The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1885-11-18
REMARKABLE CHANGES.
Mississippi Steamboatiag Twenty Years
Ago and To-day.

Ago and To-day.
II tell you" he said, throwing him
self back in q heavy armchair, the
Mississippi is no longer what it used to
De; the railroads have ruined IT, There
Will be no more such steamers as the K
Z. Lee, the Richardson, or others of
their class built. The steamers used to
float all the cotton of the valley 10 New
Orleans. and were built TO carry from
). 600 to 5000 bales. The week, how
ever, which it required a steamer to
take it down. is now reduced to twenty
four hours bv rail Railroads are fol-
lowing the coarse of the river. and rob-
bling it of its trade, and / look forward
to the day when the Mississippi River
will be abandoned entirely In favor OF
rail.
..Yes." he continued, in answer to q 3
question, gamblers used 10 have q
picnic along the river; but that day. too.
is past. Ii is not because people have
crown better, but because they have
less money. | once saw two men IN q
a dispute over a game. rise from their
chairs, place their pistols at each 9th &
er's temples. and fire simultaneously
Their dead bodies were carried away.
and the game continued as If nothing q
had happened Those were wild days.
and are not likely to return.
The mode of getting other peoples
| money has merely changed in some re-
spects. With the exit of the honest
gambler who told his business. we wit
ness the entrance of the sneak thief
But a few DAYS ago rich planter
| boarded this steamer off Natchez
| While sitting right where we are now.
he purchased paper from newsboy
| and was soon lost in its perusal-
colonel said bland young man.
! a few moments after, You have Just
dropped this handing him fifty-dol-
lar note.
al reckon not said the old gentle
man. as he overlooked his spectacles-
IL inst picked it up under YOUR
chair replied the Young man. and see
no other way to dispose of it How
ever, since it seems to belong to Meth
er of us, we might just as well divide
it
THE plan worked we'll The old
gentleman passed over S25 In change
and the young man sauntered careless
w out on land. A few minutes after
the vessel had taken to water the old
gentleman presented the $50 note 10
the clerk in payment for his fare
Counterfeit exclaimed the clerk.
and then for the first time the whole
truth dawned upon the old man
mind.
1.-The deckhands are ahard lot They
work, as you see. with vim while In
port. and pass the time until the next
i reached in playing craps They
8 are paid $3.50 a dav. When they are
called up to get their wages. they d.
vide into little gambling parties at
once. and by the time port IS reached.
of the fifty men paid of. about ten VIII
have all the money. This ten will take
one night ON land. coming back to the
boats dead broke, and on the return
trim there will not be a nickel In the
whole crew And the way they can 20
through stranger" said the speaker.
growing warm. is caution. A ne
. gro got on board at VicSsburg the
other day and fell asleep 1t was NO
ticed that his underclotning was new
, Ouietly the men went 10 work. stripped
Inn. divided out his underciothlHg,
nut him back into his old shoes sn It
, | and pautaloons. and left N. When
. that negro awose and found the change
| ! which had been made In HIM. ne was
| completely mystined- he could not
: understand how bis undercloshiag
/ could have been stolen without touch
J nag the rest r--Atlazso &C., tnasss<z.
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