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Ralph Ringwood
A Truo Story of a Kontucky
Plonoer
OMtlniutt from 4I4 rte
I had boon about n year at Bard
town living thus studiously and n
clusely when as 1 was ono day wall
ing tho streets I mot two young girls
in ono of whom I immediately recall
ed tho little beauty whom I had kiss
ed so impudently Sho blushed up
to tho eyes and so did I but wo both
passed on without farther sign of rec
ognition This second glimpse of
her however caused an odd flutter
ing about my heart I could not get
her out of my thoughts for days Sho
quite interfered with my studies I
tried to think of her us n mere child
but it would not do sho had improve d
in beauty and was tending toward
womanhood However I did not at
tempt to seek after her or oven to
find out who sho was but returned
to my books I feared that with all
my exertions I could never bo able
to fit myself for tho bar or onnbli
myself to support a wife
Ono cold stormy evening I was
seated in dumpish mood in tho inn
looking into tho fire and turning
over uncomfortable thoughts when I
was accosted by some ono who hat
entered tho room without my perceiv
ing it I looked up and saw befon
me a tall and as I thought pompous
looking man arrayed in smallcloth
os and kneo buckles with powdered
head and shoes nicely blacked and
polished a style of dress unparallee
in those days in that rough country
I took u pique against him from the
very portliness of his appearance
antI stateliness of his manner and
bristled up as ho accosted me
Ho was formal but kind and friend
ly He know my family in Virginia
and understood my situation and
the dogged struggle I was making
A little conversation when my jeal
ous pride was once put to rest drew
everything from inc Ho was a law
cr of experience and extensive prac
tice and offered ut once to take nit
with him and direct my studies The
o ITer was too advantageous and
gratifying not to be immediately ac
cepted From that time I began to
look up Iwas put into a proper
track and was enabled to study to a
proper purpose I made acquaint
ance too with somo of the young
men of the place who wero in the
same pursuit and was encouraged at
finding that I could hold my own in
argument with them My legal
patron also might have had a favora
ble effect in correcting any roughness
contracted in my hunters life
I had always been fond of female
Bociet My experience however
had hitherto been among the rough
daughters of the back woodsmen and
I felt an awe of young ladies in store
clothes delicately brought up Two
or throe of the married ladies of
Bardstown determined that I was a
genius and undertook to bring me
out I beliove I really improed un
der their hands become quiet where
I had been shy or sulky and easy
where I had been impudent
I called to take tea one evening
with one of these ladies when to my
surprise and somewhat to my confus
ion I found with her the identical
bluoeyod little beauty whom I had
so audaciously kissed I was formal
ly introduced to her but neither of
us betrayed any sign of previous ac
quaintance except by blushing to the
eyes While tea was getting ready
tho lady of tho house wept out of the
room to give some directions and left
us alone leltI
Heavens and earth what a situa
tionl 1 would have given all the pit 1
tance I was worth to have been in the
deepest dell of tho forest I felt the
necessity ot saying something in ex
mao for my former rudeness but I
could not conjure up an idea nor II
tor a word EVeT m9II9 t muUf18
lrolut WOTee i f Hat one
lroW
fim1 mptcd to do as 1 had done
when I had robbed her of the kiss
bolt from the room and take to flight
but I was chained to tho spot for 1
really longed to gain her goodwill
At length I plucked up courage
on seeing that she was equally con
fused with myself and wulking des
perately up to her I pxclaimed
I have been trying to muster up
but I can
something to say to you
not I feel that I am in a horrible
scrape Do have pity ou me and
help mu out of itt
A smilo dimpled about her mouth
and played among the blushes of her
cheek She looked up with a shy but
arch glance of the eye that expressed
a volume of comic recollection wo
both broke into a laugh and from
that moment all went on well
A Cow evenings afterwards I mot
horat a dance and prosecuted tho
acquaintance 1 soon became deeply I
attached to her paid my court regu
larly and before I was nineteen years
of ago had engaged myself to marry
herI now prosecuted my studies with
