VOL '1. MANNIG. ('LARENDO ('OUNTY~ S.t~ WE1)NESI)Y, JIL1418.NO3.
OLD TIM
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BUT T111
How a .alte ary S!
Country 0 and ade .,oru. el
The death Perrv. the
greatest Mormon ei-er east of Utah and
the leader in what was once a :ettlement
of 250 of the Latter Day Saints, which
occurred at Perrvville-, N. J., Xt week,
virtually closes the historv of MuIrmon
ism in New Jersey. Of all the old set
tlement but two people i now remnain
one, Adeline Mevers, an old aid. 11ow
residing in Hainesville: and the other,
Martin Recton, an old bachel'or, living
away back in the Blue Ridge _Noutains,
fifteen miles from DeckeTtown. The
historv of this community, as ob tained
from Silas Suydam, or "Whea-boy Sie"
as lie is more commonly called, is an in
teresting one. In fact, old Sile himself
is in an interesting story. Sile is one ofI
oldest settlers in the lue Ridge M1oun
tains, and lives in what was once the
very heart of the eastern l'tah. Early
one morning weck a Star reporter
started from Deckertown to hear Sile's
story of Mormonism. He found the old
man sutfering from rheu:aatisi, con
tracted during the war, and for which he
now draws a pension. After the usual
remarks about the weather and the value
of the horseflesh which the renorter had
been driving, the latter said:
'"Say, Sile, did you ever hear of a
Mormon settlement up inl this neighbor
hood?"
"Did I ever hear of it? Do I remem
ber it? Well, I guess I do. I come
pritty near bein' a Mormon myself them
days. 'Long in the spring of '50, I think
it was, when an old, long-haired pilgrim
come marchin' into town one morniu'.
He said his name was Lane, Elder Lane,
from Salt Lake City. He had a pack of
papei-covered books under his arm, and
he left one at every house. I think I
got-the one he left here vet. Just wait
.ill I go in and see."
.The old man walked into the house
and returned in a few mintes with a
yellow-covered book containing about
tifty pages, entitled "The Christian Way;
A History of the Rise and Progress ei
the Mordion Chuarch, by .1 ius Lane.
"Thet ere book," said Sile. resmingr
his story, "is what adi4-. The wimmin
folks got a hold on At an' rread it over an'
over, an' they'd get togetChr an' talk c
about atween themselves. Old Lane
didn't stop thet time, but lie came back
in about a week an' writ out notices thet
he was agoin' to stay an' preach on Sun
day. Thet was 'long about the middle h
of the week, I think, an' he soent the b
rest of the week goin' around nailin'
these notices u on trees. Well, Sundai
,eome, an' the whole mountain turnedl q
out to hear what the old man had to say. a
.. wus there 'long with my sister. Sallie
.Ann, au' I hed a lot of paper' an' a piece
of eamd, an' I put down the Scrip
ture notes tht the old fellow read. I
kinder thoughi he might lie a little, or
read 'em wrozI4 oz suthin', don't you
know, an' when I got hu4 I got down
the old Bible, an' hunted up 5-erv one
of the texts what he had read, az' by
gosh, they were there, an' just like he'd i'
said 'em, too. I thought I was a pritty te
-"ood scriptorian myself, but some how I '
Zhsin't recommenmber of ever havin'rah
then: things before. There they wash
though, in black and white-, an' 1I.2
couldn't go back on the Bible, it was
the most ded2ishest hole I ever got into.
I talited with .some of the neighbors P1
about it, and at hd' we decided to hold CO
a meetin' unbeknow~'i +o I.e to talk la~
it over and see what tii do ,uvout it. We th
didn't just like the idea of' goia' hack on1
our Methodist brethren down to 8:dz~is- 1
ton, but we was agoin' to be right, breth- 1
ren or no brethren. The night for the n
meetin' come, an' about thirty-ii.e of us Ii
gathered in my house, this .same R
house right here," pointing to the houised -
"I thought we'd best open the mieetin'
with prayer for help to decide the qunes- a -
tion, an' so I got upl an' prayed the goo~d th(
Lord to tell us which was right. WVell,' '
sir,; maybe yo'- won't beieL.ve it, but m"'
suthin' said t 'Sile, you'd best leave w
that galoot alone. I heard it jus as ho:
plain as day. It come so suddint, by a d
gosh, that1. made up my m.ind on the s
spot to stick to the Mlethodists. It didn't an
seem to strike the others that "'av,
though, for every mother's son of the'm' Au
voted to have the old sinner stay andeh
preacX
"3 ,course one couldn't do nuthkin' I Y0
viit -fou~r, an' so they hed their ' ar
way, an' Lane was invited to preach. He 1 -
,was more than willin' to, you bet, an' lhewa
kept right on Sunday after Sunday T
mnakii:' newv converts all the time. By- Fo
an' by, I guess 'twas after he lhed beeni con
her 'base six months, he got up in get
meetin' one usday, an' said: -.Brethren, agr
we been here sonw time now alaborin' tim
together, an' the eige'h of God has ber
growed up to be a big one. Par-t of our mnil
religion is to baptize, an' all o1 ypu must are
be baptized afore you can git to hiease.' nel
Then he said he would be astandin' on:on
the shore of Lake Shipeong it 12 o'clock p~re
thet night, an' he would baptize d1l who fbi
hed jined the faith. Every body waa. thu
to see how it was done, an' so everybody ih@3
was there. At exactly 1i o'clock oil I the
Lane stepped into the lake, an' alhout a lthei
minnte after Ann Harrison. a roung~ gn-rilthal
about 20 years old, followed Ihim. .Ue Hot.
