New-York tribune., 1870-09-17
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SKETCHES IN THE SOUTH.

"A NIGHT IN y MAXI LAND SlAllpN - nv"
THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE TREAT THEIR SOULS
THE LONG, LANK PEOPLE OF MARYLAND
PREACHING AGAINST JEwELEY - WOMEN IN
THE PULPIT-"HENS CHEWING GLUE
DARLINGTON, Md, August, 1S7O.-There is
difference between going to campmeeting ana se,.ne
there! noon ride on those luxurious and prlnnu,o
cars OF the Camden and Amboy Railway calico tn0
fowl train with the thermometer at go IN the sn~s
il a pleasure and one of the pleasures "ncn "'' =.
be enjoyed without interfering with one can JAM
those hereafter. The low small cars win o,,
little windows look II they were h'eu Wy w " p,tJ
special lroods Of Dorkings and black ep"s
rcspectahity is excluded from the noon W. ~ 49,,
the Jersey farmers and good wives VINO wen " -.
n,ir make Themselves comfortable Men SIT IN smrV
sleeves and women hang their bonnes UP w 'ne SINS
and take down their hair, all mopping 'heI iaoes WIN
80. hor5tercbiefs as IL the train was hSdropalnc
n,buIance without humility one coniesSes one sen
a.. I'D ashes or az least cinderS. Remembering that
ono might be breaking stone the road in the baking
spp or cooking stews in Fulton Market one feeslo 10
hep grateful for comparative blessings $50 much bet
Ter than we deserve" whined the Divinity student.
yes" said the Professors wife, wish twas al
smoke" He looked as IL he had mt apprehended
II we did MT get deserts there, we did at Phlade
nhia OF course the train didn't connect and there we
waited till l3 O'Clock at night. Wasting the dew OF one
youth in the Baltimore and Wilmington depot isn't as
hard as some corporations could make it, The VIDE pat
FORMS clean swept Quaker kitchen, the AIRY Iarior
and ladies' dining room are NIdl any pldtV "i'"AN ~
where decent people spend hours every day. Inc oare
berdinc poces AT the stations in NewYork and Boston
have nothing like it. cheerful young woman comes
into the train when it is about TO start her admns
husband assuring her that he would bet that she
could 20 through birthstone better than he could parting
with good bye and keep your shoes tied up" "Blest
be the tie that binds" says the Professors wife. The
divinity student looked as if he afraid he ought to
dapproye Who is that escort talking in low engrossed
tones with the delicate lady much olderf yes the
die is cast"just year ago you sang that for good Bye
after a season Of piano, singing, and poetic readings
What safe thin wall circumstance makes for us! That
nineteen years old girl in the next seat Is telling her
wrongs apparently to the public. "Pye got the best
LAWYER in Wilmington, and he says ever woman had
ground for divorce have You just look in the Della
ware papers next November, and you'll see things lts
all comm out then. jest want We to get look at my
husband He'll squirm then" "Seeingit in the papers
is the balm to her marital troubles. baseball club in
mers caps possession of the car and sing dolefu
roysterng choruses in very hOarse voices faSen my
eyes the dark dewaden hills as we sweep along
Half-past .; starlight meadow scents and dreams are
shattered and by the light OF an express lantern am
under the cottage station at Darlington, in the Maryland
woods the other side of Havrederace, the oak boughs
lining each side the railroad track far as seen, and
not house sight. No lodging to be had certainly,
but station watchman proves angel in disguise,
and says that he will lock up in the waitiDgroom
till morning, and I'll be safe. The place was hardly fin
lsheu and was clean ana sweet WIN tndI pine
come TO know often; the fresh woodland air pene-
trates freely and throw care away in such state Of
absurd fatigue that planed bench is delicious rest
Alta my eyes open and standing silently beside the
door is my rude guardian waiting for me to wake He
was thin and tall, after the fashion of Maryland folk
with complexion compounded of saleratus andtObacco
hut he was as gentle and attentive Abraham with an
angel. MY toilet ready, pail OF water fresh from
the spring. and tin basin nailkeg. He whisRedo oh
hut came to escort TO the camp ground, hundred
rods in the woods DecorOus ecuyeT, he bent him.
self to Strengthening the wrinkles out of my linen duster
which was fresh alas the day before! had hard wolk
not 10 laugh at my novel groom of the chambers but he
took very good care of TIL was safe in camp Issw
nobody with half his silent pOliteness aferward
Now a Maryland campmeeting differs from Northern
or western one in many ways. Canpmeetngs
are at home this soil. Southern peo-
ple like TO serve their souls like hams
cure 'eIn all together and let 'em keep in smoke
the rest Of the year. Everybody goes-"carrage peo-
rIe" negroes and poor whites the latter as thin and
soapgreasy as brickred calico and cheap rings
as before the war l seemed To have come among
crowd of Anaks They looked all by reason OF their
slmncss like poles too slender to bear their weight;
they looked as if the upenne of the yellow pines had
got into them being lightly nodded of that and blue
clay Truth compels 10 say Cor want TOY that they
were the hardest looking crowd ever went into. Red
(,ulch and SmguIlion might match it for lankjawed
cheeks pcerng eyes, and pinched, corrupt looking
mouths Judging from their screwy eyes. there wasn't
above one man noticed whom should like to make a
bargain with, OF trust with saddle as Western
people say They poorly dressed gray homespun
and even buttcmut tngng the general hue Of apparel
The 0uantest old broadcoth coats, napess and green
walked tp and down the woodpaths; and long riding
coats with saddebag pockets came to meet them, with
long-ashed hickory whips in one hand. BY the set,
would Judge that every one Of them was borrowed 1t
put me i'm mind of the upcOuntTy formula: "SOme were
like snged cats-bctter than they looked; and some
were like billed owls-a great deal worse than they
looked altogether Pheasant the dead grown tired
O. waiting" beg leave TO state this i'll Pichwickian
sense.
The Conference own hundred acres Of woods here
omen to the railroad free to everybody and well watered
with living ypring Eight hundred tents and very few
small and fororn cottages occupied The ground and the
usual lines Of amI-pOSts, that always look as If they
and the trees did know what to DO with each other
reached the railway The unusual Injuries of ice house
and bath house were pointed out on every side by
pacards nailed the sides of trees, This way to the
Bath-House" Try Davi,'s Iinmeut.' Meals 81 rs a
day had t ON the trees thick blaekbirds, inter
sper,ed with Scripture texts aud advertisements Of the
Guide Holiness" and religious books for sale at the
secretary's rooms The rule against side-shOws is
rigidly enforced here elsewhere The man with the
eying horses who was SO gIicyOusy disappointed at
Hamilton came TO try his luck farther O1 and quietly
set up his swings in back corner Of the grounds but
the brethren sailed out him and gave him good
oeing" whatever that is, with peppery language
than the offender could ne Eldu 10 qut
the field All the arrangements for eating and commit
Tee exceedingly rough the canvas tents had
seen hard service and too much piececoored cotton
comfortable peered ont at every rent TO look inviting
out OF doors the days were fmnace-lke the ground
parched white with drOuth and the dusty paths railed
uncomforably past dscoored houses and tents whose
doOrways Uttered with straw in fashion that took
away all the romance Of eamP-meetng. week Of bro-
ing July weather in the woods when there not
a slope Of turf or 10 throw oneself not stump