The sun., 1910-08-14

".s cree. 'h"Tt fore rolu's ne hlshwav Ahi
r- .-r. :, lr,lguatr geographical o-atiou, Wher
a.. uu bob lulalrr or val 20 rrriAin point 'hc
.srV'r V1. go ar.ai 20 TIE 'ors % the crr-l
HuI '.fu up pot, .,'i Ir1nr. ro' the 'o-s Of Ne
road auI 'h' p''H 20 rr, Is'' : ~onan At whose
7 cahln vc I.r,Hri one Jay ,ad Nv m,n aud
ne ''- r+,r ..rHs here On Cuir'ssand onN ten
frar, ntr psgu %, un Tro4hlr -omr
Fine rIrr- all. L,~triiing tho meal
hiE 'whI,h j. the regular arCompaui-
m"u' ui 'h" hpr~cman. Every man
shoes hl~ own hrrS- The country
~tnr" ~ the forks sells bellows. There
- furE" IA ia" shed or outho'I-s Oi
every cabin Why do our artists GO "a
Holland or Nr,anny when homely ma
tlvr pictures like these are AZ hand.
W. ,aw Que Isy = family on their way 70 the
couUfry -'orr 20 exchange their prOducr IN.
fatrrr Erl snd a large bar si Indian corn were
mounted nr one nur7s and the moihrr a yopngrr
gI-. aui . blacS lamb suspended In = sack rom
rh~ ,addic how. on the oth-l O. IS no unusual
,E.ng to Srr = woman on hor>cbarE. vI'h child
hsh,nd her and haby In her arms while ,hc
hoid. au umbrella above tLcn.
az necessity scant travellers. many of
these men never saw town or even
their county seat. itself but n village.
Tn" most cosmopolitan II them have
vuvaged on lumber RATS ur have been
guests of the state penitentiary at the
capital for feud murders or Illicit dis
tilllng The women are severer horne
keepers. Some have not even trotted
l. e L.. a. l.
tween their house and the post office or
country store Twelve wears mar
ried. one woman had never visited the
home of her father and mother ten miles
across the mountain
Thus rooted in one spot. the families
Of each district intermarry endlcssly f;
and bv this persistent endogaInv are
kept fresh me clan instinct and the
ieud, to our mind the theatre, opera and
novel "i this folk In Brcathtt county.
"A region long dear To our heart. an old
Judge whose family had been pioneers
on Troublesome. said that in the dis
triCt school near by there were ninety
six children, OF whom all but five We're
related 10 himself or his wife and n
Perry county woman says that she is
~rel1tei TO everybody up and down the
North Fork Of the Kentucky and along
Its tributary creeks
The stock il mainly English and
-Scotch-lrsh with only here and there
a French or German name. In four
interior counties there is no foreign
born inhabItsnt: IN eight others are
but two or three. Native stock, inbred
untouched bv immigration. stationary,
grown stagnant. but sound and fine
OF origin, sprung from the race Of con-
qucring pioneers and cousined by the
kentucky blue blood. ~ which the
world has perhaps heard "a much as
suitices. No foreigners. no negroes. The
region waS non-slaveholding because
un-,Itcd 20 plantations. The people
are democratic. like all mountaineers
had and have little knowledge Of the
negro. and do not show the deep seated
prejudice 20 the social equality Of
blacks and whites which characterizes
the kcntuCkians Indeed till 1906 there
existed a nourishing college for the
coeducatinn OF the bluegrass blacks
and mountain whites on the western
marge Of the Cumberland plateau and
1t probably couldn't have existed any-
where else south ~ Mason and Dixon's
line. the author tells ia.
How do our contemporary ance@-
tors look Well. the men are tall and
lank, though sinewv. with their bony
faces. sallow skins and dull hair Their
shoulders droop. they carry themselves
loose iointedlv. Though their faces are
inscrutable,- they are never stupid.
They do a lot Of thinking. but screen
themselves with inpenetrable reserve
from the CurTiner." the outsider. The
women have always delicatelv mOulded
and refined" patient faces simple and
natural manners, gentle gracious and
unembaTassed, - that in talking with
them one forgets their bare feet ragged
clothes and Grass ignorance Hard is
their lot and not goodlv is their heritage
Between y and H. girl mar1les a youth
between II and rs:
The motive IN marriage Is vs.y elemental.
betrAy, niue Of the rornauTc spirit Husband
ant wife speak o' each o'her a. 'i0y man
ani my woman \ gr when ,ue i ~ Il. PIT
Oh th- c'il is'' that - she &, no Ion.er mar.
rsg-sb!e 4 man l. inciuied In thI. rndesir-
aide category at - after that u~ ran -, no !
one to take him rNs'p' some poor vIddrr
sonAn. as one mouurln ms'ron oppressed o.. !
agdlug. rs., on 'Lr c.U ~ spsni their tine
ios' bumu va AropEd among rL-Ir 'ois. JurinS
, r'ie Of s" miles. Vi'h VISITS ~ great many