commenced to sing a song, and then he I lPeo:
douced her down into the water. He jlhor!
done this three times, an' then lie asked jtray
for anybody else that wauted to bie btap- I
tized, and young Tonm HLg.:ermanin ligh
stepped into the water. lHe was fo~lowed stou
by twenty-one more, an' then theyv au11 l lgh
went home. After this baptism thiey sim:
bad one every week, and if there as 'd
anybody what wasn't ba'tizedL he warn't aea
nobody. The church kept4 a-growin' an. the
a-growmn' until '55, when L.ane sa id har
good-by an' left for- Utah. We hear~d cn
afterward that he died on the road-any-.'
way, we never saw~ him ag'n. I
"For 'bout three vears there wasn't n
head an' the church' died down.. TheL0
in '58 a fellow calling himselr Ed Doc k- ,.
etyma' claiming to hail from New~ York io
:ame a -A rgn-.e i brung with Li
him two s - yo eve see st.
mn' said ~s wives. He ml
- aida ~Wi e girls haere- rij
ab outs was cleani gone on him. P
hatdn't i 1eeni Iere no more than thrt
ionths beforlie niarried Sally Beebu:
'iee young gal. lThe church growe
ile Dockerty was here, an' when It
"'e was about 150 members. Aloin
st before the war broke -ut
wa. ~ xas, takin' his thr wve
wit hear b. died shc ily afte
he go
"I went to the that, an<
what they done w I don'
knowus ii
t a fellO omre a M -,WrkS
an' he preached an' -ossed t .pOari.l
until '69, when he disappeared o c da
an' nothin' was heard of him until abou
a month after, when his dead body wa:
found up here in the woods near Fid.
dier's Elbow. He was buried in ri
style. It was during Sparks' term wher
Ton Perrv was converted. Tom wa
pretty well along in years-around the
sixties, somewhere, I guess-but lie be
e;Ine a red hot Mormon. an' he used to
get up in the old school-house an' say
the spirit moved him; then he'd talk an
hour at a time, real smart, too. It wis
on account of this talking pow% or that old
Perry took charge uhen Sparks was
gone, and I think he had 'bout 150 wim
miiin and seventy-five men in his cong-re
i. tion. The old sehool-liouse wasn't
big enough to hold them, an' they held
their neetin's outside. Old Tom had
one wife when he jined the church, an'
afore lie got through he had eight. I
hear they's all dead now. The old wo
man war 81 when she died, an' the
youngest, a gal named Minnie, war
about 22. 'Long in '72 or '73 Tom made
u1 his mind to convert the whole com
try an' lie made up a meetin' to disenss
the (uestion with the Methodists down
to Saudiston. The meetin' lasted eight
lays an' both sides claimed they got the
Lest of it. so it was put into the hands of
i committee to decide, but somehow
:hey never reported how it conic out.
[n '74 the thing commenced to dwindle,
In' it kept gittin' lesser an' lesser until
2ow, I guess, there's only two left, One
>f 'em is a cousin of mind, Miss -Meyers,
lown in Haynesville, an' t'other one is
)ld Mart Recton, who lives lp here a
)iece in the mountain on the road to
iowhere. The settlement just below at
.havtown, which was run by Charlie
bers, never 'mounted to mucf anyway,
n', I guess, they're all gone now. Well
must go to work. Much obleeged for
-ou fellers stoppin'. I don't see much
f life up here."
After thanking Sile for his story the
cribe drove on to the old school-ionsc
-here the meetings were held. It is a
ttle old hut, not much larger than a
ood-sized dry goods box. At present
is occupied by Martin Cole and his
umily, consisting of a wife and eight
Ilildren. It has but two rooms, and!,
iese are used for cooking, eating and 1
cepinag purposes. Half a mile further
p the road is Tom Perry's old place.
n a little clearing by the road is the
ouse where he was born and lived all ]
is life. It is an uniainted wooden;C
ailding containing four rooms. There j
a little shed in the rear. Tom was I
lite a character. He was born poor, t
id by drudging and saving he succeed
in buying the lanid around hi.< home:,I
ead, amounting to about 650 acres. t
wenty years before he joined h- Mor-1jt
on Church he quarreled with his wife I
>out a trifling thing, and they never!
oke to each other until the night hel h
is baptized. All that time they lived g
the same house, cooked, ate and slept b
gether, yet they never spoke a word to |f
ch other. He was the father of four- h
i children by the woman. How many a
had by his l'ater wives is not known. i tC
had eighty-two gindchildren whent
died. All are scattered ini different ia
rts of the country, nonie of them living
ar the old place. 1I
About half a mile north from Perry's s
ce is Lake Shipoon~g, w}here all the
averts were baptized. It is quite a
ge body of water, considering the fatct '0
it it is on the highest point of the Blue W
ilge range, over 1,900 feet above the
el of the sea. The view from the lake 01
>nc of the grandest in world. Stand
on: thie roaidside near by one can seeh
een vikg;~ writh the naked eye, the
irest one ten ii&::way. Four miles if
m the hake, on the 'old'stag mie turn
i, Shaytown, which wais alio oje
iormaon 4gclment. C. D. Abers Was T
leadit~g elder ah ?lls place. He be
'n converted while ' ausgling the an
etinge,~t Perryville while Elder~ Lt;: of
Sin charge 1er them. Upon his return ti
ne he gathered around him a band of p~
ozen, and every Sunday de-ing the s
me they would go off'in the wood' th
t hold tijeir meetings, while in the Y5
ter they woiild .ie held in his liouse .
hrs had but one wire. j-je had eight .
