St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-14

| -MCtC dIlNC Will lUltIeSG Ill pIOS-
pect. A typical Southern barbecue is
to my mind one of the most novel and
| generous Inequalities the stomach of
the genus homo can contemplate.
| Closely huddled in shielded plateau
at the base of Stone mouutain-a pre-
cipitouS mountain of solid gneiss and
granite-an awning was spread cover
ing 1000 plates aligned on "hoss"
tables. Distant but a few yards brass
band became spasmodically blatant. In
the swale gently slipping from this pl ain
500 negroes were swarming among the
pine and locust trees. Through this
sun.filsered grove long trench, neatly
| excavated. wound in sc inform under
an endless cross layer of hickory prongs,
from which were impaled so mutton,
p lambs, as many calves, 25 shote, but.
tresSed Oh each end with a huge broil
iron,on which $50 luscious spring chick
ens sizzled in the Juice OF theI own
sappy youth. About this feast the
O'Clock in the morning until the gluttony
began in the late afternoon. The
trenches are first carefully filled with a
fire-pack of dry and seasoned hickory :;
across this slow fire the meat is hung
impaled on bark-pealed poles. Into the
meat, spices and butter are applied in a
most generous measure of pepper. salt,
vinegar. cloves and the like. When
the flesh is steamed and seasoned
a portion is seized by five
negroes, who tear it to shreds
in the most gleefully wolfish manner
imaginable. They act under the direc-
ton of barbecue boss. and when be
says. Grab dis shote, uigger," just step
Off about 500 yards or the fatty morsels
will shower you. From a large table
where hundred are thus tearing shote
Limb from limb" the food is carried to
the awning under which the guests are
expressing all appetite which is as
llmltless as the blue of heaven. Viands
OF diverse nature are supplied, and
with the most delicious concomitant all
around you, the feast is administered to
the department Of the interior.
Meanwhile the band plays Marching
Through Georgia" Away Down in
Dixie "Star SpangIed Banner"
''Suwanee River" My Old Kentucky
Home" and Yankee Doodle" Pick
annnies yell and scampef about fro III
grove to hillside; fox is started in the
hedge and pack of Southern hounds
is loosed for the chase: from a side
tracked car Bermuda onions, corn
bread. hoe cake, tomatoes and sweet
potatoes are issued in generous INSTALL
ments. Song begins to take loud and
lusty place in the cOnviyialities and
the negro melodies sound out their
hearty intonation from many nook
and bush. Speeches and Rotations
follow in the wake of more food and
drink; and AS scurrying clou! drives
the crowd to shelter, some impassioned
orator takes advantage Of the corral
and again sounds the gun of Southern
loyalty, Southern love and Southern
faith with all his countrymen.
Our trip through these Southern
states has been one continuous pageant
of punch. pleasure, plckaninnieS and
praise OF the press. The glory of our
visit has pushed all rest aside, but it is
with broader view Of tie Southern
half of our country that we contem-
plate our relaxation.
nor the best meat. but it does produce
brains. Southern authors stand out dis
tinctly in American literature. Who
will detract, who can detract from the
fame as such names as these: Haw.
thorne. A(cott, Fuller, Wilde, Harris,
Rives. Chanler, Rutherford, Gardener,
| Quinn and Hayne.
In this beautiful Gate city of the
| South. where the women beam with the
beauty accomplished by a luxurious
climate. and the culture of old families.
| the beloved author OF Uncle Remus"
| lives the life of genial. happy man.
| Who has not read Uncle Remus," and
who would not read it again and again,
having once greeted Joel Chandler Har-
ris on his native heath. Nor is this the
| greatest product of Mr.. Harris. He has
Il son, Julian by name, who is destined
| to wear proud esteem i'll the student
life of near bye and bye. Harris fills
| is the author OF much already, besides
| the good cheer he diStliiS with true
| Southern grace.
Here also we find that sweet person.
| ality, modestly thriving, Frank l..
Stanton. 1t is needless To suggest Mr..
! Stanton'S place in the hearts of his own
section, when l know SO we'll what
every mind which has ever met his
song, thinks of him. No poet of today
| is more universally quoted; no man is
| more perenn. ally sweet in.hiS nature,
| thought. and the expression Of both.
| He is the lutte of the South. When he
sings the birds are silent and in listen
lug attitude. | Know of my own knuwl-
edge that New York and Chicago
| Journals have pushed extravagant sal
aries Into his hands, to quit the South
and sing i'll the North or East. TO these
lie says. as he again expressed it to me:
"Pd rather be happy i'll dear old Geor-
| gia than titled or rich anywhere else in
the world. This is the nest of my boy
hood and its emotion; would you have
ME for>ake the home of my hearts
prosperityW Frank l.. Stanton is a
loyal bearer of a Southern heart, and l
am sure he will not soon quit the
friends who love him for any Slight
consideration.
The Southerners have the homes. we
have the Institutions of this country.
They live while acquiring; we acquire,
forgetting to live by the way. We work
hard aud live fast; they work and live
easily. They mature early aud live
longer than we, who mature early
enough, but who have spent our vitality
in the very noon Of that maturity.
These people may not see quite as far
into the turnOilS of the stock exchange
ami other Northeastern enterprises, but
they feel the perfume of life more
deeply. have felt greeting so thor
oughiy sharpened with the economy of
time and patience that 1t cut through its
object like sword thrust. You are not
handled like barrel Of merchandise in
the South. Hospitality is no piercing
poniard here in the Magnolia state.
1t envelopes its object, just as Southern
arms embrace friend. They know no
medium ground between ones complete
and heartfelt adoption and direct and
effective custer. The one implies your
share in the home social contact; the
other may mean almost any fatality. If
one is by act OF spirit unworthy of a
Southern confidence. then expect to he