Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-10-26
NO. 39.

field is finished. The increase. decrease
and changes are to be noted as heretofore
and let ME ask
18th. Why are The corn harrows thrown
aside, or so ii,lic used that rarely of late
ever SEQ or hear Of their being at work !
have been run 10 very considerable ex-
pensc in providing these and other itnplc-
menls for my farms; and 10 my great NOR
'ificatiou aud injury, find, generally speak
Ing, that wherever they were last used there
they remain. if not stolen, till required
again by which means they, as well as
the carts, receive so much injury from the
wet weather aud the heat of the sun as 10
be uuft for use TO repair OF supply tho
place Of which with new ones, my carpen-
ters (who ought 10 be otherwise cmploycd)
are continually occupied in these jobs
/ Harrows. after the ground i, well brokeh,
would certainly wceJ aud keep the corn
clean with more case than ploushs.
hope. therefore, they will be used. And ir
is my express order that The greatest care
be taken Of The tools Of every kind, carts
aud plantation Implements IN (uturc-fDr
! can no hunger submit TO the losses am
, continually sustaining by ncsecr.
10Th. There is nothing more arJently
desire, nor Indee'! Is there any more essen
lIn TO my permanent interest than raising
oi 1--we fences on proper bitches or banks !;
yc, nolhnS has ever been, in general
way, more shrmeIu!y neglected or mis-
managed; for instead "l preparing the
ground properly for the reception Of the
seed. aud wedding and keeping the plants
clean after they come up-thc seeds are
hardly scratched into The ground and arc
suffered to be smothcred by the weeds aud
grass il they DO come up; by which means
the expense have beeu nt in purchasing
and sending the seeds generally from
Philadclphia) together with the labor, such
as it is, that hos been incurred, is no, only
lost, but taud which is ul infinite more ifn-
portancc 10 ue) sensun afcr season passes
away and am as far from iiie accomplish
ment o! my obcc as ever. mention The
matter thus fully TO show how anxious
am thai all these seeds which have been
sown or planted on the banks Of the dit:bes
should be properly attended to; and the
.
Gun obtain the means for doing it.
l7'h. There is one Thing must caution
you nsuins, without knowing whether
there be cause to charge you with it or no;)
aud thai is not 10 retain any Of my me-
crocs who able and hi to- work in tho
cnp, in Or about your own house, for your
own purposes. This do not allow any
uversccr Ia do. 4 small boy or girl for
the purpose Of fetching wood or water,
tending child. or such like things, / do
not object TO, but so soon as they are able
To work out expect 10 reap the benef, Of
their labor myself.
18th. Though last mentioned, il is no, Of
The least importance. because the peace and
good government Of The negroes depend on
il-end MOI less so my intercs, aud your
own reputation. do. therefore. in expli-
cit terms cnjoin il upon you To reuuin con.
stnnly n home, tunlcss called nf' by una
v"idabe business or 10 attend Divine wor-
shir) and 10 be constantly with your pco-
pie when there. There is no other sure
way Of sclling work well done and quietly
by negroes inr when an overIookcr's
back is turned the mos, Of them will slight
their work. or be idle altogether. Ia winch
case correction cannot retrieve ciiEer. hut
often produce evil, which are worse Than
the disease. Nor is there any other mode
but This to prevent lhieving and o'ncr dis.
orders. he consequence Of opportunities
You will rccoIIcct IlIai your time is paid
for by mo, and il ! am deprived o' ii. i, is
worse even ihnu rubbing my purse. because
il is also a breach Of trust, which every
honcs, man ought TO hold most sacred.-
You have found me, and you will continue
to find me faithful to my parr Of the agree
meni which was made with YOU, Mist
you are attentive to your parI but is to be
remembered, lha, breach Oh one side re-
leases the obligation on the other. II, there
fore, i, shall he proved To me that you arc
absentins yourself from either the farm or
the people without ju,I cause, shall hold
myself No more bound TO pay the wages
than you do 10 attend strictly to the charge
which is entrusted 10 you by one who has
every disposition 10 be
Your friend and servant,
GEo. WAsmISGroX.