The comet., 1879-11-29
MONrICEtfiO,
TR4ilP
1'ka Present AppeafAnce Of the An
cieMt Queen of LHe East ana
Its Surroundings.
NEW nnr.nANs. Nov. 81. 1879.

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most prolific imagination conjure much
romance out of it. have travelled
over the route often but have never
been able to fall in love with it. There
are thrifty farms near the line but
the road itself is relieved by only few
residences, and those of rather an I'M
promising order 1t passes continuous
stretch of waving pine trees, whose
monotony is only broken by two clear
and perennial streams, Perch Greek
and Fair River, whose waters abound in
the best quality of trout and perch
and afford splendid moving power for
machinery. The Old Maxwell mill,
ten miles from Monticello, is q land
mark, relic Of past ages, having been
built sometime before the food, and its
proprietor, Henry Maxwell, is fedging
out into Methusala. He is verging
upon ninety years, and stands as
straight MS an arrow, able to take his
toddy three times day, and to ride
forty miles day, kill deer with his
ancient hint-lock rifle at distance OF
one hundred and twenty yards with
unerring aim, and to do the work of q
full hand. The mill itself is still in
existence though it seems to have eaten
up all the eligible pine trees within
convenient reach.
The mails are conveyed from Brook
haven to Monticello three times u week.
1 took passage last Monday in the Uni
ted States mail coach, and / was the
only passenger in it, the driver and
and the mail bag filling it up to its
capacity. The coach was rickety old
no-top buggy, and the team was ven
erable mother of mules and horses OF
past horse era. The driver could not
inform me how many children she had
living, most of them having already
died with old age. This venerable
equine matron had lost most of hel
plumpness and shyness. Her entire
frame work gave out marks conclusive
ly establishing the fact that there was d
time when mare was built upon it. In
considering the question anatomicalIy
no one could doubt this palpable truth.
The bones were there to show fol
themselves, but the flesh was gone. This
mare--that was--had apparently lost
all interest in worldly affair, and had
turned her thoughts upon the future,
and it was hard work to bring her tc
consider the demands of the present.
She moved with slow dignity, evident
ly not caring copper michel whether
she ever got anywhere OF not. She
was safe animal, entirely free from
malice ant. all inclination to shy at the
sudden boo of hog on the side OF
the road. She inspired Il perfect sense
of safety against all danger OF running
away. But the driver and [ by uniting
our energies and strategy managed to
drive through ip six hours, but it took
a good deal more work than the walking
of the distance would have taken, and
but for the eclat of riding into town l
think should have preferred d the walk.
found Judge Mayors on nthe Bench
and his Circuit Court for the fall term
ofLawrence fully organized and equip
ed for business. Col. J. L. McCaskill
was acting District Attorney, Sheriff
Butler was at his post, and ably assist
ed in the duties of the office by Par
son Dale. Butler has been Sheriff for
several years, and was reelected on
the 4th inst, for another term. A
strong effort was made to defeat him
this year, but he is one of those men
who can't be beaten. Senator-elect A.
H. Longino, was discharging the duties
of Clerk. He seems to be perfectly re-
conciled to surrender the routine and
arduous clerical duties of Circuit and
Chancery Clerk for the more elevated
and dignified and less exacting labors
of State Senator. He is, perhaps, the
youngest Senator in the State, being
lust old enough to take his seat in
that body of "grave and reverend
seniors, !" but his constituency have I'M
limited faith that he will make mark
and hold creditable hand among
them. The Clerk elected for Lawrence
is Mr.. Hez Weathersby, a worthy scion
from a large, vigorous and influential
family of the county. He will make
a capital officer.
Mr.. A. G. Fairman, I believe, is now
the only attorney left in Monticello,
unless we can locate Bentonville Tay-
lor in that town, once the center OF
legal talent for considerable scope
of country, with a bar second to
none in the State. Judge McMil-
Ian has recently removed to Brook
haven. Bentonville claims Monticello
for his location, I am told, and Mon
ticello may possibly be entitled to him,
but he is equally at home in Columbia,
Williamsburg or Westville, and he
has won the right to "scatter" over
all the intervening field. He knows
the country, and the people, and they
know him, and while they won't vote
for him, if any of them have aknotty
case in law, Taylor is their man. Other
lawyers say that he very troublesome
in the practice, because he springs so
many new points of law that are so in
fernally hard to meet.
Ex-senator Thompson, Judge Cas-
sedy, Jr., Judge Mcmillan, A. G. Nc
Nair, Esq, Robt. J. Bowen and Char
ley Chisman, Esq, of BrOokhaven;
Senator Ben King, ST., and Ben King,
Jr., Esq. of Beauregard, and J. L.
Meade, Esq. of Westville, were in at
tendance on the Court.
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