Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-02-01
COMFORT In OLD VIRGINIA
Prof. French strother Writes Of How
he is Enjoying Himself in the
@0id Dcminion"-Good
Things to Bat.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
UNION HALL, Va, Jan. 25.-To-day
lie Thursday. II l were in Mexico /
would get the LEDeER-daily and
weekly. / would look ell through
them. The first thing l would notice
would be where the next institutes
meet. 1 wish 1 could be at every one
Of them; but when ! was in Mexico I
could not do this for upon one oc-
casion the East Audrsin, Central Au-
drain and North Andrain held their
regular meetings the aame day. Au-
drain is a banner educational county
and you are doing your part nobly In
the great work OF education.
1 am taking the daily Richmond
Dispatch. This paper Is worthy OF the
Old Dominion in every respect.
Our Legislature meets biennially.
The lower House has passed the sep
arate car bill for the negroes and 1t
will pass the Senate, / think.
During the civil war when the de-
pleted ranks of the Southern army
were being filed, in the language of
General Grant, "by robbing the cradle
and the grave,n women and children
looked upon the negro men on their
farms as their protectors. But many
here now say the poor, deluded negro
in the south is no longer to be relied
upon as q protector and say there has
been too little heart and hand educa-
ton. They say this change has been
caused by base, un~principled men for
purely selAsh motives. l know not II
this be true. l would not do the negro
injustice.
Lynching, in consequence of the
most horrible crimes, is now q sad
reality. These crimes were unknown
before the war. Some say this is the
outgrowth OF the present system Of
negro education and that almost all
negro criminals Of the present day
have been OF that class who have been
educated in the public schools. This
they claim to be so, In consequences
OF receiving an education that does
not qualify them for a useful life.
Female labor here 10 unreliable and
difficult to command. Wealthy fam
lilies take their meals at hotels and
boarding houses. Negroes are Ieav-
ing the country and going to towns to
educate their children to live by their
wits instead Of by their hands.
Our winter 30 far has been very
mild; fire not necessary. It lie very
cold to-day. / have on q big back
log and q fire that would roast q small
beef. Wood here Ia very cheap-26
cents buys a two -horse load.
/ am almost afraid to tell Captain
Allen, General Kennan and other old
virginians what our host gave us TO-
day as a part Of our dinner menu.
Well, I will venture-opossum sweet
potatoes, stewed and baked, &C., &c.
good old Virginia ala mode. No one
can appreciate a fine, fat 'possum and
baked sweet potatoes more than a
first class old Virginia gentleman such
as Captain Allen and General Kennan.
Well, I haYe every comfort here,
90 far as house, room, diet, good
friends, &c. l vas at church Sunday
and prayer meeting last night, read
almost all day; take a nap in the mid
die of the day and do enough work
about our house and place to give me
an appetite and make me enjoy q nap
of so minutes. Remember me to
everybody, especially the teachers.
would be delighted to receive letters
at any time from any Of my friends
who may read this or any of my form
or pupils or Missouri teachers. Good
bv, FRENCH STRoTHER.