The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-02-23

OF retaliation, to bring their axes into a cru.
SADIE against the forest. The ANNOUNCEMENT
that new settler was coming into the place
| operated like 'cal to arms" and the men
and boys Of the settlement, equipped with
! hatchets and knives, only waited for the set
! tier to point out the spot, and the assault was
commenced
When the house was ready for its tenant.
wife and children. bringing, perhaps,
wealth of the settlement, the neighbors
would gather in moonlight harmony" around
the dwelling to serenade his family with tin
cans. The music was interspersed with loud
harangues and it was quite late hour before
the inmates were allowed to sleep The arri-
val of a new settler was great event 10 the
Ierminites.
The wives of the village. i, spite of their
poverty, were excellent housekeepers Their
homes were always neat and clean and ready
for the inspection Of tho visitor No trash
except their Husbands" was ever allowed to
stay Oh the promises. What their homes
lacked in architecture was thus supplied by
the merit Of the broom. Roses In the course
of time. began TO bloom in the front wards and
the honeysuCkie TO wind its way over the win
dows. The occupants were happy because
their wants were adjusted TO their means, and
they were satisfied with their lots because thnv
knew but little of the great world, De-
catur was their New York. and Marietta their
Liverpool. If they ever heard of the real New
i OK they never dreamed OF seeing 1t, and tho
idea OF a journey TO such far-away place was
as visionary rs 4 trip to the moon.
The occupation of the settlers durinr the
summer months was to sit about the de9srres-
',n;, tav %ow Jacobs,sr state as we'll
1ei1 Xs N9o daily paper i was rat #
II \ '\%%N'p apaco with the times, and IL
FREE ireqaSttesc4s nj appohs that . u,,,a
News much older than their ale went round
whatever it happened to be, and the
views of tho settlers were exchanged
with a good-natured eioquence De-
tween The puifs of their PIPES. Ther
discussions rarely took The form OF G',irfe,,
or fell beneath the dignity OF 'IeglslatloEJ. e.
There were no lights as Judge Longstrcet de-
scribes in his Georgia Scenes, because there
yyas-no Ransy Snitiie in the village TO klndio
the fileS OF dlsCGrG. j., =,
in the two-story building OF the SCate roa No, lol
tnc exercises az prayer and worship 1hey
were rarely so fortunate IS 20 hear regular
sermon unless they went to Decatur. EEerY
now and then, however, q munster Wo'i0 !o,o
lis, vav in tie woods and denver & sermon 70
tho settlers as the price Of finding the road
T,,(a service was usually made up Of reading
the Bible and short prayers and talks ltohi tlo
coed EXAMPLES of the community, after when
!. fLay returned to their homes to Keep We 0'i"-
bath day holy. o,,
The ARRIVAL OF tile iOGohiOtt'O ~+'>,-S' -
toned in our last article and its subsequent
trip 10 Marietta, vas the dawn Of new Gay
| in the calender Of Terminus. Though several
| ,loors irteryenad before the road was
4 inaiy Completed the sight Of the engine was
revelation. 1t brought with it new IDEAS
and onened a new world of thought and en- en-
terprso. 1t set an example OF steady WORK
ard encrretic Industry. Tho settlement began
to move with the locomotive. Tie popult-
t tT Within few months grow into double
its it's former size-as immigration SGT