Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-10-24
LETTER FROM NO. CAROLINA.

Ed. Monitor,-We are having beau
tiful weather, almost uninterrupted
sun shine every day. Well may this be
called the "Sunny South" for since
July we have had only one rainy
day, with few showers now and then.
1t is, however, a good time for bus1-
ness rainy weather being bad for lum-
bering. It--has only been cool enough
for slight frosts on the lowlands. To-
day, Oct. IA, the thermometer stands
80 degrees in the shade. In the hot
test of the summer the thermometer
ranges from about go to 102 degrees IN
the mi ddle of the day, and from 80 to
80 at sunset, and 70 to So at sunrise.
This weather will continue for weeks
at time, but there is a nice dry pure
air and very healthy. We have had
only slight colds during our nearly two
ears stay here. / used to hear some
say they wanted to go South to get
rid of those cold Vermont winters, but
L thought the first summer here I had
rather stand two Vermont winters
than one North Carolina summers.
But after passing through another hot
summer and getting acclimated I am
unable to say which is the most I'M
comfortable, extreme heat or severe
cold. During the fall and winter
months the climate can not be beaten.
Politics are about the main topic these
days and speakers of the different par
ties are holding meetings in many of
the country places and each one tries
to persuade the people that theirs is
the right way. There is not SO much
difference in regard to politics be-
tween the North and South as I ex
pected, and after more Northern peo-
pie get settled down here and under
stand the situation of things more
fully, it will be much better for all
concerned.
The last year has been very dull for
all kinds of business, but everything
is getting little brighter and all are
looking forward for better times. Cot
ton has been SO low it has not paid for
raising, and those that had turpentine
''boxes" rented have given them up
for they could not make it pay. Lum-
Der has been so dull it has caused many
mills to shut down, but there is more
activity in the markets with little
advance in prices. The lumber is be-
ing taken out of this section at rapid
rate; branches of railroad are being
built very cheaply through this sandy
soil into valuable timber lots and from
these roads, laid with wooden rails
branch out, so in time all the timber
can be reached. One man here has
bought a tract of about 1000 acres of
heavy timber and is now building
tram road 315 miles to reach it, laying
down rails sawed 234 x 5 inches and
from % to 35 feet long, spiking on =
5 inch strips, breaking joints and
driving down wooden pins to hold the
rails in place. About 10000 feet of
lumber will be useds There are some
quite sharp grades, but three mules
worked abreast will draw 1000 feet or
more on truck.
after one gets used to them and ac-
quainted with their ways they make
good help, though they need a boss to
stand over them to tell them what to
do and to urge them to quicker action.
They are good natured, easy
going, peculiar set of people. Just now
they are holding revival meetings with
great interest and good results; but the
antics they go through with, such as
shouting, jumping and kicking, rolling
on the floor, jumping out of windows,
etc., are amusing to one that never
has seen it before. AS a general
pay more attention to schooling than
the whites; they can live cheap and
will work cheap, and therefore the
whites have a poor outlook for getting
ahead much, as they can not compete
with the black man on getting liv-
ing. The working hours are from
sunrise to sunset, but there is not SO
much accomplished as there would be
in the 10-hour system. Fearing have
already taken up too much space,
will draw this ramble to a close.
w. B. EASTMAN.
Salvation Oil is repeating it's cures of neu-
ralgia, rheumatism, headache, and tooth
ache every day, until their name is legion.
Price 25c.