The Republican journal., 1881-01-20
Our George on His Travels.
LETTER NUMBER -FOUR.

city about four blocks. 1t is about twenty five
| feet wide, with walk through the centre, and
stalls on either side The building is one story
high, and is the property of the city and the stalls
are rented, as is the in Quincy market, Bos
! ton Of course | found neat, tidy marketmen,
dressed white aprons caps and frocks, and the
market filled with every conceivable vegetable,
and the blocks loaded with choice, fat, juicy
meats OF course | did not find any such things.
! The neat, clean, white market men, were all negro
| ''mammies' and there was not good square meal
| in the whole market. There some fair poul-
try and mutton, but the beet all from that old
stock raiser, Pharaohs herd of lean kline and the
leanest kind too Why the beef is small that
when new clerk goes into the market, they put
tags on the quarters so he can tell beet from veal
! | am not exGggerating this The cattle stand out
doors winters and live Oh wind, and the only hearty
| meals they get is when the breezes are from the
north But the pork was there in 36 different
varieties, but resembed poor relation, in
/ parlson will Northern article Of vegetables.
| | saw Irish potatoes, turnps. cabbage and squash.
| can 90 down street any day in Belfast and buy
| better dinner and get greater variety, provided
| Of course that | can get trusted,l than | saw in
! Charleston market There was one popularity IN
| the market women. Every one Of them weighed
exactly three hundred pounds They all wore
turb4n on their heads, and generally a hat was
! worn over that though Got always; and they
not over particular about the latest style of hat
either, Here let me say, that in the annals of
! negro minstreSy, there a costume put
on the stage that was exaggerated | saw this pic
| ture myself A negro dressed in old [. 5.
army overcoat, one sleeve entirely gone silk hat
with whole crown gone, pair of pantsI call them
pants Of compliment-each .eg otdiferent cloth,
and the Goth slit up to the hnee till it looked like
fringe trimming the feetupholstered with square
| piece of cotton bagglng, brought up over the foot
| and tied round the ankle with piece Of rope,
! these home made shoes covered with mud till they
were big mail bags, and add to this gait
| fully in keeping with the rament, and you have
| picture that drew smile, from such living
funeral as | am. And while am at it, let me give
you team to 90 with this An old dilapIdated
| New ork butchers cart, all tied up with rope
A mule between the thIlls y Mcclellan riding
saddle, minus girths, \ husk collar 4
rope over the saddle to hold the thills up,
and another under the mule to hold them down.
Traces OF rope, bride OF rope, and reins of
rope and the balance OF the harness omitted.
l saw any number OF teams. composed of mule
and steer, or heter; or a COW in pair OF
shafts or a yoke Of cows these sights not
at all uncommon, and there was no Cruelty to
| Drivers Association there to protect darbey
| from driving Sucn a team In the city there
some very fine turnouts. l saw one that noted
particularly. 4 hind wheel dropped into deep
hole IN the pavement and the lady turned out,
butter side down. if may be allowed to use an
| original expression. BY this disaster, killed two
birds at one stone the turnout, and also
noticed that the same style Of stockings and ham
burg. which tnC so ready sale North also are
amongst the "Ingarie OF the fair temlnines South.
Such little incidents as these cheer the poorfriend
less stranger when far away from home, and bring
to mind fanilar-famiIiar- of course they do.
The chief retail business street in the city is King
street 1t has some tine stores on it, and noticed
! on the signs many German names. There are no
class If foreigners who can look across the reser-
yoir and see Just when there a lot of American
dollars that can be had, so clearly the German,
and good citizens they are too King street is very
narrow paced it of, and in some places It's not
over - feet between the walks, and scarcely moro
than 30 at any place, and the walks are quite mar
row too. One all the fair on this street
shopping, ana he also every variety of black
I always thought that black was black, but | find
that there are 6,! shades of it, and saw all but
tour saw red beaded negro, and as regards
beauty, he ranks next to the rhinoceros
Nearly all the truck teams two wheel drays
the shafts extending back through the body and
nearly touching the ground so they can be used as
sklds IN loading The propelling power is chiefly
the mule. The mule is d singular looking bird
but can De easily distinguished by his ears, which
resemble folded umbrella stood up, handle down,
in barrel Of coal but they propel tremendously,
! All the teams saw were very busy hauling cotton
| aud | eHqulred what the negroes and mules did
after the cotton crop was all in, and was told that
| tae mules lived on faith, and the negroes stood on
the corners and ate watermelon rlnds. That you
see is roJ substantial & diet ell OF North,
tor there have faith and clans and there Is
heaps Of nouriSAmeat in clans. saw any Quan-
tity OF sour oranges still on the trees. but they
looked cold wanted to offer them my ulster to
put on. Down here, when the boys want to steal
apples they are obliged to compromise on oranges,
-aud another thing. when you run hemlock
splinter under yoar nail, it is always hard pine
one for the spruce and hemlock boards are all
made out OF something else There are quantities
! of drinking places. and 10 laws against drinking
| that heard of. and blush to confess that only
saw one drunken in the city. | know that
the streets should have been full of them, and
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