Mary Lacy Letter, February 1859, Page 2

Title

Mary Lacy Letter, February 1859, Page 2

Description

Second page of a letter from Mary Lacy written in February 1859

Creator

Mary Lacy

Date

February 1859

Identifier

DC0147s: Lacy Family Papers

Text

Mr Banks is also here. They always seem in a great bustle and excitement at this time. Some almost always fail. Something happens here once in a while. Last Sunday, when we were all at Monthly Concert, one of the students rooms was entered through the window, his clothes hanging round the room, trunks, all his money, everything in it stolen. The whole college went out on Monday to try to track the thief & they succeeded in doing so for two miles nearly, but lost it. A negro of Mrs White’s was whipped, whose shoe exactly fitted the track with some peculiarities of half soling, pegs etc. but he confessed nothing. Another was whipped for having a pistol. Poor Barry never got back his things. Our Society made him six shirts & six collars.

Yesterday they caught a wagoner hanging about the woods to sell liquor to the students & some bought of him, so they sent him down to jail at Charlotte. You have no idea what a lawless com-

Language

English