The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-07-12


Having seen 100 one for twenty miles
night overlook me near the center o
Jones county. The road had only been
discemtd by the " three scores ON m,
; pine trees, the grA,s growing ON H
4 rank aud II like that iu the adjacent
! woods. | was striking for The county
p seat. ! came 10 a small opening bon
which stood three rickety cabins built of
, pine logs with the bark on but they were
untenanted. Here the road brauched Oh
into dozen trails. Completely puzzled,
threw down the reins, ana lett tho
decision to the instinct of my horse. He
struck into one of them briskly, and in
fifteen minutes halted az q large farm
house
Halo Z" cried l.
Its halo yourself said a man III the
gallery.
How far to the court. house 20 said 1.
"Where are You from said the
man.
From Winchester
There, said he. "tha courthouse is
/ behind, and You have come right by TO-
there, pointing towards the deserted
cabins
"Why, ! saw nobody there"
" reckon YOU didn't" said De,
There's groggery and a tavern there
twice a year; bat they come with the
court
And the clerk and the sheriff, said L.
"Where do they live 2'
ooh, the sheriff is clerk, and the clerk
Is squire, assessor and tax collector, and
he lives away down on Leaf River
a. Rut tho fttvp r,tV Fri.rI NIL. .,.r.r
the lots p
The same individual who owns tho
best part OF Jones couuy-the only
landlord who never sues forreut-thcycu call
him Uncle Sam"
''WelI. sir am tired and hungry, and
so Is my horse. Can We stop with you toe
night 20
Light, stranger light Old Mike
Anderson never shuts his house ON man
or beast.
Having stabbed and fed my horse
soon sat down 20 q substantial supper Of
fried chicken, stewcd vcuison, corn cakes.
peach cobblor milk, butter and honey.
served with a welcome and profusion
peculiar to the pine woods.
My host was "a shrowd man. wcll-to.dB
IN the world, prefcrring Jones county to
any place this side of Paradise. having
lived there twenty years without mcdi-
cine, doctors or lawyers, and never having
been crossed but once during all that
time
L was curious TO know what had dis
-urbed the serenity of such life.
"Why, sir, said he, FL don't mako N
practice of talking about il hcroabout,
but being rs you're n stranger, and
have taken liking 10 You. TIL nnrratc
the circumstance. Mabye you've hcaru
how the Legislature chartered the Bran
don Bank to build n railroad through tie
pine woods 10 the scashure. La those
parts we go agin banks but the railroads
sort OF shook our Prcjudices. Before the
bank could be set agoiug the law required
20 much coin 70 be plankcd up. Not 10
much, but heap for those DAYS when
you could hardly get a silver piece for "a
baby 10 cut his teeth with The MANA
gers of the bank All lived about Brandon.
but the metal was mighty scarce and tho
oIks about there didn't have ii. dr.
wouldn't trust EN-.
"Well, it got wind that J had some of
he pewter, and the managers kent
sending after it, Offering 10 pat me iu
.he Board. But / always answered that
my money was safer i'm the old womun's
than in the bank.
81 heard nothing more of 10 for three
months, when one night q big portly
man rode up and asked me for n chunk
Jf fire.
Squire Anderson, said he, my men
have campcd down there on the creek.
We are surveying the railroad 10 MIssis-
'lppl City, but have come 10 halt, be-
cause our line butts right up against
your clearing, and we shall have 10 make
IN ugly bend to get round IT,.
'Ihe big man said this with 40 serious
| face, and seemed 10 be 80 concerned
lbout having TO crook his line, that his
words went clear through me. sent his
hunk of fire down 20 his men bv n bow.
md invited him in. We emptod bot
lie Of liquor, and maybe two of EN-. be-
ore we got TO bed. Next morning we
vent to camp. He took his chain and
compass, and ran the line span up agin
ny new meat-house, OF sawed logs, that
lad just completed.
" We'll, says he, this is my usual
uck. Here we are, right on your new
rouse. What's to be done ?
"'You shall see, said l. So, calling
ny boys, | ordered them 10 pull IL down.
stranger, there lie the logs There's tho
Irokens hingles. The prettiest lot Of tim
Ter ever got out in Jones cOuuty-2O by
a! | have never had the heart TO put
hem up again. Well, the big man
never changed his countenance. He ran
lis line right across the logs and shingles,
md in about a week he came back On his
eturn to Brandon.
d" / was nightly lifted with the notion
f the railroad, and station right At my
Ioor. ! entered 1880 acres Of land. Nv
leighbors said we'd get the State-house
lere. The big man smiled. lie pointed
,ut where the trains would stop, and
where the Governor would ike 10
rave a summer cottage in my
! said the place should bo
,alled P Station. We cmptied h
bottle or two Of liquor and when the big
nan left he carried with him s., 600, all
II quarters, picayunes and half dollars
"Woll, squire, said /, 81 suppose you
got the value Of IT,.
" Stranger" solemuly replied the
1uire, 81 never saw the big man after
wards. ] heard no more Of the road.
There's my logs My old wOman's got
he empty stockings Here's a certificate
f Brandon Bank stock they sent me;
nd if you've got five dollar mint drop
IN ready for a swap
a Christian warming
She was a colored lady, says the Co
umbia 6. O. Sun, and attending a