The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-09-03
OUR NEW HAVEN LETTER.
FAITH.
New HAVEN, Aug. %, 1862.

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DEAR ANGLo:-On Saturday, the 18th
inst, your humble servant, at about half
past 6 A. NJ, arrived in the city of Hart
ford, Conn, and until nearly P NJ he
was trying to obtain place of accommo-
dation for few days; and after getting
pretty well soaked-as TRAINED hard-and
with his patience pretty severely tried, he
finally succeeded in prevailing on Mr.. Per
ry Davis to take him in" His accommo-
dations were good, his family agreeable,
and his lady is jewel of a housekeeper in
all its details.
The colored people in Hartford live in
different parts of the town, which is COM
mendable, rather than huddle themselves
in one neighborhood; and some of them
own very nice houses and lots, and in good
neighborhoods, too, where real estate is
gradually improving. They have good
educational advantages, but it seems to me
that there ought to be more colored men in
business. p. H. B. Sanders is conducting
profitable merchant tailoring business in
the heart Of the city, and successfully com
petes with his white fellow-craftsmen Quite
large number of the public hacks are
driven, and some owned by colored men;
but l did not see as many colored mechan-
les as think Hartford ought to show, con-
sidering her advantages.
Pennington, nine miles southwest of
Hartford, is a beautiful and quiet little
town, of great wealth and benevolence
Rev. DIR. Porter is the venerable pastor Of
the Congregational Church, and has been
for more than fifty years. The few col
ored people living here are very respecta-
bic, and enjoy mony social advantages
Still l missed seeing the wished-for in
provements that stranger expects after
noticing the invaluable opportunities which
are within the reach of more of our people
than seem to appreciate them.
l was told that colored carpenter is
building Jorge tobacco-curing house, and
L became acquainted with d fine colored
gentleman whose principal occupation is to
cultivate Strawberries, in which he is quite
successful. Another colored gentleman is
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seminary, and his wife is stewardess. Their
son, a fine, gentlemanly, and intelligent
youth, l understand, is studying medicine
in the office of a Pennington doctor.
Tobacco culture is seemingly becoming
very general in some parts of Connecticut,
as it has proved itself very profitable, and
a traveller sees almost as many fields of
the noxious weed as he does of Indian corn.
Now, why do not some Of our colored
friends, who are croaking about the preju-
dice pressure that bears so cruelty on us,
Gn icities, and who also came from the
southern climes, where the narcotic weed
is raised, and with the raising of which so
many are so well acquainted, get hold of
small pieces of Yankee land, and in true
Yankee spirit, leave the white mans kitch-
en-, scullery, pantry, and stable, and make
a trial to become as successful tobacco-rais-
ers as these money-making Yankees ido
We certainly will be making one stride to-
wards being useful element in the COM
munity when we can prove that we produce
sufficient of all kinds of articles to supply
our own demand and consumption.
The Weekly Anglo-African" is daily
increasing in popular favor with the mass
es, and you would feel much elated by