Life in old Virginia; a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous . Wind Grist Mill, Mathews Co., Water-power, Overshot Wheel, Grist Mill, Richmond Co., Va. THE NEGRO AND IIIS FORMEPv MASTER 175 those who never before had done a days labor in the field,now took off their coats^ and went manfully to work. It is related that a certain dignified old gentleman, whoheretofore had an abundance of
Life in old Virginia; a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous . Wind Grist Mill, Mathews Co., Water-power, Overshot Wheel, Grist Mill, Richmond Co., Va. THE NEGRO AND IIIS FORMEPv MASTER 175 those who never before had done a days labor in the field,now took off their coats^ and went manfully to work. It is related that a certain dignified old gentleman, whoheretofore had an abundance of servants, and therefore un-used to labor himself, finding his corn fields needed plowing,and unable to obtain labor, determined, against the remon-strance of his tender-hearted wife, to lay his com by him-self. With this purpose in view, early the following morning,he liitched to his plow a young, sprightly mule. About thehour the sun had arisen well up in the heavens and heated theatmosphere, owing to the quick movem^ents of his young mule,he had made progress enough through the tall corn to fati^ehim, and warm him, so much that he was compelled to shedsome of his garments at the end of each corn row. One byone went his garments, first his coat, then his vest at the otherend of the row, then f
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