The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-11-19

Near the ruins of the mansioa y,
found the Arcadians, young ma,
with his wife and child. living in !,
small out building which might hav.
been COW. house. Ii was not NOR.
than ten feet square; the roof hac
fallen in. and was replaced by . rude
thateh of palmetto leaves; there wa.
no window of any kind. no foor save
the sand, and for door only an old
eoverlet hung up and tied back like
a curtain. Within we could see u
low settlr.bed with some ragged
coverings, a stool, powder, shot and
fishing tackle hung up on one side,
and mn old calico dress on the other
without was table under . tree. 4
cupboard hung on tho outside Of the
house, containing = few dishes, and
the ashes of the family FIRE near ~
hand. Two thin dogs and = forlorn
calf (oh, the cadaverous cattle oi
FlorldaD comprising the stock Of this
model farm.
'They eat and cook out -of-doors
all the year round, suppose. What
y home! Did ary one ever see such
poverty" ! said, "and such indolence: /:
They do no, even take the trouble to
make door,
"What do they want of . door?
There is nothing to keep out but Ma
ture. Aud as for poverty, they seem
happy enough" replied Sara.
They did. The woman came to
meet us with her brown baby, and
the young husband took his gun and
went out to find his supper-partridge
from the wood, probably, and oysters
from the beach. They had lived
there three years, the woman said.
Her name was Anita, her husbands 5
Gaspar, the baby was Rafaello. No,
they did not work much. They had
few sweet-potatoes yonder, and
sometimes she braided palmetto and
took it down to the city to sell. Gas
par had dug out, aud sometimes he
sold fish, but not often. They had
every thing they wanted. Did she
know anything about this old place? ?
No, she did not. Couldn't she find
out? Yes, she supposed she could; +;
her people had lived along the Ma
tanzas for years; but she never took
the trouble to ask. Should she send
that brown baby to school when it
grew larger?
"To SCHOOL," And the young
mother laughed merrily, showing
even, white teeth, and tossing up the
little Rafaello until he crowed with
elee. "None OF us-uns goes to school,
my lady"
"But what will he do, then?"
"Do? Why, live here or some
whars, jes AS we're DOING replied
Anita. s.That's all he wants."
"a great many people come over
here in the season, do they not?" l
asked, abandoning my educational
efforts.
"Yes, pleasant days folks come"
"Do you think tho ladies arc pref
typ
"Sometimes," replied Anita, with
q critical air.
"Wouldn', you like to look as they
do?'
"Oh no." replied our ''nut-brown
mayIe." with broad, ccntented
smile.
''And the gentlemen. What do
YOU think Of them?"
'.Eh? the mems, did you say? Oh,
they're SO wmpsy" And bursting
into peal OF laughter, the mother
tossed up the baby again until he too
Joined in the merriment over the
..wimsvness," whatever that was, of
the touris,s from the North.
ado you know, feel rs though
Calhoun himself was laughing at me
from his grave" l said, as we walked
away. "Your Arcadians, Sara, have
made me more conscious of my bodily
defects than = whole regiment of fine
city people. What shape that wo-
man had! what eyes! what teeth :
H0rDer's Mtudziue.