Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-08

aspeet-as In the eitiss-is Wholly
absent iis,esd. there V the sense OF
reserve and extreme quiet; the tahias
on Of . reserentisi sad subdSsa toes.
both in action and eoavsrsaiios.
inside Of our little farmhouse 70
usually turned TO our books uhss the
sun began to get hot. and BY opsaisg
all the doors and drsuias The shades
On the sunny side Of the house. ne
were always cool and comfortable !
wonder IL there 10 any such quiet a.
yoa will mad In fsrmhoass on . Sun.
day afieraooa. with the clock tiehing
GU, an emphasis Of the extreme noise
lessEesss
Our yard ~ss full Of flowers. mostly
old -fashiohed roses. holly hooks. peo-
nies. tiger-iiiies. bAisAm. sweet peas.
psnsies and nastarsiums. and tho
fragrance come In through the via
do~s with . drovsy sweetness ths,
seemed = natural part Of the day. The
birds sang infreaueniiy. perhaps .
chorus Of biaekbirds In the orchard. or
maybe the challenge Of . SanAssinE
flicker. bu; there vas somehow an al
most impeFeeptibie drons In the air
like the sound Of Invisible surf. The
faint shriiiing Of insects in the grass.
tho iou whisper Of moving leaves. the
b-af OF passing horses hoofs. the
call of . foraEins esos. thssS sounds
came and vent. and ssiii tho day
dreamed on. = vefi,Abie lotus eating
staEaaiion Of sun enthraiisd delight
fI1hoss had her time. place and de-
sire for . regular afternoon nap on
sundays. and ~hen tho time came
shs could be found In = ham.
mock underneath . couple OF naples.
stretched out In peaceful siumbss. her
lips parted and her tangled yellow
hair falling over her face. eomssimss
. kitten played With tho frtngss Of
the hammock. and ~ times an inouis.
Tive jsybird pc~sed at her from the
naples. but the most part she vas un.
disturbed. Some days she omitted
this daily sleep. but on Sundays she
always sought tho shelter OF the ham.
mock.
Visitors sometimes came from the
town or from the neighbortuG farms to
s-c us on Sundays. but usually
10 were eiolst9fcd In an asmo-
sphere Of scciusioa on these days.
Il vas vastly different 10 look from
windows out on nclda and orchards
rather than outward to an cxt.nss OF
walls and chimncys. Somehow Bun.
day In = city seems to be MORE Of .
holiday than day Of rest. Hut In the
country everything rests but tho
horses.
On certain Sundays. however. there
was considerable cxcitcmcnt In our
n-ikhborhood. This would happen
when some travelling evangelist"
would be hcraldrd ~ coming to the
county seat TO hold services. or when
the ncishborhood. The travelling
preachers generally drew large crowds
from the surrounding country. and
usually stayed from one to two days
In each town. They made more or less
conversions. and their style Of preach.
Ing and their personality would bs
kccniy discussed among their auditors.
They were men Who rarely appeared
In the cities. or even the larger towns.
but confined their efforts to medium
sized towns, and tho smaller cities of
the sccond.class sizes.
hut when the community received
word that there was TO bs q camp
meeting" In tho neishborhood there
was q real wave Of excitement mani
fest In the district. There was .
rustling in the feminine ranks. and .
getting ready by young and old with
view Of attending In full force.
Everyone goes to 'camp.meeting." and
not to be seen there night after night
argues yourself as too entirely biass
for common existence. Even the very
Oldest Of the Inhabitants can be seen
there. as well as the younger and
more thoughtless Of the rural popula.
tion.
"Camp.meetIng" does not really
commence until after nightfall, al.
though some attempts are made to
hold afternoon services. But It takes
the accompaniment Of lights. gloom.
fires and the weird influence OF sol.
emn-spread trees to arouse the latent
emotional qualities. And 80 when
'camp-meeting" time came, there was
much furnishing Of harness and curry.
ing OF horses, much driving by of
couples going to "camp-meeting'-
some OF them on pleasure bent. and
others moved by vague anticipations
of an awakening" .
"Camp-meetings" in our neighbor.
hood were always in the open air. and
in some grove OF tall trees. and there
was nearly always apparent latent
current of emotionality which became
active later on. manifesting itself in
intense excitement under the farvid
oratory Of the preachers. Men and
women. girls and boys fiocked to the
mourners' bench" and oftentimes old
grudges were healed and new friend
ships sealed under the influence Of the