Year: 1868

Il


feel as though | had began q new existence


one which prolongs q mans life at least q
month longer than town life, from the fac,
that In the country wo first hear the nsv,
about month after you have forgotten IT.
and not unfrequently never hear it. If igno-
rance Is bliss, as to what is going on in the


political arena, then we are happy people


| DO not know whether the great mogul al


Nashville is alive or gone to Heaven; OF


whether he Is Governor or President of the


"best government the world ever saw" So
called; nor do trouble myself about 1t, so


long as can realize the fact that al am mon
arch of all I survey, my right, there is none
to dispute, from the centre, all round sedge-
field, am lord of the fowl and the brute"
Except my neighbor rs large herd of hogs,
who seem to claim preemption rightly l
have magnifcen. prospect Of an abundant
crop of blackberries and persimmons which
creates liberaliiy in my feelings and induces
me to proclaim-Hol all ye who love delic-
iops fruit, como and regale your fastidious
tastes in the proper season.


rfind myself among people whose pecu-
liar habits of life can almost imperceptibly
adopt, as they are congenial with my own
nature. Here every one attends to his own
business. Here any person may ride mule
Or 60 afoot or cross ford on stills; veal a
stovepipe hat or 60 bareheaded; wear shoes
or 60 barefooted wear roundabout jacket
or o pigeon-tailed coat as seemeth best in
his own eyes provided, always, that he does
so at his own expense and does not offend
against good manners, and assure you be
will not disturb the equilibrium of his neigh
bors or the community. Here too, may
gratify my appetite with viands of pecu-
liar taste, and which carry me back in my
recollections to the days of my boyhood, the
days of auld lang syne, such as saur kraut,
schnits, knepp, noodle soup, liver worsht and
onions. and nobody turns up their nose at
the mention of those names. Nor does the
eating Of these time delicacies give
offense to the delicate olfactories of the most
refined and fastidious lover of chitlings. The
land here appears to be composed of any
quality you may desire, from good to indif-
ferent. As general thing it yields surpris-
ingly. No better tobacco, corn, wheat, po-
tatoes, melons, &C., can be raised anywhere
than in this county, and in large quantities,
proportionably to the number of hands en-
gagged; for they are emphatically working
people. Old and young, men, women and
children, work in all the necessary avoca-
tions of life, and go did their fathers before
them. Labor is esteemed alike honorable
Individually and to the State. Mothers teach
their little hands were made to work hence
kid gloves are only seen at meeting on Sum-
day. Sensible mothers, pillars Of State
There never was comparatively much slave
labor used in this county; hence the Amer
can citizens of African scent, are few and
far between, nor do believe that disfrau-
chised whites feel their loss. They, the
people of this county, seem to have passed
through the great transition from slavery to
freedom, so-called, without a jostle, and
without being overwhelmed in the general
confusion. As like the practical man travel
ing on the highway, when his horse dies, he
slings his saddle and bride across his own
back and continues to prosecute his journey.


can hear continually Of the praise Of
Robertson county whisky and of the many
distilleries, yet it is a strange fact and ap-
pears almost paradoxical, that notwithstand-
ing it's far famed for quantity and superior
quality, sold Robertson" is rarely found in
families as beverage-and yet more rare to
meet an intoxicated person. Perhaps this
proves the old adage to be true that Doctors
seldom take their own medicine. Cider,
however, is o common drink in its season.


The principal denominations of Christians
are Methodist, Cumberland PreSbyterans and
Baptists, and the double injunction handed
down by Moses to the Jews is most strictly
observed by the population generally. That
is, they work six days in the week and do all
that they have to do-and judging from the
number of saddle mules hitched around the
meeting houses and Others, they rest from la
Dor on Sunday, or the first day Of the week,
the Lord day or Sabbath Of the New Testa-
ment. Happily for these people protestant
priestcrait has not yet reared its repulsive
head, nor infused its virus among them. AS
might be supposed, the soil is not congenial
to its growth. The foul spirit of sectarian
bigotry and exclusiveness has not yet been
able to stalk abroad in the social walks Of
life and ALLEVIATE social ties, nor 10 interfere
with the transaction of business life, nor has
any over righteous mother as yet ordered
her son to return goods he had purchased at
gentle store, with the positive command
that thereafter, he should purchase goods
only at Brother IS as they belong to her
church. May the Lord deliver this people
from such pernicious influences and pharisee-
ism.


In political point of view, this county,
as you know, like every other county in the
State, is whitening under the bligbting in
auence Of the vilest despotism once free
people were ever cursed with. 1t presses
like an incubus upon prostrate body. II
hangs like cloud Of gloom, black pail
over the liberties of the people. slow long,
oh, Lord how long, "IIide us with the