Aren, six of thenm girls, all ot wh1om
ted tie 3.formion Church, and married
ng Mormion acaerts. None of them J
living now. bi
. few miles back of Shiaytowni ibere
a settlemient of Mormon women.
headers were a Mrs. Ray and a Mrs.
.No man was allowed to join this
tmnitiy, but if wainted to come and .C
a wife lie we welcome, provided he "
sad to go away ith? her. At onedc
there were as ma-v mas fifteen mem- 01
in this settlement. A dri-ye of thye e
's over a stony, rocky road and yo-:
in Brick House, the only town in the 4
~hboihood that did not liave at leastd
convert to Mormonism when it was of
raeat. Why it was called Brick h
tse is a mys'g os a brick is some-I
g probably nev er se:. v the in- dt
itants of that village. Hefe'i ah
we:"; traveler eats, however, anad i
e is any one- thing more than .nother
the proprietor of +he Brick House
el knows about, it is Iteedg .hungry
a good1, square meal, giving e n
e sax cinti -of Oats, .and asking the Tex
eler when he ia., 2;'ished his meal "p1
ther lie would like ai Lid: "chain one
nitg," or wiould p~refer to "buek a cur:
e fence.' . ilith prefers "chain ani
:in, he ;.;a 'iople whiskey
ght, twio driks of wihi it warrant- fask<
> talZ: the lining oft the stomach oif ; '
It-iron nai. If he p~re'fers to "buck ceet
;tone fence" he .:g a bgbowl of li .
cie.All this is domse for fifty on i
ire miles from Brick House is T
lesville, the home of Miss Meyers, amec
iy living female Mormon in 'Jer- see-m.
She is abhout 80 years old, and is a that
rkably sharp old lady. When asked Clex
t the old settlements in1 the mo0un- r-ear
she told substantially- the same p 1oli
"Whoa-boy Sile" Shme said that
, a s according to the T 3
'mulyan aree-with
e ment on the part of the woman to obey
e the iman. There was no written contract,
,siniply a sh:ake of the hand. In reply to
1 the question if polygamy was practiced
to any extent she shook her head and
said: "Soie (id it, but I never tried it."
After "bneking a .aNe fenec- the
s scribe started on his wear: way of thirty
r odd miles back over the hills to Decker
town, having learned more about eastern
1 3Mormonism in twelve short hours than
the had ever learned before in his life.
i Is there not a moral lurking somewhere
in the fact that the only two living -Mor
mons of the two or f thre hundred who
once lived there are ani el maid and an
old bachelor?
TakIn:: thle Mansion1 41re o1 Hunet and1( L"e4
or a uIC O: :.
(Fron: e NXe Yt A .kun.
The daily routine of life at the White
House hasnot been altered much since a
bride came to preside there. A writer
in the New York Sun savs that the Presi
dent's habits have not yielded to the
cbange in his domestic afkirs. There is
one more servant, a German girl, nrhom
Irs. Hoyt brought from Favetteviliec
with her, who will remain as 36s. Cleve
laud's maid. But the Presence of a mis
tress at the Executive Mansion -would
not be perceived by the aid vistor.
A close inspection of the private portion
of the house, however, shows that a
woman's dainty hand and refined taste
have passed over it, and the rooms look
less like a club house and more like a
home. Mrs. Cleveland and her friend
have been overhauling the artique furni
ture, pulling one piece out of -this room
and pnshing another into that, and at
the west end of the private corridor they
have fitted up a litt snuggerv, where
they sit sometimes and exchango .oui
fidences. A piano has been taken up
into one of the south chambers and that a
part. of the house, which has so long been
gloomy and forbidding, has now become
musical and merry under the touch of j
their fingers. Visitors who are shown into
the President's library nowadays hear t,
unaccustomed sounds, ;i snatch of song
disclosed by an open door, or an echo of
laughter, or a few notes of a piano gayly t
played. |
When the President hears these sounds
he often looks surprised and many a n
time leaves a pile of C4ilcial papers on s
his desk, looks into the adjoining room
to see what the girls, as he calls them, 3
ire up to and then returns to his work a 0
happier and more contented man. A i
Cabinet meeting was interrupted the l1
>ther day and grave matters of statecraft 9
xere laid aside by a1 little confusioni ini
vhich two girlish voices were apparent, S
nt the interruption passed suddenly
6way and diverte - attention was restore'd 1
o the consideration of the fisheries ques- b
ion. I
Breakfast was formerly served at the -
white House at eight ;'clock and the d
resident was often at his desk an hour TI
r so before. Now the breakfast hour
s nine o'clock, and only once or twice s
ince his marriage has MIr. Cleveland at- ha
ended to any official duties before going be
own stairs. He usually passes into the ce]
brary on his way to the dining room to "
ki what telegrams or letters are lying do
pon his desk and runs through them col
ile waiting for breakfast to be served.
