The St. Landry whig., 1845-08-07

Aoth8 u Suly. MY parents iiNed In EeTlfe COun-
", which was q very sickly place. This The
only child they had at that time. they doaied on
me very much, and kept me at school, for they
were afraid. on account Of sickness, 10 let inc
stay At home; wouldTisit home sometimes and
stay q month or 10 WHY my parents, hut when
the time would como for me 10 leave home, |
always would have one or two days crying before
| left my mother was 4 very tender.heaTted
woman, and was the only child she had; she
would grieve afterme whenthe time would come
for me 10 leave for school; my father was a man.
that grieved but little, but always would scold
me and my mother for grieving SO whenI would
have to start; he would often tell me | should
not come home any more, if did not quit griev-
ing so much when L had to start away; when /
would see the tears running down my mothers
cheeks. grieying at the idea of having TO part
with her only son, | was much effected. My
father boarded ME with & lady BY the name of
Mrs. T., liz Bartie county: the little village went
BY the name Of Woodville; Mrs. r.. was 4 very
fine, pio.is woman; she boarded several other
boys besides myself; she bad two sons about my
size; we mated together and went to school to-
gether; we thought 3 great deal ofeach other.
Gabriel, one of these boys, and myself, would
always be together, and | thought more Of him
than | did Of Peter, the other one. Our teacher
was a very fine man; he had q veryl large school,
and was pretty severe on us, for We were very
rude; Gabriel would often no home with me, at
vacations; we would spend our time in hunting.
There was another schooi.mase of mine; his
parents lived close to mine; his name was Tho
mas s.; / thought the world DC him. and he Of
me; he and myself We're very often together
hunting, when we were not MI school; I then.
was about Ia years old. When | entered my
18th year, | unfortunately lost my dear mother,
I was her only child; 1 had ~ psrsoi to look ID
then but my dear father when | entered in my
10th year, my father moved from Berthe county
to Martin county, and he married again; he kept
me at Tome then, and told me he would learn
me how to work, for he had 10 work when lie
was OF my age; | wentto work with our negroes;
it went very hard whine for a while; / became
reconcilNN to my situation; but after my father
got married. and brought my step mother home,
| became dissatisfied AZ the thought of having a
new mother; | dia not like h:sI worked on a
while, but | became m.9e and more dissatisfied
with home; my whole atndy was 10 get away.
Gabriel, my Old school mate, in this time, han
gone to the State of Mississippi, Madison coun.
ty; when he had bren there some year or SO, he
wrote me a letter to North Carolina, stating TO
he all about what a fine country Mississippi was,
end whatNhe was Citing for his ~services for
overseeing which was about $50 per mouth,
and wrote ter me to come AZ soon MS paSSihts Ia
lllim, | hid heard great talk about the State Sc.
Sore, and had some idea Of it from what geqg.
Erapliy taught ms. After Ihnd received this lot.
ter, ! become very anxious to leave my homo,
for had become much dissatisfied with the idea
o~fheping a step.fnother in our family; my grand.
mother, on my fathers side, was still living. |
hated toleavc her very much, for | loved her and
sHA Agas very old. There was a man in the
nei hborhood, by the name of Mr., +. He
hal been out to Mississippi, and had lived there
ong year he had returned in our neighborhood
after his family Mr.. +. came 10 my fathers
house, and spoke very highly Of Mississippi ;
and told me my friend there, Gabriel j., was
making money pretty fast. He gave me good
accounts of the State. | got in a notion to come
cut with him. thought | would ask my grand.
mother her opinion on the case she appeared
to be very sorry at The thoughts olmy leaving
home she told me my father would not be viii.
ling forme to go. | told her / did not like my
mother, and | told her | would ask my father for
money TO bear my expenses, for | was deternin.
edto 20; she told me | was not of age, | had
better stay, and not go. / asked her to ask my
father for money for 10 bear my expenses; she
told me my father would be mad | was the ono
TO ask him fcf money. | thought | would ask
him, but | kept putting il off; | was fearful Il
would make him angry with me. After a while,
the old man found out | had il in my head to
leave him; he spoke to me one morning about
il; I told him | was going with Mr.. f.; he up
peaFed to be very ansky with me for waning tc
leave him; | told hiI | was dissatisfied with n,
home; he did not sgeal 10 me for several min
utes on the subject; 9afier a while he asked me
wbers would get money from to TO bear my
expenses; ! told him would go without money
ifhe wpnld not let me have some: he told mele
did not wish for me to go off with Mr.. n; h,