The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-03-15
Southern Correspondence.
PouLAN. GA. March 5, 1895.

POULAN, ia, MdTci. D, 1850.
Editor Opinion: March is ushered in
with the bluest and sunniest OF skies, mock
ing birds and robins pouring forth their
sweetest melodies, bees humming droWsily,
the old pines with their soothing murmers,
and borne on the balmy breeze come the
deep rich minor tones of the darkieS ''Hap-
DIV on the way" Such day, its delight
to live, and dull care can take BACK seat
One would hardly believe the weather had
been cutting up such antics.
In January we had fearful cold wave
that cut down fine vegetable gardens. hun
dredS of acres of oats, and as many bushels
of sweet potatoes stored in deep pits in the
ground. House plants the same. Thee
February Sually the finest month, came In
with a cold grip, gave us a surprise every
day. The 18th spreading six inches of "the
beautiful snow lasting three days, UNI
heard of in South Georgia before 1t hnlsh-
ed what there was left to kill excepting
part of the strawberry crop, fruit trees not De.
ing in blossom are all right. The oleanders
twelve feet high, and many choice shrubs
were killed outright. The banana trees 50
much admired with their long, glossy, broad
leaves, are now futtering brown rags in
the wind Then came terrific wind and
hail storm, thunder rolling for hours, -,
The South has had much TO c0ntenu win
beside the four cent cotton which did not
pay for labor or fertilizer. Last spring the
frost came in the nick of time to XIII the
peach and plum trees for the season and
ruined the grape crop to SOME extent. Ana
now the cholera is killing all the hogs and
pigs by the dozen, neighbOr has lost
twenty-three
The Democrats 60 about with their
mouths drawn down at the corners so you
can pull them to back of neck and tie
They thought they had all they could carry
with Cleveland burden on them, but ne
was MOI heaven sent. The master they
serve so faithfully at the ballot box sent
him. They who laugh last laugh best. |
well remember when they celebrated
Clevelands election, burned some of their
own brethren as well as Yankee republl-
cans in effigy, marched into Yankee yards
with torches, drums, singing drunken
songs calling them to come out and fight.
But the Yanks wisely slept on the sleep of
the just.
People who board at the hotels here
few months don't see much, they are flat |
tered whil3 beng fleeced by the polite |
southerners. They need to live out in the |
country. We have had two murders lately. |
A man living out in the pine woods remote
from neighbOrs, alone with his wife and |
young child, went to the nearest place at
day light one morning and wanted that
woman to come and prepare his wife Tor
burial as she Fad died in the night of heart
failure; when there he forbade her remOv-
ing any clothing only to put dress on
over her night dress and never lett the
room. While washing her face she noticed
her throat was black, but dared not speak
of it until she got away among people.
Then the people here had her removed
from the grave, her neck was found to be
broken, and deep, black marks across her
chest made with a Scantlng. Then at a
still two miles out, aquiet, steady going
darkey got discouraged with the continual
fault finding of the 0verseer, said he wonld
quit and started for his cabin, the man
followed and shot him dead at his cabin
door, then goes few rods away to his
employer who takes him in his buggy to
catch the next train. In six months he'll
be back here all right as many others have
come in like circumstances, just one case
out of many. The populstS tried to have a
warrant made out for him but no, the court
is in the hands of the democrats. A dog
and dead niger are all the same with
them. One don't have to go out of the
United States to become proud of old New
England with her law abiding people, as
steadfast as her rocks and grand old hills.
MARTHA l.. STEVENS.