[o geis into the ofilcial harness about :',
our later than he used to do, and it is se
encrally ten o'clock nowadays before he 110
egins work, when nine was the hour toi
)rmerly. He pulls steadily along until lor
mna
alf-past one, when, on every alternate ma
Iy, he receives the public and then goes di
> luncheon, and afterward chats with the
ie ladies for a few minutes as he smokes for
cigar. theo
During the morning hours Mrs. Cleve- tha
nd scos nothing of her husband, butth
>.ends her time in reading, sewing, ar- no
ngm'g igs about the house, wander- clo
g in the conserviitory- and grossiping "e'
it the gardener abouit the flowers, of e
zich .she is very fond. In the attic ofth
e White House is a woniderful store ofsa
a things, and the young women have '"
en overhauling them, dragging to ali
~ht relics of Jeffersonian simplicity andte
cksonian severity and throwing "thenm the
to contrast with the artistic modern-an
ss that has prevailed since General "*'
-thur and the Tiflfanvs renewed the ug~
silet's quarters. While there is no mfo.
cessity for 31?-s. Ci'veland exercising er
y supervision over the domeostic ::.firs is.
the place, as the servants are well tre
.ined and nmerous, searcely a day tion
sses without a consultation wvith the to
ward or a visit to the cook, who, with th
:rest of the household, admire their th ~
ig inistress as much as the p~ublic do.
- Baclorh ecer m)e. d~
L'he New Tork Herald quotes from its a'g
:ksoille namesake to prove that were
:helors never die, ihus: ness4
rohn Kelly thought Tildenu too ol and The
il to run a second time as 1President. inte
m 1611y is dead. The stalwairt Cha n- of th
r wrested the Psuidency fr om .1ilden. tion
indler is dead. Grant, it is said, (beg
ald have arrested and imlu-isoned Til-I inig
if he ha attempted to claim the dent
cc he had been e eta to. Grant is pictu
U. 'Hancock was chosen as a more they
ly man to live through the Presiden- with
$a~n Tilden. Hancock is dead. Hen- wtho.
nh aeguzd tf have *a long life ahead in W
i scompared di die m;oi et the wveek
d of the ticket. Hendricks is dead. ing t~
'mour, MleClellan, all the old candi- trali(
as are dead. Meanwhile Tilden thinks plc-.
ce is nothing so invigorating as work- ly di
zrvev before the mast on his yacht. (level
___ if the
Cleveland's Hintcnuuathzn T4 .dk pf. durini
- Ian?
M1r. Cleveland will beat everybody advai:
."said Representative MIiller, of of th,
as, to a Sie ienorter the other day. bond.
iblic opinion isin his lucr :w d no nust
can beat him. If the election oe- eratic
-ed this fall he would be elected by is the:
unneeuse majority." they
Will he be strong in the convention?" positi
ad the Star. expee
Ye-s. MIachine p~oliticians can't sue- Soc
t in a fight against well deftined pub- not
entimenlt. With? 3tr. CadUisL.Z:cond Their
he ticket they would get the largest on a p
rity ever given to any ticket." large
liere is censiderable talk of this sort cost a
ng Democrats in ihe House. It buy it
is to be ackno': edged on all sides I have
the turn of the 12e is towards MIr. .2t.s
eland's renominat on, andt that a!- glory,
y it has got out of dhe control of the pendit
icians.-Washington Star. The g
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ie only thing that can make money is not
out, advertising.-the mint. mext
ml ItESSIONS OF TIIE SOUTH.
Wiii.uT . MILR Ail'I-E M.\ TIl.\K5 01
TIS! SECTION.
.n IZntellient Statemenl of the Condition n
Afairs. Vien ed Throng: the Spectacles of qi
impartial Correspondent.
(Moile Latter to the Milwauk -e Jouxrnai.t )
The long, lanky editor of a Northerr
paper, who went to Canada to dodge th<
draft, insi.-t.s that the rebel larigadier
are again in the saddle, ready for anoth
er assault on the Union. He whisper
to those who will listen that the South
ern man still hates his Northern brother
with all the ardor of his sunbred nature.
As usual, the organ editor lies. I have
spent six weeks looking for uncon
structed citizens, without finding one.
On the contrary, the visitor from the
North is impressed with the cordiality
which marks his reception here, and the
spirit of National pride that is manifest
Ad. A spectacle not unirequently be
cid is that of an ex-Confederate soldier,
Viho gave one cf his legs to feed Uncle
isan's bullets, steadying himyself with a
-rutch while he praises with generous
testiculation this great and glorious na
ion. I have not heard the late unpleas
.ntness spoken of except when the sub
ect was broached by a Northerner. Of
ourse there are Bourbons here who can
tot understand that we have passed from
lie 60's to the 80's, but the average
ioutherner would fight for the Union
:>-day.
