The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-12-24

had been brought up to consider an
inferior race. One day at the Pigeon
Roost. while waiting for Col. Hand,
who was in the building planning the
location Of the turbine wheel for the
new mill on Mr.. Barlow's property.
four laborers passed cut Of the bed Of
the canal close to the writer. They
were all young men-twO were white.
two cOlored. Zach had on his
shoulder pick and a long. handled
shovel. They We're al dressed alike.
dirty, unkempt. aud almost in rags.
The sole difference between them was
In the color Of their skin. but as they
flied past the writer, On their return
from their days work. the whites
raised their ewes to the writer and
each Of them gave him q "How de-:
the colored men made no sign. /, is
not customary there To return the
>aiu,a,ion of colored man. and they
subsequently, seldom venture one.
One word about the condition Of the
freedman as the opinion was forced
upon the writer. He learned from
what he believes reliable authority
that the increase Of such diseases as
consumP,ion. Gipb,heris. pneumonia.
and others Of that class Is enormous
AMONG the colored race. The truth
seems to be that, from having been
taken care Of in time Of slavery, these
:ormer slaves are Totally untitled 10
take care Of themselves. They expose
themselves to the inclemency Of the
weather and in other ways. with the
inevitable results. As before stated
the demand for labor is small. and as
an Ole! darkev-Of whom the writer
had ask; d his opinion Of the personal
result Of emancipation to him-said I:
oh! massa, it's mighty bodersoms
at times 20 get de grub" An un-
pleasant deduction from what he saw
was forced upon the writer, he found
himself face to face with one Of the
results Of emancipation. and felt that
the death of slavery means extinction
Of the colcred rice.
Another feature a8out Dahlonepa
and its vicinity is the temperance pro-
clIvity Of the population. 1t is no
field for Mr.. Murphy or any other
anti bibuious apostle. Not only is the
sale at ali spirifuous or malt liquor
strictly prohibited by municipal law in
D.,hlonesa. but no liquor of any sort
can he bought there. In the hills
there are still supposed to he come
ilIici, dist.Ilers. known there as "MnOu-
>hi ,ers. bat the stuff they make is 80
villainous that as one Of our party
said after smelling it, "Ihave always
been in favor Of a reduction Of the
army, but if United States troops are
to be occupied in hunting out. arrest
ing, and cousigning to the chain gang
the scoundrels who make such poison
as this, ! would use all my influence
to increase the army to hundred
thousand men,"
On one occasion. while riding
through the woods with two Of his
friends, the writer saw some Of this
stuff made. One Of the party had
expressed desire to taste this whiskey
and the gentleman vino was showing
us around in the woods took Us Up
trail almost invisible by reason Of fall
len leaves. We came to u log cabin
and di>mounted. Some very Ugly
booking dogs were told to ''lie down :"
with an accompanying sxpleiive.
aud the occupant OF the cabin-very
little better featured than his dogs
asked Us in. We inquired whether
ne could give US q drink OF whisky.
He turned t0a man, whom We had
not seen, lying on bench away hack
in the cabin. "Jiln," he said. ''is there
any whi,key in the pitcher 2 Jim said
NO. it's all out" '.Well. make some,
and hurry up" And Jim did made it.
He stuck some pine logs and what is
known in Georgia as q bit Of fat"
(xood full "f Pitch under an iron pot
standing in the corner, and lighted
the FIRE. The pot had tin cover on
it. and fastened to the cover was .
broken earthen pitcher attached with
some dirty rope and haLdsges. Out
Of this pitcher. sIantine downward. was
an old gun barrel. This was the still,
pure and simple. The liquor soon
began to trickle into pitcher placed
under the end of the gun barrel. and
the mOOnshinner's task Was accom-
pli>hed. As cooking books say, it was
served warm.
A mining population is generally
ignorant and uncouth. being declared
those advantages which add 80 materi-
ally to the growth Of . section or
The educational advan-
tages in this .section were compare
lively none until within the last few
years. The cloee of the war found
northern Georgia impoverished and
without the means Of education. The
United States Government had ut
Dahlonega q building admirably
adapted for school purposes. Tho
United States Mint, or rather branch
mint, ut Dshlonega. was built in 1888.
at cost Of so, 900. After the war it
was used as school fnr colorsd chill
dren. In 1871 the Mint building wa
procured fur the Beard Of Trustees of
the North Georgia Agricultural Col
lege. mainly through the ef.r,s Of the
Hon. w. p. Price, the President Of
the Board. 10 this most excellent
gentleman Georgia owes large debt
of gratitude.
The University Of the State, holding
the Land Scrip tnnd. endowed the col
lese with $4,000 per anDum., which
has since been increased to $500.
For years the Northern Georgia Agri-
cultural College has nobly worked ito
way on this mesgre amount. aided BY
a few Others gifts from private individ-
mails. To a DOeitiOn which places II