The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-10-19
NUMBER 81.


very closely here, probably not more
than fifteen or twenty minutes intervening
and | was told that in Florida dark
ness will ovcrtakc any one who is half a
milo from home before he can reach it,
unless he rides a very fleet horse, As the
noise Of the day ceases, the Gu,nea'hen..
black, ugly fowls which roost in the
trees about the house and refuse to sleep
at once Ike sensible birds commence an
overture, musical az saw-Gling, which lasts
ill nine or nearly At intervals through
the night thousand dog from the piazza
under the window, from the out-houses the
woods, and the darkies' cabins here and
there howl in imitation of their forty
mouthed masters At daylight il heard
pecula' cry Of the negroes in the woods
! supposed they were shouting for their
own pleasure, but afterwards one of them
told me ID was only a hog-caH" and
much OF the interest yanished,-- much
OF HE here IS connected with hogs--yel
with the charm Of distance it is a pleasant
clarion, Soon every beast and bird ever
kept around mes's houses begins to try its
voice and the dscord becomes general
Blu: after the females slaves have come in
one by one, each bearing bucket
(Angl. paiD ofmilk on her head we shall
have breakiast,-or let us skip half a day
and imagine it dinner
Two Or three black children act az
waters and wear peacock brushes for the
amusement of the flies You are first re.
questod to have some bacon: and while
uttering the words the master cuts slice
knowing but one answer, With this are
the "simblin" guessing at the spelling
from the sound, Ia vegetable nearly like
summer squash the " okra" pod Of
tropical origin, with its mild mucilnpinous
hlllng and little pea-ike seeds cucumber
and tomatoes common potatoes and sweet
ones IN sept corn in all forms, corn
bread, hce-cake, griddle.cakes, and one
wheat mixture, biscuit. TO end with ar,
pcachc, ad ill.,, but the season il over for
the best of these. Supper brings nothing
new but apple-bread, "a dish ihink
peculiar % this state made by miyine
meal with apple chopped fine.
The southern bacon is certainly auperi
to the Northern, being far more JUICY and
tender. The hogs, by the way, run at
large for their living, although they are
ied,-olt-n with inferior peaches by the
cart-Ioad which they are exceedingly fond
OF. They are scattered along the railroad
and through the woods and outside OF
the houses. |. don't know where one can
90 without running over HOG. They are
TRANCE i2llows,--generally black, gaunt
and IonG-legged and as lively in then
motions as dog. But good as the bacon
is, and though relieved by chicken, its
samencss made it an unutterable flesh"
to me. The whole diet il almost unvsried
from month to month but bacon is alwsys
at one erd OF the table and ham at the
other,--or, il you like variety, ham at one
end and bacon ut the other
Buttermilk IS q common beverage. ae.
con. aned by sour pressed curd but
the iayorite dish is what they call elab.
ber' or bonney cabber, the same article
which Northern housokeepers empty INTO
the swillrail,-being simply loppered milk,
sweetened till part of the acidity IS taken
oh,-lhe style of cooking is somewhat
coarse. Pastry is invariably good, but
the prevalent fault of colored cooks is to
make everything else greasy ami 'smushy.'
The dishes are brought by little darkies
whose hands have last touched - from
the kitchen this building, en- JaSsant,
IS black enough for smoke.house, and the
floor is so strewed with heas by the cats
and dogs that the niggers on duty con-
siders it unsafe for white folks" to trust
their tender shins across the Threshold.
But in all this perhaps nearsightednesl
is gift At least, here is the St. Clare
philosophy Dear sir, stay quietly in tho
cabin where are cushions and mirrors.
yelvets aud spittoons (the classical urn
OF tho moderns, so will Worcesters forth.
ssming original dictionary define tho
worI) be persuaded to sit there, If You
are timid man, and don't be rushing
down 20 the engine room where blaze tar
barrels aud the satety-yayo Is groaning
under tn l00-lb weights if your nose /,
sensitive. pray don't 90 tLrusting it into
the hold.
Truly Yours
A Tcll-knowu London printer be-
lug called on to replv TO a toast. SAIL.