redoubled ardor and was up to my
ears in law when I received a letter
from my father who had heard of me
and my whereabouts He applauded
the course I had taken amid advised
mo to lay a foundation of general
knowledge and offered to defray my
expenses if I would go to college I
felt tho want of a general educa
tion and was staggored with this of
for
I To It continued
I
The Counties
Jackson County
Coil IuIgSVrt ii
D M Click of Korby Knob is so
ling out to go to Tennessee
There are several cases of whoop
ingcough in this country
Tho two new stores nt this plan
are doing good business
Rev M M Brewer and Mrs SUB
an Slono have been sick tho past wcok
Several people arc attending court
at McKoo this week Everything is
quietGreen
Green Bales and Pleasant Evan
passed through hero last week with
some nice cattlo
John Durham who is attending
school at Berea was at homo spend
ing Christmas
ChristmasT
T F Abner of Clover Bottom
passed through hero going to Ann
villo to attend school this winter
T G Singleton the clover drum
mer from Livingston has been up
selling goods to our merchants
Evergreen
J W Jones has been to McKee on
businessJames
James Pruitt of California visited
friends hero recently
John Amyx wants to sell his farn
and move to Wallaceton
John W Lako is in tho stave busi
ness for Capt Smith of Wildio
Miss Eugenia Rose and Thomas
Carpenter were married January 1
Barrett Lunsford and wife of Wal
laceton are visiting at Joel Lakes
Bennett Ballard went to Living
stop January 1 after his sister Joicie
Measles are quite common Mrs
Sarah Lako has them and is quite
lowMrs
Mrs Elizabeth Lako has been very
low with grip but is recovering
now
J S Teague of Welchburg is fin
ishing Pine Grove school lIe is well
likedJohn
John W Lake broke ono of his
ribs recently and is suffering much
from pain
Aaron Grifiu of our vicinity mar
ried recently ami went to Laurel
county to live
Horso Lick Crook has been frozen
so deep that a roadway through had
to be cut with axes
Misses Etta and Allie Sparks aro
preparing to attend Boron College
during the spring term
Clay County
Ogle
Mrs Betsan Everole visited fronds
ou Buzzard Creek last week
Gillins and Jabo Smith visited
friends on Goose Creek Tuesday and
Aeduesday s
Thomas Frederick has been sell
ing a good supply of native herbs
atoly
atolyHarvy
IIarvy Delph and wifo of Laurel
pored into the house with his son
Alexander Delphi last week
Bright Shade
Noah Valentino spent Christmas at
his home near Manchester
Mrs Martha Lyttlo is very ill and
Ilot expected to recover
John Combs of Hazard Perry
county is visiting relatives ou Bear
Creek
JreckPleas
Pleas Fishor shot and killed his
brother Alec on Red Bird December
i
iTile
Tile Garrard Bros aro done log
ging on Red Bird and gone to their
homo near Manchester
L S Sizomore and D1 Asher
lava gone to enter scool at Onediu
Clay county
Rev Mr Taylor of Kimberliu
mights Tennessee is spending tho
week week with L Sizomore
J C Smith and sister of Hinduism
Knott county uro visiting their sister
Mrs Lincoln Smith this week
D 13 Woods of Manchester and J
T Mills of Bright Shade wero tho
the guests at R C Sizemore Sr ro I
jontly Married at tho homo of the bride
December 23 Mr Woodsou Swalford
to Miss Louisa Smith Rev Will Cot
iiigin officiating
Blaine Sizemoro has returned from
IVasiola Bell county where ho has
been spending tho holidays and re
ports a good time
Commodore Jackson ishavinggood
success in tho dry goods business on
I Bear Creek Tho moit of his trouble
is handling the peanut wagon
Rev Noah Smith of Bull county is
conducting u series of meetings at
the now church at Cadiz Crook At
this writing ho has received four addi
tions to tho church
Owsley County 1
Sturgeon
All tho schools of Ovvsloy hay
closed for this season except thos
of Mr V T Thomas of Boonevili
and Miss Minnie Scale of Distric
No 21
Tho New Year has come and will
it cold and snow and tho thermometer I
tea degrees below zero A very nic
time for rabbit hunting and storing
away ico for next summer Mr Lee
Congloton finished storing his house
full on last Saturday
Dr J M Mahaffy Representative
elect to the present Legislature bas
loft homo for Frankfort to tako his
seat with that body Wo hope ho
will in tho Legislature servo hit coun
try as truly nnd faithfully as he hen
as a physiciau and neighbor
The teachers of Owsloy have sue
cee ell much better in their school
room work this year than any preced I
ing year having a better attendance I
