The host and host
ess entertained with palatable dishes as
any farm afforded, and with as muCn
ceremony as belongs TO the most polished
etiquette
This was an intelligent family and I'M
usually bright IN mathematics. We talked
on the Bible. ] found a mind as con-
versant with that as a theologian who had
Just left college covered with honors. 1
saw religious and law books. with the
papers and periodicals OF the day in this
home.
Some OF the best people in the world live
I'm Greene I would not change the home
Of my nativity with the inhabitants OF the
Rhine or any other favored land Of crea-
ton. BLUE RIDGE.