A Thousand- Mile Walk 



ford himself, a pioneer and father of the village. 

 He is a surveyor has held all country offices, 

 and every seeker of roads and lands applies to 

 him for information. He regards all the vil 

 lagers as his children, and all strangers who en 

 ter Munfordville as his own visitors. Of course 

 he inquired my business, destination, et cetera, 

 and invited me to his house. 



After refreshing me with &quot;parrs&quot; he compla 

 cently covered the table with bits of rocks, 

 plants, et cetera, things new and old which he 

 had gathered in his surveying walks and sup 

 posed to be full of scientific interest. He in 

 formed me that all scientific men applied to him 

 for information, and as I was a botanist, he 

 either possessed, or ought to possess, the knowl 

 edge I was seeking, and so I received long 

 lessons concerning roots and herbs for every 

 mortal ill. Thanking my benefactor for his 

 kindness, I escaped to the fields and followed a 

 railroad along the base of a grand hill ridge. As 

 evening came on all the dwellings I found seemed 

 to repel me, and I could not muster courage 

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