The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-08-17
From The Naliea.I Ia..Ilisene.,.
NEW GEORGIA SCENES.


NEW GEORGIA SCENES.
u there he any body furlorn-crsze,
With ealing cares. cr crossed IN love q
lnonsy, hypnchondriae. bsd-ridden, mo
lrslrd Of duns. The victim OF domestic q,
Isnns, nr tie prey al once Of ss man,
sorts OF melancholy IS Burton has snalu
mlzed--l-t him take comfort. Del.s.
rance. esse. ray, gladness !. a, hand: ful
Judge Lanesirer, is publishing slfe.h So.
RES II :" Gr0fgi, Scenes"
Oh. piaa.ani land Of Gsorsia. II these
are The things one may see thee! WhsI
2 country ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, aIand-oI
hafst-lsugh mus, u be!-Tlis minor Nor.
fIneniof smile must be q thing 10 " hIcIl
nobody cnndescend. there; broad grin is
the saddest aspect cf face that seter seen:
Tear must be thing unknosn, except
u be one Of that cumlc sor, which con.
vulsion Of mirlh, III very agony Of fsn.
ry t,rkled beyond all endurance. makes
staff from lac dancing eyes.
The first OF tie new tales, 10 entitled
"Tae GnstvIlle Geo" II /. a history
81 The social bsnrf,s which the establish
nenl Of a cOnHi'y newspaper produces
70 qnle, and gant humored village.
Gneivlle, il will readily be conceived, 10
place not 10 be found in lie maps, al
'Loarh there be many Southern town.
hit mighl well bear the name. instead Of
'sj ,cing in The lofiier cngnamen Of Wash.
,ngIpn. Columbus. Rome, or All ms.
The primitive habits aud temper IL the
place are perfect image of what South
etn towns once were. buiilsye (ala.,, cess-
ell 4 be. 10 the IN rch 81 improvement,
aud they are ,hns described:
In TINES gone by there was hand
some Thrift y lite village 10 Gemgi.,
which we beg leave To drsieasle by tie
name Of Gn,tvIllr. In no village did more
harmnnv snI good feeling prevail lhsn in
this. The surrounding land. which were
rich. we're owned by The villagers, who
a.uilly visited them Tor an hour or two
IN the forenoon, anil spent the rect Of The
day IN social chit cha, on The shady side
III Ma,nttrei in summer, and on the sun
nv si,le in winter. Aisthese meetings..
nf course, tie affirs az the nston we're
daily discussed; but, as the assembly,
with hn,iew exceptions. were sll Of one
way of thinking. me discussions were a.
ways Of the temperate character. Even
tie very few Who differed from the ma.
io'ily had the uinns, indulgence extend.
ed to their opinions. Iiswyer Jel.r and
Lawyer hloure headed the majority, aud
exercised a mild bni unlimited aalhoriiy
DER them in all matters of public interest.
VIVA; is remsrk able, the leaders then>
selves agreed in every thing except as to
The merits Of their clients cases. La The
discu-si n Of these. 10 be sure. they were
sometimes. IS one Of hem used 10 say,
"prefty tart upnn each other: but the
,a,tness va, always forgotten as soon as
the Csc th't produced il was ended.
Where such good feeling prevail damone
the husbands, Of coutss = better feeling, II
possible, prevailrd among their wises.
They vsied each other with The free
tIam Of relations, interchange cooking
receipts, garden seeds, flower seeds.
shrnbbery-ia short. every thing that
could delight the eye or the palate. The
consequence was, thal all The good things,
anu sweet things, AID pretty things that
were found in one family, we're found in
all; 50 that the stranger who visited III"
village invariably noticed tie remarkable
coincidence which hefnnud inevery thing
IN every family. II lie remained long
eaough he was sure to have fair orpor
muiiy Of making comparisons; Tor the ua'
FUNDED hospitality Of the villagers, male
and female. introduced him I" one or
more mtals with every fsmily."
In This ldlle town. The seat Of quiet
rarely broken. there is tic sudden appa-
riiion Of a stranger, who st,ps atl.s on
Is inn. Tia; il had even one, beaays !,
10 have been either the county town or
place Of certain ragaitude; for ,lll poll,
ties brought heir Improvements, The ever
omen doors ol southern hospitality for
babe the encnuts gemen, Of 'hose seats oi
discomfor, where eihbe, looking sign
nroni.es Entertainment for Mn aud
Horse The pr, of the visiter. and The
curiosity which his mesemen.excle. are
descrihcd to The life: ....
Thus stood matters in The happy
ill ,ge-when stranger male hls appear
a,ce al Mr.. Grnhb,'s tavern. lie drop
ped in a, night, jus, at supper nme' was
sra,rd a, The table. spppsd. ard rising
was. al hisawnreque.t Immediately Con-
Quoted t. hls toam. Al supper, he was