The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-11-26

seventy-fve. But the brother and sisters
have continued to live along together. keep
ing each other company and administering
to each others comfort.
since the hand which shapes events first
started these five old people off in the
world together many things have happened
i'm the big universe outside. Crowns nave
fallen political storms have shaken the
foundations of the government, the m35-
teries OF science have yielded 10 human
knowledge and ingenuity, wars have desc
lated ami armies have devastated this iaW
country, prosperity has come and sone
and has returned again, but none OF these
events have served TO disturb the tran.
guilty Of this remarkable family .
When the cotton SIN was mven1"d ~
whitney in 1913 the eldest child OF the
Sadlcr family was several years OF age.
When Bonapartc became the first emperor
of France the youngest one was one year
old She was i've wntn Futon constructed
the first steamboat Tn eldest was nearly
grown when the first printing machine was
invented and she was what would be caueu
illiddlc-agod when Morse invented the tel"-
oraph. They could all have been cidsscd
as aged people when the civil war broke
out. ana even the youngest was half grown
when the second war with Great britain
began.
In spite OF the wondcrous changes and in
ventions and Improvements which Tune mas
wrought. this Virtuous and conientet ianli-
~ has never seen TT 10, in any way, reform
the practices that were in vogue Whch
their parents taught them how TO work.
The clothing which they Wear has always
been made by them from the cotton which
grows in their field or from the wool which
covers the backs of thcir sheep. The seed
is separated from the heecy staple by
means of the sKlllful fingers of the MEM
bers OF this cooperative FAMILY. 1t is then
spun into yarns the old time spinning
wheel and Wcaved into cloth upon loom
OF ancient pattern.
From the h.dcs Of the animals that
browze upon their fields the brother makes
the comfortable and not entirely unshapely
SHOES that cover his ana his sisters feet.
The meal from which thin bread IS made
is ground between two stones from corn
grown in their patch. They raise enough
domestic animals Tor their own DEMANDS.
Their cooking is done before an open fire
mace as OF yorc. They are aVerse TO the
u.s.. of money. They have no need OF Ii
and Will not receive il INTO thelr possess
sion. II any one desires 10 buy provisions
oI them, for instance, and they have enough
10 spare. the supplies are freely given OF
cbeertuIly loaned but never sold for money.
Their DWELLING while it has the appear
ancc OF lacking greatly in comfort, IS never
theless scrupulously neat, as are the premi-
SOS about IT, Almost all of their personal
property was brought with them from
Virginia, ana as evidence OF their careful
ness and their correct way OF doing Things,
il may he stated that almost an OF the
household effects which they brought with
them from their old home are Still in theU
possession and in daily use. For Instance
the wooden names, which are shown ia
the picture sticking from between TWO OF
the logs in the front of the dwelling, and
inst
the wall, were made two-thlrds of CEN
fury ago. up in George Washington's
country.
40 member of this remarkable family
has ever married. 1t is stated that before
they were grown they enuertd into a com
pact 10 remain single and TO live together.
Tradition says they We're four exceedingly
handsome girls ana We're much sought
after by the beaux of their day and neigh
borhood but that they avoided any en-
xaagling alliances, with onA Exception.
The youngest sister-she who who sits at
the right in the picture-fell desperately in
love, it is related, with a young man of
the oldeu time. She was then only six
teen. The family entered such protest
that she repused her lover and endeavored
to blot him from her memory. Her disap-
pCintmcHt, however, was so great that
her mind became affected and she has
never regained her mental equilibrium.
Industrious, cleanly, generous, virtuous.
honest and god-fearng. self sacrificing and
possessed of a large share of the milk of
human kindness these good old souls have
lived At peace with all men. They have
done their part-they have kept the faith.
The brother is Ill at this time. II was
with difficulty that he could summon
strength sufficient to leave his bed and APP
pear in the doorway while the PHOTOGRAPHER
making the picture of the group. He
is an old and an honorable man and has
devoted his unselfsh life to the comfort
of his sisters. They love him dearly, i'm
fact the devotion of the members of this
family for each other is beautiful. Friends
realize that the death of one will be fol-
lowed closely by the passing away OF NJ.