The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-10
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Bin Arp's Observation on the two Towns WINS
At,anta cbn,titution. : - is'4
Forty.two.years ago I visited Mobile,
one of the oldest cities of the South. II
is there yet, sbut not much changed. !
recognized many Of the same venerable
buildings and I3spotted the very place
where i bought a mrle from atwagoner- -
amule that I was to .ide 125 miles TO my
destination in Mississippi. Imonnted the
ambiguous; brute and politely invited him
to 90. but he would not. He did notrfsel
inclined 70 leave his companions in the
team and the more . / nrgsd, him the more
hedeclined: 20 In fact, ,he did.morereced.
ing than eeaing and; ;'the clerks il
the stores took q lively interest in myiwel-
fare. They advised ,me,to whip him !on
the hairy. side and diek him advance back.
wards and So forth. u 9ould have whip
ped any ITO Of them and wanted to.do
.-it,,'butr my father.hsd- told met p-my
,temper.Rhile I=was gone apd haYa no fuss
with anybody. "a good hearted man
;came upsto: me and sympathized and said
Ishad better get me q pair of spurs, and I
did. He held the animal and helped me
to putfon the spurs. ! roweled that
mules tanks with vigor and he departed
those coasts with alactricity and / and
my friend were parted forever. I
shope We will meet in heaven and recog-
inize each other, .but.ifthoss deyilish boys
are there and recognize me, reckon they
will apologize reckon they wills
Young men-you boys, ] mean -be
careful how iyonsmake fun of a stranger,
ffcr. you doh'5 Observation-Disclosures he
.feels.s IF or sforty-two. years I have had
bad feelings toward ,these Mobile clerks.
They Ina be dead; they may be in the
chaibgang;; they may haye suffered all
sorts Of trouble and misfortune, but am
not reconcile i ! S rode ,lfSrty miles that
;day--fortys miles through piney woods
and over; corduroy roads; and stopped
over night, in q shanty that had q dirt
floor and a5pile ofstraw: in the corner--a
table made Of split boards, and We had
roasted potatoes fof supper. The man
wasIcleyer and his wife was kind. They
apologizsd for the scanty fare, for the man
said he had been hunting all day and
didn't find nary aquorl nor nary deer.
A pet fawn laid down by me on the
straw, and I slept we'll, for I vas tired.
Just thing Of the changes that AZ years
have made. Ittook me- three weeks Of
hard work to make the trip, and now it
can be made in three days With ease and
comfort Sometimes ], feel like We old
folks oug6t..tos sbe.5allowed to grow up
again and have e good easy time like this.
generation Of young folks. Forty.two
years ago took stage at Barnesville and
.fode ontopa night going TO Montgomery.
The great United States mail n was carried
on the front boot Of that stage. There
WAS 10 railroad from Atlanta to Mont.
:gonery then. ZsERfoms Montgomery 7
went to Mobile on The new and beautiful
steamer the Orline st. John. Before I
-t returned d 7 she Was IA burned to the waters
edge; and many passengers perished in
The flames .insthe water. Here is John
Taylor. the barber in my town, who was
ia ID that Boat and WHO IS proud totellhow
hesfolloRed Henry, B. cksoh;toi Mexico
in the war Of rs, and has shaved Judge
Law and Judge Berrien, and all the nota-
;blesmen Of Savannah.
Mobile.is.a-good old town and always
willbe. Her people are not progressive
RksAhe people 6f inland soYas; because
they don't have to be. The great gulf
protects, themr No rival cities can be
,builss6htf of,Mobile. Shells at least
secure on that, side. No railroads can
take the: commerce;away from the ships
that anchor there I saw great ocean
steamer there the other day-the Victoria
loading with cotton and in a few days
she will unfurl her sails for Liverpool
With eight Thousand bales Of cotton on
board. Just think Of eight thousand
bales on single vessel. There are Eve
great compartments water tight and fire
proof; and the compressed bales ere
packed in with jack screws that make the
whole-masss solid,so solid that you. can
hardly insert knife blade between them.
Two hundred years iago7 Mobile awas the
capital ofthe Louisiana' colonies and was
owned : by the French. Long years 7
afterwards New Orleans was made the
capital. The French ceded s'all that
coast to England and England ceded
Mobile to Spain, but Spain was whipped
out il 1872: by the American colonies.
There is some curious history about Mo.
t7biIe. .5aasI1 17O9ethe little French colony
=thsit. daaetsled 4theresgotsb sIIigerent
because there we're nozwomenSthsre and
thel lsNsqfs they Would notShse ih such 9
God d.forsaken co. .atly Rhereupon the
French o7ernnents called for female
volunteers, and forty. three responded
and came ,oyer.. And then3.there. was 8
Big row: over choice Of wives, for the good
EITlkine .man 4. wanted tie best LOOKING