The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-09-14
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HUI, ana the MAINS Iildl were otOi ca
away for the big meeting are now brought
out, for the corn crop is good, so good
that every farmer rejoices in spite of the
heat and the bad prospects for cotton.
We went over to Gwinnett last week
and took in the opening of the court at
Lawrenceville, watched the horse-swap-
ping as it is seen in but few places today.
The whole horse swapping process a S 1t
occurs there is more like old times than
anything that can be found. It is amusing
all the time and often borders on the pa
thetic when a fellow gets a horse that
is so different to what he expected to
find. or all the amusing things the kicking
horse is the hardest customer of all the
swappers An old, innocent-looking mule
or horse, tied up to a post, turns out to be
q terror when you have snapped and go
to take possession. He may be dociie
enough till you go TO put him between the
shafts and then turn to cutting up fully
the equal OF any Of the trick mules of the
circus. We watched one old gray that
stood as innocent as could be till they
went to put the crupper under the tail
ana then the kicking began, and never
circus mule did We ever see that could
half way equal the antics. AS he kicked
he backed and the sides OF houses posts
vehicles, other animals and the swappers
themselves caught a lick and it looked like
that he would kill everything on the
ground and then kick his own fool self
to death. 1t is worth a trip over 10 Gfwin-
nett county just to see these horse-swap-
pers.
But hOrse-sWappiaS * not ali you see
or become impressed with. 1t is a place
to see the true Georgians-the Crackers.
if YOU pease-and if those people who
start out TO study our southern sections
fail 70 visit Gwinnett they have lost much
that is pleasing in the old southern char
acter and the sight of a fine country also.
The bloom of health. the crystal streams,
the rolling hills and shady vale. will sug-
gest 10 the observing stranger that the
eIroneOpsness Of the Impressions Of
the south being lit place
ior chills fevers and so on. An intelligent
northern traveller to me once said that
ne expected to find Georgia a sort of
frog pond, and the people with sallow
cheeks and wasted forms-also ignorance
and q ku-klux spirit. GwiInett county
will do away with all such notions the
most completely of any county south OF
the line, and yet it retains the old Gus
toms and is the best preserved from the
hand Of progress Of any section we know.
The roads have not been graded as the
roads OF some counties and you cross the
branches and creeks just as we used to
before the days of fills and grades. I know
that good graded road has a whole lot
10 its credit, but the roads Of Gwinnett
are delight all the way through and all
the time A horse can get water from d
branch a plenty good for people to drink
and grapes and muscadiues cluster just as
they used to cluster and the gathering OF
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Gwinnett.
I really think that the town OF law
renceville has more of the "old south IN
it today than any town Of Georgia. and
this means dignity, a culture and a
hospitality that IS always charming and
very often a great convenience to strang-
ers travelling. The country homes OF the
south we're Just the charming things that
they should have been and the homes OF
Lawrencevilie stand reminders of
these, One meets there a few of the
breed known as the 'old-tine southern
gentleman and the sample IS splendid.
1t does not disturb these homes for trav-
elers to happen upon them. Just as it
was all over the south before the war.
there is nothing thought of seeing four
or five vehicles. as many horses and more
people. There Is just such abundance
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back a blu to Feed horses and entertain
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