The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-05-10
LOCAL ITEMS.
Flour rises now without yeast.


night. @@aan'.' .a.ss
The leaves of the forest is not yet
half'grown. 'aaa.s~. e..@
Garden vegetation looks promising.
81 TheE wood buying season ie over.
Lct all llsrejoico. ''"..' ..'.
81 Another refreshing rain on Satur>
day, The gardens and upland farms
wefo@beginning to necd it. .~"
Al Our jailer must feel little lonely
without that singing with which he
has been familiar for several weeks.
=, Red tape has proved TO be potent
Bower on the office door of the State
Capital. The practice is spreading.
a, We will take "strawberry' in ours
every time. The nectar of the gods
was never more delicious,
The treasury of the Easley Town
Council is plethoric with 'greenbacks.'
lis Golfers have had recent accossions.
The recent cold snap has not hurt
the fruit or even the tenderest vegita-
tion. Although frost was plainly vi~
sible in favorable places.
Mr.. H. J. Lewis. who lives almost
under the Blue Ridge, has Irish po~
tatocs as large as hons eggs. This is
the largest we have heard Of We
could speak moro eloquently concern
ing them if we could see o few in our
sanctum.
The young man, who officiated in
tho Sunday School in the morning
and was seOn in the still house in the
evening, never drinks any spurious
liquors. The still had been removed
some time before.
Notice TO druggists and storekeep-
crs. I guarantee Shriner's Indian
Vermltuge to destroy and expel worms
from the human body, where they
exist, if used according TO directions.
You are authorized to sell it on the
above conditions. David E. Foutz,
proprietor, Baltimore, Nd.
"wih golden muzzles all their mouths were
bound"
@Grcenvlllo is terrified at prospective
hydrophobia. 1t is instant death to
overy canine found at large without
"Imnzzle." Tho city fathers act upon
tho oldproverb, that San ounce of
prevention is worth pound of cure"
The following property was sold on
s"loday: Five lots at Liberty, of which
No. l3 brought $50; No. 30, $40; No.
AZ $50; No. 48, 500; No: S, $15.. Sold
as the property of S. M. Holcombe,
and bought by w. Fl. Holcombe, OF
Atlanta. A tract Of l15 acres. the
property Of Isaac A Durham, at $500,
and1bought by w. A. Clyde. Two
lots in the town of .Pickens, belong>
lngsto' A. r. N. Folger. at $25, and
lot No. 8, belonging to Andy Bowen.
at $35, and bought by G. T.. HoIlings-
worth. Banks land, 254 acres, at
$780,
mPlanting is progressing. There is
considerably less area planted in COT
tenathan in previous years, and a great
falling off in the use of commercial fer
tlizers. The truth is, Pickens is not
a. cotton growing region, and the
sooner our infatuated farmers realize
thisnfac the better. Pickens should
never attempt it's culture, except for
her own consumption. It would take
no. elaborate argument to prove that
our farmers can realize more clear
proht from raising corn, wheat, &C.,
and stock OF all kinds; yet they bIindIy
continue to attempt the cultivation of
cotton from year to year, whom they
see : themselves getting poorer from
tho practice. .-'....
The Postmaster ut Easley seems to
be not too we'll versed in the trans.
mission of the mail. We have heard
or the same letter being misssent as
many as three times. Letters mailed
tothat place have been sent to other
points along the line Of Ra;lrooI