Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-14

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ing of knitting needles in the house
from morning till night; ladies walked
hither and thither, seeing to other mat
tiers of import, yet always knitting. a
reel humIned its monOtOnous little
song in grandmother room. Spinning
wheels made dolorous monotone in one
up stairs room. and In another shuttles
played to and fro over the warp. One
lady Of the household, who had a mar
velous talent for dresSmaking, turned
mantua maker for the family, for now
no more handsome dresses could be
brought from the north.
\ young boy otthe family put up an
amateur shoe shop and made shoes for
the younger children Of that home.
Nice little shoes he made too. Then,
after the hats worn under the Union
were worn out, more hats had TO be
made, since they could not be bought.
One lady in the neighborll ood of Greene
Springs knew how TO make pretty pal
metto hats-the style of hat still made
in some parts of Florida. the lightest
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ever worn. So it came 70 pass that b
Greene Springs people and all the rest
| of the neighborhood were supplied with
hats Of that fashion. Lights, too, in
those days had TO be homemade. These
lights were of tallow, subjected to va
ried processes, and then poured into
molds around cotton wicks that had
been grown, picked, ginned, spun, cut
and twisted by the hands" on the
plantation.
Yet even with this lucent industry
going on in the house there were nights
when novels-for novels did sometimes
run the blockades-had to be read by
the blazing of pine knots in great open
ireplaces. Farm work had TO be car
ried on. and the hOmely supplies Of
meat and meal had 10 be increased. A
sorghum mill was put up on the place
for the manufacture of mOlasses and
| coarse 2 and wheaton -four, that
had heretofore been brought from the
north and west, must now be grown
and ground az home. Besides all this
to be superintendent, the school was
kept mp al the four years Of the war.
and thisher caiue many Of the sons Of
the south who were too young TO be
admitted to tine ranks of the army.
All the old students Of this institu-
ton who had become University Of
Virginia graduates, and who might
have been available at other times as
assistant teachers. were NOW of TO the
front" So il came 10 pass that the
doctors daughters had 10 be- pressed
into service as teachers. For several
hours each day the newly made spin
uers. weavers and seaiu,tre>Ses were
metamorphosed into lair Hypatias.
who lectured to young men on the
.'0logie-."
Fortunately this home was spared
those greatest horrors Of war-the rout
of soldiers sweeping over "a home place
and leaving d~esolation IN its track, OF
the passage Of ~maraudiug parties, the
riT-ran Of an army. TO whom nothing
i~ssacred-or the meeting of hOstile host,
in sight Of ones doors.
None Of these horrors Of "A long con.
iict came to harrass this homestead.
Indeed, the war was pretty well oveI
when these people saw one of the in.
vading host say one advisedly.
lie came. this one. not with iutter
ing banners or braylng trumpets
though he did march away to the
sound Of the drum. He came, moi
with the gay trappings and confident
air Of an invading power. He came q
prisoner, and a very lonesome one.
His is the only real and well authen
ticated case Of invasion Of which Hall
county can boast-if she cares TO boas
of such a ~misadventure,
He was a German, this invader, wh'
became the lone captive. He coulC
speak no English. He had, possibly
fresh from a sea voyage, donned tn
blue uniform at Castle Garden. j d.
not suppose he felt very wretched o
very tragic over his capture. for in al
this melee of fighting between soldier
who spoke one language, and in som
instance claimed kin one with tn
other, probably tins poor foreigner di
not realize fully at what moment h
l crossed Mason and Dixon's line, or a
what road crossing the inhabitants @
the surrounding country became hi
enemies.
He must have fallen very much I
/ the rear, and as his brl gade swept n
the river after the several encounter
l with the state university cadets in an
! about Tuscaloosa, this poor fellow mn
took the route and swept down til
river. And thus, all alone, he cam
from the hills Of Tusea lOOsa county |
the hills Of Hale county, and SOM
i where about the Indian mounds q
: Carthage thumb marks Of a race ths
I have moved on" long ago. u blu
coated soldier invaded an enemy
home.
e Then was there great consternatio
1 in the neighbOrhood Of Carthage. III
Home Guard hastened 10 arm then