better discipline and order more liar
mony is a rule and better still they i
are still not satisfied with tho good I
work of the present year but hare I
gone off to attend tho best high
schools and colleges of our State and I
to further prepare themselves for tin I
good work they have so earnestly i
begun nnd wo trust they will continue
till they have placed tho public schools I
of Owsloy on a higher plane of oxcell I
ence and make thorn a model for other
counties and a light for all Eastern i
Kentucky
Wo hope that all teachers will en
deavor with all their might to implant
temperance in the minds of all the
pupils that como under their chargo
and so elevate the present school pop
ulation of Kentucky that intemper
ance may bo blotted out of our State
Intemperance and its train of evils
is the bane of this Commonwealth i
It is tho duty of tho schools tho min
istry and the press to work hand in
hand to banish this curse from our
country and buildup a higher citizen
ship JAS B SrCSlEI
Estill County
Locust Brunch I
J M Coylo shipped two car loads of i
hogs Tuesday I
Ennis Combs is moving into one of
J M Kindreds houses ofI
Mrs B Kindred who has been
tery any I I
betterI
The people hero have not had
much Christmas ou account of the
cold weather
Our blacksmith Geo Oliver is go
ing to move to West Irvine on S P
Richardsons farm
The young people around hero hadI
a few candy pullings and dances
luring tho holidaysI
Thoro wore but few people went to
town court day from around hero on
account of tho cold weather
Miss Sallio Hubbard and brother i
Jim of Kingston and Miss Maud Ii
Bickncll visited friends and s
in this section Christmas sI
Leonard Kindred formerly of this i
county and one of Estills best young I
men who has been in Illinois for two
or three years was married recently II
to Miss Ora Elliott of Armiugton Ill
Washington County
Springfield
Mrs S E Gowdy is sick Wo hope
for her speedy recovery
Miss E E Simms will open a win
ter school next Monday morning at
this placo
Ror McCoy spent a few days in
Louisville While there ho was high
ly entertained
entertainedMrs
Mrs Josio Brady and Mr Abe Lin
ton were married last night We wish
hem success
J W McElroy has gone to tako a
course in tho Tuskegeu Institute
Fuskegoo Ala May success bo his
Palmer Reed went out to get a load
jf wood last Thursday morning and
was found dead shortly afterward
Mrs Harriet McElory has returned
to her homo in Louisville after a short
visit to Mrs Milly Wakofield and
friends
Mr and Mrs TholimS Adams gavo a
sandy pulling last night for their
young friends Quito an enjoyable
time was spout
Rev A W Hill who has come in
lour midst has proven to bo a very
stimublo man aunt is progressing
nicely as jnstor of tho A M E Zion
church His home is in Loiisvillo
Miss Elizu S Simms entertained
her young friends at an evening par
ty last week Music and games were
the features of tho evening After
the hours had swiftly glided by tho
hostess was bade adieu and the
couples departed for their distant
homes
SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS I
THE HOME
E llttxl II jr MM KATE K IITNAM teaclivr In
lien College
The Homespun Fair
It is generally known that ouo or
tho many attractions at tho Com
mcncemont of Boren College is tho
HomoSpun Fair to which over
household is asked to contribute
Handsomo premiums aro offered Cor
many products of tho firosido intlus
triosTho
Tho College has decided not to
give a premium this year for any ar
ticlo made before the 1st of July 18911
that every ono may bare an equal op
portunity to compote Tho heirlooms
which we all value and are tho pridi
of many households do not show the
skill of the young women of today
Our College Fair hopes to encourage
our young people to put in motion
the spinning wheel and tho loom nut
from the sale of their products flat
tho necessary means for an education
Last year wo could have Hold from
fity to one hundred yards of homo
spun linseywoolsey amid linen lint
we had them
In Deorfield Maim tho womn
have organized themselves into the
Bluo mid White Society and are re
tiring tho old embroideries dyeing
their floss in indigo fustic aud mad
der You ecu enter somo of these
quaint old homes and see in the cor
ncr tho great tub full of dyes The
embroidery is beautifully dono and the
Society is claiming national attention
They are receiving orders from Maine
to California Their trade mark is n
spinning wheel with n D in tho len
ter They hope soon to embroider
