The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-26
LccaIs,ontributed by Granger Sam.

An e,urSion train up North the other
dav we, one hundred and eleven miles
in one hndred and nine minutes. 1llls
is the f;tcst time on record Elm the an
mails of ,c railroad world. 1t is interest
inc andnstructivc to glance back to $50,
when tiy- we're trying to establish the
first raj Dad in England. Hear he orln-
ion of tt great English advocate heading
the oppsers upon the lOor, OF the House
of Com
at isl presume agreed or all hands
that a rlwav worked by horse power
would nswer no usful purpose, but
they telh,s they are to have them car
RACES O, locomotives a they call them,
will witch they are 0 do incredible
things: ust look at ther pamphlets and
al thew hive put before tbs House, on this
wild and visionary schme; Sir here is
one of their pictures wit Il long imaglna-
nv dissertation setting fcth that it is to
run at ten twelve or cen fifteen miles
per hour. Of course the. make no such
]prcteusions here before his House; quite
otherwise one of the %getlemen thinks II
NAV 90 ton miles perhour; Mr.. Ste
phens0n thinks it mayo six miles, ana
is confident that it wilgo four, with con,
siderable loads. Yer, moderate indeed
compared with tho etravagant prcten-
sions made, where thy are less likely to
be scrutinized with Negligence
1t is hard to realize lie rapid strides to-
wards perfection wich railroads have
made in fiity-two years. tltty-two
years ago the noblest intellect that the
world ever SAW, looed upon the idea OF
travelling by steam Mthe dream OF a WIS.,
ionary lunatic.
PATRoNlZINa HME 1NDUsTRIEs.-
| We passed Il man plwing not long since,
his mule was raisl in Kentucky, his
pillow stock was mde in Pennsylvania,
his names from solc Northern factory,
his llamestring wa made from Northern
leather, his back Ind and trace chains
were made in thcNorth, everything i'll
his turn out, was f foreign makes, OK
cept his shuck ctlar. "Constant drip
ping will wear awy 4 stone" and Slcll
management as 1iS will burst, the rich
est farmer in Abbville county, if persist.
ed in.
HIGH MANURSG BUT .PRoFITABLE.-
We read not lon:since Of an eNpcrimcn'
in Virginia, in IL use of bone dust. y
gentleman who AS aware of the needs o,
the soil purchaed about two hundred
acres of land. Which had been allowed tC
grow ND in buses, he gave for it twenty
dollars per acre lie cleared 1t up ant
applied ono tousand pounds of bone
dust per acre, md planted it in corn, thu
corn was followed by wheat and timothy
grass, with five hundred pounds more o
bone dust; tho wheat was harvested 10y
the purchaser but the next spring before
the timothy VS. ready for cutting, he solt
the land for oe hundred dollars per acre
The seller estimated, that the wheat anC
corn paid forlearing, and the bone dus
and workingof the crops, if so the prof
realized during the three years that IL
owned it wasoighty dollars pcracre. Thi:
is what we all business, $4,000 clear il
three years, rom 200 acres of land.
CHEAT O.Ts.-We give below a state
mcnt of tn expense upon ten acres o
oats. They were sown the tenth day o
September among the opening cotton
Seed, ten bushels, $3.50; sowing, Sl.W
blowing q narrowing, $500; cutting
500; housing, 300; total, S2l.50. Tive
hundred bushels, 10000; less $3.50
equal to $3.50. \ profit from ten acre!
Of land, 0fone hundred and cighty-elgh
dollars anC onc-half., The cost per bush
ell was notmore than ten cents.
Don't LEAF Young MEN.-DOnt DC
lOafer Young man. and don't keep 4 loaf
cr'S company. 1t is III old and tim
honorcd Swing, that an elders brain i
the devils Workshop" The writer make
the assertion from observation and eN
pcricncc that il is better to work 10
nothing, than to sit around day after day
or stand around billiard saloons, DC
with yolr hands in your pockets, wal
ing for something to turn up. DO not lC
Your energy sta-natc. If You have II
manual labor, cultivate your mind il
stead of loafing, so as to be more prof
cient in what you get TO do. Keep sti
ring. 1t is better for your health, and pro
poets; show to the world you are not la2
if you are out Of employment. Mo
than one young doctor has found a paticl
by dashing through the country to 81
imaginary ones. \ quirc Of law blank
tied up with red tape and carried und
the arm of 4 young lawyer has off
procured him his first case and laid Il
foundation for an honorable career. Su,
are tho WAYS of the world; men will he
those who are willing and able to he
themselves. Keep string, stop loatin
Quit complaining, quit dreaming of bt
ter times, work, if you have it to do, or
farm at 25 cents per day and watch yn
chances to do better, men never, VIII
they wish to employ ayoung man, choo
a lOafer.
OFF TO THE LAND OF GoLD.-Frie'
Edward Noble, jr., will go to CaliforI
in a few weeks to practice law. 1t IS tr
we have lawyers to spare in our lit
burg but we dislike to see them leaH
We will need thee Edward next fall
help keep the ranks of the democratic
tact. If the signs of the times show an
thing it shows that the mania for Office
the rock upon which u county will
rocked.
OATS VERSUS CoRN.-1f cotton ia
on account of excessive dry or "
weather nothing is said about stoppi
the cultivation of it. If corn fails it
the same, bu: if oats fails once in Fl
years on account of an unfavorable wi
ter and dry spring, the cry is, Nv
oats are too uncertain; l don't thlnt
lin Io&Io, with Sfbo1n INV mOrP-' Y