The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-02-13
THE OWOSSO TIMES.
EDMUND o. DEWEY. EDITOR.
OWOSsO, FRIDAY, FEB. 10, 100;
Woman's Club.

WOMAN NIuO.
The Womans Club met Saturday
February Z, with Mrs. Kincaid ant
Miss McHardy. The subject OF study
was "The Mountaineers." The paper,
read were "The Influence OF Physiog
raphy Upon Social Life," by Mrs
Crawford, and "Home Arts OF the
South" by Miss Dean.
Mrs. Crawford s paper was master
ful handling of the psychic influence
OF country, climate and environment
on the character, sociability and occu-
pations OF nations, classes or clans.
Briefly summarized, we cannot under
stand nations history, comprehend
q nations weakness or strength, SYM
pathize with nations struggles,
without first knowing the physical
conditions OF the country which it in
habits. A mountainous population
Is poor Ia the luxuries OF life and rich
In loyalty TO It's class and its in.
tense love OF freedom. No class OF
people OF mountainous districts has
ever been wholly conquered or sub.
dued,
Applying the study OF physiograpAy
to the mountainous parts Of the south,
the most prominent feature, their
poverty, results inevitably from the
rough country and their isolation not
only from commercial communities,
but also from each other. Their Hit.
eracy may be partially accounted for
In the same way. Their occupations
are the outgrowth of bodily necessity,
and their feuds from the necessity Of
being each his own administer OF JUS
tice.
Miss Deans paper dealt with the
pIcturesq of the southern noun
taineer Of fiction and the more serious
phase of their hardships, needs and
transgressions. The mountaineer's
life Is not one of continuous pleasure.
The corn for his simple fare OF corn
bread must often be grated on hand
crater into meal, for the mill is far and
the road rough. This is done by the
women as a part Of the daily house.
keeping. The mere keeping OF the
house is not difficult task as the
houses are extremely small and scant
of furniture. The women also carry
on the art Of rug weaving, which
might add greatly to the prosperity of
the people II properly managed. The
weaving they do is beautiful and the
coloring exquisite and lasting, as there
are vegetable coloring matters ypro-
durable there that are not found any
where else In the United States.
The moonshine distilleries Of which
30 much has been written exist In
abundance, many of them being so
crude and small that only the poorest
rstuff can possibly be produced. One
said to consist OF an old copper ket-
tie ana a stovepipe.
The problem Of education in these
regions is battling. The women Is
clubs OF Tennessee and Kentucky have
been endeavoring to obtain the first
step in necessary compulsory educa-
tion law. Much opportunity for club
work is afforded clubs OF other states
than those containing the unfortunate
mountaineers In helping to bring them
up out of their slough OF despond of
poverty and ignorance.
After Miss Dean 8 paper Mrs. Green.
man read short sketch In dialect OF
mountaineer life which depicted the
hospitable disposition of the people.
Tn, h0stesses served light refresh.
ments after which the club adjourned
to meet Feb. 81 with Mrs. Greenman
Take care of the stomach and the
health will take care of itself. If peo
ple only realized the soundness of that
statement the majority might live to 9
good old age like Moses, 1.-THE eye un
dimmed the natural force undated
It is in the stomach that the blood ID
made. It is from the stomach thai
nourishment is dispensed to nerve and
muscle. If the stomach is weak" il
cant do its whole work for each par
of the body. If it is diseased the disease
will faint the nourishment which il
distributed, aud so spread disease
throughout the body. 1t was the realiza
tion of the Importance of the stomach
as the very center of health and the
common source of disease which LED
Dr. Pierce to prepare his Golden Med
ical Discovery" Diseases which orig
mate in the stomach must be cured
through the stomach" The soundness
of this theory is proved every day by
cures Of diseased organs, heart, liver,
lungs, blood, by the use of the Dis
covery' which is solely and singly q
medicine for the blood and organs OF
digestion and nutrition. 1t is a tenn
perance medicine containing no alcohol,
whisky or other intoxicant.