Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-09-28
Letter from Athens.
ATHENS. SEPT. y. l@-l

ATHENS. Scpt. y. l@ol.
"a Guardidu-I believe you recent!
.,,t,, in the Guardian that letter fn"m
any norton Of the parish wonld br aceep-
table matter for the paper. Being 'nus
licensed | have concluded to write you
from this place. have nothing to rr'"fd
ort.,d. Of the course Of ordinary events
and consequently fear that my letter VIII
IN. wanting IN interest to most of your rea-
drrs. Such another quiet uh"feh'fa' itt'
lie town A. Athens would he hard TO hnh'
rh,r. - IN. same unchanging round of &C
rurrcuce- from DAY To day. Every bod!
} goes Ia his boaritHg place and rrinrhs 10
/ Li. -torr or shop with unNarylng reguiarF
~. The farmers come III. ct what tue!
wan, and return home without lingering.
Their Ar, the Sabbath Schools every sun
d,v morning. the Singing Sri'ty III the
evening. aud the preaching three Sunday
IN The mouth. This is the life III our little
village. Nothing hardly ever tran-r'tes
out of This continuous course. -, Tor ma
terial for this letter. ! attn Of necessity
forced 10 fan back ou the crop. business
items. sc.
Ia consequence Of the drouth, which
lasted over enc hundred days. the crops
, arr of conrst- short. The estimate for COT
ton i, onr.thrrd of crop. The crop OF
corn i, also short. but IT i thought that
with economical Us, and an rar IS crop Of
cats. enough !, made TO rub through with.
II none should Ice I'D t" ftt"n hog. y
majority will have To. buy most OF their
meat for another year. ~ there l. very NJ
! tie mast ur Else ilttrn with corn. III
which ca>r they would br forced Ia buy
corn. Th,rr viii b.. y much larger ara
: >nw II in grain ih- fall than usual. livery
! hrlv took advantage It tie ram Last wax
and >nW-i largely Of tuinip~. rad,>h"-
~. ,IhhI-". UAlnn-. a.. ALTHOUGH tue
YEAR la- h,-u uur"lu'u"n'y disastrous, the
. fIrinris d. not appear - much d"Jr'trl
~ the occasion would Seem Ia Variant.
Mary ,nU>rk. Themselves With the rri."c-
ii"u hat ihrI- prrs-nf calamity VII r'>h.:
~ g,-.,. - II Will rrmiud theta ~ ihthrr
to- t1f-.. tttofr gram. aHH =" bt-'"iH" NOR"
:. lf,u>'ai rus; and h.syi'I .-t' rrIr''i 4"
retrieve II u h,--. much # ;'.-tr gi,-'tr =
irr.uti,u Il IN energy Of action AID
Tia, huoN Lr,y -; h"p".
A'hr,, q, vi,r".t dn1h' p-,~E-r,":.
Wl.Ulr ,'r 't,r ,,u 'ir., d2c'...- A'.-r-
h4s,. ',., . ,r,a '-d. 100 .!r- other uHuu! lu.-
luuN ....r.'-. To- hH.,A~--b V'.- = Moth
..s-t .,! r. '.t.f IAN an. i' = :lr',-''glI :,
,uu,.'... .r fHt t.-.' ..r. i...-r, have
,h,h e Hn.u>.rn- >"aoAy >vtr""h oar
Ht,rlIy -.Lrri = N-l ..'f:r'.F,-i AND ih'
ru-p, G.; = god f,r ~. tnrra-ed a,t~udt'.,e e.
Tn, MERCHANT, of III" village seem To- be-
tui"V -. urj .iu,:and'r. rhr short crops.
r., nlm ui the M'->>-. Atkins Vii >hip =
"r q lv.uJrl la'r> ui cotton tl'> >'I~"u.
They LAyr air aty COLLECTED 'or> II":ih|v
over l,r hairs Mr.. Jotr AN,r,r. ihr
other merchant, >'.i- Principally 3; cash,
.,ud Iuis.u. Ht the uuGlh, = thai fr'0nrHt
hi> establishment. must Toe dn.ug pretty
g"sl hu~.'rs>. Considering That Su.a!
deal "i trade eo'.> from the 70, ,th'rhJsi
I" Homer i'l MI.l-u. which ar r'-,--,,
t:N,i> LUt lu ntd - ;ul',.> dI,itrt. v.thirS
ih,-- f.urr~ >LuN vii iof or mplrAALi,
and iLrIn-r-
par 5,,aI, 1-.si '..sr Il III. c,~-j u',r..',
&c: tine V-"p.r. -h'u,i '-ut To-. o..,i;,d = ~,
r-frr'r,r ~ AtL,r> att Vicinity. y" %.
uu"r = l,..ru'.it,,, - t,, >n.d--.ut n drop ..
ih- Ntri several years a.p th~ prop.,
voted u cat. and L,,H. rNIr rIrur.d III,
del Ghttli i'u,nf- Ir.-.i..- ir,u. - Al,
>,nt". tu SOFT 81 ar-a.n. "t .,~. u.nr. :ht'
might I've u>'d c"ull 81 iD,. them :" ,u.
S.nt ~ IT. rriurp. W hr4wlirc ne 4 .lt
I ln., II" gambling. no d.ua ken caroU>l!,
, %" ".rfHrS Wrt~r: bdt tr 'l.,r ~..Ai
, gu'"'ndc. -'r|"''i~T friendship. happiness
increased rru-iUUiy.
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