The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-10-05
The Abuse OF Yitles.

The Augusta Chyonicie and Sentinel
makes the following observations upon
the lndiscriminnte custom Of a6ixing
titles ts0 Pvtn'io uiuii:
Nearly every person one meets in the
street nova days is o Colonel, and the
rest are Judges aud Generals. In the
South we are greatly given to clapping
titles TO persons names, aad John Phe-
nix's Western joke Of the rnan who. when
leaving :. crowd of strangers on q steam
boat wharf, by calling out "good. byo,
Colonel" received yolley Of take care
of Yourself, ole fe.," is peculiarly appro-
pirate " thi: seclion. The practice han
been carried 70 such IN extent here s!sce
the war that senoible men, really having
right to titie, have grown disguised
and begged to let it be dropped. NOta.
bly,, General breckenridge, when trying
Il cause at Lexington, after his return
from Europe, requested brother lawyer,
| who spoke of him as General" 70 call
him simply ".Mr. Breckenridge" II
titles were confined to those who had
some right to them, or if the rigb: titles
were given, it would be bad enough, for
in this country NO many men have held
Office of some description that the streets
of every city are filled With military he
| roes and civic dignitaa+es. sI}lJ bad as
that is il is infinitely worse when we re-
| fleet that fully half the men who respond
TO the call of Colonel" were never in
! the army and that nine-tenths of ,Iic
Judges" were never OH The bench. Men
are even promoted regularly a. if regular
soldiers. Weprotest that we have known
men starting among US plain Mister who
rose by regular graduation to be Cap.
tains, Majors and Colonels! Every man
who is at all prominent ut the bar is y
Judge, every man who runs for any office
no matter how insignificant is H0nora.
BILE, and every man in anv walk of life
ut all well known is Colonel. A man
who once has title always las title.
IL clings to him like II burr to sleeps
wool, and there is no getting rid oft, no
inntter how annoying or inappropriate il
may be. On the other hand occasionally ly
man misses IL title justly his due, and
enough stnnding To make seed. Barley
Should be sown thick, say three 20 five
bushels on good land, lr.,s OF pooc land.
There is no end, in fact, 20 thc benefit
derived irom q good, viynrnus pa.cll OF
barley during the whole winter. For
lnilch cows netting i; beer than an
hour or two daily on the barley patch.
II wtii give rlcn mix, AMI plenty Oi IT.
The calves will keep int on it also, and
in"y have their .urn Of an hou' or .wo,
after the COWS are out. 1t is needles, to
say how shee; will thrive on it, and how
convenient a help il is for ewes u:.er ihe
lambs begin 10 come. Poultry OF all
.nd' will pick UP Il deal o. flesh and Fat
from the barley pa,ch, and the best
Christmas turkeys in Ike world are l,osc
.Ikcn frrsh from IL ;angc in which they
have grdcn barley {, picI. The yellow
fat will lie III wads on the brc,,ss and
rndef Tho wings, and the mcmcry or i. }
rrh l'+~ and flavor may bc cherished for
week, after.
BY all mcans SOW Il barley pach in
rich land. But do not pasture i. IN wet,
rainy days, because the soil ard ihc crop
will be greatly damaged By Tie tramp
ing. -Erchanye.