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Mournful Changes

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
April
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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Wc cannot shut our eyes to the changos whicli are goinc on In the Btate of society In the south. They are dlsturblng. A northern man pcoofl down there now, and lo be sure the people entertain witli markcd hospltality perbapsfora week or two, but there was a time when tiiey wouldgetholdof hiin and keepbim with tbem for ayear or two - uuless sooui-r ex cbanged. We can all rcmember thosc halcyon davs on the Mississlppl rlver when men güt uo early and partook of eomcthirig nioist om an emply stomaeb, so as to get thu muximuin amount of exeitement wlt.h toe minimum of liquid, and wlicn a man Invitad anolher to take somethlnp and he refused, the invitrr usuallv diew a duninrer on the Inv tee, anl proceeded to construct an sperture throujh hls system. Nowadavs the deadlv inmilt Is tamely gwnllowcd wlili the liqaor. There was a time in Georgia wlien if you wanled to wet your whlstlc you could step into the house of the uearest friend. and Dot onlv sluit nis evc but turn bis back on ou when yon pourod It out; but last year when :i man In üeorRlawauted tobraceup, before he could satis y the craviiigs of a suflcring stomaili he liad 'to go up a oark alley, burilar h8 way into thu back room of an apothicary shop and make an allMim't that hc was scized Wltli an acute attack of Aslatlc cholera and tviis fast apDroachlng a state of collapsc. I do not want to pose as an alnrmisi, but I teil you the state of society is uecomlná threateofng, umi the roputation of the soulh for hospltalItr is in Imminent danger of shipnreck. -

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat