New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-16
JOHN PAUL IN GEORGIA.
A soUINT AT THE GOOD TINE COMING.
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orally is oycrhurdeucd with tho past TOO '"'" ~
upon tradition. And many OF the memories u','7"''D
mn no socred and scdulously kept alive wonld very
uucb better hc forgotten So with the 'hlP' 'h"I
,rou1d al. well tc taken down from the shoulder per
,noneutlv No one really means to knock II on put
,rnshnp about In the rude business Of te-cspecialV
IN the hurry ~ going out qnailShoong- Is hp' 10
orl accidentally ana then there IS anguish II not anger
ana explanations aud don't know which IL worse.
Why not take on the chip and cast II ont 10 he toddeh
under the feet Of mules, even ifitbc shaped Ike an
craulo9
Some steps toward Improvement have been made IN
this REGION they tell me; but with money worth from
and half 20 three per cent month, and the greater
part o. the plantations sti given over 10 bro0n-sedeo
and rabbits should not the strides De made longer ana
the race accelerated Seems to me SO Surely some
thing is radically wrong Yon the tide Of imrigra-
ton aud capital setting all around corgiabut missing
Savannah-tO pour upon and fecundate the heluS
OF Florida. whyl this climate 1t Il luxury just to
live But sunshine won't turn spindlcs. and even me
native Cracker quite clohe himself with the climate
Something more is needed. True, you see two large
hotels 10 course construction but these will DC filled
If filed they srewith nvads who, ordered to the pine
belt by their physicians will late possible
and 90 away early they safely can few cottage
sites arc bought and there Is talk OF boom Perhaps
is but after my experience of Coatue last summer
don't want to when she ibes The breath OF
the feeble uneed for few months Of the year cannot
permanently the sails of trade and act the wheels OF
manufacture turning. Farmers moving into town
and leaving their lands to wastemanly because OF the
difficulty impossibty Of finding hands to cultivate
them Towns cannot we'll be built mp ut the OK ehse oil
the counties And before there bo any very permanent
prosperity In ts particular Vile the outlying country
must under cultivation Where 1t is now troWh
with brar and sedges ron must see 1t green with grow
ing corn OATS and cane and white with I'll cotton
There must 10 fewer guail to be found and more ana
beef not the awuy horned cattle OF the present
era shall you see but sleek fulfilled round bellied
mild eyed creatures which shall suggest to you only
the more pleasant part OF Ph0raOh's dream
And do you know when that day will comet Not Well,
will tell YOU IL will he only when tho old hnt-oek,
with its powder Drowned pan, is stuck away out oil sight,
-pemanently,-and Colonel Darius Longbow has come
squarely accept the situation a. 1t Is, without
thought Of what 1t was desire to grnb and gr0pe
among tho of the dead and buried past and DIS
mp again.
In that blessed day all will be Americans With an
era of real good feeling there will be talk about It,
Instead OF this frequent mention Of sick fankee%-
meaning the inyads whose periodical coming Is looked
for AZ eagerly prayerfy the rsings OF the
Nile by those who live along lis bsnks without whose
disbursements even the present boom would not be
on the townyou win hear respectful If not sympathetic
allusion to our suffering often long suffering
| friends" OF "SOuthern feeling what THU may
unless II he feeling IN Northern pockets 40 not
know will hear mention ut all More oatmeal Will
be eaten and less tobacco cneWed Negro, "a nOin VIII
become a part OF speech-connon speech in tact and
| niger" will disappear from the school boys
vocabulary The south. less sensitive 20 rdiculo viii
perhaps st avid of praise, but deserving Of
| it. One then. IN his daily walks. set his loot
squarty down without fear Of treading on some I'M
suspected bit Of too tender cotton There viii
ba nppo tn III
weighing every word ~ though YOU were dealing put
RougOn- Rata and holding ones self ever ready to drop
oIr!" one viii then be permitted 10 efumDlc 6l the
heat or complain Of the cold as uureproyody in Africa
ar Nnvs T,n,ia and none Will take IL a. "A persOud
offence or consider II reflection aimod at the dignity oi
the state Hospitality VIII he Proitered rs thinH OF
COURSE, not with . flourish though it we're some
thing ont Of the ordinary course OF nature ne cork WI
y with pop and the wine VII decant irceIy l5lca 81
-utterng in reluctant protest ike utiernllk OUT OF
jug after Painful work vita a GorE screw, zoo ana
grammar will he more regarded tho pnc-Oet through
| taking in little Of abuttmg Florida. III, A., &c..
anticipation Of who intends at Its earliest dawn 10
| buy small farm II he can. On creduO m0u white,
yank FISH of lake river with stir pole anxious
| only to M buggy boat and reHorsee 3sy violating
Colonel Wrght-who seems 10 hive all tie ready money
hcrtabout will lend to me q planter wearing white
hatl al legal ratio Of crest only OH note drawn
by the cOored clergyman and IN lor-od ly kdh NiBms
ail he none, want without word Of romons trance
For in tst day the coored will have become and will be
| considered responsible beings Ana ING unlted
progeny Of Feleg Coin and Colonel Darius LonsDow,
sitting under banana tree III the courtyard OF the new
Mitchell House. shall he waited Onpo5slDy served WIN
| Goldfish balls and mix -ulcp-by the perfected
| PaIthena Adrianna OF that happy period; unless,
indeed the Lord IN h1 wrath at the fault Which 10 found
| with the gOOd-natured, turbaned Dinah and the
grnuing Cay going. but usOlent su shall have
| turned houschndcrs over the tender mcIcles OF
! Bridget aud Nike, IN which may the Lord have
mercy on you aud your kitchens, pOsteriy Of Peleg
| COibu and Colonel Darius LOngOOW
| You ask to tell YOU seriously how the negro 10
regarded by his master go far as my observation
goes Let answer you seriously. think ne - re-
garded with very much the same feeling thut would
entertain toward my black and tan setter, II ~ any
freak OF fortune she should become my property 10
longer become suddenly free. aud have the right ana
evinoe disposition TO hunt quail for herself and her
| black and tan babies instead or simply hndinF ana
pointing the birds for II were compelled u lire
Ter | should probably grumbe at tue wage, however
small that gave ner. Having personal possession
| Of her should likely white Ler rations down-lt
! agreed to feed her-to the smallest possible point
whether It living point or not would ~ All lkel-
hood her from early In the morning 70 ~ late nj
night rs could-which would be about nom sun- up 70
su-dOwn the present term OF farn-l0bOr Sne could do
nothing please me- should count her lazy when sue
did her best and II could do II safely, and there were
no take part, Tc probably lick her like
thunder between Wss whether she deserved II OF not
For YOU from her having been under very
different conditions should entertain grudge against
her end the chapter. And could never stand
her carrying her birds home when she hunted her own
| hook instead OF bringing them to me. joins PAUL