The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
fspecial letter.

Especial Letter.)
Don't eight miles north Of the Gin
It'll postoflce, on the Hamilton cleo
llne. il a pleasant country home
ch the ~passer-by is likely to notice
Il. even though ignorant Of its
Itity. In the middle Of a large fenced
i or lawn set with shade and fruit
j, starred with peonies and lilies,
Thick grow with lush blue grass,
lds 4 commodious, old fashioned
/ house. the whole structure, bar
It'll green shutters, as white as
Ii ana whitewagh can make it, and
xiug pure as a snowbank from
M The verdure and the fecking
lows. II Is a house Of sixty years
fle heavy, many-paneled doors
square, small-paned windows i'm
INK q favor Of qu%aintness, while a
of white brick pillars in a rear
8 oil the walls supporting an over
piazza adds picturesqueness. A
id we'll herd by, furnished with
let and windlass, is in keeping
the house, and looks so inviting
The stranger feels he may, on the
of thirst, enter the grounds with
let propriety.
/ do 90 la worth his while, especial
= be has In him any strain OF senti-
ID. Tor this Immaculate old home
a and its rural surroundings r the
q famous eClovernook"-the nurs-
3Iace OF the Cary sisters, who fifty
ago stood in the forefront OF that
esting literary group that had
az up In the Ohio valley, presaging
/, ~itellectual life in the West.
yyaong the relics kept in the old
Z. which the interested visitor may
4 Or the asking, is a parchment gov
: lent deed, dated 1914, signed by
; s Madison, and emitting Christie
Cary {the grandfather of the
to 800 acres in Hamilton
+ ty. Ohio. Christopher's son Rob
,bSook possession of these acres, and
/ III 1920 and 1925 were born Alice
Phoebe, the two sisters who were
ned to make the family name not
g There were other children-nine
lq EN- all told-but they seem not to
been literary. One of the flock,
y 1der sister, Alice speaks of as a
y. anton to whom she confded her
hi i little verses, and who, in turn,
,V led stories of her own composing;
VI his sister died when the budding
ae was yet a mere child. Then as
3ess mind u%nfolded, she and Alice
ID 2 together by the force of kindred
i and all through girlhood these
ived together and alone in the lit
~ cal world which they built up. 1t
10 easy thing to do. Life in the
In those days had not passed the
} an er period, and in pioneer life there
little time for cultivating the
urHs and scant opportunity to as-
in the education and training essen.
has literary art.
actual schooling the girls got
aeager; an Unsuitable appetite fol
Z IL and tireless attempts at liter
q | nformance did the rest, and thi:
: e had to be snatched as best the
~ nts could in a household where
was never ended, and it was g
lie to provide the comforts of life
Mas, publications that struggled fol
/ l1 nce In the Ohio valley a half cen
e ass go had. as a rule, a very kindly
.ot al IL toward literary beginners, ant
and sisters, first Alice and then
d soon found their way into
IAus columns. The harvest wa:
gun fame" Favored by an occasion.
-. alton, but it brought them into
,T nosphere for which they longed
al 4 .ecame known to, and, in a per
IN way. came to know peop% who
oyr; it and aspired as they did. Kind,
( forE ers Of goodwill and praise, MOI
rom nearby friends. but from
the mountains, found their way
y country home. The stimulus
g W. aed them to a new growth, and
ilcau" ten years after their first APP.
,ppo ee In print, this pair of wild
om NJ was fairly famous. Ere that
Try reward. in a small way
!, p.aa them on. and, to help matters
!, ul her, as a remedy for domestic
ian b built another house, and wen
mont with the ~stepmother, leaving
? is nc It house to the five surviving
han6 . OF the family, with Alice a
d gnu