The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10

him as il was for Alexander or Ma
pOlenn tn overthrow a kingdom.
The boy on the Southern farm was
taught to ride horseback, TO swim,
to hunt, and to perform all outdoor
sp rts, which made him healthy,
rendered his body firm, and gave
him a graceful, manly bearing that
The young of the present day have
never acquired.
L + me describe the great or white
h u-e as the mansion of my fathers
plantation was called Ii had II
rooms The parlor was "a feet
sqpare and the room above il was
tor c, mpany and had three beds.
And the other rooms we're about 10
feet square and had from one to two
beds, 40 there WAS ample room TO
Accommodate a great deal of O m
pany. This honse was destroyed by
fire when the Federal army passed
through this section in 1865 When
bhO4O "O0AO 10 0A 0ES' 1HAOA IA 10
religious meeting in the fall of the
year / have Reen one hundred people
assembled at his house, and on such
nocasir n pallets would be made in
the gin house on cotton, and the men
and boys would be sent there TO
sleep. For a week before ouch an
, OCCASION preparation would be made
80 inter tain the crowd A beef, pigs
and sheep would be kill d. turkeys
dressed and old bacon hams boiled
30 feed the CUES s. Every planter
raised his provisions at home and
there was always an abur dance of
something to eat, When 1 looked
down the arena and saw the grand
cavalcsde, some In carriages, bug
gi, s ard others on horseback. was
ready to exclaim:
THE CRY is still they come. Our
CASTLES strengh
Will laugh a siege TO scOrn."
On every plantation there were
immense orchards Of apples and
peaches and the farmers made their
o Rn brandy for home con umptiOn
Wine was made from a little black
wild grape, called the fox grape,
which was made by putting one gal
In of brandy with three of the
grape Juice. Wine made in this way
has more body and u finer flavor and
is more healthful than when made
with sugar In those day it was
customary for the brandy and wine
TO be placed upon the sidebOard, and
everybody was invit. d to take a
drink before meals, and then repair
TO the dining room, and eat an
ell Ormous meal like Julius C8sar,
when he paid a visit of q oncilement
TO Cicero, as a compliment to the
host. One such spread as l have
seen at his house would put me into
bankruptcy He was noted for the
bluff ooTdiality of his greeting when
he invited you into the house. There
we're no airs, no pretensions and no
mannerism about him, and when you
entered the welcome was so gracious
and cordial, that you at once felt at
home and were free TO remain as
long as You pleased. He delighted
in company and is was his greatest
pleasure to invite them TO his home,
for he knew shat it was an equal
pleasure for his good wife to prepare
something good to eat for them.
Uncle Carson was the carriage
driver and was the a~ristocrat of the
plantation. All the other negroes
looked up TO him with almost as
much respect rs they did to their
master. He was thoroughly honest
and during his whole life I never
heard a charge OF any kind brought
against him. He was n of my
mothers negroes, and 1 never heard
her say an unkind word TO him in
my life. he was her pet and, being
older than she was, she respected