Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-01-09

"No, colonel, not zackly humble bee
stew, but bunsby stew"
"What do you say, 'bunsby stew?'"
mo, not zackly, that colonel, but bun
brun--"
But before he could finish the pro-
prietor stepped to the table and said it
was Brunswick stew, dish OF his own
compromising, which his guests con-
sidered to be very nice. So we dined on
barbecue beef, pork and mutton, and
"bum BILE bee, bunsby, Brunswick stew"
The stew which was so hard for the
waiter to pronounce, was the best OF all,
but that was not saying much in its
praise, for southern cooking and flavor
ing are so peculiar to Northerner
names the waiter tried to apply to it
without change in its flavor.
ABOUT THE FAIR GROUNDS.
In the Georgia building something was
found with a decided flavor. Our friend,
DR.. Newton, Of Athens, Ga, an ex-con-
federate, called attention to it. He called
it new electric motor. He introduced
US to the exhibitor, who asked to have
our names registered in his book, and
then the motor was started and worked
well. We sat and rested, the doctor told
stories, the motor still running. We
arose, babe adieu to the motorman, who
asked us to call again, and then took our
departure. As We stepped outside the
motor pavilion, our eyes caught sight OF
the sign over the door which read, "Live
Oak Brand, Kentucky Whisky"
In one OF the buildings is collection Of
confederate song books and relics. These
resembied the funeral habiliment of a
departed friend, and had about them the
musty odor of the tomb and the dead past.
The old Confederate soldiers, we are led
to believe, care nothing for these things,
but some of those who never knew the
smell of burning powder or the horrors
of the battlefield, and some of the
women, gathered about them with an
apparent feeling of sorrow, such as seen
exhibited by paid mourners in the East.
The negro building there is negro
building at the Atlanta fair, the new
South not yet having reached the point
where whites and blacks can exhibit
specimens OF their handiwork and skill
under the same roof-was extremely in
teresting to us, for in it were The many
proofs of advancement made by Il race
but thirty years out of the bonds Of
slavery. To describe infinitely what We
saw is not our purpose. as its recital would
be wearisome, but we call attention TO it
as a very interesting portion OF the ex-
hibition.
At the opening, Booker I. Washington,
principal of Tuskegee normal and indus
trial institute, OF Tuskegee, Ala, was
invited to make an address. This was the
first time that a colored man had been
invited to make an address before q
board of directors consisting OF white
men, in the South, Here is scene for a
painter-a negro orator addressing an
audience of white people i'll Atlanta,
Georgia, not far from the plantation Of
Robert Tombs. who but II generation ago
boosted that ere long he would call the
roll of his slaves on Bunker hill Surely
the world does move, and the rosy tints
horizon! And yet the race problem Of
the South has not been fully solved nor
can it be until more "old lsraelites die
in the wilderness"
Nothing more convincing OF that fact
can be brought forward than that OF the
recent lynching of the negroes in the
South W here the population of the whole
be present at the burning OF a black man
in the public square, and quench the fire
when he is half dead for the purpose Of
reminding it later to prolong his agonies.
a civilization that can complacently look
upon a scene like that ought to be held
right minded people, and be driven from
the American continent.
The Southern states can prohibit prize
fighting, while we applaud their action !;
but on questions involving race pref
udices they are guilty of crimes and
practices ten times more abhorrent to the
civilization of our era. These are the
dark clouds hanging over the zenith,
which the sun of progress, in its ascent
from the horizon, let us hope and trust,
will dispel.
We met III the negro building, Hon.
Mr.. Livingstone, III. c., from the Atlanta
district, with whom We exchanged cards.
He spoke in praise of Mr.. Washington's
address at the opening of the exhibitio n
ana as being greatly pleased and in
terested in the exhibit of the colured
people. His praise Was unstinted and
expressed pride in the progress of the
coiored race in the South.
We can no longer linger about the
negro building, SO we pass on to the
machinery, fine arts, electricity, agricul-
tural, liberal arts, United States govern
ment, minerals and forestry, transporta-
ton, fire apparatus, auditorium and
women's buildings, in all OF which there
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