The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-25

coming in, 1t is steadily increasinB III size and by the fall promises to have an extensive roll or active anu ehthu- siastic members.
 Refuseeing in Alabama During the War.
 Raino left a widow with two cnii- dren in 1860, I made my home with my father, Colonel James Word near Rome, Ga. The year 1S6s was to me one of comparative peace anu eoinao' ns ? ? after the thrilling experiences pl years visit in Mississippi Then came inc necessity for our moving, for the Nynrthern army was steadily coming nearer. My father had been signer of the ordinance of secession Tn Seor, gia. and knew that imprisonment anu confiscatfon awaited him when tuo
 srn,v sho,.ld reach us. For this req son we had to leave our comiorlsDIe W home to go among strangers whom we found very primitive people. And primitive life we led
 Tn inc winter nf 1863 my father set ont Id hunt a refuge where the Fed eral army was not likely to md us, ana finally selected q place about ts,epty-fve miles southwest of CDlum- hus Ga. in Russell County, Ala. rms was very secluded section, where eew cabins had to be our dwelling houses. Father bought q farm here, ana also a plantation eighteen miles further down. Early in March we pc gan our pilgrimage. With much oli- 6cuIty father chartered car, and LOOK our furniture. wheat, and other heavy
 articles, while my stepmother, with her
 1A-vear-oid son, her married daughter
 with two children. one 6-weeks-
 old baby--I with my two children, our
 focks and herds, wagons and negroes
 took up our line of march Tor the
 promised land of peace. We were
 three weeks on the journey, Tor or
 course we could travel no faster than
 inc large droves of hogs and sheep. to
 ssy nothing of the young calves that
 seemed to come nightly. Our devious
 way led us through some dangerous
 country, and we had many adventures
 and some mishaps, but managed 10
 have some fun, and never had such an
 appetite. ,,
 dren in a buggy, my stepmother and
 her daughter using the carriage. Late
 In tha afternoon we would drive ahead
 to select a suitable camping place, with
 fields or lots for the stock, place for
 our camps and camp fires, and plenty
 of water.
 The carriage driver made a huge fire
 ready for the commissary wagons and
 cooks, who followed as fast as pns-
 sible. Then came the pitching of
 tents, the spreading of hay or grass for
 our beds to rest on, and last, but by
 no means least, the eating of the hot
 supper, consisting of hog meat corn
 In our case-from sweet potatoes.
 dried. roasted and ground. with few
 grains of genuine coffee added. But
 dc not remember enjoying a meal of
 any kind or anywhere so much as those
 eaten, standing by or sitting on log,
 out of common delf plate and cup,
 and later cut of tin. for by ths end
 of our journey everything breakable
 was broken. (The china was sent in
 the car).
 We had an amusing experience once In taking possession of what we
 thought was an abandoned home. We were very late in reaching the place, and were delighted to find lots for the stock and houses for ourselves. A
 spring was found. the usual bonfires lighted, and supper was in course of preparation, when a lank boy came rushing breathless upon the scene. and said he was most skeered to death" when he saw the fire from Dads" where he and his "old woman" had gone house was on fire and was much de- lighted to find it had only been taken possession of by movers" l found plank CT puncheon missing beside my | he'd. hut was too tired and sleepy to care. In the night I missed my baby and after an anxious search found him under the floor. was more careful after that. | Because of the rough country and peopIe. we could not allow ourselves to ! get far away from the caravan. but Isometirnes because of my few responsi- Ibilities in comparison with my mothers. | [ drove ahead, found a good spring, or l gained some point of vantage, loosed my horse and let him uibble grass while my children ran about and rested from SO much riding. Not infreqaently | selected our camping place, but after ! a breakdown when some distance from fhe others. I was not sc verturesome. | We were a mile or more ahead, when a hin boldine the body of the buggy to | tha wheels was lost and the buggy dropped down, spllling the children 1 over at the horses heels. and almost | foIIowed them. They scrambled out unhurt. but badly frightened The lit- | tIe girl began running back and | screaming for Lewis, the smith she had seen mend broken wagons nad 10 l leave the horse to care for the buggy, uhiIs ran after my little daughter. and we turned to find the boy toddling I after us. screaming at the top of hts | voice When we went back, we found 1 ina ola horse standing perfectly still. ana I soon duieted the children with 1 soras sorghun. ginger cakes, and fairy l storias There was nothing to do but
 yysit for the wagon train to come up, | when the pin was replaced, and we went on our way rejoicing.
 1 Al last we reached our home. so lcalIed. but of all the many places iu