Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-11
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 Owing to ill-caff5c.dlated engineeerihg -operAtions. -by~-Mhich- the. n northern branch nt the river by the Fiber is land was deepehed a fey years ago, the southern branch, which skirts the for meg Ghettq. has dried up into a heavy Sdfk df- muddy aandy' and this is. it's normal state, making Git will be un- derstood the island of St.. Bartoloms meo as ridiculous as a swan on land. The absurd aspect of it is the more &C., eentuated because the ponte fahrico or quatrocapi, which unites the island to the southern bank happens to be both the oldest and best preserved bridge in Rome, dating from 62 E. C., and be- ing ,composedfef two bold side arches and a small central food arch. Or rare occasions, however, after heavy sdo@nfa11B, the rfver,. rising in. its wrath, succeeds in 1easserting its an- Iient dominicn, and we see the beauu- sul'bfidge built by Fabricus spanning the waters sent down from Monte pat .tlll11.. tho and Ansciano, Such a rise has taken place, in consequence of ssHhfeh.y the.ss forumss... E | inurdeted by means of the tfoaaesa Max tma, while the foisming yellow flood has reached height of but three fest below the little Franciscan garden e- .onging,to the church of St Bartolosa- anleo. The ancient confessional below that hasilica, dating from about the ayt1 i- 6nt to6 tact, the waters have risen about forty feet, and rain should continue to fall we may witness the Fiber invading the Gerso-and Piazza d dEspanga. Happily. ) change seems to be setting in. 1t was Q',ite fascinating sight the otner morning to see the main, or northern. flood racing beneath the 5ectian: bridge like succession of maelstroms, almost giddying to behold AS usual, a crowd of people amused themselves by watch ing the operations of those who bn such occasions fisb tor driftwcod a3
 INDIGO iN COL oNlAs TIMES
 ==5.z < t< Was Locked Upon as Sort oa Car VI rEHb Sons 4 The colonial ladies were great sdr. deners, and the hours they passed with Aeir frnits and flowers 1aust have been moments of much pleasure in their busy Hives, says Loagman's Magazine. Tn mos. f6E.0us of these ladies was the dan shter of George Lucas, a planter of Carolina, and. at the same time governor of Antigua, at which place he appears. to have resided, leaving. Miss Eliza at home.fs siF,romsaAntigtaaehe sent her all sorts of tropical seeds of fruits and flowers, to try if auy would take. kindly to the soil Of Carolina. Eliza observed certain hopeful signs Withre gard to the indigo, ,and undismayed. repeated accidents to the young plants. at length obtained a good crop. Gov. Lucas was so delighted at this un, looked for success that he sent over an Englishman to teach Eliza the whole process of indigo working. The Eng lishman, bearing gifts, seems to havs been rather sly and tricky sort of person, but when did England eves get the better of America? The youth. full Miss Lucas saw through the Eng l lishman's dodges, (his name was Crom- welD. and .'Gnally obtained ra success full knowledge and application of the complex and annoying methods of ex- tracing indigo" A bounty of Cd a pound encouraged the planting, and through it's profits more children were sent over from Carolina to be educated at home than from all the colonies put together. Indigo was looked upon at last as sort of current coin, and it is on record that when a little boy was sent to school at Philadelphia, he took with Jim wagon >f indigo to pay his expe0seS
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