Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-10-19
From The Southern Planter.
HARVEST DRINK.

!Messrs. Editors,-ln former times, my
husband (joEn Damplingl and all our
neighbours. used TO think there was no get
linz through harvest without dnakIus
whi.key. Three black bottles day, be
and his hands used 10 drink; four or hvo
cutters there were. and as many tyers.
They drank an amazing quantity Of wa
ter 100 il kept stout lad OF hlieea con-
srantly agoing with pail on his head.
Twas the icdtr that always hurt them
when they scere bun. They would often
have cralpp in The stomach. and drop
down in the hol sun. as il dead, after drink
ing so much aud then. the whiskey al
ways recovered Them, The wbiskey new
er r lde them fall no. no. 1t gave them
new strength aud briskness. To be sure.
other bad accidenis did sometimes happen.
Cradles and blades got broken. Usly cut
the mowers would give ir pushing to take
the rows from one another. Quarrcls a.
rose OF evenings; and now aud then the
folks ii,r. A mighty heap Of ybeat ssaa
f'rtysr skrncr ncrtt s4rss
field. Aid whrn harvest wus over, tho
Graders were SO broken down, thEt it wss
almost week before they could well do
any other work.
The change now is wonder to.cYery
hody. For three years, johns hands or
himself have had no whiskcy at any kind
of wnrs. Well you would laugh 10 SEQ
how different harvest is from wha, il used
10 be. The folks don't driuk fourth part
Of &c water small one Of The dtap shot
gang brings plenty for them, besides
shocking after TWO good ,yers. No bad
accidents seem TO happen. Nobody has
cranr in The stomach. or falls down with
the heat, as il dead. No broken cradles.
or bIades-no ugly cuts-no quarrnls, or
fights Then. after harvest, the people
IRE all rs fresh. aud ready for oher work,
81. IL they had only been planting peas, or
pulling fodder. Aud The whca, is so much
closer cut, and cleaner so, up, tha, my old
man says The crop turns him out fourth
more than il nsed 10. Gaping jones and
Major Crane, and at lcost dozen besides
in our ncis hborhood. all do like John, and
say the same. The Gaping and he said
the other day. that two hundred farmers
in hIbrmaro went through last harvest
without any Intoxicating drink. What
rhcv gave their hands was builerInilk, or
ino!asses and waller with touch OF vinc-
ear. or plain water.
4 happy change i, is. Messrs. Editor,
10, me. am happy wife now. John
never comes home from cour; cross and
staggering. lie does not 60 security for
any holy unless i, is perfectly safe; ner-
er games. or fights. or falls oil his horse.
The children run TO meet him, not at all
afraid. Add have not dreamt that was
sleeping with whiskey barrel these two
wears. We are all cleverly dressed: the
windows are glazed. the door hung On
good hinges; the fences and farm all in
neat order; very, very different from old
rllnes. And the little DumpliuSs! II
would do your hear, good now to see them
For rosy checks aud healthy, full shaped
limbs. they are match for any body's
children.
do wish, gentlemen. you would tell all
the farmers aud planters who read your
paper. thar the main pointin farming is 10
take he pledge, like my husband and
ucichbors Al least, any person would
say so, judging by the alteration in their
houses and lands, and wives and children,
since they took the pledge.
Your friend
DoRoTuv DUMrLIxG.
=. S.-John says. that he, Capting J.
and five or six others nt meeting t'other
day, under The big oak before sermon. all
agreed that their negroes dom, now drink
half as much whiskcy Of their own getting
as they used Io-don', go TO The groceries
a fourth as often. and don't do a tenth Of
the stealing. For tsays the Capting) nino
tennis Of negro rosucry is for the sake of
whiskey. BY NOT having it ii ary Of their
work. they have los, the relish TOR it.
d. D.
AlJemarle County.
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