Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-11-04
fspeclai letter.

Especial letter.
out eight miles north OF the Gin
~ postoffice. ON the Hamilton eiee-
line. Is a pleasant country home
}, he passer-by is likely to notice
even though ignorant Of It's
INV In the middle OF large fenced
j. lawn set with shade and fruit
.tarrsd with peonies aud lilies,
mich grown with lush blue grass,
A. a eommodious. old fashioned
house. the whole structure, bar
us green shutters, as white as
and whitewash can make H. ana
.,ing pure as a snowbsnk from
a. the yerdure and the fieekins
soxs Il isa house Of sixty years
the heavy. any-psneled doors
square. smali-paned windows Inn
,ipg a favor Of qnsintness, while
Of white brick pillars In rear
l. o, the walls supporting an over
vsrza adds pieturesqneness. A
.lsd well hard by. furnished with
NJ, and Nindisss, is Ia keeping
The house, and looks no Inviting
The stranger feels he may, on the
q thirst. enter the grounds With
Tea pTopriety.
10 DO 20 is worth his while, especial
(. he has IN him any strain of senti-
M for this immaculate old home
sd apd l,s rural surroundings are the
famous "Cl0yernook"-ths nnfs-
.laes OF the Cary sisters. who nifty
\, ago stood Ia the forefront Of that
s,ssilng literary group tina, bad
sbs % In the Ohio valley. presaslng
Intellectual life In the West
snors the relies kept In the old
.ss. which the interested visitor may
70, The asking. Is a parchment gov
hnsnt deed. dated 1914. signed BY
~ Madison. and emitting Christie
n Carr t,hs grandfather OF the
ID 10 $50 acres in Hamilton
sy. Ohio. ChrisSophsr's son Rob
took possession Of these acres. and
n In 1880 and 1885 we're born Alice
Phoebe. the tao sisters Sho ser.
s,lnsd TO make the family name not
There werc other children min.
.Asm ali told bat they seem not 10
We bssn literary One of the nook.
cider sister. Alice speaks Of as a
|nFarion 10 whom she eoahded her
he lltiie ysrsEA. and who. In turn.
|ss9sd stories Of her own composing.
b his sister died when the budding
y, vas set a mere child. Then as
0stst mind unloided. she and Alice
tcr together by the force Of kindred
ls,sa. and all through Elrlhooi these
b lived together aud alone In the 1T
IDEAL zorld which they built up. II
a. 10 easy thing to do Life In ,h.
tss 10 ghosr days had no, passed the
ltssr period. and in pioneer life there
be little time Tor cul,isating the
zsss and araut opportunity TO as-
Vie the education and training essen
a % literary art
iss actual schooling the girls got
a Hsascr. an Unsuitable appetite for
atins snd ilreicaa attempts at liter
y performance I'D the rest. and this
slEre bad 10 be snatehed az bcs, the
Grants could in household where
aIk uas never ended. and 1t was =
Hgsls 70 provide the comforts Of life.
no publications that struggled for
hii'fhrs In the Ohio valley half CEN
~ ago had as a rule. very kindly
iiiute toward literary beginners. and
he sisters, FIRST Alice and then
sosbe. soon found their way into
aTious columns, The harvest vas
fieay fame. favored hy an OCCASION
nsh,ion. but Il brought them into
hs atmosphere for which they longed.
htl became known to, aud. in per-
nal way. came 10 know pcop,. who
Bought and aspired as they did. Kind
letters Of goodwill and praise. not
ply from nearby friends. but from
e'os7 the mountains. found their way
The country home. The stimulus
alekehed them 10 new growth. and.
Hhin ten years after their first APP
ss'ahce In print. this pair of wild
oNefs waa fairly famous. Ere that.
ecahlary reward. In small way.
paTIed them on. aud. to help matters.
" la'her. rs a remedy for domestic
euon' built another house. and went
u''aer with the stepmother. leaving
nfst house TO the Ave surviving
1"ufen OF the family. with Alice at