Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-02-17
Early Recollections Of
Oxford.


very uaat aumeufuuah'e bu'H-
inr carried b. 90 The -unarr. =
.t tHwu iaaitE -uulb. enf wreia
abnt tie Iolr With "a ur-r I'd
eh1rH ai '-Iurrhuii 81 office. Dr.
wu-t have required tHH FOL ftfrrn
mrn tu carry e. core uIeif tl.t
turned over neal ,tery hI.il-
ing in town ul thar kui Cat aH
49, ba Is. even thc h.au ifai onp
belonging Go tii.- '''it pig hu0.
Two young law students. one
uf them since "a G.. 3. senator.
and the other member ST eor-
gross. had ~ otfir,. some distance
te.lN the Old g. D. Church.
They Were Duih brilliant ana fall
of ri-chief KNOWN. tre.r rcpu.
t1;uu Tor tb" latter eu,litv e-.
p-cir.iy. they had printed Boo
splendid capitals over their door.
Abandon hope al yr vino ENTER
here. The greatest fauit Those
rasraiiy college boys had was
stealing chicken. 2 beard one
1T the stewards sons say that on.
. night his father apnlusizei tp hi-
b1arIers. ~ least 80. thnt he
had 900 chicken f1r them. the
country people had 4uii bringing
them 90. Neat muriing bee found
ih- yard alive with them. The
boys decided they Gust must have
chicken. Dear uld Uncle Billy
Mcmahon was steward Tor a long
time. but IL Wa in the time ~ hi
successor that the above auspi.
Gus event occurred. I think his
name Wa Clayton.
The town boys wer, ~ better.
Their hvurite pa.iime wa o.
take some gr-enev out nu dark
night ahn.r -crstchcr hunting
Fhgy sai. u -uips hunting in thi-
country. an us familiar game
viii unf describe d.. But ~uf.
tre 30 o. -av tnaf when 90, fll-
bowling namrl bHy- went .ui igr
i4a. tines glt al they wanted.
Port. ke.r. and oscar g sia-.
sam aud Ni.tag Tasmp- lu. ~.ia-
aud .ief' Cook. .Nii au Th..ilr.
Barney Henry Hoary. Io" ana
Wright Wyatt. John ard sam
fIni-a". Pins aul Nar-h rr,gg. .
Jtm ~heegps ant iim ifcadel .
oscar Fades Ma seq Thompson.
Garner feau ard sni Harvey
ttrafavr-. ma-t aaf unt from
tat~ ti-t Pat .itu aud iaek KEN
H,dy. Bob. Charlie and Gabp
Su'uHer> sam anu lHuy tax. T
A=a. irvs ard l1n kinv. Tom.
hn aHj Charlie Waed. Nathan
ami RlI-y Wuriey.
: les e taem died before the
var. out must 81 them answered
proudly .liers Wueu tle.r eoan-
icy eated. mat, capital soldiers.
4ui not "a ieW q 5hsm sealed their
yaiiy g. the sunny Ssu.h with
'HeIr Bia-1a
he those a.l times tiuher was
F.~it.fIi, hut nal W.sc .aree. f
fire -eil Wis f.ea. ami wasttor
farming paid better than milling
r o. 3. the farmer seemed 90 think
= pscssliy Those vim mad the
salitsi. rhey preferred Ito
make cotton % buy ni-sers t.
make more elton % s4v more
nisger-.' Hence lumber vas 10.
very cheap. remember seeing
Sea. mill 20 Hurricane. ithey call
81 It Harriesue them. ana there
Na- another aeout j. ms .e- north
eg-:, a-d the wrli known ~hivee
mis- come IL lr = miles -a-; Of
town. MOI few 81 ih. farmers
mad q great deal ~ tAesr plank
-awei - haEi using thr old
fashioned ship saw \ great
.lrsl lf the timber vas perfectly
strait grained, sui Or careful
splitting. ag a'd 8e pit In
halves, aud Dy a little hewing
maize very -lpi ngae To- the
negro caen-. eaFu -ri-s. cotton
pass. and vi.eaf bins & Everv
nssiy then raI-el his own wheat.
corn AMI hogs. IL Wa unt an
uncommon thing in ho- killing
time % see - or - hogs Or even
more hanging up ready Ia Or cut
up aL4 -alted away; OF course
thi- vas Oh the larger farms.
Nobody sept Als ,nokehause in
Illinois then. Bigger's mill. f
Nswcli's mill aud Others ground
their wheat and corn aud better
biscl.i. batter cakes, and half
paue eJru bread never went down
a man throat. twas not gene-
faliy considered tae clean thing
90 have the kitchen ia the house
e % could be- avoided, and il gen.
eta.ly could be Ia was from -
q ~ Or - feet away. But the
black nanny was IA her glory
there. mo white folks around
botacriu, aud her loud shrill
voice could be heard a quarter Of
a Uiie singing, sometimes alter
mating with a loud scolding Of
th- pickaninies who would get in
her way. often emphasized with
some vi tlie hardest spanks You
ever heard. The COW pen. the
hog pen and the horse lot were
all from 10 10 $50 yards away 80
that no doors Of any kind could
reach the big house. :" This Of
course WAS more frequent in the
country than in the town, and vet
the wealthy kept it up very we'll.
! remember - We'll a yesterday
where all those lots were owned
rs that grandest uf grand men,
nf. I-om, also Wendell. Sheegog,
Brown. Ra~coc. Conkev. the