only on Imomo spun linen which must
bo well and smoothly woven They
find it difiicult however to find the
handwoven linen
The art of handspinning and irony
in seems to bo a forgotten art in Now
England and these ladies of the Blue
iiud White Society are glad to know
that their sisters in the mountains of
Kentucky have been wiser than they
mil are still busy at the wheel 1and
loom Here is an opportunity to dhow
your skill in the production of fine
jvenlywoven linen cloth anti Miss
RohiiiFon Lady Principal of Korea
Collego will lie glad to purchase it
from you ut n good price
It in tho writers good fortune to
own a beautiful homespun dress A
roung lady eighteen years of ago
amulet the wool spun the yarn and
rove the cloth So beautifully wan
this done that on my visit to Now
England last Full uiy dress was not
sly greatly admired but it told bet
ter than I could of the intelligence
md skill of tho industrious women of
Appalachian America I had several
milers from gentleman for cloth for
malls but have been unable so fnr to I
hid tho color nnd quality of home
spun desired A drygoods merchant
vishexl to place a large order for
lomeapun Where can it lie foil mil I
ft must bo of the Best quality both as
to color mid weave
My plea is for the immediate and
continuous whirl of the wheels and the
reading of tho looms until the great 1
astern part of the United States I
shall recognize that Appalachian
AmoricR can furnish their demands in
his particular I
This will put the people in touch with
sicli other and the output of tho
mountain homes will bring in the
Eastern money and with it will come
ho broader opix > riuiiit5es after which
vo all seek
THE SCHOOL
f
IMIUvl by Mm KIISA II Yuan lioon ot lb 0
Normal lHM < unrnl 1 term Colics
Last fall I remember writing
something aiut the importance of
learning efpr JMOH in school
1 have been thinking n good deal
about that woul lately and wonder
ing if wo gut nil out of our lives thai
we might if wo more frequently gao
expression to some of the best thing
in us
usTho
Tho Bible nays For every idle
word that men shall speak they nhid
give account in tho day of judgo
mont But on the other hand I ho
limo that there are Idle silence
when somo word that is in our harts
ought to be spoken
Influence we all boo It is the
lowing out of us to another what
icy are But while no amount of ef
fort to rid what wo are not cnn in
I
the end be successful we may hide
sumo of our best thoughts amid feel
I inga or may keep to ourselves the
41 very word for which our friends are
hungryExpressioupreaainp I
I Expression prcsninu nutmeans
an active giving of ourselves And
hero again what is expressed must
first Ixi in our hearts
But wo lose a great deal at home
at school among our friends any
where if wo do not ttomutimcs express
our love our sympathy our desire to
help Cnrlyle was u great man
but he had not learned the value of I
expression in the homo After hit
wife died and when he used to pass
tho place whero he had last seen her
alive his features used to he full of
bitter sorrow an ho exclaimed Oh
Ohlli
tiles that 1 might tell her how much
II really cared for her through nil tho
i years But she never know it SIlO
never knew it
I Tell your mother sometimes Mint
you have often wondered nt her brave
spirit under difticultioH her sweetness
in trouble her constant pntiouct anti
that you love her
i We do not forget to find fault to
criticise to blnme why should we for
get to say tho tender words that shall
Ilw liko tho morning miiiHhinot
Thc happiness our life is in our
hands Now ciRrioncfKcoine to us
low friendships new tanks But let
JetI
used to things thoro is no Jtnenctt
ill them Common things do not
need to IKS common placo
I
IDo not look for wrong anti evil
I You will find them if you do
As you measure for your neighbor
lIeighhorI
I Look for goodness look for glad new
You will meet them all the while
if you bring a smiling visage j
Ilf To the gloss you meet a smile i
II had dyspepsia fiftyDevon yearn
and never found pennant relief till I
I took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Now
I am well nnd feel like a new man
writes S1 Flcmming Murray Neb
It is the lx > st digestnnt known Cures
ill forms of indigestions Physicians
jverywhoro prescribe it
S E Welch Jr
THE FARM
i We l by R C MAMM Irolrtwt ol hunt
culture Ikrrn College
Cowpeas
Method Cultivation nUll
t
Harvest hug
Cowpens are planted broadcast or
iu drills very commonly between tho
