The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-15

| iuan ana The fear of God They
harm no one in life, unless it be a ssrev
enoor," and they are more familia,
WIN The Golden Rule than with hall.
room ethics. From such homes cans
ene men who builded the greatness 81
tennessee, such were the men who
iought with John Sewer at Kings
mountaln and Andrew jackson at New
Orleans. 1'o''
AS we pass the little mountain bome
That divinest of all scenerv-a country
girl In red calico dress-is coming
from the spring with pail of water.
maud Muller of the mountains is
she-only the judge is lacking. A cow
lows down in the valley parting salut.
10 the parting day. From back in the
stable lot the familiar ''pig-oo-ee~ re-
sounds, calling the future country ham
10 come to his evening repast. An old
olacK dog comes round the corner and
oeglns to bark at us, but on sober sec.
ond thought decides to allow us to de-
part IN peace and lazily stretches him
sell out on the grass and yawns.
rooster hops up on the fence and bids
US a hearty "bon voyage" and the
scene is left behind us. Such is the
typical tennessee mountain home.
IRVING on into the twilight we come
upon sight as unexpected as one NAV
wen imagine. Seated just back from
the roadside in magnificent lawn of
spreading oaks is a superb mansion, re-
mlnoing the passer in its strange sur
roundings of some fairy palace of old
castle of Spain standing solitary and
alone in virgin wilderness. Splendid
old Gothic pillars stand in front of IL
and there is an air of grandeur about it
ALL solemnity which Inspires sense
OF passing awe. 1t is known for miles
over the surrounding country, where it
Is the particular pride and wonder of
THESE simple mountain folk, who have
given to 1t the name of Marble Hall"
A history has Marble Hall, or perhaps
twere better to say tradition it has.
inns give in the language of the old
colored man who drives'm
"Dat?" he exclaimed, displaying no
little establishment at my question.
Dat, sab? Wy, sakes erlive, doan you
know what dat place am? Dat, sab,
am Marble Hall, de fines house in de |
worl, put nigh. Hit war built by a |
gemman FIN Philadelfy. He war pow
erful rich, dey say. He kim heah way |
back dab befo de wah. Nobody knowed |
him, but he warent heah a week TO- /
he he'd mos envy man in de county
awuckin' fo' him. Wen he got dat
house built, everybody spected at he'd |
bring his family at onct. No family |
nuvver come. Den dey commence to
axe dey questions. Bimeby some un
found out dat he didn had no family.
Den dey axe no questions. Kaze why
he want all dat big house den2 Den
dey tuck up de notion dat he gwine ter
marry some fine lady an fetch her heah.
En- dey waited, en- dey waited, en- dey
waited, en- still no bride tuns up. En-
way after while de news comes dat he
ain gwine ter MARY tall, en- dey tells ez
how he war big rich man in Phila-
delfy, en- he'd set his pegs on some gal
lar, en- she serted him, en- he comes
heah en- builds dis fine house en- den to
come whut dey calls hermitur man.
Wall, sab, after he he'd lived heah fo'
ong time, dey says, one day in de
spring OBJ de yeah dar comes along a
inc loolSin' oman. De mex day de man
IN dat oman leaves heah, an de house {
s locked up. Dey nuvver comes back
10 mo-. En- dat is all | knows bout
Marble Hail."
"Who lives there now?" asked the
I'D fellow.
"Who lives dab? Nobody doan' live
lah, kase de place am hanted."
A number of enterprising gentlemen
Interested in the sheep raising industry
n this State are organizing from all
ections of the State for the purpose of a
a vigorous sheep VS.. dog s
ight before the nextlegislature. There
5 no branch of farming more profitable
han that of wool-growing, where those q
o engaged can be given proper pro- J
ection from the ravages of blood I
hirsty dogs, nor is there any Stats in t
he Union more admirably adapted to I
his pursuit than Tennessee. In this
tate grows all grasses and herbs on ri
yhich sheep flourish best and these a
raises grow too, for the most part, y
yithout cultivation. In many sections d
be grazing is good all the year, SO that st
he keep of sheep costs practically J;
othing and everything connected with D
be industry is absolutely clear profit.
here is nothing that the farmer raises
hitch pays him more handsomely on u u
le amount of his investment and the is
lovement of these gentlemen to en- ga
ourage and foster the sheep-raising n
ldustry in Tennessee. There was "
me when Tennessee was the greatest a
leep-raising State in the Union, hav- Il!
10 been awarded premiums over all in
le other States, including Vermont be
ad New Hampshire. 4.