The story of the business life of the
outh is a sad one. It may have been a
qest it the Rip Van Winkle banquet;
has certainly'slepE for twency years,
tid is now straightening out its legs
repartory to going forth to learn what
2d where it is. It will find as much
appiness and prosperity as Rip did at
ic end of the journey. There is no
amit to its resources; to the right and
le left one can see fortunes: but there
nobody here to reach out his hand and
ke them. One rides through miles of
lendid country that bears no sign of
e. Immigrnt'on is the first great
ed; no effort has yet been made to
cure new citizens. Is it likely people
mul4 go into such a frantic scramble to
tle on Dakota blizzards if they knew
the advantages this section of country
ers to men of small capital and day f
>orers? But the Northwest will be ex- f
isted sooner or later, and the tide of s
migration will flow Southward. Then, j
- not till then. .hall we know the New
uth. It is not probable this metamor- a
osis will be conipleted early enough to e
neilt the present generation
rhe beliri quite generally entertained! t
Northern people, that the negro is t
,tined to act an important part in the
relopment of the South, is fallacious.
ey do not appear to progress. I have
n colored children at school, and it is
-d to realize that a human being can P
so stupid as they are, with rare ex
>tions. The older neyces have not a
rk of am'bition. They live on a few
lars a year, and are lazy, shiftless and bi
Ltented. I could learn of but few hj
ored employers. We drove three ai
es into the country, in Mississippi. to F
a siecimen cf negto tarift. TheP fte- a
hadl rented ground and planted cot- of
. He picked enough to pay hisland- "
1 and merchant, the latter being the d
2 from whom he buys meal and mo- bi
es. About one-third of the crop he "I
not harvest, leaving it as it grew in th
field; he is sure of food and lodging in
the year, and is satisfied. Like all th
darkeys, he lives in a small cabin et
has one room, a big chimney and it
~vindows. He spends no money for Ik
hing; in fact a decently d5essed of
ro is not a commnon sight. Where on in
h they get the rags that partly cover ru
r bodies is a mystery. it is fair to ret
I hav-e seen 5,000 negroes, and every- to
of them wore a hat which words can pr
describe, and no two aof themn were! de
.In foot-gear, particularly amnong fi
curly-headed denizens of Tennessee Pr
Mississippi, they display fearful and fis<
derful ingenuity. The majority wrap thi
around their feet, and do not re- th(
e or change them until warm weath- det
guaranteed. Na
1c relation of the whites and blacks prm
irrepreseted. The negroes are ex- Hi:
ely respectful and frequeutly 4.c- thui
tte in their conduct toward the prc
e peolhe. They have trouble with cor
mneducate-d whites, wyhom they con- proC
beneath them. It was from this Las
the overseers were selected in the san
of slavery. The stories of bull- sen
ag and shot-gun rule are gross ex
rations. When the carpet-baggers
driven out stormy scenes wvere wit
d, but now elections are peaceable. I
negroes do not exhibit~ the slightest
est in aillairs of State. Thousands
em do not even know when an elec- A
evill be held. When a Democrat yea
ding the B3ou'rbons' pardon for call- son
fr. Cleveland tsuch) became Presi- 1"
sonmc of them were excited by "~n
res drawn by demagogues, but now enti
seem to regard the atdninistration mei
fatvor. Alexander, the colored man chai
lelivered Blaine campaign speeches the
sconsin last year, (died here this a t
Hie was a hard character, accord-~
the general verdict, and op)eniv \el
ked oni his influece with his ne00- Frua
If the negroes could be intellig'ent- So
ceted they might do much towardfr
ping the South. but it is doubtfulne
v can do anything for themselves theu
g the p~resent generation, at least. te
c rtae 0sTiJ haentfron
ced since the war, as 1 know little Italy
ir condition when they were in bril
go. In judging them the readerstl
keen in mind the fact that for genl- The
:s thy- lee b een onoressed. It
-efore "not i'easoniale th expect that I in itt
gill at once raise themselves to a ice
mn which humanitarians wish and must
them to occup1). look
ally the South~ shines. One ean neatl
miagine more chtarmhing peole. grae
rand scale. Th le r(omisare alasothe:
ind the ceilings high. Wih house cities
fortune originially, now - conl a his)
for a song.Tehnsons lc stant.
sencould bte had for 81->,O00 or g
0. As ev.idenice of its departed h '
paintinigs that repiresented an ex- ..r
ure of $l10,000 cover the walls li
:ounds are acres wide and deep, struel
wooded and watered. Now there Blram
hing to support such establish- mule
The nrchiteturonf all the houne ie.io
is severely plain; there is so little varia
tion that the prosl)ect soon become
monotonous. A feature is the bOrcad gal
leries, with their innuense pillars; nearb
every Imilding has them.
In these great houlses there is room foi
r hospitality. The people hav nt as nmel
I m11on1ev as we have in the North, but thei
know'how to spend what. they have bet.
ter. A New Orleans gentleman said:
"A great manycofortald
oi noth ing." If they have but a (101lar
they spend it like a king. Society seems
to be their life. Breakfasts, luncheons,
dinners, balls and receptions! They
never tire of the crush, the chatter. the
music. They work as we play. The
women are beautiful and w i educated
generally. Men idealize thei. Their
sway is absolute. The result is doubt
less beneficial. They try to live up to
the standard which their male fr-Inds
have set up for them--mort als that :re
but one step from heaven. link be
tween a woman and an angel." Pcr
haps too great a part of their lives is
spent in society; the stream of in'sin
cerity and flattery which is poured into
their ears year in and year out is apt to
wash away the freshness and simplicity
which constitute woman's greatest chanrin.
They read good books, and coisequent
ly are broad-minded. They have practi
cal ideas. and make the best of wives.
