Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-15
Down In Old Mississippi.

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thought I would write letter
for your paper.
On Nov. 23rd Mrs. Miley and
l left old Toms Brook for the
Sunny South. When we left,
we SET no time as to our return.
Our trip through Virginia,
North and South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama was very
much enjoyed. The hundreds of
cabins with no windows in them
was quite a curiosity to Mrs.
Miley. All along the route
ones eyes were kept busy trying
to grasp the objects so different
from those of the Valley of Vir-
ginia. Seeing the cotton fields
with the -colored people picking
cotton and occasionly big hamp-
ers of it on their heads was a
sight. We landed in Pascagonla
on the night of the 18th, got
lodging with a family by the
name of Nelson, who runs a room
ling place and it was very nice.
The next morning we took in the
town, went out to the beach and
before getting close to the water,
Mrs. Miley thought the water
was a large body of land, some
what OF hill.
| About noon we got a train for
big Point. which is Is miles
north of Pascagonla. Mr.. Scott
lmet It's at the train and directed
lus to his home, where we are
now camping and we are doing
lnicely. This is a great country
Ebut one must have grit to stay
there. The country is not devel-
Hoped and makes it look rather
blue, but I believe it will come
alright.
| One of the first families to put
oranges here, which was five
years ago, has results this year.
This party has a small grove,
(which will bring them at least
Isl 100000. / never looked at
anything more beautiful than
these bushes las it were) hang
ling full of the golden fruit, and
have been eating oranges same
las the Valley people would eat
apples. When you 60 up against
this proposition it is going right
into the pine stumps and this is
1.-THE part that takes sand on the
|craw. Mr.. Scott, however, has
forty acres practically cleared.
fOf course there are drawbacks
here as we'll as every other place.
The big storm in July cleaned
|up all crops, except what few
Ioranges there were and strange
Ito say storms don't hurt them as
Ithey hang very tight. hard to be
cut off.
have been busy most of the
, time at something, picking pea
nuts, banking young orange
trees. burning stumps. catching
rabbits, &c. There was a fellow
come to our place selling fresh
meat, we'll l bought some beef
and now think it was fattened
ION pine roots, but we got rid of
1T, all the same, so | decided the
next fresh meat would be rabbit,
made some traps and have had
some fresh meat sure. catching
two in one trap in one night.
Now your readers can figure out
how this was accomplished
Went to Sunday School last Sum
day and oh my how different
from the Sunday School at home. |
After Sunday School we were in
vited out for dinner. which We
enjoyed very much. On Thanks
giving day they had a school |
fair here, and big dinner at the
school building. They had ex-
hibits of fruit, sugar cane, fancy
work and even rattlesnakes.
When see the thousands of
acres of land here not being
ised, and then think of all the
people In certain parts of this
country OF ours trying to live on
little spot it seems very strange
o me.
However. let me say in all my
ravels (Which have been limit
ID there is no place to beat the
1alley Of Virginia to live in. /:
'eople are coming and going all ]
he time. Two parties just ar
ived here in autos from SYRIA :
use, N. T., another family from 1
Washington State, and most of q
lie people right around as are :
rom Indiana and Michigan. +
Veil l must bring this letter I, 1,
close or somebody might get s
ired. Before closing. however. :
want to say they have a Mu- i.
1al Telephone Company here. n
ssessment $3.50 and they have =
,me sort of connection with the d
- which / c0a11d mot mite ,,u.l I,