Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-14
A Peculiar People.
queer Ways of Living on the Hattera,
 Banks-Hogs and Cattle.

| oA AAASAh& on the H1tf0rRS S Banks-Hogs and Cattle. From the Raleigh News and Ohsarvs-I The people of this region are of a1, am- phlblous nature and live so much op and in I the water that most of them, am sure ara web-footed. They live mainly on fish, clams. oysters, craps, terrap1ns and wild fowl When they leave home they go in boat. and | whether they go to court or go courtinp or
 to trade, or to mill, or to funeral. they aI- ways go by sail Their corn mills are rnn hv sails, and some of them pump their water
 with windmills. They don't:go up stairs. but
 Ego aloft ;" and when they go to bed they
 sturn in ;'' when they are i'll they ssare mn
 der the weather,'' and when in robust health
 they are ''bung up and bilge free" They
 speak of trim-built sweetheart as stclipper
 built" If she is little stout they say she ia
 ''broad in the beam," or she is 'swide across
 the transom." Many of them have ships ca
 bin doors in their houses, that slide on
 grooves, and to their buildings they give a
 coating of tar instead of painting them. The
 ''old woman" blows conch shell when din-
 ner is ready, and they measure time by
 "bells." Their babies are not rocked in era
 dles, but swung in hammocks They chew
 black pig-tail tobacco, and drink a wild tea called "Yeopon" They manure their land with sea grass and bury their yam potatoes in the sand hills- When they want the doctor they hang red flag against hill side as a signal of distress. If he don't come, because the ''wind ain't fair,' they take dram of whlskey and copperas, soak their feet in sea water, turn in" and trust to luck If they die they will be buried on the top of a sand ridge; and when you see several sailboats on the water in procession, with a flag at half mast, you are looking at funeral
 They ornament their houses with whales' ribs and jaws, sharks teeth, swordtish shoots. devilfsh arms, sawfish swords (six feet lone), miniature ships, camphor-wood chests, Hon. duras gourds, spy glasses, South American lariats, war clubs from the Mozambique Is- lands, Turkish pipes, West India shells, anese faces, Madagascar idols, Australian boomerangs, and other strange, outlandish things Their hogs raised on clans, mus sells, ofal of fish and garbage, and their cat tie wade out on the shoals for miles, where the water covers their backs to feed on sea grass, and if they are carried up country, and fed on corn and fodder, they will not live.
 Every man is captain of some kind of a boat, and 'sshe'' is always better than any other boat in some way. ''She is hard to peat in gale of wind, D or ''before the wind" 'n beating to windward, :" or ''with the.wind ,r the beam, :" or "she can sail closer to the wind, or twill carry sail longest" or ''hard 0 beat in 8 light wind,n or tstotes more toek." i" or is stronger" or "dryer," or tsbip ger, or 'tshe is big little boat" or draws he least water" or needs less ballast, or she is the newest" or "has the best tim- 'ers," or 'tsteers the best, ," or 'sshe is alucky 'oat," or islands up better" or stneeds less all than any other boat, or ''she is best for shing," &c. Perhaps ''she comes about letter than any other boat" She is boaud 0 have something about her better than anys ody else's boat