Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23
SEEKING PLEASURE
I'm the Sunny South, Where the
Lawns are Bowers Of Beauty
and the Roses are in
Bloom.
Correspondence Of the Ledger.

I ADAOOAAks
Correspondence Of the Ledger.
COLUMBUS, MISS, January 20.-
Columbus, Mississippi, is a beau
tiful town of from 5000 to 1000
inhabitants; finely located and is
sought by Northern, Eastern and
Western people as health resort.
It's broad streets-120 feet wide
overtowering with large magnolia
trees never grow muddy; they are
all sand and in a few hours after
hard rain are almost entirely dry.
The yards are perfect bowers of
beauty, filled with fragrance and
perfume. Magnolias, camelias,
japonicas, hyaclnths, sweet violets
and roses of the finest sort adorn
every yard besides innumerable
fancy beds, just like our June yards
in Missouri. Fresh vegetables from
the gardens are in demand and the
people are putting in their gardens,
or were last week before this little
cold snap, which is the coolest of
the season and that is only just
enough to make a little ice, which
passes away with the approach of
the sun. Picture to yourselves, ye
Missourians, that while you are
shivering around your base-burners
we are swinging in hammocks upon
the galleries. There are many
magnificent homes here, a great
many houses like the palatial home
of Mr.. George A. Morris, just
south of Mexico, with all the
modern improvements of our
Northern cities.
We visited the cotton factory at
this place and were highly enter
tanned. 1t has a capacity for 800
looms, is running 14O and will soon
have in 160 more; employs 96
hands and turns out 1000 yards of
unbleached domestic in one day.
We saw the process, including soup
(starch) from the raw cotton just
from the field to the goods in the
bolt-700 yards to the bolt. 1t is
grand machinery.
There are two ice factories here
which reduces that luxury to
focus, within the reach of all.
'Tis a fine place for schools. They
have a fine public school and
good private schools besides the
Industrial Institute, which has a
national reputation. Four hundred
young ladies are now attending in
full uniform. 1t is State lnstitu-
ton of enormous dimensions and in
the latest style with all modern
appliances; it teaches all industrial
branches and every young lady is
required to learn some branch of
industry, whether she may ever
need it or not. Each county is en-
titled to send from four to six
young ladies', according to popula-
tion.
The main line Of the Georgia
Pacific runs through Columbus,
this being the relay point, and a
branch of the M. & 0. runs into
Columbus. Columbus is on the
Tombigbee river and boats ply up
and down.
Saturday is the day among the
negroes. Our hospitable host drove
US through the streets two Satur-
days Just to see the sights. Thous-
ands of negroes from the surround
ing country line and interline the
streets in all sorts of conveyances,
the favorite one being an old
wagon (and nothing much in it,
with from four to six oxen pulling
it; or else mule in front and two
oxen next and then the cart, fire.
quently a colored woman driving.
They are prosperous looking and
apparently peaceful set of peo.
pie, but this one sight overcomes
all the advantages of the South.
Columbus is great place for
amusements. The New Orleans
Minstrels and Musin's Concert
Company, of New York City, were
both here during this week.
The people with one accord are
thoroughly in earnest and full OF
zeal in their religious work, all
churches Astounding, the M. T..
Church, South, predominating.
Will write from Birmingham next,
but please continue sending paper
as soon as issued to Columbus; it
takes about three days to reach US.
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