The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-10
SPRING IN GEORGIA.
Correspondence of The Journal. |

The beautiful Cherokee rose will soon
send out it's sweet perfume to mingle
with that of the honeysuckle and
jasmine. A few more weeks in this beau
tiful country and will be vending my
way north, to again witness the coming
of spring in that section. We are low
enlivened with base ball. The college
students are out in force, and the
! National Boston team is spending two
| weeks here in practice, and are
showing up we'll. The team comes
double, has extra men, and will build
their team from the two, which will
assure them very strong nine.
We had circus here for several days,
and finally it became stranded circus,
but with the help of liberal subscrip-
tions on the part of the visitors they
were able to leave the city. The
circuses here resemble those seen in
the north but you seldom see much
riding under the canvas. With very
few exceptions they have good horses.
We were interested in visit to the
Confederate soldiers graves in the
cemetery a few days ago, and found
some monuments there of which any
city might be proud. The city has a
| large monument erected in the square
on Broad street, which is very pretty
and attracts the attention of all who
pass. One sees very few bronze
buttons in the south, but the badge of
the Confederate soldier is seen vely
! frequently, and that order is quite
strong in Georgia. The badge is some
thing III the style of a Greek cross of
bronze suspended from a bronze bar
The wearers are very proud of them
and take fully as much interest in
their meetings as Go the G. \. r. III
| the north
There are some very interesting
, ling choir in Atlanta Georgia. The
choir is in the Berean Baptist Church
Sunday school, where Rev j. H. Oliver
is pastor, and is under the direction of
the superintendent of the Sunday
school. J. T. Lockhart, who has his
choir well trained. OF the large num-
Der of young men who attend and who
cannot sing. there are few who cannot
whistle, while the majority of the girls
are not afraid to pucker up their lips,
50 in the 301 members of the Sunday
school they have, as a change from song,
a decidedly interesting whistling choir.
I Mr.. Lockhart. derived his idea of a
whistling choir after hearing the pro
duction of the "Burgomaster,' and
ton Before the whistling music was
introduced the pastor spoke on the
sacredness of all harmony and melody,
and of the praise that could be render
ed to God in every form of music
one of the sports is fox hunting ON
lines very similar to those in England.
Grey foxes are hunted, and While the
hounds are very swift the fox usually
gives them a good hunt; but as they
have not the freedom of the red fox of
the north they soon become weary and
if i'll swamp are often killed by the
dogs before the hunter can reach them.
This sport is enjoyed quite as much by
the ladies as by the men.
This is the home Of the razor backed
pig and YOU will be surprised when |
tell you that these black, dirty, ugly
pigs are taught many things, and really
possess a large amount of ''hoss sense.
\ man not far from here has trained
several OF his porkers in his spare time.
Two of his pigs can be driven in light
wagon, He uses a harness, with check
lines and brides, with bits, d neck
yoke and whitfletree They seem to
show no objection to being hamessed,
and are SO well trained that they can be
driven at a gentle trot without baking.
The pigs are very strong and will pull
nearly as much weight with an equal
chance as Shetland pony
Thomasville is a ''local option town,
and of course they do not sell liquor
here, any more than in some Maine
to WIS There is noticeable absence
of saloons and of drunkenness about the
streets. There are some who are sure
to have stimulant, and in the place of
the longed for ''redeye" they buy
quantity of alcohol, which they mix
with a third or more of ginger ale, land
this is known as "a. X" drink more
deadly in its effects than whisky. This
is used chiefly by the negroes, but there
are whites who cannot afford to carry a
choice line in their cellar, and they re-
sort to the deadly "a. X
Florida is already beginning to feel
| the excessive heat, and the past week
| has done much to start her visitors
| northward so that the houses there
| will soon be closing. My friend Harmon
writes from near Tampa Bay, at Bel
lair, that he has found it bit too warm
for comfort, and he expects to start
| north on the 18th of April, arriving
home about the 18th or l4th Owing to