. Highways and byways of the South. basket; the other, a boy, carried a pail, andin these receptacles they were taking butter and eggsto one of the/ stores, and would exchange them forgroceries. Nearly all the small marketing of thissort is done by the women and children, and theyare very apt to go and come on foot. We had to pass through a bit of woods, and ina hollow among the trees we crossed a little stream,and the children pointed out a pool and said : Thatsthe baptizin hole. That thars whar they baptize atthe Hardshell Chuch, an they make the water deepenough by damming it just down the
. Highways and byways of the South. basket; the other, a boy, carried a pail, andin these receptacles they were taking butter and eggsto one of the/ stores, and would exchange them forgroceries. Nearly all the small marketing of thissort is done by the women and children, and theyare very apt to go and come on foot. We had to pass through a bit of woods, and ina hollow among the trees we crossed a little stream,and the children pointed out a pool and said : Thatsthe baptizin hole. That thars whar they baptize atthe Hardshell Chuch, an they make the water deepenough by damming it just down the branch a littleway. The las one to be baptize hyar was BeckyBrock, what they call Sis Brock. We had passed over the stream by a log adjustedfor the purpose. Small streams were numerous in theregion, but whether they were trickling rills or creeksten or fifteen feet broad, no means were provided forcrossing them save these log foot-bridges. The logwas usually hewed off flat on the upper side, and some Among the Georgia Crackers 107. ?^:^*^^ •? A Foot-bridge of the longest and highest footways had a slight railingnailed on one side of the logs. Adjoining the bridgewas always a ford where saddle-horses and teams wadedthrough ; and these fords served very well, except afterstorms, when passage was frequently impossible forseveral hours. On the outskirts of the village I one day stoppedto speak with an elderly man working with three boysand a pair of mules in a wayside cotton field. —that was his name — was doing more di-recting than actual working, and when I greeted himhe desisted from his labor and mounted the rail fenceto visit more at ease. io8 Highways and Byways of the South Whats land worth up in your beat ? he inquired. I gave him an estimate, and he said : The best landwe got hyar wont sell for more than fifteen or twentydollars an acre, except some slopes suited for peaches ;those being as much as fifty dollars an acre. Wontyou come over to the house
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