The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-07-29

n rows that eircamscrlbe large a
sand pile, looks very pretty; ons C
| i'm ,gine there's not much fon L
in cnl,ivating it. Peas, COOLERS, f
" atermeIons. potatoes, ana
say nothing OF ba-
hias-abound in these hills. l.
think people try to make cotton
here, just to be Ia the fashioh'
Tn some Of the ''swags "a very
appropriate name for a plot Of
earth encircled with hllls-corn
grows we'll and proaoces surprls-
ipely. But you must not think
that there is any scarcity of good
things to eat here. People live
like lords, when it comes hash
time" They make what they |
want and eat what they please.
A very fashionable dinner dish
is a rich chicken pie made In
spacious tin pans. My judgment
| has led me to pronounce 1t one>i
of the greatest Injuries that an
editor ever enjoys in this llie'
Chicken pie, squirrel pie, apple
pie, peach pie, ''slice'potato p'e'
and scores of other rich pies are
the solid delicacies that | am
daily deyouring among these
grand old hills. La short, L am
"summering it" by turning my
attention strictly to the require
ments of healthy hungry stom-
acb. Cold butte, milk, right
from the spring house, constitute
} nv daily libations, which, | think
are as palatable as the nectar
: which the gods sip.
A few miles east Of Knoxville
runs the Black Warrior river, on
; either bank of which are magnlh-
, cent plantations, which before
q the war. were valued second to
! none in the South, The larger
l portion of the river Ian Is are
subject to annual foundations
o which enrich and preserve the
: soil. Corn and cotton ere the
a chief productions; although many
farmers are turning much OF thel
! time to the cultivation OF sinai
4 seeds-such as millet, clover ant
= various grasses. Indeed. the in
: dicatiops now are that the poo
i ole of this potion Of Alaba'n'
i are beginning TO realize the I'M
: nortance OF diverslfying thel
- csn,,a.-ana- Ia DISCARD llhe al eel
d crop have impressed upon thes
\ people q sanitary lesson, and /
II 'hsy heed it-and 7 think the,
II wi'l--the low price of cotton las
r season will prove "a blessing i,
If disguise" No country in The
t. world can grow rich on cottor
= at Z and s cents per pound; Ger
b talnly a country worn and poo
II like this cannot expect anything
. bnt "the hardest kind Of times
9 while it's people run wild aftel
q the delusise cotton bale.
e The river lands are cultivated
chiefly by freedmen who care
0 Very little for more than they car
o eat. The majority of them are
+ wretchedly poor and disgustingly
0 INDECENT. Financially they are
no better off than when they
were liberated. The owners oil
the land turn over stock and pro
visions to the negro and then
wait patiently for him to roll Out
bale of cotton which they cap
+? ture and sell. In many instances
enormous prices ale charged fol
every thing the black man buys
J on time, AMI at the end of the
: year be falls behind" He
! must make another crop ''to GET
out, and this he has been doing
ever since 1866. As a people,
: the negroes are doing much bet
ter in Morehouse than they are
, ia this section of Alabama. Pity
{ these do not follow those.
!, | have spun out this scroll
much longer THAI [ intended.
My admiration of a billy country
is the only apology I offer your
! readers for what may prove OF
little interest to most of them.
AS matter of special news,
before [ close, / will inform the
} readers of the Clarion that the
weather is quite hot.