Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-12-16
TRAMPS AND BU RGLARS.
Arp Says They Beg by Day and
Steal BY Night
Cart~r-,tIf~ Alarmed 80 . >~rt~. -
Hs..-sr~skIsz-- Hsrte~ rsti-
o-spa~r Loci Hf. Dssr~-s
Word On es~ds~atfs.

tN. t~lcrsl Nfe auH honest tow a. t.A Er
-iacc the saluou~ were abc' ssir ti there
has hreu no ii>turissucr of the pubiie
-r-rquiiift- During al shat time cur
d-er. have rot heen Iockssi % ght.
ror has oar chicken rcoSf heen robbed
ty thr fowl invader. The presence %
ear faifhfui aog NAV have been our
r.-cte~tiou. for there have been some
few chickens stolen in these paris Our
ati-hhor. harley Patterson. suffered
sorle in that way until he bought the
cld cHlipss on vhich n man was hung
a few Nc1rs ago. and built chicken
herse - the timber. Since then he can
httd.v get q jarky % put chickens in
~ i,t iav. much less 20 take them out
ht night. i'ut our negroes in and
ar0uei Cartersviiie are n clever and
Industrious people. and as honest as
man sfHrl are generally Domestic serv-
ar-s ui'i take some liberties with lit
ti- fhiucs that they think we wont
miss. but they have many good traits
Wat are n set-of. and 80 we coupro-
n.se pn general principles.
lsut now the burglars have come 10
town and alarmed the whole commu-
nity J believe they come from up
north WHERE every bad thing comes
irom- eVea % bad weather The other
nav tramp came 20 our house ard
1skesi for something to eat. lie vas
.siriy Enud booking aud well DRESSED
Wv wife got him a lunch and asked
bonn where his home vas. aud here he
vas gpiug. lie smiled and said he bad
- home. and was raised IN an orphan
asylum mp north. and was going 70
Atlanta On search % wurk
How do you travel said she. 81
you have no money
Well I ride on the freightS until
taey pot me OF he said. and then
wait for another one and ride some
more am Just taking a little trip
how 70 Sc the country
There were two OF these fellows in
town and they took the rounds asking
for something 20 eat and always got
H. M opinion : tha, they are prOfes-
sioual thieves. and their purpose in cali
in- 1T 50 many houses = to prospect the
premises The night after they were
al our house burglars entered four
houses aud stole money They took
$50 from under a sleeping mans pill
low and smaller SUMS from the pockets
Of other men, \ few nights after they
entered three houses and took a fine
gold watch from under n bankers pill
low and the next night n watch and
some money AZ another place They
take no clothing or anything TO eat.
They are white folks. ! tell you. and are
Experts in their business
Well. Of course. the whole COM
munity i aroused. and especially the
women My wife is not timid woman
She ! more afraid OF snakes than of
men, but she too. got alarmed aud
made me get the hammer and the
Screwiriver and some bolts and nails
aud fix mp every door and window.
She held the lamp and watched me
81 rUuud from room to room. and I
mashed = great blood blister on nv
/ finger and il hurtS vet When all was
done to her satisfaction. and We got
ready TO retire. she suddenly told me
not 10 lock the back hall door. for
I ucie sam had to come in there IN the
morning ta make ere Cousiderate
Ns-mau, She knew that ! didn't Ike
10 get out of a warm bed 30 unlock
The door Reckon she thinks the bur
/ @ars wouldn't be - impoli'e rs TO
rssme in at the back door But they
vou-t get any watch from under my
I piiIov. FOR ! haven't got any Forty
YEAR ago they got mine just that wa
in ed Dr. IhompsoE's hotel in At
/ iauta. and ] have never carried Que
sIuev- They got nv PoeketbooS- too.
AMI n little money aud some vaiua-
s.ls PAPER They vere from up north
sud were very clever men. conSiierin.
fer 10 a.out Il week they srs-r me all
nay papers back through the mail aud
the ietter vas tostma rIsed Philadelphia.
Thy will give rnan back everything
thry cant uss- BIil Fort taii me tha,
they Wers kfud-hs1rtesi - - thieves
and be had known them 10 lean over
and Kiss 4 sieep5ng mzn after they
had robbed him
No il : white folks Who are steaIiu :
these valuable ;hiusS. Negroes haven'-
got above chickens ard turkeys YET.
heard the other day an oil darky
WLo prayed every night duriuS Christ
mas for the Lord to send turkey 10
him. but the turkey didu-i eoue an,l
- be changed bis prayer ard asked the
Lord 10 send him 10 turkey and his
/ PRAYER was answered that very night.
\ negro don't banker after gold
watches He wants something to eas.
But HOw / want TO know what Is ali
this racket about that they call CO.
education I thought Il was just an
other fad and would soon pass away.
bar It seems TO get bigger and bigger
the more they talk about IL. Ore
would think that there were no female
colleges in the land and that the boys
we're getting all the education. when
the truth IS there are more educational
facilities for girls in this state than for
boys ! don't know what it all means.
Lo the girls want TO mix with the bows
ard improve them and be inspired by
theme Then WHY should not the boys
claim : similar privilege and 90 10 the
4 ANA-@AA@ NAssF - anu ~ KITS
trial school at NilIedyeyilles five are
going 10 bunch, let Us bunch the whole
concern and include the agricultural
attachments aud let the girls do some
blowing If they want TO- But reckon
il IS just the new woman who is con
tending fer the abstract right 10 90 IA
the university. of course they won
go. for their fathers won't let them
as long rs the female colleges are
open at Macon and Athens and La
Grange ard Decatur and Rome and
other places There IS plenty of edu-
cation for them there without the co,
The best mothers. l know, never 20;
| higher than 4 high school. aud the
best eoeducation Is for the girls to &c;
married young aud 90 TO raising chill
dren and chickens IL thew do tha,
diligently they will learn enough in !
lifetime and be as happy as their col
lsge-bred daughters I've never been
entirely satisfied that such abstruss
sciences as chemistry. ASTRONOMY. trio.