The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-05-11

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a devil ofe disposition to write letters.
wei sir. here am in the mountains
of Georgia. in dickson county. In,
riding through this mountainous region
ihave been very much troubled to
find out the products Of the land; but
little corn or cotton is raised here and
in fact very little Of anything, except
broom straw and white headed child
rem. / never have seen before such q
prolific Get. Why, Mr.. Comet on yes
terday / took q ride around to see the
natives, and at one house / counted
23 children all by the same parents -
At another there we're 10, at another
II and the smallest number I saw
was IL. A man here or rather q wo-
man is tabored- -turned out of society
unless he or she can raise family Of
at least ID children. It IL no uncom-
mon thing for the good matrons Ct this
country who have afectionate hus.
bands, to have three children at a
birth and there are several instances on
record here in which the teominr pra.
life mothers have presented their hus.
bands with five responsibilities at a
time. Therefore, my dear sir, if there
DO any unhappy gentlemen in and
about Baton Rouge who are brooding
over the melancholy idea Of having
their line extinguishsd. no son Of
theirs succeeding, let me advise them
by all means I'd come out to Georgia
to jackson county, where the very
air is yedole,st with baby pap, and
where the hum an ear is eternally pier
ced with an infant squall. This is a
fruit country, Apples, Peacher, Cher
ries do well here and yield abundant
crops. Small grain also flourishes
well--a great deal Of wheat is grown
through this whole country. 1t is
made into very good -four and ship
ped to Charleston and Savannah. But
little cotton is planted and less gather
ed. The common average per acre is
only about 2 or 800 lbs per acre in
the seed and they poor souls think
that is large cropping. If one good
hand here will make two bales, (or
bags as the natives call them, why
they boast and brag about it tremen-
dously. Poor benighted creatures
when l told them that in our country
we made from 10 to Is bales to the
hand every year, they stared in won
der and amaxement, and although
they didn't tell me SO, still they look
ed as much as to say, you talk very
well but it wont DO Mr.. Shoemaker,
I.believe you are telling a devil of a
t1b.'
l am much pleased with the peas
antry Of Georg ia-they are a hardy.
Industrious and generally pious race of
people. Without. much intelligence,
they are honest, kind and hospitable
They labor in their fields and live to
great years. TO q stranger they are
more than kind and offer him every
thing in their power to make his stay
among them cheerful and agreeable.
They are all members Of the Metho-
dist or Babtis It churches and you will
ride many miles before encountering
an immoral man or q drunkard. The
peasant here, who has negroes treats
them as his own children-they eat
the same food, and all work together
in the same field and like Abraham of
old, the aged Father is the patriarch
of all. In the fall Of the year when
the crop is gathered, the Oldest son
takes it to Augusta, the New Orleans
Of Georgia, and there sells it. He
lays in the little supplies for the fam.
lily and comes home with the money
tell terrible stories of what he saw in
Augusta, Of the fine houses, the steam
boats and Railroads, in fact he be.
comes the hero Of all the neighborhood
for months after. White men, ne.
groes and all work no more till spring
when they prepare for another crop
Thus live the honest peasantry Of
Genrgia, race Of men destined tc
boyo a cnptr.ll;uv ;nfluonce nm the