The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-12-06

Dut Jne mOSJ cVeutlul lillug Vi dli, was
the seeming Protean qualities professed
by the masculine part the inhabitants,
and they evinced not the slightest aver
sion, so far as we were able to ascer-
tain, Of availing themselves of that hap
py faculty on all suitable occasions, the
most popular of which seemed to be the
assumption ofage and decrepitude.
The national costume struck us as be-
ing cheap, durable and at the same time
picturesque. 1t consists of a snuff-col-
ored swallow-tail, or claw-hammer coat,
elaborately ornamented with two brass
buttons artistically placed between the
shoulders, a pair of very tight fitting
linsey breeches with prodigious pock-
cts groaning beneath the combined OPP
preston of a quart or two of goubers
and their owners hairy fists, cowhide
boots, ga world one too wide for their
shrunk shanks," while their pride, their
boast, their. weakness, in fact their en-
tire affections, were centercd in cover
ing for their superior anatomy in the
shape Of drab tile, whose lacerated
brim hangs in unique though graceful
festoons around their brows, as if stri-
wing to avoid society of the shockingly
indentated crown above.
The observance of the dietetic rules
by "these peoples" was commercially
uniform. Their repast as general rule
being frugal, but no doubt wholesome
and nutritious, consisting principally
of gouber peas and cold sweet POTATOES.
| When a number of these interesting
members of the human family are gath
cred together, the sense Of sight need
not necessarily be brought into requisi-
ton to prove their proximity, for other
senses being severely taxed, are kept
keenly alive to the reality by certain
eastroloquial sounds harmoniously blcn-
ded with "Sabean odors," thoug Oh not
in reality from " Araby the blest."
At an early hour the next day we en-
tered the town of Charlotte. This de-
lectable village, we should parenthetic-
ally romark, seems to have incurred the
Indignation of the ingenious architect
who fashioned it, and was by him thrown
into paroxysm of desperation among
the in ricacies of numerous railroads,
where it has been left to its fate, and
would doubtless have remained there,
fearing to advance yet unwilling to re-
cede in population, If this revolution,
by throwing to the surface the latent
geographical ignorance of some persons
in power in Richmond, had not consti-
tuted it kind of a city of refuge, aper-
feet paradise for all who dread the fla
ming sword, or rather the more potent
pen of the memorable conscript officer.
When tar heel enters this blest
abode he suddenly throws off his chrys-
alis. and stands forth the rejuvenated
man. Nc o'evidence' of .bi,iiy present
themselves "a in othcr paras of this
slumbering empire. Astonishing as it
may appear, we behold but one indi-
vidual Ga Boniface) out of 5000 con-
gregated upon the streets, who could
boast of a sublinary existence of forty
years duration. We were provoking
ly exercise, to account for the sudden
metamorphosed and even went so far
as to shed tear in sympathy with all
: the hidalgos of CASTLE that Ponce dc
Leon had not extended his wanderings
} thus far north in quest Of the fountain
of perpetual youth. But, alas, the ilu
sion was soon dispelled, for on inquiry
. We were informed that the "burg" had
never given shelter within its munich
pal limits to either the Provost Mar
shal or enrolling officer.
Being compelled to clay over" fol
: the cars till next morning, we resolved
to pass away the time as philosophical
: ly as possible, without regard to either
the corporation or its Inhabitants, ant
: for that purpose went to bed and slept
: 1--WE would respectfully suggest thu
e same course to all travellers whose mis-
r fortunes guide their steps within these
e urban precincts) very profoundly, will
+ occasional interruptions for meals un
til next morning.
After industriously disposing of .
| sumptuous matutinal repast of corr
t coffee, ditto bread, COW peas, dried ap
pies, and diminutive sweet potatoes
we entered the office room where some
e eight or ten natives were gathered
around the fire, munching goubers anC
: discussing the capacity of"Tom Kerr
: monstrous big tar kiln" when a boy nc
! means attractive-looking, bow-legged
thick-lipped nigger, with distende'
t eyes and mouth, entered, bearing
: something at arms length on lonl
, handled shovel, which he threw upol
, the floor, nervously exclaiming at tn
n same time: "Bress God, mass'r, je
/ look dat ting; ] kotch it in d'room wha
: dat strange man sleeped last night"
!, In an instant every chair was yaca
G ted, while the former occupants rushed
headlong through the door into til
y street.
: The obese landlord, by Herculeal
!. effort, raised himself Upon the counter
: and there taxed the most adipose par
9 of his anatomy with the weight of hi
entire system. The panic-stricken ma
y tives returned, each bearing in his han
! a long pole. With surprising agilit
!. for North Carolinans, they leaped upo
# chairs and farthwith began to pok
= and torture the cause of all their con
G sternation.
d "Gentlcmen," said the landlord, 4"
wouldn't have that thar thing to bit
" me for nuthin' on top 9TH yearth. 1,
S one of them African tarantlcrs wha
} makes yer dance yerself to DEATH"
If "What in the nation can it be?" ask
: cd another, ''it'> got tail like pos
s sum, no har on it."
r "Don't yer see all its har's on its be
e ly," exclaimed another.
le "Pshw; man that hain't har; them