Th!eir pale faces will not compare favora
bly with the r-.y cheeks of Northern
girls, in the eyes of Northern men at
least. They ruin their complexions b
using powder; at a very errl- age their
faces arc colorless. Congress might pass
an anti-face powder act, on the ground
that beauty is a gift from the gods for
the benefit of mankind, and she who
ruthlessly destroys it is a fit subject for
fine and imprisonment.
The men do not average as well -s tihe
women, Th'ey a-:h1Z, ui do iioi know
how to make their talents serve them.
They lack energy and application, and i
possibly opportunity, although men
ought to make opportunities. Very few I
>f them still cling to the idea that work f
Ls degrading, that a gentleman must he .
oafer,
Aumsements are liberally patronized.
ruesday was the Mardi Gras festival. x
[here is no holiday in the North like it. v
3usiness is suspended, and the whole (
)o ulation appears on the streets. Ful 1
a the people wear raasks and highly n
antastic costumcs, and are given due a
icense in speech and manners. From li
arly morning until late at night theyh
>ow horns, dance, sing and play the t<
ool generally. They arc better citizens
or the frolic; it revives their interest in a:
ober things, and convinces them that a I1
ttle nonsense goes a long ways. S
Mobile has about 40,0 inhabitants, n
nd is better off than many other South- o:
rn cities. It is a deliglitful place for tz
inter tourists, and as its fame spreads 'a
iroughout the West it will furnish win- al
.r homes for people who object to severe o
oather.
AN EXL)ED NAPoLEO . n
rince Plon-Plon Tells a Truah or '1Two About
the4 Expulion.
(From the London Siectaor.)
On the understanding that the Chai- it
r will expel the Comte de Paris and ta
s son and Prince Napoleon and his son
id leave the other P iea ithin
rance P;inc.'. Ilao as published -t
protest, in which he makes mincemeat p
the supporters of the scheme. An th
)rleans Prince," he says, "ma-rries his m,
,ughter, and invites his friends to cele- w
ate that event." That is not a cri: e. th
had no connection with it; yet it is Io
is which has suddenly transformed mesu
to a Pretender, though I was not one wl
e day before." The perils of the Re- str
blic do not spring from the Pr.in~es,
t from a Constitution drawn up by
>yalists, but shaped into an instrument
Jacobin oppression. "By what social .
provements have you justified your ter
le? You have neither becen able to wih
pect the Concordat nor to abolish it. dir
continue free traders nor to become .
>tCtionsts. to reform taxation nor to poi
rend it, to soften international un-;!on
ndlliness nor to procure an alliance." wai
oscription has commenced, and eon- h
ation will come; then the partisans of rel
Princes will be expelled, and then ni.:
Chamber will be driven to the 'Loi thiu
Suspects.' " It is all true, and Prince stai
poleon might, had he chosen, have wat
ved his case by a final illustration. No'
scousin, the Emperor, wa:s driven on Int
t preciac acilishy beginining with the~ it d
scription of the Orle-anist Princes, the
tinuing with the conliscatioin of their wat
p)erty, and ending with the terrible syp
v of Public Safety, under w1hich thou- air
as of the best men in Erance were rew
tuktried to Cayenne. moi
EUROP01E H1EVio4ThD- the
('hnn;:~cs of Haluf a ('c:gaury WhIichi Dr. e
Holmes n toein
fter an interval of more than fifty
:s I propose taking a seconid look :at
e parts of Europe. 1Ihis will giv.:
readers of the Atlantic, as well as the ~
er, a vacation to whichi we both seem
tied. It is a Rip Ya~n W ikle experi
.t which I am prioising myvself. The aii
iges wrought by hldf at centurv" in t"
countries I visited amount almost to
unsfornmationl. I let~ the England of slteal
iami the Fourth, of the Duke of
Lington, of Sir Robert Peel; the
100 of Looio Pihi.e of Marshali
.t, of Theirs, of Guiot. I wentho
L M~an-Thester to Liver n4l by the to
railroad, the only oiie I 'etw in~
>pe. I looked upon Enln .rn~m .
>ox of a staae 'oach une n France
the coupe 0f a dili'ence. upon4i
-from the chaiot of vettuino. T he
en windows of Apsiev . iux wer
boarded up when Iwas in London. earl~
asphht pavem'entL wa s n4t lai:d in
.The 01belish of DI.o 'as -. i
g ~teat boat. ii El See, as S re- 41
becrit. 1 did not .-c it eet ed it
have been a senataiontohv
d4 on, the eniner stanin;.;- udr
I, so as to be erushed~ by it ...(41.
.hlke Dr. Schlilan'1s T-r''jan
,there is no nee of1 4 wor iin ov.
:ry whichi, inistead 44r ri 5 c4n
.v ending vwith' Wha nem
h in aiI (ur.11S44 1h. ': ;- i i " -
a tree and d c.' 'I :. : 4: \I ie
lett were trw.sokd:. .
the~y driov.e wase trow down, .4 a0 DJ
Sinur wae shoruc --
- I ASINE>S IN THE SOUTH.
Io;I iSaid to be Pickina Up-A Noted Col
ored Mnn.
New York is fil of business just now
A big ierchant says that trade is muel
. better this m'.nnti than it has been for
long time. An interesting incident o:
this increase of trailc was related by i
gentleman of large affairs.
