Richland beacon., 1875-10-09

FIoYD. Ia, &sp.. 21.h, 1919

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Mfs%IS. Ed.t0r,:
We promised ,pn,e n.h.t more S"h- .
Sfonfiol, OF at least more rn.'r.aininE
than the last, but fear h,| vi. fail
below the common staud..i. We
don't think much "naW-a-,.dyS: "'c
don't visit on: ncighbora much
hence, are hot cAi.i'ara;cd by the
customary Lud-ct Q. Mime. GrunG":'
IN fact we dont and time 10 do any
ding except mone around home and
;ry 10 keep of the chi.is.
MesSrs. Editors, We have passed
through some OF The scourgcs OF She
age; and after Witnessing the uni
vcrsal gloom Of such periods, we
shrink ins,inc;iveiv from reaction
oc;hat experimentation the shadows
Of disease and death settled heavily
around and about Ea-pormcatin@
alike tie palace ana the humb!GSl
co.taac. The ma,.:;al !cycro ut thc
prescD: season ;.cG scarcely less
, ,car"h,"g and 'ri@e-%prcad than those
terrible epiicmica. Indeed, it tvividiy
reminds one oi those dark days when
the destroying angel smo!e The land {;
when no b'ood-S,I ta'a on the j,1tCj
, protected the favored inmates. True,
I these .cvcrs are no; 80 tGjuj; yc:, Us
thca, whole families are often stricken
!, down in a day; and when so fortunate
! as to take the fever in detail, all the
t convalesccnts are needed TO nurse
f those just entering the sick list. Iou
+ see we arc car'iopci: we are btt6JIcd;
we are canujtI; SO how can We write
n you anything of graphic sketch !
r We hesitate. lest under the influence
II of an optical dclusion our rord-
pictures should be decidedly jiuc.
- But, be they blue green, or Of any
/. other priSma,ic quality, we shall
attempt to forget the grievous burdens
of sickness, poverty and bilious Stu-
i, pjdity, and look only upon the bright
:. points Of the situation and the availa-
< ble means for its further improve.
d mentS.
,e Messrs Ediiors. the people Of the
O. "Macon Hills" have much to be thank
Sc ful for. First, We should be Thankful
IS that we are situated above the great
~ u, food which SO laie V swept over tht
m broad fields of our iow-land neighbor:
n, and destroyed, in many cases. tn,
ns labor of the whole season. Secondly
p we should be thankful that the sol
= has Welded bountiful crop. not only
in of our specific staple, but all thos'
or things which make up the sum Of gOot
3 country living, viz: corn, potatoes
- meas. &c. These latter articles hav,
,ro this wear claimed larger proportion
2 of time and attention than heretofore
= and this change will corresponding.
cheaper the living Of another year
Indeed, we are firmly convinced thi
m experiment of increased home produc
ri ton for home use will prove the be
is, ginning of a new era for the goo
o. people of this locality-one whc
will place the farming interest on
firmer basis than ever before. This
of step in the right direction sti
od. there arc many more before we sta
lice arrive at a comfortable independents
seal under the "ac,U regime" We fea
-, Gu many Of our good old people ncvt
is. will be recOaSi "uc'C3, or even acron
md modated TO Il; but will continue, lir
rec "Lo.'s wife," to look back at wh;
ed, they have lost; forgetting that ii
,.S present demands rcdoubled effort, an
,he demands it with seriousness whiC
Et- involves the future OF this posteru
y Mcssrs. Editors, the Southern pc
Of pic have perhaps been justly conside
% =, ed ignorant of the science of tinan
in as we'll as personal economy. Pos:
cial blv, this is because Nature has bet
he'd so lavish in her gifts, as to do avs
,;n oe with the necessity for the clio
,uch @ management so persistently adher'
ien- to in other latitudes; whether this
egu- q certain climatic influence, or
combination of both has moulded t
,.o 10 Southern mind, the fact remains. v
hole had as well gracefully to acknowled
free it. and as far as possible, remove Q
be deficiencies in this regard, cy learnt
'"'ed lessons of thrift from our Northt
'' frierds; who, as people, iustincti1
comprehend aug question Of dottt
and cents. BY untiring industry a
fully attention to the subject zoe may teai
during our slow exodus from ba
II OF rnptcy, TO cGasel all useless eTpea
',, INV tures, and thus, by the natural law
/, ex. sequence, we will have finally &C
naia. pleted the equation Of "liabiltticS a
assets" Indeed We may hoprfi
mons predict, i'll the decades TO come. a
ea,cd .o~ we have wandered, sOre-foo'cd
5 and weary. through the tor!y-yc
aphs, acknowledgements OF this political wi''
wings, ness, we shall emerge from il Il az,
ms MS and perhaps a better people. |;
"a. mains for us to "work out our
met. 6estinv"-;o domonstra'o 20 the w
cards, whether we are compc'en; to o
postal come all ohstaclc5-and, from
catn,' very ashes of our desolai"l home;
,res Of arise and assume oar places by
, and side OF other cCHcaStGH raceS;
N the whether We sink jyaOm;aio9siB
fa's'"n oucred by the force Of c,rcIns'aT
'''' sink to the level OF dumb DIR
nee or caitlc;" to The oIothful hab;t:,
Inn.led plodding existcnec of The inf
race: finally ,hlo,,ing the page
,apcrs. II;,,- iii .br h;doou.; drama
regular -. p,o,;,,,,-
which IiaHu Va ..
prepay tissue cannot he 'I"ue" "''"'''
, peri laboring CLASSES Of the TWO races
weight, is a struggle for supremacy, "
in IL. - decided n 81 E.roDe
office 0''' u 80 n,