The men ftt<* independent and have no scruples
in telling you if you don't lik-- their ways * \ o i -an
jour it bm k into tin-jug.’’ \n honed p- ople, \\uh
as uarm hcartsa-- •‘cvermi t under rough e.xlrxi r ■>, ’
but "a man is a man for that ami that.”
I don't knowhow to do just i<<* to the women, Lol
bless them! I will say lam hi re to dc.'eml their
virtue Asa p-ple. none on earth are purer ami
more virtuous. May the curses of beawn fall upon
those who would Inftay their sweet inno
cence. They arc ns pure as (he air they breathe,
or the Wat- rs they drink, "as pur-- as ever bloomed
out-hl •of I'lcn S bower." While its tine they do
not defile their sweet mouths v. nh to In, balsam, or
uweetgum, when they chew at all, it is tobacco; the
real, genuine stull. which they raise themselves. I
have seen sane of thof-c sweet mountain daisies,
spit nmbio at a chip from ten to lifteo.i feet, and Idt
it every pop. While they do not multiply words
much, one of them asked me for a chew cd tobacco
in about this way, "Mister, picasc give mo n chaw,
<»f your < hawing tobacco, If you chaw, do you
chaw?” Sho was a daisy an-t wore bangs, natural
ones too. 1 saw one of them working in a field one
day. 1 rode up and nddiwed her as follows: "A
nir pretlv girl like you. who will work out in the
II id to help supiuirt the family, will surely get
your reward. J think It will come in this workt. if
not you will certainly boa "parlor ornament in
henxen." Bide on, dod dn>t y< u. or I II s« t on loti er
<ui you," wa- tier r ply I rode on but it shows you
can’t use much "taffy," or co--m tto with them.