"Much of our trade," said he, "at thi
time of year comes from the South. You
would be surprised at the number of
Southern merchants who come North on
a combination tour of pleasure and busi
ness about this time. Most of them are
'shrewd buyers and are leaving good
orders. Therefore at this season of the
year, when we generally expect to be
dull, we are havig a good, brisk trade.
I Can account for it upon no other theory
than this is the time of year when South
ern men find it most convenient and
profitable to come North to purchase
goods. This revival of Southern trade
shows the prosperity of that region.
Within the past two years it seems to
have picked up wonderfully and there is
a substance and fidelity about this trade
that makes it profitable. The class of
goods that go South has also changed
wonderfully. They are buying more
sub)stantial goods than formerly, but at
t he same timne of richer materials. Form
erly the Suitthern trade demanded costly
fabrics of a showy character-red, orange
and figured goods predominating. Now
they are taking more durable materials
of substantial colors. In fact, no trade
in this country has shifted so radically
within the past five years as the South
rn. The change has also given u an
index to the reforms freedom hasbrought
ibout in the econonlig candition of that
5ection. The wy it looks now the South
,il i.- a very few years be among our
:hoiest customers. But the goods they
>uy will be a reflex of the broader life
hat has come to that people, since the:
uany are better off and the fey, :) per
"ps ,'ering or have diered seriously
rom *. di.sa.0 of war."
This business man had hardly stopped
[icoursing upon the past and present of
;outhern trade and Southern el~eats
hen a singular charactgp- .peared. It
,as Pinchbak. -4 Louisiana. He was
rifti.- aound the corridors of the St.
ams'Iotel, occasionally speaking to a
ian, but most of the time walkipg about
s if in a half brown stu . Ife is look
Ig much older 'Ia ten vears ago, when
e l1d been elected United States Sen.
>r from Louisiana and was tryi.g to get
is seat, to which, by tl.o w'ay, he was
nmeh entitled as was his colleague,
itt in. 'ogg, or John Patterson, of
outh Carolina. But he is interesting
_w only as a reminder of ie curiosities
reconstl.-letion. You would never
ke him for a colored man as he walks
)out among the throng which drifts n
>out the place where lhe stops. He is
about medium size and very well
rmed. He is stouter than he used to A
while mingling in politics, but does b
>t wear enough flesh to make him
oss. His full beard is growing very
ay, and his hair is following suit. His g
-itening whiskers and locks make his
ive complexion seem much lighter than
rea-ly is, and he wla readily be
ken ten n Icr a well-to-do business
ur. al the West or Southwest. He is
parently well to do financially. He bi
)ps at a swell hotel, wears good clothes, b
:nty of jewelry and eats and drinks of ar
best. If he had not been a colored m
L1 with a reputation for gambling lie d(
'uld probably have secured a seat in s
United States Senate, for in point. f th
>is, manners and ability ho uims the
hc
ierior of many of th Southern men
.0 appeared ir~OoLIgress durn recn
action. ~rn rcn se
set
Wine Recipe, e
['hc followirg i)r. A. F. Broadwa- co:
's eipe for making an excellent table sta
e froma blackberries, grapes, musca- Al:
es or ap~ples: grt
~ruit, :2 bushels; sugar (best white)80O kn
mids; mash the fruit, put into a 40 gal- tra
I .rrel, then p~ut in the sugar. Add er
er until the barrel is fillcd to within go:
iehes of the bung, and shake the bar- lor
until the ingredients are thoroughly1 he
:ed. Then cover the bung with somekn
icloth to keep out insects. Let ittr
itl ten days to ferment, then add gra
er to within 2 inche't af the bung. WI
v top) the b.arr'el perfectly air tight. sta
onea syphon-beiug careful that ma
ues not dip into the liquid-and let we
outer end dip into a vial filled with In
2r. The gas will escape through the got
ion into the water iajd not allow any er
:o enter the barrel. Let the barrel it v
ain in this condition unmolested 4 run
tths. and the wine is ready to dra-w meti
After the wine is dihawn oft; leave sec<
puniniace in the biarrel and add a dot
PoIunds of commron sugar or molasses eml
Pil the barrel with water; let stand thoe
iake vinegar, the
.Iosed to Trsta
wor
Ces, dlear.- the
Yo vo ivembe~er comiing home last slig
tand asking me to throw vou~ an as- Afte
d lot of key- holes out of thle window sta
at youi mi'ght find onie larg-e and fiX.
Ly enough, to get yottr latch-key in?"
es, dear."
.iid do remember the night before ai~
you asked mc to come down and the
the stonie steps still enough for you dow
i&s, dear.' whar
nid the niight before that, how von box
to junmp inito the bed as it p)assed dow
corner of the room?" and
es. dear.'' accid
nd still another night, when youn
ili' ixplained to me that no ta inu(
jtoxicated as long as he could lie most
wuihut holduing on, and then at- .Oni
a1 to go to bed on a perpedndicular ever.
in a 1
s. des-.- rop
:,do vou realize that vou have Coul
hOme sober but two nights in the Th
......b, .and von ought to be
I of yourself, too. ThL idea of a
Syu g-.But, Joimn-why,
cri: 'here, there,' dear, In1"
iwnu to be too severe. Aitor all,." isf
M em ie home sober two nights." '* t
that's what makes me feel ~ aii.
thein the meeting adjourned.- i
CO l hambller.- * oruont
- - This i
erecer.; the world at iargs has noj absen<
1 in your nrivate afraire- not lm
"IAIDEN'S CREEK."
