The Nevada County picayune., 1908-09-10

tdii anu luAuTldHt. nert was no bridge or ferry and the pioneer farm CT fashioned canoe and went daily to work in this. He had no material fGr fence building and no farming inn plements the first year, but the ten children had to eat, and while the woods and streams were full of fish and game. corn bread was necessary. ccordingly the cane was cleared off the rich land, which was dug up and planted with corn dropped in groves made with bamboo rods With this crude beginning the virgin corn field fiourished. It was not without it's enemies, however, chief among which was the bear. whose love for green his love for honey.
 The bears left enough. however, for the ten children and a good supply was harvested The nearest grist- mill was ten miles away through the forest. To this mill the corn was taken by one of the elder boys, who rode horseback, followed by his dogs. The trip was made in a day, and at night he returned with the yellow corn converted into golden meal which made many a delicious corn cake baked in the iron skillet in the hot ashes of the big fireplace.
 Auskinq Bees and Camp Meetings
 After the corn crop had been har vested. husking bees were in order and i'll response to a general invita- ton the pioneers gathered al the home of the host. prepared 10 break l the record in corn husking. The corn was found in immense piles. some | times as high as the house, and with hearty good will the party attacked l it.
 Sometimes the women took part 1 More often they entertained at the same time with a quilting-bee, ant while the men folks ripped the dry l husks from the golden ears, they with nimble fingers. made stars anc ] fruit baskets on red and blue patch work quilts. After the corn had beer l crihbed and the quilting frames put aside. a fiddler was called in and the entire party enjoyed dance and ! i feast.
 The camp meeting came in the late summer and was the greatest or al gatherings. In some quiet tores' place near a spring or running stream the ground was chosen. An arDoI was erected, built of untrimmed oaks or pines. roofed with branches. A high pulpit was built for the preacher and corral was built for the horses Then on horseback and by wagon ! load the people came with gooo stores of provision and a great tune was enjoyed. The circuit rider was an important parsonage ana under his mighty eXhortations people shout ed until the woods rang, and they sometimes fell in swoons from whlci they were hours recovering.
 Honor Among Pioneer Arkansans.
 In the days when James Holman lived in southeastern Arkansas sucf a thing as taking a note or mort gage was unknown among the country neopIe. If a man needed money ant his neighbor had it, it was his priYi Inge to borrow. When he borrowed he promised 10 pay on certain day and when that day came it was pait if the man was living. If he died his family paid the debt If, as rarely happened. pioneer betrayed this unwritten code Of honor he would ht ostraciscd, or worse, and made al object lesson of for history 10 record
 The Story of the Haunted House.
 In the early days the traveller il Arkansas was welcome everywhere There were then no stage coaches, n' trains. no telephones, teleeraphs daily mails or newspapers. II wa left for the Arkansas Traveller t' spread the news. and unbounded hos pitality greeted him wherever h' chose to stop. Oftentimes news O his arrival was sent out in settle ment and the pioneer farmers gath . cred around to hear the news of tn outside world, and his stories wer
 topics of discussions until anothe came.
 Sometimes the Traveller heard story. Such one was that of tn haunted house and the way pionee woman ended the whispered story As the tale went the "hant" tha haunted the house was the ghost O man. Years before the log hous
 had been occupied by q hermit sai' to possess great wealth, which wa hidden somewhere in the old loi house. After his death, search wa