. Highways and byways of the South. ^-<i-» ^^2^C-~-^/? ?!iL- J-. A Country Mule hitched on a Town Street IV AMONG THE GEORGIA CRACKERS. I WAS at Crick-boro, a typicalsmall village inthe northern part ofGeorgia. There wereperhaps a dozenhouses in the ham-let, and others werescattered at intervalsalong the countryroads of the of them wereone story in height,and all were of the poorerones had only boardshutters at the win-dow openings. Nearly all the barns and outbuildingswere of logs, and occasionally there was a log the midst of the village, or settlement, a
. Highways and byways of the South. ^-<i-» ^^2^C-~-^/? ?!iL- J-. A Country Mule hitched on a Town Street IV AMONG THE GEORGIA CRACKERS. I WAS at Crick-boro, a typicalsmall village inthe northern part ofGeorgia. There wereperhaps a dozenhouses in the ham-let, and others werescattered at intervalsalong the countryroads of the of them wereone story in height,and all were of the poorerones had only boardshutters at the win-dow openings. Nearly all the barns and outbuildingswere of logs, and occasionally there was a log the midst of the village, or settlement, as it wascalled, were four or five little stores. They had no 96 At Home Among the Georgia Crackers 97 show windows, and were as simple and rustic as theywell could be. Sunrise was their opening time. Atnoon the owners locked up and went home to dinner,and in the dusk of early evening they closed theirestablishments for the night. The stores seemed rathernumerous for so diminutive a place, and much of thetime I saw the lone proprietor of each sitting in thedoorway, as if he was a monstrous spider with netspread, waiting for his prey.
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