The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-09-21
NORTH CAROLINA, Aug. l3 1859,


Is, to stay at home.-The mos. prominent
characteristics Of Southern State, are.
Dirt and Ignorance.
Of all the romontic and highly-c'lor
epitbets | had always heard applied 80 tnis
section, | have realized only ono,--the
Sunny South, The days are generally
cloudless, the air is still as a shroud,
during the hot season, and the slightest
movement covers the person with perspi
ration. But for the sense of oppression
about the neck, ] ac1 O ink the coolest
way of living would be to swing from the
limb Of tree. From sunrise the heat
increases till about three o'clock and then
decreases slowly, after an hour or two.
At this season, the nights are chilly, and
more than once the warmth of the day
has deceived roe into suffering under in
sufficient clothing. have been surprised
to see that the mercury has not risen
above SO at the hottest times, and rarely
quite 20 high, while was reading ac.
counts Of thermometers far above par in
the Northern States. But l think 80
here is equal to SO at the North. Zone
instance / will recall, when the mercury
stood at go, late in the evening, and as l
sat IN my room, very lightly clothed, l
was absolutely dripping, as though spitted
and already roasting There is some
thing peculiarly enervating about this
climate. Though healthy enough, allow
ing all the bodily organs to perform their
Offices the heat steals over the nerves,
singing u constant lullaby, and whispering
sleep, sleep. The unpleasant feeling when
4 man is half asleep and half awake. not
willing to sleep yet. and still not able to
to keep awake, IS precisely what have
felt here The muscles seem 10 have be.
come relaxed and lifeess the brain is
cover d with a vail and stru, giles fec5ly
under It the smallest e-ertion fa.ipues
and all that can be done is 10 lolI and
tomble and fan ooe,, self ioces.ap,lv for
It is too hot to sleep. Indeed I almost
think man might pass with his whole
summer here without ever getting fairly
awake and [ an reminded Of tso Lo.as.
enter, from Itbaca, who sang drowsil7 to
another.
qow .vee, j, we've 5oq~r7 the downvmd
,,,..,, .ir'3Tn l'7T h.. ava. .,..-., ...-.
E'rna asleep in l-i.e'm
whcb viii no, le,e . ryrra-ousa On the
To beer bs9sl, .ae5 OH -va. .-s...
eating the Loto'. y By
VI insects tnele IS p .'..~' '.''l A5'-.
though not 'o1ny N'"''' ''"'1l'''. /
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ogy may carry OH nun'.I''- o. seq
Oh MS 's27 0y i-''o''"I '1'''i' '1s
Wooos' OUT o. the ROADS asse creatures
have certain engaans ways at i9 true ;
fnlI alter the day bad generously shared
their heas with me- considered the tick
4 mild and pleasant insect do not
know whether Il -o plague sent up.
/ on the hard-hea p hs here who
viii not let their co'ored Israel 20, but
this section Is the Botany Bay of flies.
They are the same ahectionate creatures
as everywhere, 0ut here they are almost
the only hing which wishes to be con-
stantly moving and they Perseeute like so
many little hends. Some kind OF ant or
louse' which l ind on open'g book or
any suen thing completes the ''st
Ihe dfoa'h here Is almost Tu'noas 3
cotton winch sin6es ITS roots rather deep
" ana requires comparatively n''Ie mos
tnre' has suffered much while corn The
chlei reliance Tor support is "otoIly
blighted, and very mnch Of it will hardly
IN some cotton.nstcbss re.srb,s, 81 os,,. +,
-.
everything 0u' l'S exact su'ue o' o.9r'
Corui under present circumstances, varies