The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02

Rev. l.. III. Slime.

tending limbs Of my friendly elm
| shall be loath to leave its shade
| The elm is famous tree on thi:
New England coast 1t grows te
an immense size and its limbs seem
to have a passion for length. Oliver
W. Holmes put in much Of bis
time few miles from here living
with the elms. He always carried
tape line to measure the girths OF
these long elms.
While referring to the New Eng
land Elm, may as we'll write a
sentence about the beauty of the
| flowers on this North Coast. The
holly hooks, dahlias. geraniums and
sweet williams up here grow no lar
ger than in Mississippi. but they
shine with "A brilliancy of color,
have never seen before and which
excites comment by many visitors
to this coast country. The spark
ling luster Of the flowers is said to
be due to tie salt air in which they
grow and glow.
In connection with the bright
ness Of the flowers, the lustre and
length of the twilight must be
mentioned. The sound of a cannon
announces the setting of the sun.
II is then nearly an hour and a half
unit, the last glow passes. The
evenings in consequence of this long
after glow of the setting sun are de
lightful. The reader will remem-
Der that the twilight at the pole
lasts for six months.
The streets Of Gloucester. like
the stars, are a mystery, in that
they are without apparent order
and arrangement. | cannot tell
where they begin or where they end /,
nor can | tell which way they run.
Like the paths in the sky these
streets were marked out by the
Hand of Nature. and the eye of Ma
ture invariably sees the beautiful.
Like the sky paths, these Gloucester
streets will never be initiated. 1t
would be impossible. Any sort of
mechanic who knows the differ
ence between circle and a square
and who has skill enough To use
compass. can lay out an Illinois
run straight and whose crossings are
expected to form right angles. ]
have found all the geometrical
figures i'm the Gloucester streets but
the right angle. 1t is no more to be
found in the plan of this city than
i'm the sketch nf a beautiful woman ;
face. The other angles are on every
hand. This multiplicity of obtuse
and acute angles. turns and bends
and twists in the streets give a
picturesqueness to the street of the
city one seldom sees; and the ma
tural beauty of the city is indescriba-
ble by this pen.
The streets of Gloucester are mar
row but neatly improved. My
| opinion is that an improved mar
row street is preferable to- muddy
weedy, wide street. The cost of the
original improvement is less and al
So the expense of repairs. 1t Is
pleasing to the eye to see gang OF
street cleaners out with their brooms
sweeping the streets. Street dust
is confederate of diseases. Clean.
| illness is said to lie next to godli-
ness, and cleanliness is a thing
of pleasure, beauty and health on
the street as well as in the home.
The oldest residence in the city
was pointed out to me the other
day in which some unruly darkies
were confined when Massachusetts
was slave State. The time came
when the skilled workman was re-
quired then the incapable negro be
came an improbable servant and
the law of industry compelled him
Ia 60 when the scientific tanner and
the skilled laborer are required
for factories and the farms of Mis-
sissi ppi, the uEtechnical darkey will
be displaced as an incapable anG
Improbable worker. There is n,
sound reason To my mind why the
technical skilled and scientific mar
should dominate the industries O
Mass. AMI an ignorant negro with
a hoe in his unskilled hanG
should suffice as the lalorrr of Mis-
sissippi. The critical man for farm
and factory is bound to come to ou
South land. and the sooner the bet
ter. Why should the technica
man of Mass. make the money ou
of the cotton raised in Miss?
Between Gloucester and Salem,
distance Of sixteen miles the pub
lie highway is not only antidust bu
il lighted by electricity and | an