A monstrous head was now thrust up between the boards of the roof, only a few inches from Dick.  He gave himself up for lost.  But the excess of terror seemed to stimulate him, so that almost of their own accord his fingers began to play “Yankee-Doodle.”  Instantly there was complete silence!  The silence continued as long as he continued to play; but the moment he ceased the listeners again became furious, and rushed on with increased ferocity.

Uncle Dick’s pride as a fiddler was flattered.  He entered for awhile completely into the spirit of the thing.  But never before had he played to an audience so fond of music.  They permitted no pause.  His enthusiasm began to give way to cold and fatigue.  He was tired to death and almost frozen.

What was to be done?  There sat the listeners with tongues lolling and ears pricked up, allowing not a moments pause, but demanding an uninterrupted stream of music.  Several weary hours passed, and Uncle Dick was almost exhausted.

But all this while the wedding company had been anxiously expecting their musician.  Becoming at last impatient or alarmed, some of them set out in search for him.  They found him on top of the hut, still sawing away for for life.  The wolves were driven away and Uncle Dick was relieved from his unwilling efforts to charm listeners who got more music than they paid for.

Last Wolf:  [HW:  Ky4]

On January 20, 1910, a famous gray wolf was seen in Christian County and killed by a man named Tyler.  This wolf seemed to be the last wolf seen in this County.  It had terrorized the farmers in the Sinking Fork neighborhood, and a party organized by Charles L. Dade formed to hunt and kill this wolf which was done on the above date.  The wolf measured 48 inches from tip to tip and stood 24 inches high.

Negro Holiness Meetings: 

Once a year a group of 200 or 300 negroes give a religious Camp Meeting in a field on the Canton Pike about one mile southeast of Hopkinsville.  There is quite a settlement of negroes call themselves or their church the Holiness Church.  They claim to be sanctified and cannot sin.  A few nights ago I was invited to attend one of these meetings, the negroes reserve some benches under the tent for white people.

The night that I attended there were two preachers and it seems as though it is the duty of these preachers to bring their discourse to such a point as to play on the emotions of their congregation.  The order of service begun with a hymn by the choir.  The music for this consisted of a piano, banjo guitar and numerous tambourines.  The negroes being naturally born with a great sense of rhythm the songs were not in the same tempo as the songs of the whites but were of a jazz tempo and with the banjo and tambourines it makes one think of the stories of the African jungles.  The services start around 7:30 P.M. and usually break up around midnight.