The whites were often in great straits.

Parched corn was used for coffee, and a kind of black molasses was used instead of sugar.

Many times nothing was used to sweeten the so-called tea and coffee.
The first pair of shoes that I recall wearing were wooden ones.

They had rough leather on the top, but the bottoms, which were about an inch thick, were of wood.

When I walked they made a fearful noise, and besides this they were very inconvenient, since there was no yielding to the natural pressure of the foot.