to him, but to their surprise he kindly said that he knew it had been a
bad year. His crops, also, had been ruined. He loaded up a little, but
left them enough for seed another year, and something to live on
besides, and drove most of his wagons home empty.

For twenty-one or twenty-two years on the anniversary of that fast day
all work has stopped, and a fast as rigid as the first, with special
religious services, has been kept, and on June 21st a day of
thanksgiving. On the first, which is in February, they ask for God's
special blessing on the seed about to be planted, and on the work of
their hands for the year, and on the day in June they praise the Lord
for what prosperity they have enjoyed in the past. It was my privilege
to attend both of these anniversaries this year. I found the people
earnest, intelligent and _strictly moral_. These people appreciate the
American Missionary Association and her work in their behalf. It would
be long before they could themselves sustain such institutions as the
Association has placed among them, but they are disposed to do so as
rapidly as they become able.

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A VISIT TO UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.

BY J.W. HOLLOWAY, OF TURIN, GA.

(_Graduate of Class of 1894, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn._)

On a hillside near a turnpike,
Just a mile or so from town,
In a double room log-cabin,