The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-03
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NIr1RoRo' SPRINGS. July 81, 1876.
.,,,,rca DAYS since. the thermometer fell
.iIn,lr down to 500 in these regions, and
ail me springs the floor-servants were
M ",, about for "kindlin' wood" Long
',"",,["',ntihuancc Of fires had made them neg
'.,.n,,, and "light'ud" had gone of to the
.Ioc1>,rcm ot unnccdcd things. So the fires
' ''',r Trhtrd with such material as could be
,a-,;r, gathered to meet the sudden demand
-; ;,nnromptU weather. As may be ina
>.;rc5 servants were paSsionately recalled
~o>,orr life 10 fires that expired almost as
80, -, made: and there was some cuSSin
..,,,.-,t those who came from the lowlandS,
",1 ,rr NOT used to frost in July. Indeed,
,r.-r viS not exactly here, but he was so
'ar ft,t the crops and plants shircrcd to
,.,,,y that their great enemy had looked
:~,, rom the mountains upon them. The
,.,,,r,giu people didn't mind the chill "a
.,;',I.". but, oh. how the lowlanderS
H.',, an their wrappin@s. Some of them
-" off in 4 citlcy. only to be baked ut
,,,,c. for even up here the midday sun Is
,,,Jio7iu.t and burnin" hot. These noun.
.,;,,. ,rr moi reliable when they girca touch
'';', weather. They are capriciouS enough.
,,',,a no,Iu,,,nccrs attribute y sudden chill
;,,, ~ ,hr wind 10 hail, Just rs do the low
i,r1.r.; and when the very cool morning
sri ,lav came they said "thcrc is hail some
wNrrr''--a conjecture that IS altogether
safe. .
NovNTAlNEEES' ECONOMY.
The ncopr who come TO the springs and
i-n,n them return to their homes do not
learn ANYTHING OF the economy OF the noun
tain ropulaton.' Having been much NJ the
S,,v.,. -; the yraZierS and q those whose
a tupn
,.r.y;.--. but who cultivate small farms and
n2Ilr sugar. and who hunt or get the cash
+b.y need by dav-workins for larger far
,urr,. am familiar with their economy ana
,i,r'r prcularitieS Negroes are not IN the
,a1I.utains in numbers sufficient 10 make
q-,y >rrious impression upon >ocla! lie ana
;rjn>'rv, still they arc in places cause OF
embarrassment aud disturbance. The whites
oi limited means do not know exactly now
IN treat them: and in some eases tlcfc l. Il
familiarity between white anu black mat Is
,,n, ~ all tolerated by the more independent
r,a.,.> and utterly repudiatcd by the more
manly and spirited 81 the poorest whites.
nr1rd one NEGRO cattic-drlrcr calling some
ylI,c men hv their given names, ana tncF'
too owners al small farms; but Such III
Stances are few and Jar between. Ihcy IN
woke The indignation OF the great BODY OF
IL" citizens. iheic l. :. the mot!!''aills =
greater repl2n":te TOWARDS Il i,o'!tiI''i ''i"
social c4naHty with tn" negro iIlan thetc l.
in the !oWlands. IN Tue ilT'"''t>t.lS' ~
tHe nero i n'ic o"' va 80 1 ~ orn
Temporarily "'!,t t"",' - ir,';C .t'n ,,,,,
Aat'H-'H'" "'''' '''''''
SIMPLE LIVING.
The mountain homes are plain-ecnerally
Ia. lou>cS. In that sort OF cditicc reside
S,'' ~ M; -; ,i,,, Snnmlc There *
M ,,,,,i',, n,iJ ~ ordcr and 70 an.
!''' .;,, ,i,. l,,,,,,.to,d th,n there i in
,.,,.,o,,1s rnrt,inly there i little care
80. nr.,,,,,,,, j., ,hr mni,ntajus. Essentials
','3 ,,,i,.;,m,irIS arr almost exclusively
cared Tor. PLAIN furniture. much OF when
i hom"-haNc, supps!c> wants. anu thouSl u
Whltr spreads IN" :"
t''' Inv NV ~" i,,t t,,ar, = Good
l. S"HI!l' ','i"7n, nI' ~ .Irna",So ~
"!'l'Il" ~ N' ,, ,'''H so .1'n s,and, "a
fi"','H. N.I'" - .''lI, w. Nri;Ia
TuIIl NE III Si"HtnS Iua.! -, , .',.
klhdi.">> "iu HOE, i'i'''ilt! toM'l"s .hc va;
l"E'' IL" EVERY M!t'c Sy'A NJ - all nv W.
>'i'' ~ l'i m"''H 'il" Il,'en.io'i ~
stranger mus ,"ke thihSs is ne mus ti,eiil;
he c"" "' l!I' i'ilis anu 1't ., mooSenO.
are AHFu-""!hinS peol'ie, anu tics at' nO'
y! M''I, 'a''2h. TO " "pse!uiUI ho ~ bo 's" y
n""H; ni"'li VS. 'HI 81 iIno,, lie ''',' ,,.r
i''t Wv ,o,,,,, ~ .i,n snr;nt, ar tbr
ooo>' "l'rli - ~ WV u ~ enn a III
"",'I-'""i, ~ ~ "'Hho i'!S me- i.Is
hU -'.'i'i. |" "nI upon ii'iil>'.. '''t $50
Ht'.'" '"n>lu'!"tcls III e..ou,.h;,
nH boarH ana Is PRESET u WV "a th u,I ,a ,n.
"lrU-"! me HIS spII"u upon "a. i ~, NJ,
%0'' nc l'iiiici .thca "a. +n W. ~ o Ia IN
M -" ,''ois' ~ ' ~ <,,ast ~ nnt roodv r.
V'"i,''H' ~ - Wv W." '.na, ,,snId +ho So;i
"i~I' N'ioh ,n, i,' " nd Isno,f
'-' i-lH >'ie LIS .n,i th I i,rd onG
:'Ir arr ,i 10y '''li that Two 6;Snostio
W." W. :''' ~, w liza
- LIZ !''"i'' - ~ N'''' '"A>' ''N
n0MELY FARE.
Fare i ulijn. The "fry" for morning
i.n.,, a,. ,vln, b,nnnnS nj the time ia he on
j.,;,I cii,.l,nn ar ,,amn--is rho dish Of meat
In; .nI cold hrn,1 nototocS and onions
sweet and huttrrmilk and butter together
win honey or preserves and often MES. and
rn,Fna mako M, the breakfast To the mo,ln-
,ain,rr Tho cof:ac j the Great article OF first
necessity and that STRONGLY made and sweet
rnrl With mamie smear i not only q nrin-
rirai n,rt nj breakfast. but Of every meal.
Thr man c,t snarinnly OF meat, but make
,Irir meals chrIv q, coffee. milk.
and h,,tn,. md MICS ond preserves Din.
No.. ha. ali The 1hin~S in the breakfast
b!ii OF fare, except that the Try or meat
SeNGfaiiy substituted WIN Tue Don. ~ ,ei
fali IN OF meat Is Dolleu WIN snaps OF rans