Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-03
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vi EaHnana impress Ine as being mn un-
comm0nly Lazy snt of yngnbondR. They
are irresistibly Tpod,humored, and Ger
lainly Intelligent beyond their station.
They have capacity for improvement
and more general information than one
would naturally expect. But uhere
property IL insecure and fruit is nl Nayp
I In SEASON, anA even pantalO0nM not an
absolute necessity, what Nv the nRe nt
w0rk ? The women arc more indnaffl-
I 0us than the men, aud what little labor
there is performed is nearly MI done W.
them I made little journey lTilnnd,
yesterday, In company with 0ae uf my
iellow.aEnxeleFs leaeh Of us ~ 1slRlted ee
a bsili, neconlin@ 90 the custom 0f the
c0HntFyii aud eyHrywheTe Me were struck
by the inversion Of tho hexeH. Near
the top of q long hill We mel man and
Woman returning from towp.. They bad
evidently been No barter their prpdure
for s0me fanily naceEaaIieA, aud the wife
wns staegeEing under the load Of TIVE
heavy bags, whiAe tAe husband walked
Raily ahead empty .bandeA Nf met
eeycrai wpmah lA.lding bulls - and ffUgn
de town, and children carrying burdens,
but not @ nlnn doing ANYTHING. The
lords 0f creation ADnnge about flAh aluHhs
uuclg orEngan and look ut Strangers bnt
during, ,miF hi1y al tins port aud ] hare
been constantly hslnreI have seen
hnrilya n4nn at work, except RiK nr eight
handy negroes kept busy on tbe Metho-
dist Church
mHATRHE EnLAMp PBnDpnma
The reports 0f che xulnc and variety oil
timber on She island are prptmbly not
exageernied The kinds moat used Ter
commercial purposes arc mahogany lrg-
WOOD, ignrayite. iron-wood, and h4tiu-
wood. and theke are said by The b0f4nis5s
81 The expedition, as well a. Intelligent
inhahitanfs with whnm hMEeAnAkrh. 40
De of great abundance and large growth.
Mr. Barr, wllo wds Union soldier and
has EVed here three years, says that the
mahogany tree In this part pf the island
M frnfs y foot t0 6 feet in diameter /; H.
nums ita, 4 too inches szfin-wo0d. . "
Is inches ;ieewood, o 10 Is iaclesi irpn
wood, II % 30 inches "a iar 49, a have
learned, there nre no sAw -tnills -Ahuugh
the water power Is abundant-and saRG
timber Is consequently imported. Indeed
10 use al all Il made OF any az the mill
streams The cHifnMte and B0li seem to IT,
admirably snitad 10 the saRaF-onne, but
I tae processes Of extracting the juice are
so bod tiiht the crop is not valuable A. II
onRit te be. The cane grows rnry Faeli
aud handy, and i hear "a \ plantation
which has been running 40 years without
rprinnfine, yes isttiil strong and healthy.
Osacn i'm ave wears she 6tnbhln wMa cmt
and the land burnt over. but the soil has
kexer been stirred PloWb are nnheasd
log. The tobacco raised nenr SANTANA il
Fery good alnrh better thHn uur DWn--
but II IN esteemed inferior 10 that OF the
southern side of the Island ! am an Old
and faStidiomR smoker, but hnve no
hesitation in uprDnpuncinE tho ono camt
cigar of SANTANA better than y0u can ret
for 10 or Is cents IN New York. and the
Q cent eigmx Of 6anf0 Domingo equal TO
the 25 cent RegAlia or PArtaEns. The
smoking tobacco would sell in the States
Cor si.g0 or - pound here Il brings
90 centa It 10 TOO strong for the ords
nary smoker, hut its favor III very fine
I The inhabitants of both SEXES. chew to-
haceo a great deal, but do aot uaAnniac-
ture the Leaf for chewing purposes a. We
do. They have highly s0ciable way q
smoking, passing ab0rt cigar from cne
10 another. ns the calumet IL passed
around al an Indian council Indoeds i
| Il conSidered grossly extravaEant and
prrairnfe to uinoke the whole OH o ciEmr.
While there are any ships in port, the
population keeps itself IN tobacco by
picking Mp Rtnmps. 4.t.sf4 .sHs