The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-22
EdLlorlal CorrespondeIlce.
CANToN, jay pa, $50


EDITORIAL Correspondence.
cAsToS, Jaly Il, 1868.
Dear Flieafs
Ihave been some days sojourning among.
not the eelesdals where they make chicken
pie Of puppies, and have such unpronounc-
able names that the speaker never attempts
their articulation. but writes them on the
air with all his ingers-but among the good
people Of Canton, Madison county, hi.
This, we believe, is one of the Oldest in
land towns of the State, and certainly in
point of beauty. health and hospitality not
excellei By any we have ever visited. Il
is now twelve years since I FIRST visited
Canton and found friends among its inhabi-
tants who were and are still dearer to me
than any people in the world mex! to my
own kin.
Last Sabbath Iattended Episcopal service
in the Court House. the new church IN
course Of erection not being ready fOr use. ]
Tie Rev Ar SAMSON. who Is the pastorof
The Canon Eplseopal church. preached q
most excellent sermon. But though ] was
much interested when was sufficiently in
the present to listen to him. 4 own; with all
due penitencs. that my thoughts were for
the most part busy With old memories
Twelve years ago, the fourth Of July just
past. there.vas great Ball in this same old
Court House, at night Of course. In nearly
the same place where I sat last Sabbath
reading the beautiful service Of the church.
= rdsncea al night till morning light, with
the then .Young folks Of Canton. Some Of
them we're again assembled with me last
Sunday, but. alas Time and change has
been busy with Us al since then A new
generation has sprung up and the old in
habitants hare grown rich and retired out
of their way II 9 measure Still the "old
foxes at home about Canton don't to me
look day older than they used to ia the
fine old times when we used all to keep
struggling theatres month OF 50 and give
them iall houses every night and laugh i'm !.
moderately Al high tradgedy q IS. true d
perfect swarm d children Of all ages. from
no year Old to seventeen are spripglng up
all around but somehow ne regard them
as IiItle anaeItonis ures Ike Pisastratus eax
ton.
To-day attended the prasbg ian church
in the Old building that was built many years
ego by al denominations. and used dItsEnately.
by them foE divine worship before people got
So Ech and Of course so conscientians that3hey
are compel edlo go 70 Heaven through the por-I
tals 81 The only orthodox churehz=their own.
Here ii the old times. Methodist ministers who
were not warmed with earthly love Overmuch.
but who read their tiles clear ii Heaven, though
they bad considerable diliicslty Of reading titles
81 anything else On the earth, preached and
prayed and did good, and we're listened to By.
fun houses fof the Caneonians were always &
church going people, and where there was only
H0bs5n's choice. every man s'ho gos the pulpit
bad Is good 4 herring g Gle greatest orator
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