corn rows after tho crop Is laid by
Tho nniouut of seed used varies from
i quarts to 2 bushels p er acre tho
average amount being porlmpH about
3 pecks If sown in drills 18 to 30
inches apart less seed la required
than when sown broadcast The Heed
will stand being covered to tho depth
of 2 or 3 inches but caro must bo
taken to plnnt when tho ground is
neither too wet nor too cold as they
rot very rapidly under such circum
stances In regard to excess of
moisture cowpoas behave liko beans
I and in the early stages delight in n
I warm mellow Heed lied Much of
tho failure that linn nttended tho at
tempted introduction of cowpeus into
I tho Northern Stales is duo to plant
ing before the ground in warm enough
It must bo remembered that this
plant originated in tho Tropics and
that when transplanted to higher al
lit mules it innkfH 5U bent growth in the
hottest weather It is even more sun
I ceptible to cold and wet than is In
dian corn Hence proper delay in
planting will permit economy in tho
uso of seed Whero tho vines nro
grown for hay tho yield will bo larger
i if the seed in planted in drills mud
cultivated a timo or two The yield
of bras is also larger when only a
moderate amount of need is down and
tho vines have more space mud light
nntlair botwten them It is also
heavier from late planted vines than
from the very early ones In tests to
determine time relative vnluo of differ
ent named varieties it linn boon found
that us a rule tho + e which make tho
heaviest yields of vines also bar largo
OWP of leas
The vines should be mowed for hay
whin the pen are welt formed and
the leaves are first beginning to turn
fellow After wilting on the ground
Dr in tho windrows from twentyfour
to forty eight haunt the hay is placed
in small thin pile or crocks mill al
lowed to cure for several days when
it may ho carted to the barn or stack
d under sheds Tim haymaking
precuts in n difficult one requiring
morn cure nnd attention than red
clover bt cauKo tho broad leaves and
hick stems contain n larger amount
of water The hay must bo placed in
rocks before tho leave become brittle
md tho piles roust be small enough
to allow free circulation of nit to tho
renter of each Bright conpcn hay
lean nnd well cured in worth mi much
all the best red clover hay and them
e no good reason why time Southern
annera and planters should buy the
Sorhcrnjrowu article for their work
ing stock or for fattening cattle
Every ton of hay used on the estate
should bo grown there Another
method of curing hay is to stnck the
rinof in a lien or rack of rails or poles
110 arrnnged w to allow tho air to enter
every part of tho pile This stacking
user poles Is the mat whero tho vines
are pulledor where the trailing and
trooping sorts are used
v Md t r
ACROSS THE GOLLEGE GREEN BEREA COLLEGE HAS 15 BUILDINGS
Acirtvel rortEEREA COLLEGE erinDY
Ocr 110 teachers 700 students Ironi iO states Host Library in KuntucUy No Snlooufl
DEPARTMENTS
For those NOT NUfllclcntly advanced to get u teachers cortiflcato
1 Trade Schools Carpentry Housework Printing two years
iL Model SchoolH preparing for Normal antI tho advanced courses
For thoHO NiilHcIcntly advanced to get n teachers certificate
r III Farming nUll Agriculture gardening slock raising forestry otctwo years
IV Domestic Science Sowing Cooking etctwo yearn
V Normal Course for teachers threoyearn with precticoteaching
VI Academy efour yearn fitting for Coillfjl for business and for life
those advanced VII College Courses Classical Philosophical mind Literary
For more
Adjunct Departments VIII Music Reed Organ Choral free Vocal Piutu fhoory
IX Borea General Hospital Two years course in the caro of the sick
tho host education in reach of all It is not a moneymaking institution Its instruction in a
Borea places themselves and charges u small incidental leo
It aims to help those who value education and will help
freo gift t4 llrt ii nlut n t their board for term
also for Expenses
to meet expenses of the schoolapart from instruction Students must pay
weeks ho brought within s2l about half of which lUust he pllic1 in advance
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school may is PlldorHNY by Baptists Cougrebrntioualilits Disciple Methodists Prosbyterians f and good people ol
The
u > u vvo o
J Jiu nviiuut o j
nil denominations For information or friendly advice admires the VlcePfttMent
GEO T FAIItCllILD LL D Berun Madison Co Ky
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