The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-09-16
far,ner's Department.
nsg- Contributions on practical farming are So
licited from our friends throughout the country.
From the Southern cultisGtor.
GENES Munro Returns to 'Georgy."
MuNRo's XpERIMENTLE FARM,
. GEoRGY. AGsT.

MuNRo's XpERIMENTLE FARM,
GEoReY, Aesr.
Mr. Editur: Havin heap er friends
ont West who take the KultivatOr, and
would like ter know how I'm gittin on
since l moved back to Georgy-paper
bein high, ink pale, and time skase, [ take
this here way of iettin um. all know, 81.
multanus and ut once, (sorter like Han
cock Dixon did his numerous korrespon-
dents)-that is ter say, kill l-2 dozen
birds with this here stone, and let EN- all
know that GENES, Robert, and more per-
ticular Rhody, tergether with the urchin
Munro's, ar all up on end, a goin, and
line in this epissle. hopin, &c.
About Is years ago, Mr.. Editur, tuck
a spell of this "kotton OH the brain' fc.
ver-lingered fur some time under its
depletin effects-growed worse all OF
sudden, and rapidly relapsed inter that
stage called kotton del;rious-sold out
nice little home in Middle Gcorgy, and
tuck up the lines er march with the course
of Empire: Westward, ho that is ter
say, moved Rhody Ann with the baggagr,
&C., all to the prairies of Massissippy,
thrre to grow kotton, git rich, &c. Bein
in Rune, soon furgot Georgy economy
anil acted Roman-Lhat is ter say, went
with the multitude of ms-planters-livcd
high on future spects-drawed heavi
ly ON kraps to be made, and spread myself
to the dimensions of big Planter
Sight and 60 day drafts for ten and TWEEN
ry thousand fur more land and nlggers
laid round lonse-jest practisin in pen
manshp. Everybody wanted all the
land Joining EN- and more two-.jest SO
the darkies' har knked, and he smelt
Affricanus-he war gobbled up by a
$1,000 60 day aforesaid, and sunk in the
mud. Things racked er long merrily,
like the tinklin marriage bell you've
heard about, and we all slep soundly-
that is ter say, whar thar want no mus.
kseters, &c. This generally war in the
spring, when everything looked prom
ising Miss. makes the prettest promises
in the spring of any kountry adjacent to
terry frmus-tarmers all turn fools and
begin kalkatin when kotton aint inches
high, on one and two thousand per "cre,
and drawing drafts akordin. Silver
mounted carriages, stuffed with er heap er
silks, satins, flermagree fxins, and one
or two gals, thunder down the big road
while each passin stump are a bugaboo
to thousand dollar pair er horses, (tcl
say nothin of goat jumpin out er kor
ners of fences) Mobile kompound kom
mission merchants hear the news of glo-
rious prospects above, katch the konla
gion, and hurry up boxes er sardines
barrels er bivalves. or demijohns er g. l.
den s'red juice" "with compliments" and
kongratulashuns then follow soon them
selves. in bran new store klothes, and
high centin perfumage, solcitn 81, Gu
and 90 day advancements, with privilege
of renewing, &c. Kentucky trots down
her two-6fty fop-eared mules, baggin.
rope, &C., ter gobble up these little freely
circulatin billy dous; Cincinnattur pork
and mule bacon take Ell hand in the home
kurrensy. The krib door swings loosely,
wide open. Eight hundred dollar over
seers prance slick steeds (they ar always
fat you kno) down turn rows-put ter
blush 'sour army ut Flanders" hurry up
darkies-meet together at section kor-
ners-swap horses and lies, and put in.
ishine touches ter neighborhood slang
Big dinners are the order of the day
each passin zepher breaks down on your
allactorys with oder of baked turkey,
oysters, roast beef, shoat and sheep, fried
chicken and tripc. and savory chitter-
lings, and you hear the dinner war, as
ehampaine baskits whirl inter battery,
and pop the certain downfall of some
body; and that old aforesaid Red Juice
Whoopee! Well, them are the flush times
in Mississippy, and jest SO kolton are
promisn, nobody kcres kontinenlal
Hopper how lSreashon wags. Belshazzar
would er enjoyed his jubilee hugely but
fur slight interrupshion: so the planter,
when raped in mid summers nights
dreamings--that is ter say, about August
the 1st, when his long cherished hope OF
big krap are almost ripened inter GER
tainty, and few bottom bolls or kotton
begin ter show their feecy whteness-
Jest then, one or 2 rains omes-the l<raw
fish kreeps slowly'out OF his winter
home-the boil worm pulls off his chry-
sails overkoat-kotton lice, katapilar,
army worm, and kompound merchant
(aforesaid) all meet with murderOus in
tent, in helish konklave, and write on tho
planters wall somewhat in this wise {:
'Your kotton krap you expected ter way
in the balances will kone up wantin,