Huntsville gazette., 1892-08-27


has been made and the "hell. broth
is no longer sold / think it should be
widely known. Yet the poisonou;
"stuff'' is purchased elsewhere, BY
those who use it. and brought into
the county which is evident from its
effect upon many we.chance to meet
/ have taught in this county part
of three years and have not been
molested by any white person. !
have made many friends, both white
and colored and my services are
sought Busy bodies and tell tales
white or colored. will cause the best
OF counties to possess a bad name.
THE SOIL
is very fertile in the bottoms and
when we'll cultivated will produce
from three quarters to one aud half
bales of cotton per acre. There IS a
great deal OF hill and prairie land in
the county which, however. is not
very productive. On these hills are
to be found orchards and the farmers
raise many indispensable products
whice place them in fair circumstan-
ces. The prairies are used for pas
turage and much grass is preserved
THE CROPS.
for time were thought to be fail
ure, but persistent laboring favored
by rains have brought them out Won
derfully and it is belived if frost be
late, large quantity of both cotton
and corn will be harvested.
Cotton in most places, is we'll
formed, there being from % to 30
grown bolls on some stalks. The
crop is not infested by the boil worms
which is very satisfactory to the far
mers,
Corn although having a fine ap>
peaIance, is not an average. There
will not be an abundance of this spec
ial cereal raised, 50 farmers have be-
gun using economy. Waving fields
Of wheat are not found, but here and
there are to be seen a few acres of
rye, oats and millet. AS space will
not permit the mentioning of other
things raised, shall speak of the
PIC MICS
which are given frequently for the
enjoyment of both old and young.
There is scarcely day passes (ex-
cept Sunday during this season of
the year but what crowd gathers
at some place to partake Of the del>
icacies of a picnic. A barbecue CIV
en- here on 18th inst. was responded
to by quite concourse of people.
The writer arrived at the scene in
the afternoon partook of the dain>
ties and in the height of merriment
a gale passed over soon followed by a
heavy rain which rebaptized quite a
number. The writer hardly escaped
These picnics etc., are usually clrri>
ed OUT by speaking, interspersed
with beautiful songs which is dem
onstration Of the peoples love for.
EDUC ALTON.
Not few have acquired a very
good knowledge of text bo ks.
While that many are sacrificing
means and time to get an education,
the more thoughtless ones seem to
prefer cropping in darkness, much to
the regret Of all lovers of education.
There are but few schools in this
county that last over three months
during the year Hence, progress
of the children intellectually is very
slow. Sorry to say, too many of our
people entertain the idea of letting
their boys and girls follow in their
footsteps. While instructing the
youthful minds, | am dong my ut
most to create desire in the pa
irons to give their sons and daugh-
tiers good Normal training. We
have several Industrirl schools, and
colleges, in the State in which ore
can get an education backed up with
trade. Next we come to
POLITICS,
which are very much mixed up in
this county Quite number Of
Democrats will support the People:
ticket and the Republicans will vote