The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-19

ne refreshments The manner and matter
OF speech were remarkable; ideas as ID
eatables and domestic customs haH par
barrie.
PRIMITIVE TASTES.
Whether they made tussick in the sand
aats formerly nobody knows or stayed
long enough TO see. 1hey had homemade
stimulating drinks OF various kmus LOT
thoir festivals and private polauoAs,
and. in country lingo, there was nothing
store bought carried 90 the region
Even pins and hair pins, suspendef put
tons and such rudameutal indlspensaole5
were unknown, only pflmlllNe s1DaH-
tutes were provided. The houses were an
of poles or clay plasterAs, similar 10 l"e
rude clay ohimncys al present u5eu lot
the poorer negro cabins, ana souiA7
and pewtcr and tin utensils served as
tabla ware and water holders. The con-
ver,ng of sorghum cane into ihtoAlcallHs
drink was doubtless discovery STUN
Moi ON i'm some 0l their crude expert
mcnts iu liquor making and transmitted
10 their descendants, who have revived
the secret
With the building OF cross-line rail
roads and the increase ol popuiallon Or
late wears the region has been broken
into somewhat. and m0dihed oiueF OF
civilization crcpt IN. Some of the sand
eat dWelers have even emisrated 10 ad-
Joining counties and become taxpayers
ON good and profitable property. Ihey
are stU practically ostfaciaeu py tHeil
gentler neighbors, and i've lh soII on
feudal isolation Of enmity I'D the par
houses they have built on lands acquired
by dint OF much enersy ana s"alP p'ol
tice They can always get plenty OF ne
,.,ooe and IRRESPONSIBLE whites 10 DO
1beir bidding. and can run as many IL
tfoi+ stills as they choose out on the tua-
soclrs ir the swamps where nature pro-
,,ides water and drainage ana tne uecea-
sarv secrecy. with pros perity anu li'
ote rufianism 90 back them, one OF W.
of these men have become powers ~.
their especial locality, as mucH t,'te' a.
dislf<od or distrustcd, ana auu'-5
treir border chicftain delight lh ih'll'''.'
lion an aptitude for getting NOR
and meaningful papers INTO lHo. 49,.
10 their slow-thinkins' easy gums
Die they live among
..yo,, eone nm dere IN the Gethmate
,oi~5horhood. you gwiue be turn out de
church u" is the black mans veIdlct Whe"
some ACQUAINTANCE has moved up LeAlnb-
80, vyav lyon can Z Keep your cAdiac-
49,. ana be ocaceful-sJme "n-n every
ro5v mont dere. from de boss do"n' Is
seryin' dc Old Boy. Dem people o"n
o,.erv man. body and soul, VINO i've ON
49, land white and black IL dcy don
'1o,, r,,, ,en of. Das what make DC Ia"
Lotob mn wild en- bout dis here
,,,ssi.ll ,efrlery. DO white buckra can
turn deere back on EN-, and am SPEAK
"a ,em Ina church II deg goes acre or me-
lice iem I'm de road or de schooiHo"9'
but dat can't keep EN- down. D-y So
A. own land. and be big spite OF every
90, md look ike De time is Ddckn
OF 'em, and dc rouSAeF W. 0@'- ~
more dey prospers.'
A, ,resent the state Legislature Is at
io-garbeads over the dispensary system
snd various schemes for nullitying IL al.
.ecffv on Indirectly are uppermost; local
l-.tr, fs the measure by which some
49, IN deal Il deathblow by splitting
II neacemeal. the better for tho purpose.
noun I'm Charleston II Is openly dened,
,,biio the up-cOuntry votes IL seemly
tbing ana says II high license saloon
xeepers supplant the State as hquor sci
lers. let there be no return 70 the oln
system OF public house drinking AT so
much per glass. In so tar llllman mas
triumphed, In that the system, utterly
repugnant at first 20 large bOiy or the
peOUlc, mas WON 40 ""f -
h. decrease in drunkenness. The tusslck
,innIers are not considered either one way
-. the other. with their swamps in the
eecret and welI-loaded revolvers in their
homes an ready for use by both men ana
women known TO have steady nerves and
a sure aim. they are apt to indulge their
iil[in, for strong and cheap liquor all
tbev want and 10 sell their neighoors as
much as they choose. with license or
without A bottle with the typical pal
metto tree on it IL rarely seen in their
locality.-New York Sun.
LECTURES
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