St. Landry democrat., 1882-07-22
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS

| NY GiiC oIucl ,tucTS was an eDlSOuG Ii
which coiored brother and the highest ju
dicial officer of the State gave public ex.
hibition OF the fraternal relations existing
between the white and colored races. Will,
the evangelist stood with outstretched arm
asking "Who will trust the Lord?' judge
Thomas F. Hargis, of the Court of Appeals
was moved to confession, and took his seal
on the front row Of chairs Shortly after
there passed down the aisle peniten
blacker than midnight. Then came others
who, Brother Barnes observed, were careful
to choose seals as far away as possible from
the "dusky brother" Stopping right in the
midst OF his singing, Brother Barnes said :
''My dear friends, you see that this colored
brother has come forward to confess Christ
and you are staying away simply because
you don't want to sit beside him. Here he
sits alone on this front row, and all that
have come forward have been careful not
to seat themselves near him. Any
man coming forward, despite the prejudice
against his color and taking a seat by the
side of this colored brother will be q brave,
noble man. / know in the eyes of this soci-
ETY. there is difference between you and
him, but, dear friends, before God the Diff
ference does not exist He was born Thu
way; he can not help his color. Still he has
soul to save. II you stay away now it will
prove success of the DEVILS device. The
devil knows Frankfort people, and has taken
this advantage of their preiudicas. Oh, my
people, this same old devil is a sharp old fe!-
low, but Pm going to get ahead Of him. He
doesn t think anyone will have courage to
sit next to this coored man. Friends, will
you let the devil triumph? A brave man,
remember, is he who takes a seat alongside
this colored friend who has come forward to
confess Christ and save his soul from the
peril Of eternal damnation." At this Judge
Hargis arose, and, taking the sable penitent
by the hand, sat down in chair next to
him, Brother Barnes, in the meanwhile.
| looking on, and, with quiet smile OF happy
| satisfaction, eNclaiming: THE recording
! angel will note this on the book of life. Praise
the Lord"
While blowing in field in Faulkner
County, Arkansas, recently, George Smith
saw a ravine which had been washed by a
recent overflow OF the Black Fork, and in
which reposed large number of human
skeletons, lying in natural positions, togeth
Cl Will sCN'lai bb"ISs ShCISy al
rows, leaden bullets, etc. The skulls were
all inclosed in vessels made OF clay, while
one, with handsomely ornaments,
denoted that the skull belonged to an unu
sually important parsonage. The farm has
been under cultivation over forty years, and
relics denoting the existence there at one
time of prehistoric race have been fire.
quently found.
On way-freight train, laden with
cross-ties, near Monroe, Ga, few DAYS ago.
a negro boy, about II or Is years Old was
jumping from car to car. AS he jumped,
one of the ties turned and threw him under
the train. He had a cotton hook in his hand, |
and as he fell he made grab and caught it
in the side OF the car, and held on until he |
could catch on the box. Thus, almost by a
miracle, he escaped being crushed to death |
by the train.
The culture of dwarf orange trees is
receiving considerable attention in Florida.
The trees are highly ornamental and pro-
duce very fine fruit.
N. A. Anderson, one of the recently
elected Aldermen of VickSburg. Miss, has
been arrested, charged with buying, at 81
each, two votes for himself from colored
men.
The Waco University has proposed to
the citizens of Waco. Tex, to subscribe
$4,000 to complete the buildings. If the
donation is made an endowment OF $50. 900
will be raised by the Baptist Association,
which meets in July, and the university will
be placed on a permanent basis.
Ed. Davis, aged IS, son j. T. Davis,
farmer near Shelbyville, KY, attempted
to read book while holding a stallion the
other day, and for convenience buckled the
strap around his waist. The horse stepped
over the strap and became frightened and
ran, dragging the young man in circuit OF
about $50 yards. and finally made for the
barn, some distance away. When young
Davis was found, he was lying at the corner
of the crib, with his neck broken and his
head badly mashed.
Gov. Blackburn of Kentucky has been
converted under the preaching of Barnes,
the mountain evangelist.
The new cotton compress to be erect
ed in Vicksburg is to be one of the finest
and most costly in the United States, or the
world, for that matter. There is only one
like it in existence, and that is now being
placed in position at New Orleans.
A fruit-grower at Griffin, Ga, has
sixty thousand peach trees in bearing con-
dition, beside thousands Of other kinds OF
fruit trees. The peaches are ripening faster
than they can be sent to market, although
three hundred pickers and packers are en-
ployed, and hundreds Of bushels are east
aside as too ripe for shipment.
Most of the wheat in North Alabama
has been threshed. 1t is the best for many
years.
Some very large turtles are being
caught at this season on the Gulf coast. One
weighing five hundred pounds was recently