The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-08
Another Letter from LeAore
SHrrARprowN. Miss. Sen. . n

Another Letter from LeAore
SHEPARDTowS, Miss, sept . 81
| A pleasant September breeze Is ersts.z
| Iy refreshing in the little porch Where n.
| Jack Bean "Iwineth.' August has go,a-
sultry hours have passed the Septep,bs.
DAYS have come in all their gorgeou. bean
". Flower and seed are cotemporsrvo.
| bush and vine. Field ana forest are coio.
| ing to maturity, aud the corn is tiBoes
milh gold, the white fleece nj the OPENS,
cotton uestles beneath its aowery cover.
delicate hues begin to trim the forest.
tlades, while the grassy meadows A..
| crowned with seed pods and wlld flowers
| A few days since quite party took
most charming trip to the
PINE HILLS or OLD CARROLL.
the adjoining county. They LETT the ys.
lev by the Sidon route, along tbe rive,
through forest dells and bowers wi mere ths
mussadine and fox-grspe hang ta wild
| profusion.
The hills, steep and rugged, edged the
valley around, and brooklets from tie
springs at their base gathered aud grsv
larger and stronger until the aters b..
came NOISY, ripping creek, over peb
bly beds, flowing on to the river.
Flowery and fruiting boughs and vine,
tapped and interlapped above, shutting
out the August sun 90 that bright SAB.
bath moruing-cooling all the air in the
vast forest arcades, seemed like one grand
woodland palace in q valley, walled In by
terraces
Slowly winding up the grayeIed road
way. the top was reached and We looked
back over over the green roof of the great
forest halls, chambers and temples below.
resting on the alluyial foundations Of the
Yazoo Valley.
The scene here was grand and peculiar
To the west aad south far below lsy one
continuous forest level, basking in the sun.
light and rolling from view behind the
distant horizon, miles and miles away. To
the north and east lay the pine hills, grassy
slopes aud hpwery val ss, with their lao.
rupt views and irregular roads through
winch we wended our way.
Near the little post-oibce town, liemiug-
way, we came TO the neighborhood church
called
SMITHS CHAPEL
in honor of its beloved pastor 1t is buiu
on a hill that ommands the view OF al.
the surroundings. Ii had just been con-
pieted and was adorned Tor dedication
t The songs OF praise greeted u7 as We neared
this lille temple reared by the children o,
God for His worship. Vases Of fresh
q Ywers were about the altar and wresthes
were lestooned upon the walls an chtu,
deliers, all studded with lilies and roses
, Bishop c. B. Galloway came and made
sacred to The Most High the offering The
people had prepared His sermon wss
one which will long be remembered AL.
: listened with interest and attention a. tbs
e textn" Because | live, We shall live also
fell from the lips OF the man who had bee
their teacher, their preacher aud " Iuid
come back III after years TO serve them a.
their Bishop.
THEN on TO BLACK HAWK,
, eight miles away. Black Hawk, the cen.
ter of Merthodism in Mississippi Itlsa
quiet little village resting mid the green
hills of Carroll. 1t has is pine trees, IL
, ornamental yards, Its stores, its school, DE-
t church, and above all, its folks. / Wis
; The CLARION could see Black Hawk
wish every body could | wish they cou5
+ know its good people. Here Bishop Gallo
way preached again, and tue next day lec
| tured, giving an additional impetus TO pro
hibition He passed through Walden and
talked TO the good people Of that place
also, and when the time came an incoming
messenger reported that They both pro
hited like fury"
Black Hawk is order itself. 1 do noi
believe shoe buttoner even could get lost
, in Black Hawk. | never saw a sboe-bui-
toner that did not get lost sometimes The
leading industry of = shoe-buttOner is TO
get lost. II it did not get lost the biggest
: part of its capital would be lying idle 1t
( sometimes gets in the top bureau drawer
and there it-well, everybody knows.
But the
GROWING GLORY OF BLACK HAWK
) is its girl-iis girly girl, thing OF the pas
elsewhere. Black Hawk Is fdl of girls
the prettiest and sweetest Of girls. ] am
= about to make a statement which ! am
afraid will imperil my veracity l VA.
about 10 say, aud | do say il, that there Is
. not "Hello Girl" in Black Hawk. Oae
came there on a visit once. She achieved
! notoriety, but she was not satisfied with
that. She said the other girls always look
ed surprised at her--that they were too tame
that the young men were old, stale that
people went to bed at nine o'clock;thai
there were no moonlight picnics; that gal
lery tete tetes were unknown; that the old
D folks came iuto the parlor occasionally
eBtAt hiG FDuEE uNti EaAAtts, anu bJ-lttAN
around generally She also said that The
old folks would actually sit up at night
until the young men left that the young
men had no ''gumption they sat WAY OF
9 aud looked scared. On returning from
, church and sociabies at night they would
not linger while in the approved style
that they would not talk bit IN church
but kept looking stupidity at the preachel
and listening to those "horrid old prayer
; and hymns"-and then "they would marc.
straight home and wouldn't sauuter Bit
There were no delightful round dance
The young folks Of the Hawk" could tails
OF nothing but books, books, books" She
J never was so tired in her life and 20 bored
, such antedeluvian place she neve
5 saw. They ratified the old pianos nj .hi
and day, and ever so many ioik. stayed 90
the parlOr at time, 50 that a Young couple
had no chance at ali. She never saw giri.
before that wouldn't chew guio aud whis
tie and, az TO handkerchief fiirtations tns
green things didn't even know what thss
were" They didn't know any new enthu-
sisstic expressions, or lively talk, such az
Now you are 40 mean" 'DJu't step 70
high" Jimmy Long Josey," you're q
cured one, Fetch an the ranks. "SJulsg
and Folks aud people" Then they talk
ed about 30 many things that nobody know
anything about. SJms OF the girls. 100
wonld stay at home from the incest enter
tainments because their mas we're sick o'
10 help their mas with some stupid thing
Why, actually" said the Hello Belle
those Black Hawk girls will break an ~
gagement to go out with young man be-
cause the old man or the old woman III ay
grnnt like old foolish folks ain't ever
lasEingly gruutiugl and, the youug mar
has n, enough spirit TO resent it, but viii
keep on coming and keep on asking and
keep on going. The Hawk Il an awfuliy
stupid, horrid place. I'll never go there
again. They've got that Chautaaqui bus
mess there too, and lot of other literary
and musical stuff. Then, besides, they
make their own dresses and keep drudgiug
on over books and such, with no time b
dress, walk and fiirt or other refined and
pleasant amusementsu
So the Hello girl helloed a farewell
and lett Disguised, saying she would 20
Snere she was more appreciated to display
her iascinatIons, for she had not made 8
single conquest in the Hawk" and did moi
wish to spend her time in useless, dry
sports.
But, after all, the Hello girls have their
good time"-despite the old folks. Last
June there was party Of
PRETTY GIRLS ON A RAILROAD TRAIN
IN this State, just returning from school /;
4 some Of them 4