The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-05-19

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selves, at all events not the faintest sound
could be heard afterwards. all was as still as
death in two minutes and Il half. 1t was in>
tended to scare and not TO hurt, and effected
a good purpose, miss is as good as q hit,
sometimes, and better. Let rs have peace
A QUESTION OF MEAr.-Shan we have
beef regularly. spasmodicaily. or not at al3
This is the question. In common With 9TH
ers who have suffered, our mind has been
seriously Of iate-infuenccd by depressed
condition of the stomach-dwelling on the
ideaof protesting against the scarcity Of
beef. and just as the point is reached and
beyond which our patience could not carry
us. there is brought % town. blue>bellied
yearliRs Since then. somebody's OK hath
suffered and is gone the way Of flesh. and a
neighbor brought staltfed 10 the sham>
bles, from each Of the latter we bad sup
ply, the one through money. the other
through kind regards. This is not the
question, however. only so far TO show that
the stomach being fortified. We are more
determined more strengthened in our pur-
pose to cry aloud and spare uot-on beef.
An anecdote is told of negro who had po>
tatos for sale. and who shouted his roots 50
loud, that an old lady of same co'or, called
out to him as he passed with his CATERS"
Say, Mr.. Baxter, you needn't boiler so
Ioud, everybody knows you has taters.'
"Do dey," said Mr B.. stopping for one
moment his battle cry. ''do dev7 tank de
lord then .dat's what rs crying for, TArERsr'
The rel:ef-sexsonable though It vas-af-
forded by those two pieces above mentioned,
can't stop the cry-we want beef, and not
spasmoiically. but regularly.
If the men now engaged in furnishing it.
or who blew such promising notes some
months since, cannot face their Town music,
let them retire either finally. or into Sec
ondary position. Seriously, shall q town Of
the size, population and importance Of
Newberry. 60 to dinner for weeks aud
months, without heef? We hope not again
H sisters of Columbia, Charleston and
Augusta must be positively shocked to hear
that the first piece of fresh beef brought here
in two months OF more, was Is :or 80 10
to the quarter blue.beuied calf! Not enough
to make soup for the town, m uch less fur
nish steaks, chops, roasts. e.. It's horrible
and uuendurable. There is far more need of
q good beef company. than a sugar mill
company, and yet the latter we must and
will have Like oases in the desert, occassiou>
ally we have shor: provideutial ration some
farmer ends his yearling in ditch, heels
over head with its tongue protruding and all
hands Immediately skin the unfortunate. the
one horse and cart are. put into Eequisition,
the defunct is brought to town and the pub
lie stomach hath bio. or some one has q
gentleman cow too old for further use, and
that comes In as part, or some darkie is
attacked by somebody's cow and in self-de.
fence he Stays the enemy which boo'ed at
him! here again Is some beef. These in>
stances are given TO show that We are not
always beefiess or friendless. But one OF
these accidental or providential windfais
have not happened in two months, and in
that time the town has gone to bed hungry,
woke up in the same condition aud has had
to ask It's friends home to dinner on bacon
and bread, twice thirty days and nights,
while waiting on The regular caterers. Is
this condition of things 10 last till the cows
come home, or until stock cau be bought
without money aud sold at ten cents per
pound? To obTiate this, let US start body
corporate and polite. with president of
aldermanic stomach and small capital, who
love,h the flesh. pots, ,:and must either work
or starvc Let Newbcrry have beef com>
pany. Perhap, some of her country rela-
tives-Laurens. Edgrfeld. Lexington and
Others further of, will start US with scrub
o. two, or, let some cotton planter stop rails
ing the feecy article aud try his hand on
beef. We must have beef oftener than once
in two months.