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

The Augusta Chronicle and Ssnt'nes
makes the following observations upon
the indiscriminate custom OF athxlng
titles to public men:
Nearly every person one meets IN tne
street nowadays is Colonel, and the
rest are Judges and Generals. In the
South we are greatly given to clapping
titles to persons names, and John Ph9-
nix's Western joke Of the man who, when
leaving crowd of strangers on steam
boat wharf, by calling out good bye,
Colonel" RECEIVED volley of take care
of Yourself, ole fel," is peculiarly appro-
pirate to this section. The practice has
been carried to such an extent here since
the war that sensible men, really having
a right tea q title, shave grown disgusted
and begged to let it be dropped. Nota-
bly,, General Breckenridge, when trying
cause at Lexington, after his return
from Europe, requested a'brother lawyer,
who spoke of him as General" to call
him simply "ur. Breckenridge" If
titles were confined to those who had
some right to them, or if the right titles
we're given, it would be bad enough, for
in this countrycso many men have held
Office of some description that the streets
of every city are filled with military he
roesS and civic Edignitarfes. But bad as
thati IS it is infinitely worse when we re
flectthat fully half the men wbo;respond
to the call of Colonel" were never in
the army and that nine-tenths of The
Judges were neveron the bench. Men
are even promoted regularly as 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 atsthe bar is a
Judge, every man who runs for any office
no matter how insignificant is Honora-
BILE, and every man in anv walk of life
at all we'll known is Colonel. A man
who once has a title always has title.
1t cliugs to him like burr to a sleeps
wool, and there is no getting rid of it, no
matter how annoying or inappropriate it
may be. On the other hand occasionally
man misses a-title justly his due, and
enough standing to make seed. Barley
should be sown thick, say three 10 five
bushels on good land, less on pooc land.
There is no end, in fact, 70 the benefit
derived from 4 good, vigorous pa;cl of
barley during the whole winter; For
mich COWS nothing is be.ser than an
hour or two daily ON the barley patch.
It will give rich milk, and plenty of it.
The calves will keep fat'on it also, and
may have their turn of an hour or Two,
a tter the COWS are out. 1t is,needless TO
say how sheepwill thrive nit and how
convenient a help it is for ewes aster The
lambs begin 10 come. Poultry Of all
kinds will pick up deal OF flesh and fat
from the barley patch, and The best
Christmas turkeys in the world are those
taken fresh from range in which they
have green barley 70 pick. The yellow
fat Will lie in wads on the breasf and
under the wings, and the memcry OF lis
r..ch hess and flavor may be cherished for
weeks after.
Dy all means SOW barley patch in
rich land. But do not pasture it in wet,
rainy days, because the soil and fhe crop
wilL,be greatly damaged by the tramp
ing.--Erchange.