Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-20
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An Aessnst of w. They Did and saw.
EnfToa q 4sgai TER eoINTYs I1Eslo
IcRAT Cahtatn 81 ers and Lieutenant
White of fson1iaux 81 Of the present Nh.
tional Guards 81 q Jersey, and Private
1 Henderson. 81 ComIflay i, 4th New Jersey
/ Volunteers. that wEs mustered into the
service Of tile United States in April, 1861,
composed Cunning Marty to the foothills
! OF the wonderful Blue Ridge Mountains Of
North Carolina We left Broad Street Sta
ton. PENNSYLVANIA Railroad, at 7.2o on
Sunday morning, Dec. Q, 1900, changed
ears at Washington, ID Ct, for the SSnth
over the Great Southern road, and this term
is not exaggerated, for the road-bed IS per
lection and the train OF Pullman yestibule
cars was of the most modern construction:
the service OF the dining car certainly was
never exeeiied and by the way, the loco
motives have electric headlights, something
/ have never seen North.
There are many heavy grades on this road
and short turns around the mountains of
Virginia and North Carolina, often permit
ting the passengers 70 view both ends of the
train at one time. Arriving at Statesville,
n. c., at II rs p. M, we we're greatly dis
appointed 10 find that the carriage which
had been arranged Tor by mail to meet us
at this place was not on hand. The Captain
at once detailed Lieut., White to the front
and deploy himself as a skirmisher. which
resulted ID calling q native ont Of
bed to rig out a team to carry us to Taylors-
vile, distance Of twenty miles, over the
worst road ever seen by man. The distance
was covered BY S n. that morning, a
good part Of Il by walking, TO keep from
freezing III the Sunny South At 8 a N.
we were of for the quail hunt, marching
four abreast the Captain on the right and
a native tar heel Oh the left, and the the
balance Of The regiment in the middle
Half way up the hin the dogs found the
birds Each man looked at the safety Of
his hammerless gun to be sure that it was
in perfect order Tie command Forward
being given, up wcns the BIRDS Private
Henderson, not being under strict military
discipline, failed 10 wait for the word
Fire, but bIazed away and killed two
quail, causing 50 mach confusion that the
balance OF the regiment missed, mainly
because there were too many dogs and quail
on that hillside Nevertheless, by night
we all had a good bag of quail. Mould
have had more had if not been for the rab-
bits The country is full of them and
caused great confusion among our dogs by
constantly running from some unseen bed
in front Of as. The Captain and Lieuten-
ant sought 10 make the cunning for quail
more pleasant by ordering all rabbits killed
on the spot This was kept up for the first
day, but after that abandoned, as we found
that our ammunition was running low and
it was a loT:g distance to the QUartermaster
train. Private Henderson came near being
courtmalshalesl for lack Of military bearing
and discipline, Iy neglecting his duties as a
quail hunter in constantly asking questions
of the natives ard examining their houses
and the products Of their farms, also for
sitting on the TOP Of mountains inhaiing
level, and milking ordinations about the
wonderful picture before him.
The people Of this part Of North Carolina
are about hundred years behind The peo-.
pie of New jersey. Their houses are
nearly all built Of logs, one story and loft
and the side walls are not plastered Or.
pargets, there being many places that the
hand can be run through between the logs
All are provided with a large chimney
built of stone on the outside Of the house
with large open fireplace in which all the
cooking is done, even the baking of bread
which is baked in a large iron pot by plac-
ing the live Goals OF fire on and around it,
Around this fireplace will gather all the
family, and stranger that may happen
that way viii IL very cordially asked to
come ard sit By the fire. No one shuts
the door. The only door your correspond
ent saw shut among the farmers was about
two inches short at both ends and two
inches too narrow. What passed for stables
for horses and mules are built the same
way as The houses, only the logs are about
six inches apart and have all the appearance
of rustic corn crib that is sometimes built
by jersey farmer The people are very
hospitable, with soft, mild voices, which at
once conYinces you of their sincerity and
honesty. They als very poor, indeed, as
we IN the North measure mans riches, but
their riches ats made up in mild, soft
manner exceedingly courteous, and perfect
with their primitive life
4 orc dies EsA sgiiiu is Hsade costing
about two dollass. The neighb0fs prepare
the body for buItal aad the next day it is
taken to the chuncB, where services are
held, and then Carried to the graveyard on
the hillside N2 funeral director or hearse
is needed.
In politics they are nearly all Republic
cans, the Congressional district, Of which
is a part, being represented by
a Republican, whose residence is in the
village, and from what / could learn, one
of his chief ambitions in life is to buy
more acres. He is said to he very elo-
quent and effective stump speaker. Your
was surprised to find 50
many Republicans and naturally sought to
the cause, aud learned that this
people in 1860 was opposed to Breckenridge
believing that his election meant trouble for
the South and 50 refused to support the
Democratic ticket but gave their support
to Bell and Everett.
Knowing that farm help is scarce in
Gloucester county, we sought to induce
some Of the young men to come home with
us, telling them they could get about $40
per month for seven months in the year on
our Gloucester county farms. They lis
tened very attentiyelv to what we had to
say, thought that was great dealof money
to get for working on farm, but their final
answer was We make an easy living here
and are satisfied.
2. S.-The quail hunt was success.