The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-17

But if YOU ride back into the country,
you will find many who have intended all
their lives to go down and see the sight,
but have been too busy loafng ound to
get time to accomplish the journey Crops
need watching in this section, and the men,
with great endurance, will sit still all
day Observing with eagle eye the growth OF
forty-five feet of popcorn and few stal S
of tobacco for home onsumption-home
consumption being very prevalent disc sse
there.
They have few worldly goods and they
are light and portab o. One of the resi-
dents of little cluster of log cabins said to
me: 1--WE uus don't hev no trouble bout
movin yereabouts; we jist pour some
water in the fire and whistle to the dog and
we're a. moved"
Now and then one of these people is COM
PEELED, once in lifetime perhaps, to
make a journey by rail. 1t is like pulling
a tooth TO get him started, and the wrole
community assists in the operation. Every
able-bodied inhabitant is at ha to wit
ness his departure and few ''allow" that he
will ever return. When he does SO he is
regarded as a "globe-trotter" forever by
his stay-at-home neighbors. had curious
exhibition of the verdancy, as well as the
neighborly feeling of these shy and retiring
psople on journey through Georgia. Our
tram stopped at little, almost nameless
station on signal, and a tall, slim boy a.
tired in butuernut homespun stepped upon the
platform aud knocked vigorously upon the
door. Some wag shouted Come in" d
he opened the door, hestated moment,
the first seat, he shook hands warmly with
its occupant, saying "Howdy, stranger /;
how's yer fOlksn
He went through the car, shook
| hands with every one with the
same kindly inquiry. and sat
down. l, later, took occasion to talk to
| him, and discovered that it was his first
experience in railroad travel, a d the for
NAL manner Of his entrance | afterward
ascertained to bs the regular "cracker"
manner of greeting an assembled company
He was extremely alarmed at the terrific
speed of the train, which ratified and
bumped along of the rudest of tracks at
the rate of seventeen miles au hour, and he
said it took his breath away.
But the queereSt and funniest incident Of
this southern trip had almost tragic ter
mination. The train was just starti 6,
without ringing bell or blowing a whistle
as is the unique southern custom, when q
cloud of dust was observed travelling down
the road to the station ard from the midst
of which p oceeded prolonged yells. This
train was promptly stopped and an ancient
and rickety chaise drove up and there
climbed down from it an old man in a long
yellow lat and William Goat beard He
wore beside these pair of abbreviated
green trousers which seemed to desire to
shun his boots and rise to a higher plane,
and beaver hat OF the vintage Of 1912. He
took from ont the chaise baudbox tied
with string. large carpet bag, and paper
bag containing an assorted lunch, two live
chickens tied together by the legs, and a
crock of butter, over the top Of which a
piece of muslin was tightly fastened. With
these and ancient umbrella he boarded
the train with some difficulty and sat down
in a seat few feet from the door. The
train rolled away leaving his companion in
the chaise sitting open mouthed, paralyzed
with wonder