Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-04-28
EARLY Recollecticns oil
Oxford.

that So charmed the gsllants o;
chose days that they fell at tn
ieet of Of their lady loves and
asked foe the same again 0.
another just as good. (The word
eHcoF- was almost a stranger
thsn.) Walking down Main street
either roeth or south any night,
there could De heard floating out
on the air. 20 Lily, sweet Lily,
dear Lily Dale" again. I've
Something Sweet 70 tell you. bu;
the secret You must Keep" and
again. sweet Ellen Bairc. and
who did rot know II kissed Josh
and Josh kissed me, As We went
oobning around" 20. doa't YOU
remember Sweet Alice Ben BOlt?'
and star Of the evening, Beau
tiful. beautiful! Star" NELLY
Gray" Among the comic songs
~ aad. There was an old mig
ger whose name was Ned Pos
sum up Il gum stump. co1ney up
a hollow. ""kyah. kyah. kyai.
gal from the Sohth. the hair upon
her head vas 50 tight. She could
not shet her mouf. Root hog
% die" THE blue tailed dy,
''Jordon am a hard road ID trao
bet" "Poliy, put he kettle on. -
&c. For instrumental pieces Ne
had. Robin Adair.' "ROad 70
Boston" Fishers Hornpipe."
Come haste to the wedding &c.
There were plenty more Of
somewhat higher grade but a boy
of ter or twelve years - wss.
would not likely be impressed by
them.
I suppose counting was done IN
those times pretty much as now,
out I'll declare do n0t believe
hat the boys we're so long abou;
getting themselves worked Up u
the popping point. Il seems 70
ne to- ;hst thay married much
younger then than TOW. Young
men anu young ladies' did not
BOW with sueD cFinginc sycO-
phancy 10 the tyranny of fashion.
ard hence their money went in
their pockets instead Of on their
backs, and this enabled them to
save up something against the
marriage hoU-- ADDED u this
was the fact that as I'll Dsrtie,
lived il a style strictly becoming
their means. ard were Wiling to
remain 50, young men were not
50 given as now TO saying IN
never marry till | can support a
wife in style becoming her sta
5io- II life
Let ne morales 4 little Just
here 1t IS downright FOLLY, in
excusable folly, for young peo-
pie to expect to begin married
life where their parents left of.
Start a. the bottom ard climb
Ike true man ard q true wo-
man. IS the true plan. and most
nearly ins1res success. | have
personally known men wLo owned
twenty or thirty slaves, and ye;
lived in log houses, ami their
every day clothing and that OF
their families were largely home
spun, hose home knit. shoes and
boots, quilts, sheets, counter
parss, cOverlets, blankets and
towels all home mzde. And
strange TO say, they seemed u
ne % have as much or more tire
70 visit then than nov. TaIlors.
shoeEakers. sadcIa.s. harness
makers, furniture makers. Ezgoa
makers, DC, were in every toxr
OF i've hundred or NOE irhzof-
tants, and often 70. : fsx OF
them. In 1855 there x-s 10, A
cooking stove - every I'VE Ezui-
lies n the state The poor PEG
PIE felt that they were rcr ssle
70 buy them. ana the ricn people
had plenty OF cooks and diE no.
Eee1 them. But let ne Just wis
Per 70 yoI that there never was
=1ca ha.f poae corn bread. corn
Zhs bread, biscuits, batter cakes,
Gap Jacks you know. fried
chicken ard oaked turkey. such
as our mothers used 70 Put on the
table, prepared by their own fair
hauds.
Young men and young ladies
Of Oxford, if ever you meet one
Of those old queens Of Southern
society who ruled n the days
OF yore," stand with uncovered
heads, for such grand women do
not live now, and never wiz again.
Chan slug the subject abrupt
", L was about the year 1853
when the business house known
as kenneday & Wilkins, changed
hands, and with il came a change
OF business. Mr.. Chas. Roberts,
who had just moved into town,
ll.ed it with a stock OF books and
stationery. | suppose il is the
only store Of the kind that has
ever been in the town. Tr was a
purely a book store, but filed
with everything usually found in
a book store from front to rear.
Ii was full width and at least 60
feet long, and every shelf in i;
was full of books. In addition
he had a news stand, where the
latest and best magazines and
periodicals could be found. This
was the second building from the
southwest corner of the square.
In this connection | must not fail
10 mention q store which came
into existence about the same
time on the street Leading from
the southwest corner to the Uni