The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-04
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
SIGHTS N A GREAT CITY.
NEW ORLEANS, La,
April 2itn, 1898.

April 2itn, 1898.
To III. Democrat
am down here IN the low lauds
Of Louisiana. / have often besrd
and rad Of it, but | bad Go idea
what city it was. This morning
went down ct S o'clock to see ,be
French market. l cannot begin TO
describe it, it 10 about half a mile
long, one hundred wards, or possibly
more, in width. Everything luasl>
nable Was here for sale. All kinds
OF fruits, vegetables, heats, 6sb.
lowers, &c. Most OF the vendors
we're French, in fact evs,y nation on
earth Is here, and such mixture
never eaw. hardly kEow what 10
do, bu. think the bes. thing can
do Ia to pack rp and get out Of sueb
town. Ijusu do not like 1t and the
longer l stay here the more will
dlsliks It.
On Sunday everything Is going on,
the theatres ~ we'll a. ether places
are ali open. There are come sxcsp.
tions IS to stores, suppose some
of our christian merchants close but
no others. On Sunday saw great
procession " young men in line,
| headed by their marshals on horse
back, the horses names and tails
we're all dec rated with red, white
and blue ribbon. Two bands OF mu.
sic, one In front and the other i'll the
rear of this procession. l tired to
fnd out what this represented but
could not. Icould not read tho in>
scription on the banner az 1t was too
far away. | went oot yesterday sf>
tsrnooD to what they cal! their Gene
terry, but l don't call it such. A Gene
tery 10 where We barry our dead, but
this is what we might call q public
vault-they call them ovens here
They are built Of stone above ground
and every two or three feat there il
IA door, which opens and through
which the corpse is put, then Tho
door /. sealed aud after = while ~her
everyt thing 10 decomposed the door
lie rsopened and all that remsins o.
the persoo's body 10 burned. Tbl'
lsane oven is then ready for another
The rich aud better class Ut people
art buried in shout the same way
but thsy own their resting place and
OF course are got treated in exactly
the same way.
| saw the place where President
DAVIS VIVA removed from. There iE
this same cemetery Bsauregard IL
buried. The statue of Gen. Jack
son 90 Jackson square is the finest
piece of work l ever saw. On The
pedestal Of this statue, 'Spoor
Butler when he captured and held
this city, had inscribed the follow
inx spitsph THE Union will be pre-
seryed.' THIS enragsd ths people
very much, 50 much 80 that it Wal
the cause Of riot and lots OF The
cltlzena were Juat shot down like
beasts.
| Well, now 10 regard to the crops
fthey are inst fac from here home.
have se=a lots OF cotton all worked
out and it looks we'll. Corn in rome
places 10 knee kigh. All Of tho veg
Istables we lave in June and July
are now ripe and the country 10 full
Of them. Black berries, dew hsrriee,
straw berries, etc. are getting Old
down here, nnt they are not 10 zoe,
tell you l eat them ut every meal
and enjoy them very niuch.
When l left home / expected ]
would make a thorough canvass u
Mississippi, but I have changed ny
mind aud will only hit a few Of he
best towns and then jump over in
Alabama, where l feel more ut home
and can work better and do more OF
it than l can down here.
| You're truly,
| j. I. BRINKLEY.