Show GEORGIAS CHEAT SWAMP A no mans land where fierce wild animals make their home atlanta journal down in the wi where the stately georgia pine mingles with the Bp florida magnolia aea the great en amp larger in extent than any county in georgia and in wild desolation the dismal swamp of virginia no white man baa ever tray ased its hidden receive rec eise and even the untamed indians when they ri amed unmolested the broad savanna hii of it as a daod which the prat spirit had made to tremble under ilia carte the fieh and game BO abundant and varied poi daod but little attract on tor him and lie preferred the open plains and the w aters of the Al tamaha the alapha and ahe fatiha when the ardian had disappeared and the lards were divided out among the chies no ap caton was made for chii wilder nets no one v anted it no one woud have i and hence it came to be regarded ai no maasland mans land it is a dense swamp ai ble as the junelea of ind a where ahe pine and the cypress and ahe maple and the black gum a d the tupelo are clad with the dark gray ano e and around their ilia rl abot rattan the clambering bim boo the deadly poison oak the running fos grape and the thorny touch me not twist and cling and climb elnara of rank growth and gnarled roots of the sun palmetto and tufts 0 luxuriant wire grass aubria a hiding place tor and scorpions and spiders when the undergrowth under growth is cot BO denie near the margin of the watta the fool fall of a man or aca t daliea the earth tremble for half a dozen yarda in every direction and baill nearer the quagmire quan mire bi comes so li elding that in the espreo native it would beg a blanket rn alie waters huge alligators al most as langs largs as their cousins of the nile lazily float about watching for their prey and it la abundant for trout and pike and jack and bram the best fish that fever cwm swarm in the waters like on the pains the fisherman who bas the hardihood to wade through mud and elieh and face the weird well as the growl cf the anarand cry of the ft wildcat is more than repaid with a acla no longer ban a buggy whip a lico halt its eneth and a few n eilf bours work will secure a bount til dinner and any man w ho could not appreciate a half dazen of those bream nicely browned flanked by a gopher loaf and two cups of steaming coffee ought to ho taken up and sent to school lie is not educated through the hummon hum mok the b rs have made winding paths nd along the margins of the lales the other sides are numerous wading about in the shallow streams the lonc necked crane and alie don colored indian pullet without much ex secure spona limb of BOTIC overhanging cypress the watches for a choice repast the bald eagle ft ith its eight foot spread of wiep soars above the tree tops ready to swoop down upon the rabbit squirrel or fawn in some hollow gum tree the frisky cabs climb up and down waiting for the old she bear to bring back the sweets from some bee tree lich she has nosed out in thia vast jungle the roar of the thunder sounds booder and m re terri uc and the flash of I 1 he lightning seems more lurid and destructive woe betide tha luckless adventurer who loses his way in this tangled wildwood and B compelled to pass the night here to the horrors of darkness and unknown danger are added the most bloodcurdling blood curdling sounds the hoarse monotone of the bullfrog the wailing cry of the catamount the of the beir disturbed in slumber the cracking of the canebrake under the tread of the enma the mournful hoot of the owl and the de sparing of seme animal eliat has fallen a victim to the wildcat are enough to freeze the blood and whiten the hair but ahto are some islands of high hummock on the where the soil is rich and sugar cane corn filax seed cotton rice and sweet potatoes will grow in great perfection there arp indications that a few hundred feet below the surface there are immense coal beds there are books of high arable land which make info the swamp many of which are inhabited these nooks or inlets of high land are called cow houss the name was given to them because in the old time when the country beyond the was pir sly settled the pioneers who owned large herds of cattle were accustomed to drive them into these inlets where they could find abundant pasturage and one man at the par or mouth of the inlet could guard hundreds of heal of cattle from straying off from the walker cow house the writer has seen men with as ruddy cheeka as ever seen in the mountains and they claim that it is a healthy as any part of georgia the people there live in a primitive style making an abundance of everything that is needed provisions and fruits of all kinds at rare intervals they come out of the cow to purchase their salt coffee and tobacco aad to attend their church mc mcging should a stranger ever enter cow house he is entertained like a princa and urged to return they are a bit hearted people and the rights of hospitality are backed among them sanitary aej now the sanitary man has commenced war on thi barchers batchers bat chers whites big hog ranch on the U P flats is abolished another unburied carcass of a cow has been fnnnk and uncle john horrocks will ariee and exi lain to 8 31 P diphtheria and bevera arc on the deep s keeping of hoga on the business broils will soon be prohibited first district court but little business was transacted in the farst district court yesterday yeat erday november 1 the case of mary brooks vs dameg ivarson an action institute i to clear title to real property was put on trial lotice abanil the members of ho ogden city broy band are requested to meet at the hall this evening at all are expelled to bs present WM loader |