The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-09-28
WHILE The DAYS Are GOING BY.
VIsALIA, CAL, Sept. II, 1900.

VIsALIA, CAL, Sept. II, 1900.
Editor Democrat-Star.
Moon, by the north clock, noon, by
the east! High noon, too, by those
hot sun beams which fall, scarcely
aslopc, upon my head, and almost
make the water bubble and smoke in
the trough under my nose"
1t is scarcely necessary to do 50, but
add to this announcement of the hour,
a few lines of "The Festal Board"
few lines of "He Never Smiled Again"
a reference to The Chicken Cock and
the Fox, contraSted soliloquies; and
mention "The Alhambra by Moon
light" and. "A Morning Ramble" to
almost any person whose years have
brought him to the entrance Of the
afternoon Of life, and you awake in
him a thousand recollectlons of the
Dast, clad in all the radient raiment
Of childhoods hopeful perspective.
An hour with McGuffey's Fifth Reader
of the edition OF 1866. Read them
"And unto thy soul it shall seem
WOmanhoods years have been but a dream
WOmanhOOd or manhoOds years, the
| Spell Is just the same"
some times hear the old hymn,
'IIow Tedious and Tasteless" and
am boy again at the little old log
school house on the Chicasahay
river, one mile below Avera's Ferry
among the other boys and girls whose
bright faces are still bright to me as
10 those long ago days, when General
Forrest harassed the enemy in north
ern Mississippi and Tennessee.
These faces yet remain to me as
they were, and are particularly beau
tiful 10 her girlish pranks and laugh
ter, is now a resident OF Moss Point
and doubtless recalls those days OF
yore, when she was little Evan Avera
and used to ride like the wind along
the old river road, on her favorit(
pony and to vie with the writer foI
the head of the class in spelling. at
the old school house around which
grew the large mulberry trees, which
served us for bases in the fayorit'
game of "Prisoners base"
There are many little things which
bring up pictures OF youthful days il
glowing cOlors, yet somewhat dimmet
by the intervening past with all It's
associations and mutations; but to Il
person who has been absent from th
scenes of his childhood for man!
years, In a distant land, the accidental
meeting of friends. fresh from thOs
scenes, telling Of its people, III
changes, its beauties, and Of man
things vcrging into the remoter realms
OF memory, there comes deeper In
tensifcd feeling which can be full
appreciated from the vivid realization
Of experience.
Thirty years ago the writer assisted
in the building OF some of the house
about Murray's Station, now calle'
Orange Grove. lie had not yet at
tanned to manhood, and was the frs
person to board train at Murray
Station. He cut saw logs and di'
) other work in various parts OF Jack
son county, when Dave Havard wa
| one Of the prominent logging men Q
r that region. Subsequently be wa
e teaching public school in the sam
county, and referring to his first cor
v tract llc 1nds it dated February, lS7:
and signed by Jas. L. Osborne
n County Superintendent of Schools an
10. II. Alley as Secretary OF Board
s Education. At this time the DEM
4 CRAT.STAR accepted and published
= few OF his letters which detailed SON
OF the happenings Of those days, In I'll
o backwOods.
al During a residence OF nearly qua
y ter OF a century in California, u
writer has mee>hut few people fro
= Mobile and no0 4rom the beautif
:, burg by the sea now known as Scral
ton Till few days ago. He vii
Others were engaged In gathering fru
. in an orchard near this city and we
= driven by a rain to shed on u
d ranch. Here opened a conversatit
between him and lady, which led
an interchange Of questions and a
- =. swers mutually agreeable. The lady
: daughter OF DR.. N. Lambert, q VIZ
Al known physician of East PascaRoul
The lady's name now Is Mrs. Havil'
and her home Is now Visalia. II
u ~ brother, J. Lambert lives with MI
A. Hsvllan and her husband. Since o
81 accidental introduction VIC have 9
d. joyed--yes enjoyed, thoroughly enio