The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1893-06-24
CASC!LLA! !CAsCILLA!I SING OFTHEE

In the southeast corner of Talla-
latcLie county, ,perched on an eminence
of surrounding hills and valleys, about
sixteen miles from Grenada, is Cascilla,
The center OF one Of the most thriving
in this State. Silently it
has grown up, without help or depen-
aence from any quarter, and owes its
present size and consequence more to
nature than anything else. Without
corporation or geometrical measure
ments, the people built to suit their
own taste and means, and live harmon
iously together, without any restric-
tions, save those suggested by common
sense and generous feelings. As soon
as one enters within a ..radius of four
or five miles, from any direction, he is
within the direct influence of Cascilla,
which grows stronger and larger until
you reach the church, the school house,
the stores and the doctors offices, all of
which are in one'grasp Of vision. The
fact that they have thus far operated
without any corporate bounds or
municipal laws, is the highest compli-
ment to their intelligence, honesty and
prudence. How long this primal inno'
cence will last, we do not know, but
after awhile, they will see the necessi-
ty of more formal union, and when
they do, we predict they will have no
difficulty Of meeting the emergency.
The first thing that forced itself up
on our attention on last Thursday even
ing week ago, when we landed there
for the first time was the fine lands
and good crops and good houses, which
We saw after riding IS miles, with moth
ing very attractive to draw our atten-
ton. TO be ushered into such an
agreeable change, after a long ride OF
general sameness, was the result of the
stately forest trees OF oaks and hickory,
interspersed with dogwood and other
signs of a rich soil growing upon every
undulation. Then, when the waving
corn, moved by the gentle winds into
billows of ftful clouds, our interest
grew deeper, until we arrived at the
center of Cascilla, where we became
the guest OF Mr.. 0. +. Lawrence and
his estimable wife. What we have
said about the crops and lands on eithc
side of the road for five Or six miles
before we reached the core of the vii
lage, we were told, would answer TO
the adjacent country in every direction
for few miles.
The people who occupy this favored
region are worthy, honest, hard work
ing people, who respect each other
rights, and live together in peace
under the simple law Of ''do unto other
as ye would they should do unto you.
AS community, they are Baptist
with other denominations intermixe'
without jealousy or envy, or strife
and thus, by observing one law OF tn
decalogue, exemplify more or less al
the others. AS everywhere lse, Cas-
ella feels the stingency OF the har
times, as the merchants arc. doing bu
little. and the doctors are idle on &C
count of the good health.
As rule, the people all aroun
Cascilla, have good lands and comfor
able homes, and with industry, the
make their own hog and hominy, IN
have some to sell. They have tin
church, large and convenient, whe
three times month, they meet to hea
the gospel preached by Rev Rice,an ir
telligcnt, educated christian Baptis
gentleman, and good and prosperou
farmer.
But the school, under the manage
mcnt of Messrs Lawrence and Mon
, gomery, is the central feature OF Ca
: ella. The Academy would do cred
to any city. Double storied, with a
ample hall below, full size OF the buil'
ing, which is large, where the frlen|
and patrons Of the school at times me-
r to hear the exercises Of the pupil
= and especially at commencement "a
> ! when they flock in from all direction
and at considerable distances. 1t w
on such an occasion that we vlslte
Cascilla. A school only two years ol
!, with 77pupils, so far from a railro'
, or navigable stream, is rathera strant
! result, which must in the main, be a
tributed to rare intelligence, emery
and character of the two young me
1 who have leased the building for fl
: wears. Such growth is absolutely pm
3 nomenal, and reflects the highest cred
upon the teashers, as we'll as the stoc
holders of the building, who live
Cascilla, and in the surrounding cou
try for ten miles distant OF cours
{ within two years time, the advantag
0 Of the school arc not yet fully develo