The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-18
Tobacco in History
LN0ERESTINC REFLECTIONS ON VIRGINIA
AND MISy JOHNSTON'S AUDREY" n

destiny that shapes our ends" Fate, not
Harvard, made him a slave.
In most countries this sefsame tobacco
traffic would have built up large towns.
Not SO IN Virginia.
Each planter. II close enough to large
river, had his own wharf, where his slaves
he were too far inland, the slaves must
float their load down the creek until they
reached some head OF navigation and here
II was stored in warehouses.
Plantations were far apart, journeys long
and tiresOme ana danger bcsct the pathway
of the daring traveller. In l1lS Williams
burg was the largest town In virginia and
Il boosted 200 houses, mostly wooden No
wonder Mary Johnston puts these words
into the mouth OF Colonel Byrd, as he and
his daughter, Evelyn, come to say goodbye
to Haward before their departure tor Eng
land: Evelyn Is like David OF old and pines
for water from the spring Mt home ~
also appears that the many houses anu
thronged streets OF this town weary her,
who, poor child, is used to an arcadia calico
London"
II WINS a generous custom OF old England
IN fo,st off upon young Virginia all OF her
snorting clerrymen Bishop Meade tells us
some strange stories about them. One OF
them was for years president OF jockey
ciub another fought duel In sight OF ms
church. and yet another got INTO rouhN
and tumble fight with one OF ms S Ees[rS
M
instIaed himself by n sermon from a teAt
~ Nehemiah, "And ! commended with theid
aud cursed them aud smote tnenl 1 ihe
niuckcd ont their hair Later IA NV
fiqhteenth century the living was held Wy
minister VIGOROUSLY guilty OF an tne Nl re
He used to be seen IN Inc ne. nv ~ to9dy in one
hand while he called to passers-by TO come
in md have a drink. History explains these
dared not show their heads In old England
80 our generous mother country, thinklns
them good enough for, her BABY co,ohiesi
shipped them 70 US ana we LOOK thelu anu
the consequences also. 49, ,s =.
Audrey $ guardian, Darden, seems a
phantom Of the brain, but AGAIN Mary c yohn,
preacher sent over by Merrie Aud England
lie is deep In every vice, aud untouched
Inc the money left him by Harvard for Au-
drey's maintenance and education, letting
her run hnf-clothed, half'wild ana Wholly
untaught for all he knew. a creature Oh
the woods a sprite OF elhard. Just par.
denis Audrey"
And educstiou 10 virginia7 There was
William and Mary university established IN
early times. but where were the schools TO
feed III There were some few private
schools, but no public schools az TINS perloq1.
children to some learned friend or to the
long suffering parson for instruction IN
Englnnd So again Virginia must be re-
sourccful and we md yet another service
FOR the indentured tobacco slave; he Is taken
from the field ana placed In the school room
for the instruction OF young Virginia, who
was calling loudly for schools and when no
answer came must needs take the slave
from the tobacco Geld, where the plants
were growing apacc and calling for cultiya.
tion. and place him ln this human field
where the Young and tender plants almost
ms uncon7oiously were calling for the light
and cultivation.
No ship of Convlcts and redemptioners
over arrived without its advertised list Of
school teachers for sale, Aud some Of these
men were mentally well worthy OF the trust,
We have an account OF one Henry Justice,
| ESQ., Of the Middle Temple, barrister, who
IN 1896 was convicted Of stealing from the
/ library Of Trinity college, Cambridge ~
! Fields Bible with cuts and common prayer,
value f2j; Newcnstles' Horsemanshlp
value flu aud several other books of great
/ value. lie was transported 10 America fot
/ some years and forbidden 10 return TO Eng,
! land on pain OF death.
/ 80 1t may be seen that In our young eoun-