The sun., 1910-08-14

of the muuntalnccr, show them the
nln'lu'ks hanging from q rafter. the
ir"ugh waShtub hollowOd from a log
'h" ,lav lamp. cloquent u Carthage OF
Rome. IN which grease II bnrneSl with
a floating wick the spinning wheel. the
paper flowers. the home woven coun-
terpansS- oi oll design, the calico
quilts N which the ursthstic feeling of
the woman ~ expressed and outside.
morning glnries phloN. hollvhoCks,
dahlias the good odd fashioned flowers.
invite rs The foastS. the funerals, the
rude district school, the preachers.
some uf whom have been known To
dlstll whiskCv or take "A swlg in the
course of a sermon: the faithful cir
cuit rider. going -crect"r back over
the mountains" -. the hitching post at the
mountain church and the swapping of
-heasties" that goes on about il the
primitive agriculture. the bull tongue
plough not much more than q sharpened
stick with a metal rim the intellectual
acutencss. the ingrained conservatism.
the boundlesS hospitality: ON all these
We should love TO dwell. The great null
titIde If SUN philologists and antigua
rians would mn forgive the omission
of these terms and habits of the older
world
They say buss FOR kiss gorm for muss.
pack for carry, and poke for q small bag.
strong past lenses and perfect psrticiples like
holp and holpen. and the syllable plural Of
words ending In st Ike heasties.' are con
stanuy heard. The Saxon pronoun hit sur.
wives cot only In 'te upland regions OF Kentucky
bat also OF the NrginiAs CarolinAs and Tennessee
with the conserving power OF the mountains has
come into operation also their dinerentatinE tn
hucnce within their boundaries Every valley
has some pecullArity OF vocabulary or speech
which distinguishes II nom the community across
the adiOinlng range The mountaIneors have
therefore criucised the dialect 10 JoRS Foxs
stories OF this rsgios because they are no, judg gss
OF the dialect of any IOcAlity but their own
Slrvivais Of spee-h are accompanied also by
survivals OF customs 10 the mountain the
rr!e of the road when two horsemsn or wagons
meet l. 70 turn 20 the leit a. IN England An
other relic OF old scotch or FnElish custom we
and In the infare or infair after moun,Ain
NT4llng Ihls u INC dtnner given al the home
of the brtdexroom's parents the day after the
ceremony. u Wss observed IN the rural districts
OF all Kentucky and Indiana ny till nfty years
ago eu'no~ IL adhered TO only In the mountains
more remarkable case of survival was
discovered In 1873 by Professor NArH,SIEL y
SHsIEa Of Harvard on the borders OF Virginia
and Kentucky There 10 . secluded valley he
found men bunting squirrels and rabbits with
S.G EnsisS short bows These were not the
con;rvance Of boys or Of to-day. bat were made
aud strung and the ARROWS hef,cd in the ancient
manner The men. som. of them old. we're sd-
miraoly skilled In their USE they assured me
that ike their fathers before them they had sv-r
rsed the bow and arrow for small sanls. resery~
Ing the costly ammunition Of The riae for deer
and bar
We have borrowed too much of an
article which We should like 20 have
entire. II was first printed
some nine years ago. had become in-
accessible. and cannot be- printed too
often. ltS intelligence and its sym-
pathy make II a model; and il deals
with people We have long been fond Of.