The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-11-29
Editorial correspondence.
UouMA, La, Nov, q 1877,

IL W ~ f'''N
clglt large page. this morning 10 my wife
and children, detailing trivial matters, 1t
NAV be, but ! knew that loving eyes only
would see or c~riticise all | said, and |
marks. ! felt MS | used to feel in my
younger days when writing to some dear
sweetheart. Lord! how circumlOcutory |
WAS, and. how ridiculous! How easy 1t
was for that sweetheart of mine and | to
have n fuss about mere 6dgatellcs. and the
letters, and notes, and explanations. and
professions of love, and accusations Of IN
constuncy on the part Of one anottrr-if
all OF these had been put into hooks they
would have consumed more space THAN
lIomer's Had about the wrath of Achilles.
| didn't mind writing in those days. !
didn't care for the cost Of paper. Love Of
that kind chat swcIlcd my burning bosom.
didn't care tor expenses. Ana ! Thought
everything ! wrote WAS unusually sensl-
lie. and everything she wrote wa ditto.
| am half inclined to think nov that Two
bigger iools-good, honest, loving. lngn-
brious fOols-noy yer lived and cUurtrd since
Adam made love to Eve in the garden of
Eden-a very foolish thing, by-tlic-way.
in Adam. for surely he had nootIler wo-
man to make love to, and neither one had
cause to he jealous. what ht'rrIhlethlhg
for fine balance of mankind afterwards II
Adam had gotten jealous ana drowned
himself, or taken Il big dose otlaNdanulM,
like some of the Jealous FOOLS do uow-a-
DAYS. But | do aver that sometimes / Wish
he had done something OF that sort. and
left Eve to eat her apples by herself. 1t
nrttlcs me n litt.e wien | think OF the
world of woe thar appetite Of hers Iett to
MS as n Legacy. You may say Ill THIS Is
prriphrastic and Improbable gtbhlc, tut
if YOU bad been swindled is ! was ON tine
cars, coming down here the other day, you
would feel like giving vent to something
like this. 1t was "A woman VINO sWlndltd
me-a lovely woman. She rot on the
ears | think ut Milan. She took "A seat OPP
posite me. She was lovely. She asked
me to raise the window by her. Certain
" | would-would raise half Il dozen WIn-
dow ), all the winG0ws-raisc anything Tor
her. This is what ! thought. for she vas
a lovely woman and | wanted TO be low
iuyly polite, She wanted to buy AN or
anre from the newsboy just bclor we got
to Canton mt night. She had no change. l
did have some change. | started from
home with thirty dollars. the larger por'
ton of which was in IS and los. sac
wanted change Tor $50. Or course |
changed her JILL would have changed
any number of bills for her If had been
able. She wa so winning in her man
ncrs, and-she won. | changed her bill
| paid for the orange. and | bought her an
apple. | was Il little more urbalr TO iIcr
because saw she was alone. have since
wished she had left ne alone. AND Siic
did. ! think she got on at Canton.
Morning came and | examined my pocket
book. found in il Il reminder OF my
lovely wOman-a counterfeit S2O Dill. II!
had not had II ticrtl to Ne orleans IL
would have been Cdat-0E Tor me. Slc
never gave NE her name. Sicdid give me
u twcnty-dollar bill. .
think it right for me to mention Inns
adventure in order to put other unSus-
pcctiu4, innocent fools upon their TNar".
i would ADVISE them to recoIlect what the
Bible SAYS, and beware OF strange Wohiei''
especially when they are lovely ana 'ra'-
cling on the cars. and want cianRe LOT
~twcnty-dollar bills. But am la>l ne
coming recOnciled to my ~IoSs-alilost
done thinking how mach | could have
bought with that $40 that lovely lh'er-
nal Woman has of mino-but mine 10
mnrr-'tis hers. I'll not critici>r her too
harshly, She is not worse than many VINO
rut money through forms Of law. and ny
uVrri,v, and bargain-driring. ana penu-
robustness, and cllicancry, which makes
them AS guilty in the sight tGod as Is TINS
lovely SOrcrrGsS whose establishments are
a fearful gift. When ! return ON II Il
lovely woman, all alone. comes into the
car | am in, | shall move upH ear length
ar lown-anVWhcrc to DC Intempttd. |
dou'f tljuk snail have any change with
| me. except chGHgc from one car 10 iliOtlltr.
| Every time li.y, cry out: Change ears Tor
! such a place. | viii think about change ipf
twcnty-tiOllar counterfeit b'lls.
O woman, the sell and the jiight OF caclI
path we pursue.
Well, as the fellow in the circus said
! To return TO our suhjcrt-(noU the W0-
mun)-to thc duty Of writing Il letter to
the %,Jonrnal. find this section of re-
deemed country much llvrlier than II wa
last Sprjnp. Planters nave commenced
grinding cane. and hear mitch Sprcula-
zion rs TO how many hogsheadS VIII be
maze by this one and that. anu the fiHIreS
RIM respectively from 100 to l.Ou0. Each
hOushead Ofsugar. with the moihsHes from
il. i worth about 800 The Il this
ve,r i NOT 50 good rs usual. 1t il back
ward, and the yield is estimated at ABOUT
one hogshcad and u half per acre. Even
this seems enough. for surely planters
! oupht to make money when their land can
be made to bring in $50 per acre. All. il
il n rich land. and Terrebonne Parish i.
the garden spot of Louisiana. ! saw
sweet potato yesterday, in the possession,
of Mr.. l.. NJ. Il>lcy. which weighed twelve
pounds and a half. and he said it was d
toleraJly g0od-s,Sed one. 1 thought so
too.
There has been only one light flost here
vet. which shows that the climate l. muci
warmer than in Tennessee. of course.
wisl, it had been Il killing frost tor the
muskctcrs. Just for my sake. They NJ,
not very numerous, but just enough o
them to annoy me occa iOnally. But til,
weather to-day is coolcr-much TO the re-
lief of plantcrs-and | look for 4 frost sonr
that will make the forests more beautiful,
There is Il sort of mOnOtony to me III see
inm everything look green IN autumn
fine, love to see the admiXtlire OF red
and.brown. and yellow leaves True. they
betokcn death. and sometimes when | SEE
them zig-zaYging to earth upon the light
est breeze. | grOW alittlc sad. anu remenl-
her those solemn words: Earth to cartI
and dust to dust. and that this was Spoken
of all thingS-of poor. struggling human
beings. try ng to cling to lite. rs the crisl
leaves do TO the boughs. but anon goin.
down to the grave to give % for other
untold myri,ds of sinful mortals-t'
live, and love. and quarrel, and struggle
and die.
As to Politics. | need not reiterate wha
have before written from Louisiana. !
isn redeemed State, and nothing but di'
vision in the Democratic party Will CIV,