The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-30

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vember and December gives to student
1861 hours of night for study, after de-
Quoting eight hours every night for sleep
equal to weeks annually, in 5 years Z
months, in 10 years Is months. An in
dustrious student could gather much in
formation in that time.
To our sisters I have few words I
wish to say. Your simple presence here
is a great addition, adds much to our
social intercourse. Your presence puri-
fies and curbs our language, drives away
indecency and vulgarity, and is an assur-.
ance that unworthy persons have no part
here. Much as I desire to promote the
welfare of our brothers, have an in
creased desire to elevate the character of
our worthy sisters. To the mothers
among us, let me say that you have the
especial responsibility of forming and
training your daughters. Impress early
on their tender minds moral purity, and
as they grow up try to fix in their minds
the beauty of holiness and deformity of
sin. And while you may be affording
them such schooling to fit them for socie-
ty and the heads of families, remember
that no education that does not mend
the morals and improve the heart can
prepare the possessor for the duties of
this life, and particularly for the still
more important duties of a mother. 1t
has been truthfuily as well as beautifully
said, "There is no work of art which can
do more honor to the talents and taste of
married woman, or which will comfort
her more, than to polish her daughter"
And while wives have to attend to the
mental cultivation of their young chill
dren, husbands are generally willing to
put the cultivation of the garden too to
their department.. And for the easy and
successful management of the garden, I
would earnestly recommend Whites
Gardening for the South" as an indis-
pensable help. He tells you all you
need to know on this subject, both what,
and when, and how to do everything that
is to be done. And to arrange the gar
den for economy, he directs to have
cart way from front to rear, and four
feet walk all round and no others. Then
you will see the advantage of planting
in rows from front to rear, and the plow
can be used in cultivating the vegetables.
There is skill and thought to be exercised
in managing the planting to reap the
greatest benefit. Here you must get out
of the ruts heretofore followed. For
you may make every part Of the garden
bring you two crops, at least, every year.
The plan has two advantages double
crop and the destruction of the seed of
the grass and weeds for next year. To
show you what you may do, I will tell
you what / have done this year. On
one part planted Irish potatoes in
March, in April corn in the rows of po-
tatoes, and when these came off sowed
the same ground in turnips, and made
fair crops of each. On another part I
planted early corn and beans the last of
March, peas between the corn rows in
June, and when these came off set the,
bed in cabbages. My wife has practiced
for years to plant cabbages among onions
and English peas. All the vegetables in
general use are taken off by July, except
beets, turnips and carrots. Cabbages
and turnips may be made second crop
on all the ground where the first crop is
taken off by July. To make this plan a
success plenty of manure must be ap-
piled. And by way of caution remem-
Der that to Eve the first garden was
given, and in that she was tempted.
Now, when the worms and bugs are dis
troying your plants, take care that you
neither say or think "cross words"
I have finished what have to say,
except on one point, which I consider
equal in Importance to most others. In
the formula of our institution, much
stress is laid in recommending to every
member to plant fruit trees. Let me
urge you all to learn your children to
graft and bud, and encourage them as
they grow up to plant trees of some use
full kind. A taste for planting, taught
in early life, will grow into great pleas
ure. 10 eat the fruit from a tree you
have planted is a double qualification. l
say to all, plant, plant! Besides apples,
peaches, plums and pears, plant pecans,
walnuts, chesnuts and scaley-bark hicko-
ry nuts. The nuts of these four last are
valuable for food or sale: And all you
have to do is to plant them, they will
take care of themselves.
10 cOncluQe, i nope CnlS udsIy sheICu
may benefit some, improve others, and
encourage all of us to renewed energy in
carrying on the great work which has
such high promise to mend the hearts
and improve the minds of our whole
people.
The USE OF BALLOONS IN WARFARE.
1t appears, from the report Of the re-
suit of series of experiments to deter
mine the utility of balloons for recon-
noitering purposes, recently carried on
in Germany, and extending over q con-