Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-23

Fair View, II Carroll county AfI1..
lives perhaps the oldest and wotaoat
question one d The most peculiar OF
women. "Aunt Rindy" the name by
which this eccentric 9.l5...-.o is ia.
Ei,ias.. haaai almost everybody in
L counts. Has been a bont an. de-
cgepit old woman living on The char
~ Of thc flind-hcartcd farmess OF Fair
View as far back as the oldest resi-
dents can remember.
Just how Old she is is 4 question
that has never yet been decided, not
even by the honest farmers Of Fair
View, who fer 80 Years have occupied
many Of the long winter evenings dis
xussing, neighbor With nefghbor, the
Kabiects Of her age. They grow warm
ia their debates, often ncglccting their
foaSting s#He6 potatoes until they are
chared in the hot embels OF the loq
f}z.os' ill t4e al.fl4et ef baking sqstash.
Inch t10 dtf#Heat housewife is pre-.
pairing to5. f=H .a5,.s.t. -, eaa..-d ssef5
a crisp.
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she Haz fs's=+ aa1.
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vea5eaa
Eist.aa .AHHf .aTE @.zaz
has FoleH sd SIZE Flase# Ia= aiHth
81 as]ata saea# Which abe=I4G4sl varies.
bur il is :i,o 5rta tEaf Hs1. Wall-mesl-
Ing beaefaateas Ea1e lens eeasea=t to-
siTe her assertions any credit. r,
them she i considered maHia.
However, no court haS yeGa ass1lm
the responsibility Of committing heI
to an asylum Tor the insane. Her
story is that she was born in the noun
tains of East Tennessee, June %,
11l3, aad while this date places llei
al an almost Incredible age. still. she
associates many ciFcumstances-fl.
to East Tennessee HistoIy=Wi1h her
sirlhood. the date of which. by some
means. She always gets correct This
fact. for time puzzled the people OF
the community. tor, as the old lady
can neither ready nor write they WGVo
a a less to know how she obtained
this knowledge. until the fertile brain
OF some STRIPPING WhG had been off to
school Invented the thery that She
was witch and in communication. If
not With the devil. with some spirit
equally as evil
Greatly u Aunt Rindy's diseomGt-
tle litis the was accepted and to
this day the children look upon this
harmless Old soul as q witch. Ne child
VII 90 near her. and she has a mu ;
t99I dislike for Children
Amt R.EGN always travels ON fQog |
ard gaes @.aH- supporting herself
with a#stiek. winch She claims to have
brought from the moutains of Ten
hessees in her 18th year. With her.
tied up in large bandIe, she carries !
all her possessions; and what is CON
tanned in this bundle is as much d
mystery as the date Of her birth Bv
reason Of the fatt that she never sepa-
rates from il for p moment. moi eyeu
able to get view OF the contents.
Let any one approach unnecessarily
near,and she will spring upon him with
the avidity Ct a wounded tigress
Many reports Of great treasure of
gold coin and diamonds. have al times
gained circulation. but little credit has
been given such rumors. One young
man claimed to have opened the bun
die by stealth while the old woman
slept, and found it full of living ser
pents, but some Wit asked him how
he found courage to Ietie il, and he
vas compelled to confess that he was
iokng
Keep still. chile what's mine is
mine" is the only reply one generally
receives When he asks Aunt Rindy
about the treasures of her packet
as she calls it,
Yes, I'm very old-so old that most
folks about hero think I'm crazy. but
ft's just because I'm old and unmind
Nul,' she said II married Toby All
red when | was Il years Old. and the
next month We went south and lived /
with the French in Louisiana. In about
six years my husband died and left
me with strangers, but they were very
kind to me. and when the family !
stayed with came north to the Boston
mountains. came with them. and we
camped on the Usage river. Just a lit
tie way from here uatil the men built
q leg house
We never see anybody during them
DAYS 'ceDt a few Indians that used to