THE INTERESTING STORY OF AN OL
ENGINEER.
L He Tellm flow Ile Cromsed the Streamt Runnin
Fifty .iites an Hour to Keep Out of the Wa
or a Detached Box Car---A Place Dreaded b
En;ineers---His Narrow Escape.
"Yes," said an old engineer yesterday
talking to an interested group of listen
ers, "I have had some novel experieuces.
and some narrow escapes, too, since I
began to pull the throttle of an-en
I stand before you, th
scratch, except a patched up arm."
Rolling up his sleeve he exposed to
view an arm that looked, judging from
the scar that remained, that it was at
one time a very useful factor in pulling
the lever of a locomotive.
"That was nearer a serious accident
than any I've ever been in," continued
the narrator, "but that ain't what I was
going to tell you about." After the lis
teners had expressed their desire to hear
his story, he refilled his pipe, and after
deliberating a few minutes, said:
"It was on the Baltimore and Ohio,
about forty miles out of Toledo, Ohio,
that the accident, or to be more correct
as to the nature of it, I will say, inei
dent, occurred, for I can't say that it
was an accident at all. It was the most
novel, funny, and at the same time most.
dangerous experience that I ever wit
nessed. The place I speak of was called
-let me see-it was called the "Maiden's.
Creek," and was a very -autiful place
to the tourist and pleasure seeker, but a
;ory formidable place to the engineer
vho had as many as forty cars to pull.
rhe "3aiden's Creek" was spanned by a.
restle about one hundred yards in
ength, and h was approached from the
iorth by a grade of one hundred and
en feet, about two and a half miles iii
ength, and one of about the same
ength, and deep in proportion, to,
scend on leaving the creek. To an en
aiar with a moderately loaded train
llowing him, it was necessary that he
ot a good start on his descent, in order
o be able to clear the grade on the oth
r side. We had orders from headquar
ars not to approach any trestle in gen
ral, and this one in particular, at a
reater speed than twenty miles an hour.
Vell, now, it would have been utterly
npossible to go over that hill with an
npetus of twenty miles per hour from
ie other side. As we were approacing
us place, one night, my firemen said to,
ke, 'George, you'll have to give 'er
eam, or we'll camp over yonder on that
ill, as sure as preachin.' 'I know that,
id I, 'and I'm going to let her roll.'
nd I did let her roll, as sure as you're
>rn. We went down that grade at the
,te of forty milea an hour, or we didn't
> a foot, We just fairly slid down. I
kTdly knew when the trestle was reach
1, we went over so quickly. The first
ing I rememi er was, we were about
dlf way up the grade on the other side
>ng about fifty miles an hour. I
ought we were climbing mighty easy,
tt I had a brand-new twelve-wheeler,
d I attributed it to that. Finally I
ide the top of the grade, and started
wn anothe. Sometling told me that
mething was wrong, but I couldn't see
ything. I was letL.g her roll down
e grade at about fifteen or twenty an
ur, and as that 'something' kept tell
Sme that something was the zratter, I
~tmy fireman back over the cars to
if anything was the matter, sure
ough. When he crossed twelve boxes
came to a halt. We ha3 been dis
:nected. By this time we were at s.
ndstill. This was a predicament!
out half way tothecbottom of a steep
ede, in the dark, disconnected, not
wing whether the other part of the
in was coming down on us, or whethi
it had failed to come over and had
ue back the other way1 We hadn't.
g to wait, however, for all at once we
Lrd a terrible rattling, and then I
sw that was the detached part of the
in that had managed to get over the
do, and was conung down on usr.
Lat must I do? It would not do to.
id still and let the wild train in its
1 rush run over my engine, which,
Id have meant certain destructiont
the meantime, my trusty fireman had
ten off and was going back to discov
f he could see or hear anything. So'
as he who yelled to mc: 'Fly! Out,
it! It is abox ear!' I caught his.
Lning, and took in the situation in a.
mnd, and in another one was going
n at a fearful rush, pursued by that,
)ty box car. While going down I
ight of a plan by which I could stop
car without serious damage. I would
just a little slower than it, and by
means let it overtake me. This plan.
ked amirably. The car caught up
me just before I reached the foot of
grade, and thei connection was so
it that it was scarcely perceptible.
r checking up, and coming to a
dstil, Ifound thatlI was still in a
Where was the remainder of the
t? For it was plain that we were in
a sections instead of two. After
ing there about ten minutes I saw
>alance of the train coming slowly
1 the grade with two or three of the
holding their lights, not knowing
minute they would run into the
ear, or my engine. They came on
1, however, and we coupled up again
inished our trip without any more
.ents.
tut I have always thought," con
d the old engineer, "that was the
novel, as well as the most danger
r~ay of getting over a grade that I
lieard of. I could not do it again
housand years without smashing up
arty, and probably sacrifice life,
1 1, boys?"
e unanimous answer was:
ou are right, you couldn't."
Surface Water.
-iew of the vast quantity ofrain that
llen recently, saturating the ground
raher and tilling the wells with surface
.ge, medical autthorities advise that
sicnasmaybe vered y dratwing
heoeainfor 1wo or thbree times,
'1 the water resumnes its normal depth.
an importamt matter whichj in the
e of any sanitary reguldations. should
overlooked by owners of woe.