The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-07-07
Southern ''lndeptndenst"

halIon3 dtI&uRoE3 you b6em 10 Dc
going to market I"
eyes, sill, am."
"What are you oarrSing that plow
along for ~
"Going to send it to Pittsburgh"
To Pittsburg, in Pennsylvani {"
"You're mighty rights 1am."
"What arc You going to send it
there for - -'..
"To get it sharpeped.'' .t. .
GAIL the way to Pittsburg to get
sharpened 7" ...
"You betl We've starved our
blacks NTH out be pulled up stakos
the other day and went to Texas"
"Well that's rather a novel idea
my friend, sending plow 90 far to
got sharpened."
"Not 80 novel as you heard it
was. Wo do our milling in St.
LOUIS"
els that so ~ ....... .. ....
"You're right it is. We used to
have a mill at Punkinvine Creek, bat
tho owner got too poor to keep it up,
and so we turned to getting our grind.
ing done at St. Louis"
"You don't mean to say you send
your grist all the way to st. Louis
by rail p
81 don'ts say nothingla5out girls -
we haiu't got no gris to send. But
get our flour and meal fromS St.
Louis"
"I see you havo hide on your
wagon" .
eyes our old COW died last week.
March winds blowed the life out'n
her. Sending her hide to Boston to
get it tanned"
Gall the way to Boston g. Is not
that rather expensive, my friend
The freights will eat the hide up" =.
"That's faot--oleaner than the
buzzards did tie old oritter's carcass.
But what's the use bein' taxed to
build railroads 'thout you get the
good Of 'om Used to have a tan.
yard ovor at Lickskillet and shoe
maker, too. But they're koraum-
muxed."
"Keraummuxed--what's that Z"
"it means, gone up tho spout-and
twixt you aud me, that's mighty nigh
the case with our State"
"When do you expect to get your
leather 7"
"Dou't expect to git no leather at
all-expect to get shoes, some day
madeat Boston or therea bouts"
tsIlather a misfortune to lose a milk
COW, my friend"
"Not so much misfortune as you
heard it was. Mopstrous sight of
shuokin' and nubbinin' and gettin'
only 3 quarts a day"
"What are you going to do Tor
milk Z"
"Send North for it,"
',Sond North for milk :"
eyes, concentrated milk and
Goshen Butter"
"Oh l see tho point
"Mighty handy things these rail-
soads-make them Yankee feilere do
all our jobs for US now--do our smith.
in griudiu', and tanniR, and ohuru-
ill.,"
81 500 you have bale of ootton."
"Yes we 60 our bottom nickel ou
cotton. Sendin' it up to Massaoha.
setts to got it carded, spun, and woye.
Timo'll come when we'll send it there
to DO ginnod, then we'll be happy.
Monstrous sight Of trouble running
those gins.'
"Thnt would be rather expensive,
sond cotton in seed"
"No more so than Western fellers
pays when they send cora east aad
get dollar o bushel and pay six bits
freight. Besides as l said, what is
the uso Of paying for railroads 'thout
we use the roads y
You seom to appreciate tho advan i,
tage of railroads"
II think we ought--we pay enough
for 'em."
"I reokcn you fatten your own
pork" .
"Well, yon reckon wrong, stranger.
I got them Illinoy fellers to do that
for mo. It's mighty convenient, too
--monstrous sight Of trouble to.ing
big basketful of corn three timoa o
day to hogs in pon--cspeoially when
you bain't got none to tote it Co." =
"I should think So"
"Thero's one. thug lacking though
to make tn business complete"
What's that :"
They ought to send hogs ready
cooked. Cookin' and preparin' wood
for cookiu' takes up heap of time
that ort, by rights to DO employed In
the cotton patch. Twas sayin' to my
old woman the other day, If We Mis-.
sissippi folks got our cookin' and
washin' done up North and sent by
express, we'd bo as happy as office.
holders." u ~, '.'' 81
"Your horse in tho lead there
seems TO be lame."