The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-02-19

",S ho1iiihg lor the hoe; for II all the
pio"lng is we'll done, there is no use Of
a hoo. Break out the middle with three
burrows. to make good place to plant
peas. From the lst Of June to the 10th,
is' "good time to plant peas. Proceed
in this manner. After the second plow.
ing, run a shovel furrow in the middle
OF corn row drop one bushel of peas
TO every eight acres--say nix to ei ght
peas to hill. You can plant 'sixteer,
acres per day, and will use two bush
els tor each plow w--cover with har-
row.
Third anu last plowing-pair your
hands, one to si'le the corn, and one to
S''e the peas; the hand that sides the
corn VIII need twenty-five inch sweep.
right hand wing well up, and it should
run close to the corn not going more
tnan half inch deep; the left wing
Should be- nearly fiat. The hand that
SIDES the peas, will need a heavy TWEEN
ty-s'x inch sweep, with tho right wing
set at medium height. and should run i,
near the peas, and fill the pea furrow
entirely up the left wing should be up
to push the dart near the corn
Ehls is the last pl''wing, and if well
done, the ground will be as smooth and
level as floor, with not spear of grass
othe 200 acres, nor weed to be seen
lnthe field. In old times, | required
every hand to clean the crop as he went
what the plow !"f., to DO removed
with the foot and hand. From thirteen
to sixteen miles, according to the condi-
ton OF the crop, was days work
Such pine land as mine (some of il
very poor), should average 90 to 25
bushels per acre and wet or dry. if the
work is rightly done, there is no such
thing as failure, as my many visitors
from all parts of the country, will tosti
ey.
M"s#s. D. lilors, I have been toe
MnGlhY III describing the preparation o
land and cultivation Of crop, to give my
rcaa Ions for choice Of nlanurcs. | use,
after long experience, Peruvian Gu
ano, Dissolved Bones Land Plaster and
Salt, and have them mixed at home.
wish the Southern Culttvator was
IN every mans hands 1t would pay
good dividends.
Very respectfully,
DAVID DICKSON.
S"rta. Ga jan 9Th, 1868.
Fearful Scene in q Be '-room--A Robbie,
Shot to Pieces.
The hope is frequently expressed by
parties III interest,"" and especially by
the ladies, that the sneak-thicves who
are occasionly detected crawling
through peoples houses at midnight in
search Of spoils, will get ball holes put
through them. 1t Is the very general
desire OF The houscholdcrs that these
scoundrels shall come. across fellows with
pistols in theil hands, and who are moi
afraid to use them. Here is an item
which will delight those people who
have been w;iting and watching to learn
OF these dreadful villains" getting shot
A few nights ago Smith aud his wife
went out to- spend. the evening with
Jones and wife. They returned home
at Il late honr, to find that, while Biddy
had permitted tho fire in their bedroom
stove to 6" ont, shc had kept up the fire
in the Crate in the sitting room; and
willie Mrs. Smith dnllied short time in
tho genial atmosphere of the sltting-roon,
to arrange her toilet for. the night,
Smith, who'was rather sleepy, went on
IN advance to their bed room, IN stairs
Smith was im excellent humor, having
beaten Jones at q game of chess, al
though Mrs. Jones lad aided Jones tc
take both his castles and check mate his
king twice; and he was engaged l.,
whistling tune-that is, If the rather
uncertain sound Smith makes when he
FUCKERS his lips and blows, or blubbcrs
can properly be termed whistling a
tune. But this is not musical crit.
cism.
Just as Smith was entering the room
and was preparing to light the gas he
espied the legs cfa man under The bed
Did he cease whistling? On the contra
ry, he rodonbled his excrtions ssand al.
though he felt his hair rising on his
head, he walked squarely ont of the
room, getting tho glimpse of the robbers
hat as he passed out at tho door! His
mind was made up-the villain should
not be taken from under the bed alive
Fastening INTO an adjoining room, he
graspel his revolver rom the sidcboarl,
and returning to his bedroom, he rushed
IN and fired at the figure under the bed
--bangE bang bangI until all seven
shots were emptied out of his revolver,
and the room was all ablaze and filed
with smoke. His wife,, innocent of the
situation, and just getting ~ glimmer
through her little sleepy head that prob.
ably her husband had been attacked by
robbers and murdered, rushed fraptically
up stairs en- dshabilt, screaming most
frightfnlly, and terrifying the children,
who were suddenly awakened, and who
put in first treble screeches TO their
mothers second 1t was sorry ram,-
ly group that met Smith on the thrcs-
hold of the paternal bedroom as he
came forth, the smoke rushing out after
him
His wife's JOY at beholding him alive
was SO great that she had nm almost If.
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