The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-05-13
TO the People Of Haiitar County. 1irginia.

III making the toiioWing appeal 10 yOu,
hope that | shall:u be deemed guilty ol
unseemly oiiicioasness. Our armies in
Vrginia are. beyond question, in great
ned Of supplies. Especially do they re-
qaire corn for cavalry and artillery horses,
and meat for the sldiers. The spil O. our
,ounty has been 80 FAR unpolluted by the
rrcad Of hostile fooi. aud We ought to pro.
vide. TO the full measure Of our ability. for
the support Of nar army which so lar, un-
der God, has protected Us. Much has been
June BY our people, but not enough. There
i, unqusstlonably some scarcity. but il is
nnthing like sogreatas many seem to think.
Persons are alarmed BY the high prices.
without rejecting tha, this is owing more
toa redundancy Of currency than TO de-
heiency of iood. Why shauid we look any
trlher ahead than 10 the coming wheat
harvest. which will Commence on the 10th
oi next June: We can very safely spare
rt.ry grain of corn. over and abaye what
i. nrcessrry To carry Us 10 the lst of July,
Prudence in ordinary times is not prudence
noN. It's the climax of prudence 10 sus.
fain our armies. tnr IL they are sanqaished
by famine, the bouuties oI summer aud su-
,una will enura 10 III. benefit Of our enc.
mics, and not to us. and our families. Our
crop Of lri.h potatoes. will be 6t for use
early u Jane. and Ia July the earth will
feem with beet,. beans. peas, aud every
'Arty.getable. Evcnif Providence shauld
deny I" q. bountiful wheat harvest, we
have other safeguards against famine. An
eaormuus crop Of Indian corn will be plant
rd. and this nav be used for bread by the
18Th Of September. after being ,lried in the
,un. Indeed /, usri TO be common saw.
,rg among Us. that II the corn would letch
wheat" that il wauld hold aut 70 wheat
harvest. that there was. no danger. Il !.
tue hat While the Winter cat in this coua.
~. lhe last year sas = mssnifcen. crop,
i'tai sowed IN tile Spring was 1 failure. il
- ais" true that While The wheat was al
airgualty, thr quantity was greatly short.
Bii 4 - equally trae. ti.at the crop IL cor n,
taking all pats ~ the county together.
~, rataer abhsr that Of average yeaes. In
All experience u thirty wears. am sure
iIist have seen twenty worse corn years.
std MT sir better. For our stock We shall
hss" the fruits Of an nat crop bs the roth
IT june. A great breadth of land mas been
snNed with winter oats, and having grown
this crap for the last tea wears. I hate ne.
Yer once met with a failure We ma,
c"ant on u with certainty. and weighing
Tot, pounds 10 the busl,el, are We so differ.
ert ir"m the scntchman, that we could not.
a. ~ emergency. use IL for bread
Ua those ot my brother planters, who
iiks myself. are kept al home by age or in
afa'iiy. and sh" have inglorlously slippe.
- between two wars, without seeing &C.
I've service ~ either, IL is peculiarly H.
esinbent 70 bestir ourselves IN this harriet
&c work Of supplying our armie. with sub
sr.irnee. Let us put our families on th,
DEMONSTRATIONS. and make i, a point to sen,
10 our soldiers every thing that ab.oIut,
cIisieace does mt demand. In 1917.
tnns Il was. during great ,learth IN Eng.
iisd. must af the nobility and sentry i
'-e kIngd0m determined 10 nse no bread
81 their tables and the tables oi their ser
ssn.. They lived well an pata,nes a.,
nsrr vegetables. They were actua,rd b,
motives u charity Ca charity We have III
sided Impulse ot patriotism. An hon.rr,
iitvad 81 mine. nov 30 mUre. the late Capt
Painicr." Il the Suuth of Dan, told me tha
~arn yonih he VISITED a wealthy nan q
! ~. nrighburhood. Tie sal down 10 Dime
Slh quite large family Of sans an,
d,as,irf,. Tn the centre nf the table wa
tiaerd huge smoking wnnden tray 0
b'a'k.eisd peas. gsrnished with ihre
sss'l bits of bacon. THIS was The DINNER
her'hg The meal my friend sentured YER
'fntily 10 ask for piece Of bread ili
s"st .aId. OF rather reared 10 him, Youn
van. when We eat peas We eat peas. whel
weeat bread We eat thread this is pea day.
sa~. my friends. let Us prove that patriot
'n eaa endure ss much as ayarice. an
Il ,4Al lnra nf cnnnirn ill i.a.I - - !.