The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-09-22

square, neat fence has been CONSTRUCTED
around the park, a permanent must
stand has been erected whence g sweet
music is discoursed fine evenings AM
the whole effect is again quite agreeable
Here will be observed on market day
the chief elements Of Southern society
the, negroes chattering noisily as they
absorb long rows Of luscious water melon
1.-The cadaverous !" CRACKER. languidl.
vending his one 'mue or OK load of wood
corn shucks or peaches and the planter
proper, in groups, or,on horseback. a Wig
orous body of men, talking crops, weather
may be politics. From this point radiat'
irregulaIly over the hills several streets
little too narrow, tapering into thu
country roads, along which glimpse many
good dwellings that but for want of pain
here and there, some dilapidatjor and toe
frequent untidiness about the fences, door
yards or side walks, would presen!
charming effects. A marked feature OF
the scenery is the presence on one side
of the town Of a neat Cemetery cared for
by the Government, where beneath the
old flag lie twenty-tour thousand Union
soldiers, and on the other side another
Burial ground in which have been in-
TERED many Of the Confederate dead
sad memorials cf the great conflict be-
tween our countrymen. oafgGri
The business of the place consists
chiefly in the exchange or sale of the
farm products, principally consisting of
corn, wheat and cotton, of large ex-
tent of country, and the supplyof the
planters with their hard ware, dry goods,
groceries, &c. This trade is thought to
have been injured of late by the rapid
growth and concentrating business of
Atlanta, twenty miles distant. Already
there are indications, however, that the
advantages which arise from the impulse
that that enterprising little city is giving
the whole country, will compensate all
losses which its activity has temporarily
occasioned. The success of two banks
or bank agencie' which formerly existed,
furnishes perhaps same measure of the
amount of business that has been done.
Tie large number of strangers resorting1
here adds materially to its life and
business. There are some eight or ten
grocery stores, with as many more of an
inferior grade supplied in the old way
with all articles of merchandise from fish
to dry goods. There are two dry goods
stores proper, two good drug stores, one
bakery, one millinery and have not
more than three saloons with
achishey that lays low at forty rods.
Several manufactures indicate q right
appreciation on the part of che people of
the true elements of prosperity. There
are in successful operation barrel fac
5ory,a chair factory, three tannerles,
small foundry, two flour mills--one Of
which is capable of turning out three
hundred barrels day. In addition to
these there are in the county several |
grist and saw mills, one paper mill and |
known as the Roswell factory, which |
before the war was regarded as the
argest in the South. The power used |
IN the town is steam, there being no good
water power nearer than six miles. The
fuel is coal from Tennessee, though wood
,an be procured at $3.50 per cord. In |
,he county, at the distance Of several |
niles, are some fine water falls, furnish
ng, large amount of power, but little of
which is used. / have named with
the several mills and fac
;ories to show the spirit which already
the citizens OF this region and,
indeed, from all that I can learn, the
people generally of Northern Georgia.
Except IN staple articles such as bacon,
lams, groceries, corn and cotton, the
business is not much systematized. and
many usages remind me of the way of
1oing things III old villages on the Hud.
ON thirty years ago. What :" does, does,
md few puzzle their brains to find the
peter way. This appears especially in
he purchase and sale of family supplies.
Wood is sold on the market square by
he load, and when not there is " no whar."
ruit, butter, eggs, are all bought from
he country wagons and the usage of
course, creates an irregular demand and t.
irregular supply by thel,
merchants We have had Of late amusing
illustrations of the irregular workings Of
his system, or want Of it, in what we
lave called the peach food and butter
anime.
This, by the way, is not the peach year
n this country, the buds of the best
having been killed by the cold 4
snap in April-a calamity which
happens about twice in five years. But
he seedlings and cling-stone varieties
lon't seem to suffer from this, and hayeI
ooine abundantiy. We had been receiy.
ng small supplies-a few each day, when
We arose one morning to find the town
perfect inundation of them.
Files of wagons came bearing in load
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