The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-30
WITH AUNT BECKY,

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CoId-CarA Pl0nGiRs aAd Cen
ana Cr&ws-A 03Iltinw Party
Ashley Horne, the CoaFeAer
ate Veteran. Aunt Kecky'sl
ChOice-An Infamous False
AO0d In Regara 10 the South!
Fishing PrepArafiems-PeEsoR.
al MeRtlon.
Correspondence Of The Esbesoniaa.
The balmy breez=s have again
returned, after the little furry
of snow aud sleet which came
as a surprise to US last week;
butt vas sach gentle, good-aa.
tuFed little affair, that it depart
ed leaving no Vestige Of it's brief
visit, though we were very un-
easy ia regard to the fruit until
an examination afterward proved
it to be unhurt.
For 4 whole week past the
plous have been idle on account
Of SO much rain, but today the
ploWmen have resumed opera
lions, and all hands are getting
ready for corn planting. and /
think the crows are getting ready
too, from the way they are cav
lag" around. Not long since I
heard an intelligent farmer dis
cussing crows, in connection
| with tn ar alleged habit Of pull
ing up corn, and he belives that
they are after Esome insect Or
worm at the rsot of the corn, - as
he says he has often seen the
grain left gu the ground where
they pulled it up. and that the
insect would have killed it, any
way.
I had a quilting" party yes
day and several of my good
neighbor ladies came in to take
a hand and we had a pleasant
time quilting and talking. We
also had one gentleman in the
crowd, to keep the Squire com.
pany, and be kept US all laughing
with his witticisms.
| Che of the ladies' present ask.
led me which was my favorite
candidate for Governor, Craig
or Ktchin. Said I, neither one,
but Horne; that l had always
been, was now, henceforth and
forever in favor of the old Con
federate soldier, aud the worthy
Intelligent sons of the soil, nj
| though l expected that CRAIG
would probably be the success.
full candidate, and no doubt eth.
er of the three would make US
good Governor. But the time il
swiftly passing that any position
of honor Or remuneration will
be longer sought by, OF conferr
ed upon, the heroes, of the COS
and the younger men might val,
and bide their time.
I was reading last night in Nc
Clure's- Magazine anarticle from
thefery pen of the late Car
Schurtz, to (which ourattention was
called by our daughter, Mrs. Ohm,
stead, who had read it, and found
statements therein which were
new aud startling, and she want
ed to know il they could be true
the chief one Of which was thai
Jefferson Davis and other South
ern leaders we're implicated in q
plot which resulted in the assas-
slnation Of Lincoln. I told her ]
had no desire TO read such an in,
famous falsehood, but she insist
ed, and I did manage to get
through with it, though my ia.
dignation Waxed so hot that /
was tempted to throw it down,
as l once did Uncle Tom
Cabin" Chat product of North
srn fauaticism) after reading
only a few pages of it. l never
knew before that Mr.. Schurtz,
entertained such hostile and I'm.
fair settlements toward thGSeuth.
gave him credit of being NOR
Just and honorable. In this mag.
azlne article, among other far.
fetched and erroneous things. he
actually tried to condone the
tcowardly, shameful, and afro.
eious act of placing our fallen
and helpless Chieftain in mana
eles, an act that will go down in
history as deatliless shame and
disgrace to a civilized nation. I