The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
Letter From PAN.
HAznEHURsr, Dec, 9th; 1sS.
EutL0r BrOOEh0pen Ledaer:


twelve miles north west of CRYSTAL
Springs, and during the late epidsnic,
became famous as one Of the most latal
spots of the saffron scourge. l lnew
the road and surrounding country, we'll,
having often travelled it before, aud
whether owing to the knowledge that
was approaching an almost depopula,
tod section, allowed my imagina-
ton to picture desolation around me,
or whether it was SO in reality, am un-
prepared to say, yet SO it seemed to me,
for fences, farms and buildings certain
ly seemed dilapidated, and even the
stock by the roadside showed very lit
tie, if cay, care.
Tie country surrounding Dry Grove
is quite thickly settled, and in -pnts-
bellum days Was the wealthiest portion
offAo county, though the village itself
is. and always was unretentious in
size, being composed of two stores. a
church, blacksmith and SHOE shor,
three or four dwelling .liouses. alad q
seminary cenducsed by the Rev Mr..
Douglass, tae alpisconal clergyna en- Of
the place ass'a s.; sas sb2Se maa
buildings. there is asdoctor's offssA and
schccl~honss, which comprise aa near
as can recollect, the village Of Dry
Grove. High and dry, elevated above
the surrounding country, and shaded
by beautiful grove of grand, old
forest trees, it is the last spot on earth
one would select for deadly fever to
rage, but it's grave yard
tells the fearful tale, as ups
ward of forty graves mark the resting
places of rs many yellow fever victims,
gathered in from a radius of two miles
from where they now repose. Peace to
their ashes! l knew many of them we'll
and deeply sympathizs with their sur
viying friends. Leaving this silent
city of the dead, l pursued ncftterly
course, resting at night in the Spring
Ridge neighborhood, where l was very
warmly solicited to deliver a temper
ance lecture before the Murphy associ-
alton of that place, but was most res
luotantly obliged to decline the honor,
on account of prior engagements
Proceeding next morning to Raymond,
I found that antiquated little town fall
of business, cotton coming in and
goods going out as in days of yore.
Trausacting my business there in a
very short time. I re"traced my steps
and arrived at Terry at dark Early
the next morning L proceeded to
Georgetown, and the following day
came hither. Nothing worth relating
occurred my way to this place. so
1 shall conine the remainder of my LETT
ter to scenes and incidents here.
Now, am not paid to pun tHazle-
hurst or her people, or any othsr town
or any other people, but mhvt in al
candor confess that this place ii entitled
to the horas his year, in business
no,nt of iyieT IT least s~a y verify
believe that it will ship more cation and
sell more goods than any place be-
tween Jackson aud New ORLEANS I
called at the office of the "Cofaah Pet"
and shook hands with its smiling and
ever genial editor. Long may b wave,
On my way down the street. met
John Penn, Esq, Of your place, who
informed me that he was negotiating
for site on which to build o large
foundry AMI rolling mill, for the manu-
facture of rail rad iron; also a m1chine
shop for the IN .nufactare of loeomo
tiyes; which, should he slccee1 in es-
tablishing, would be of vast Importance
to the growth anl prosperity Of this
enterprising town. Strolling around
last night, my ears were attracted by
the strains of sweet music emerging
from the drug store of E. G. William
son, aud upon entering, I found Mr.. I.
G. Ragsdale, of Grenada, playing the
first violin to Joe Stapleton's second,
Willie Walter Birdsong, with rare tact
handled the barytone horn, accompa-
MED by W. j. Melton on the guitar,
which was strung with steel strings.
To say they discussed exquisite music
would but feebly express their perform
ance, but to Mr.. Regsdale especially;
one must needs hear him to form the
least conception of his magic torch, Fe
is indeed, ''drd avis on the violin.
In short, the whole performance was a
treat, and one I shall not soon forget,
for surely, the duartette, collectively
and individually, are experts in their
way. I am not aware of the amount of
sales the enterprising merchants of this
town are averaging weekly. but know
it Is simply enormous, aud the country
people are focking in by hundreds.
their wagons literally block mp the
streets. while the stores of Ware, Fa-
.lerv Rirdsong. Daniels, Mathews and
Others are constantly thr0nge1s Mar
co Lncich, Frank Subat> ana Harrison
Hogg dispense liquids and solids to re-
gale the inner man, aud all goes merry
as a marriage bell. So I will close for
the present.
PAP.
P. S. "Pap" is mistaken as to the
place that is dong the most business.
He has surely not visited Brookhaven
recently. She is now doing more bu-
siness than ever before, and more than
any other place between Jackson and
New Orleans. paying more for cotton
and selling goods cheaper.-ED.
GENERAL SHERMAN and Quartermaster
General Meigs on the 4th Dec, gave
their opinion at length on the subject
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