The Pulaskian., 1918-01-25
THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW.

THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW.
 On Wednesday, January 5, l left Little Rock in a hurry. It was this way: I was afraid the weather might get too bad for rambling and l want, ed to ramble while weather conditions were favorable.
 I went out on the Rock Island to Iedwidge and walked from there to Prof. ]. M Hills, who is teaching the Iedwidge school, which is located two miles from the station, right up on top of the BigeioW mountain. He has an eleven month school, the longest school term 1 know of in the state. Be cause he has his farm and home near the school house he considers his job worth more than an $1,S00 position in the city. The professor is a very high-minded and upright citizen and is not teaching altogether for the money there is in the iob but he thinks that probably more than one of these little country boys will become great men and reflect credit on his teaching.
 The next morning I walked to Wye. While some people cuss the snow and stay housed up until it's beauty is marred, I like to get out in it and en- joy living for few days in an alto gether different world from the one have been accustomed to. In the cities are many great big strong, TO- bust men, who think such a trip as this would be their death, but Tues day I met two little girls about ten and fourteen years old. When 1 first saw them they were reclining at the side of the road resting 1 asked them if there was no school. They answer ed: "Yes, but we have got to eat They were on their way down the mountain to Ledwidge to buy grocer 5es. They are granddaughters of w. H. Powell and have only been down from St. Louis g. month or two. 4 little further on I met four mere girls about the same age on the same mis- sion, each with her school satchel to hold her purchases. These girls all fad from three to four miles to go to the store and the same trip back home making a walk of six to eight miles flor. each l found some people who said the weather was too bad for their kept at home the children are out in the weather a great deal more than they would be if sent to school.
 Men from the North say this is the woods grass with the ice on it is near an inch in diameter. One wonders how the delicate stem of grass can hold up so much ice. It don't, the ice holds it up. Tall pine saplings have bent over until their tops touch the ground, forming a triumphal arch They do not lie prone on the earth, but bow gracefully until the very tip top part of their heads touch earth. In crossing a spring branch l found it almost Impossible. The small trees were bent down so close together l could scarcely get through and before getting through fell flat in the snow. 1t was a scary looking place to go into because l had for mile been follow ing the fresh tracks of a bunch of wolves. Although I did not see them their tracks were so fresh looking that I was quite sure they had seen me. Then the rabbit tracks were so plenti- full that l wondered where all the rab- bits came from
 1t is rather strange to me that while the hunters from Little Rock keep all the rabbits and other game killed out south of the river, very few of them venture into this section. I suppose they are afraid of the wild animals, especially the hill billies, which is said 2O be hard on Little Rock hunters. There is panther who has his head quarters near where am writing this and his screams are frequently heard here on the Bigelow mountains, I am Uniformed. About two months ago he visited nearly every farm in the set Element giving at each one of his most talented vocal performances, with the result that the dogs got on the porches and fought for the nearest place to the door,
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