The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-04

istins came upon him, he took off
web pins and beam" together;
but if a boy took off any part of a
war time loom it was the shuttle, or
yard stick, his hand on his head and
briny tears of repentance rolling
down his cheeks. We made all kinds
Of cloth of every imaginable stripe
and color. The getting the warp
ready embraced tho following particu-
lars: The dying, which was done by
using dyerock, sweetgum and mapole
parks, red oak and laurel, hickory and
wild peach tree, walnut and musca-
dine leaves, coperas and indigo. We
made the indigo mud from the in
digo plant. 1t was cultivated some
what like we do the cotton, and when
the seed commenced to ripen we would
cut and bruise and place in tubs or
barrels OF water and let soak and sour,
then we would wiring the stalks and
get all the sap out Of them and churn
the water in barrel and the set
things, or sediment, was the indigo
mud, which made the finest blue dye
in the world, and it is as FAST as
''Tyrian purple A war time frock
made in indigo color was simply
lovely, and for young rebel lad to
see a Dixie Heha'' thus arrayed,
made him want u new cabin built OH
the farm, and need for the "parson''
to come to our house. After the dye
ing process was over, we took starch,
or Selling, made of meal, tallow and
beeswax, and saturated it and let it
dry. 1t was then "spooled, or run
on big cane joints, and it was ready
for the "wa1ping BARS where the
thread was put in shape for the loom
We then spreadsstne maryland run it
on the 'th1ead leave, next it must
go through the 'harness eyes, which
took whole day, and to boy sit
ting on the bottom side of his anato-
my, on thread beam, all day, why
the sun did not move at all, but if he
moved and did not hand the proper
thread to the good woman on the front
side of the loom, look out for that
everlasting shuttle, which might at
any time fly around like mad bum
bic bee and take you side of the knot
before you had time to discuss the
matter, for | tell you in all these war
time conferences our mother sit as
chief moderator, and they understood
parliamentary rules regulating home
affairs to finish After this event
full period had passed, we next looked
after the ''filling,'' or wool, which
was dyed and quilted, then the weaver
would go to putting in the thread ac-
cordlng to the pattern, or plat. -
They had double harness and single,
and wove double and single sley. 1
saw double wove jeans sell for $40 per
yard in "confed" money. The poor
destitute women would spin and weave
cloth, coverleds and blankets, and sell
them for money to buy bread. One
lady wove % yards of cloth for pair
of shoe feathers. Oh, those brave,
good women; how they did work, =
you could not say of them, as Jesus
did of the beautiful lilies, ''they toll
not neither do they spin.' No, there
ne-er was more deserving genera
tion Of women than ouc war time
mothers, wives and sisters, and tho
they do not get the honor and praise
which is accorded to our old veteran
soldiers, they will live in the
hearts and memories of all good and
patriotic people. some times meet
them precious souls perhaps
on crutehes, their face all furrowed
with the many summers of toll and
patient endurance, their forms all
bent, but they have real treasure of
experience, and heart full of blessed
hope Of that final meeting in the far
away Gloryland.
warriors and statesmen
Have their mead of praise.
And what they do and suffer
Men record
ssBut the slow sacrifice
Of woman's day,
Passes without word,
Without thought =
Oh, boys and girls, remember your
mother while you have mother to
love, and be dutiful and kind, for
every unkind word and neglect will
come back ana knock sadly at the door
of your heart when she is sleeping
beneath the green. We never know
how to appreciate father, or mother,
till call is over with them on earth,
distance lends enchantment to the
view When stood by the grave
of my only father and mother, it id
me good to know that, aside from
childish vanity, never gave them
pain; they did not have to weep over