The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-12-03
AGlslEt;I.T.fHeE \ FRAUD.
AN ORIGINAL VIEW.
The Cincinnati YimrS says ::

htH& that ever Tlittcrcu 10 hrGulIe,
an'I IazzIed TO bctray, is aSricult.
ur'. I speak with feeling on th's
subject, tor I've been y'iitcrrI and.
bcsuilcd, and dazzled and Destroy
cd hy. This same arch dcccivcr. 90.
She has made me thousand
promises and broken every one Of
them.
She has promised nc carl y po-
tNtoc$, and tho rain has drowned
them late potatoes, and tho
drought has wiLhored thom.
She has promised mo Summer
squashos, and tho worms have eat
cn them; Winter squashes. and
the bugs have devourcd thom.
She has W omiscd cherries, and
tho curculio has stung them, and
thoy contain living things, un.
comcly to tho cyo aud unsavory
to tho taste.
She has promised stra rawbcrrics,
and tho young chickens havo de-
vourod them, and tho oyo cannot
500 thom.
She bas promised tomatoes, and
tho old hens havo encompasscd
them, and tho hand cannot reach
them. ... ...
No wondor Cain killed bis broth
or. lie was tillcr Of tho ground.
The wonder is, that ho didn't kill
his father, and thon weep because
he hadn't II grandiathor to kill.--=
No DOUBT his Iarly Roso potatoes,
for which he paid Adam 81 bar.
. rel, bad boon out down by bugs,
trcm tho head waters Of tho Eu.
pirates. Ills Pennsylvania wheat
had been Wintor-killcd, and W asn't
worth cutting. His Norway oats
had g0no 80 straw, and would not
yield (ivo pcclss por aero, and his
black Spanish watormclons had
been stolen by boys, who had pull.
Cd up tho vines, brokpn down his
patont picket tOnoo, and writton
scurriIous doggcrcl all over his
back gate. No wonder he felt
mad when ho saw Able whistlinu
along with his Gno French mori
noes, worth ~ q hoNd, and wool
going up cvcry day, No wondc,
ho wanted to kill somebody, and
thought he'd PRACTICE on Ahlo.
And Noah's getting drunk WAS
not ut all surprising. Ho had bc.
como husbandman. IIo had
thrown away magnificent opnor-
tunitios, Ito might havo had q
monopoly Of any profession Q,
business. Had he studied mcdi
cino thcrc would not havo been
another doctor within a thousand
miles to call him "Ouack )" and
prory lhmlly would havc bought
n bottle of"Noah's Compound Tx
tract ofGophor Wood and Anu. DO
lnGo Syrup" AS n politician, he
might have carried his own ward
solid, and controlled two. thirds OF
the delegates in every convention
AS u lawyer, he would havc been
retained in cvory oasp trlod at
the Arafat Qunrlor Sessions, O,
tho old Ark High Court Of Ad-
mtialty. Bnt he threw away all
these advantages and took to az.
riculturc, For II long time the
ground was SO Wet Ac could raisc
nothIng but swoot flag and bull
rushcs, and these at last bccum,
a drug in market. What won,lc,
that when at last he did GOV An!r q
pocl! ct GrAroa that woro not stunp
10 death by JaphoL's honey bees,
ho should havc made vino our
drowned his sorrows in q "Muwing
bowl"
: The fact is, agriculture would
dcmorollzc Il saint. | was almog,
q saint when ! wont into it. In
q demon now. I'm at war will
everything. | fight myself out o
bed at four o'clock, when my bet
tor nature tql!a mo 10 Ito &. i'll ill
se"en. fight myself into the
garden to- work liko q brute, W @,
FnaSon and instinct tell mo to sta,
into tho house and enjoy myscI
, 'ko man' fight tho pigs, lh,
chlckena, the mo!oa, tho birds, tn,
y Jugs, tho worms--cvcrything il
which is tho breath Of life. IfyI,
tho docks, tho burdoci%s, lho mul
loiNa, tho thistloa, tho grapes, tn,
woods,tho roots--tho Whole vegcta
= bio kingdom. / fight the heat, th
frost, tho rain, the hai!,A.iH abort,
hhGA} 'he Hniyerso,and get whirpc
: In cvory baltic. | have no moro at
miration to, waste on tho father @
: !, George Washington for. forgiyin,
y FltheEdestrgetian ofbiso ohcpyjiro6
I AZ cherry tree IL only curouli,
nursery, and tho grandfather iol
his country know it. f / havo hall