New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-06-11
From Alabama.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA, Nav 10. 1874.

! HUNTSVILLE, ALA, May 10. 1874.
| r., he Editor'er nc Eflo Nniional Era:
The long rainy spell of which wrote you
in my last letter, and which has proved so
serious an Inconvenience to our farmers,
threatening ut one time to cause n total
| abandonment of the crops for this year, and
therefore assuming the startling proportions
| of question of starvation to thousands, has,
at last, happily come to an end. The plan
tcrs are working theoretically to repair as
much as possible the loss of time. When
the sun rises it finds them busily engaged in
| their fields, and leaves them there when it
sets. And I've heard of an ovcr-industrious
| farmer in the neiShborhOod who has even
worked far into the night by the moon light.
This modern Cesar deserves censurc for such
| an autlacious plunge into the lovers Rubcon,
instead of the commentator which may be
| given him by the unreflcctivc. He seeks to
convert the sacred sanctum Of love C'the
moonit light,") into workshop, in llagrant
| disrcspect of a custom revcrenced by all
| ages since the creation; and, in utter dis
| regard of the lovers rights, would minglc
his coarse "gees" and "haws' with the
latter's eloquent, refined and imrassioncd
wooings. For these misdcmeanors l indict
him before the bar of the public.
In case ofan acquittal on the above charges,
l will enter suit for personal damages sus-
tanned, rs follows:
81, Timid Alvin, being just ready to enjoy
the pleasures of the sacred sanctum handed
down to us by our fathers was entering
therein with beautiful young lady, whose
consent to become the future Mrs. Timid
Alvin l was DESTROYS of obtaining, when one
l., a farmer of Madison county, rudely
entered with mule and pillow, and COM
menced rlOwing-greatly to the surprise,
injury, and modification of all lovers present.
Whereupon l, with my idol, wandered far
off, not wishing to be disturbed. We seated
ourselves in a flowery bower where the rays
of the moon streamcd around us, and it was
not long before we were in a delightful con-
versation. None were happier than VIC. l
had pressed my suit, had overcome objection
after objection until l was victorious, and
my idol, reclining on my breast, was about
to consent to fOrsake mother and father to
cleave unto me. Just ut this moment-the
proudcst and happiest of my lfe-wc heard
some one say, Gee, come up, here, SIR
Looking around, we beheld the aforesaid
l., n farmer, of Madison county, blowing
towards us. 1t was a most brutal Interrupt
tion; but when he got right before us his
stubborn mule stopped and began to bray.
A score of other blowers followerd him.
The blood rushed to my temples, and, throw
ing from my mouth my lovers delicate hand,
| which had been placed over it to keen the
peace, jumped up and poured forth volley
of horrid oaths upon the farmer and his tribe.
Fatal moment! Wretched me! had cursed
my lovers father. She rose Indignantly,
passed majestically to her insultcd sire, and
embracing him, turned to me with a fiery,
scornful look, and commanded with terrible
emphasis and whitening rebukc: CURSE
Me- was then ordered from her presence
forbidden ever again true happiness. Now,
therefore, 1, Timid Alvin, do bring these
complaints against the aforesaid l.. a
farmer Of &C., and ask for damages his
scalp"
With the exception Of this rash adyen-
turer, the farmers are acting nobly, and
promise to save the country from bankruptcy,
as they have done since the beginning.
Doctors and teachers, lawyers and preachers,
merchants and mechanics, all subsist on the