The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-01
OIER IN OCONEE.
Crops ana Prospects In tho Mountain
County.


McSSi's. Edi0rS: Prcsuming that
all your many subscribers arc like N.Y.
self wanting to hear from every nook
and corner in reference to crops, fu-
turc prospects, ETC., [ will give as near
as possible correct report Of them in
the grain growing county of Oconec.
| This county has heretofore been ship
ping many carloads Of corn every
winter, but there are but few sections
| OF it that will make enough to do them
till they can make another crop, and
the greater part Of the county will
have to buy before they can commence
another crop. a distressed people are
, those who live at and near Whlhalla.
The once grain.growing and prosper
Gus farmers living near that place arc
now raising cotton and being sold out
at public outcrv--rclnindng your cor
respondent ofthG corresponding con-
dj;ion Of Fairfield and almost every
other cotton-erowing county in my
memory or acquaintance.
~ happy people arc those living in
the western and northern portion of
the county, who still raise grain and
hogs, and cotton-growing is almost
UNKNOWN. In this section your cor
respondent found the mountain home.
Who could help being infatuated will
its surroundings? With Il range of
mountains in short distance north,
covered with cvcrgrccns and chestnut,
inhabited only by bear, deer. turkey.
pheasant, foxes, etc, in The south lies
Choy valley, stretching far and wide.
covered with corn, many acres OF
which will make from tilly to sixty
bushels, and there is not an acre OF il
that will not make twenty-five bushels.
Ii is watcrcd by Little River and sew
"lhl Of its tributaries, on which stream
are saw, griSi, flour and rice mills, tnl-
iIcrics and mineral working and wash
ing machinery. There are also rich
mines OF cold, asbestos, curundun and
lh'cl in shiS section Of the Country.
which are now being worked and de-
| v2iopru I" 4 considerable rH;Cut--vct
'hc workers Of them say their value
! would JUSTIFY the employment Of ten
'1h!r% the present number of hands,
WIll machinery in proportion. There
Is ais" nouriShin4 Yankee settlement
GA In" hi1iiIondS about ten miles dis
I iani, which bids lair to b. II place Of
size and wealth. The name of the
place is "Ilighlanls'.
| ~ bcarii.nl home indeed is Chov,
where peace and plenty abound,
where po ical It s~cl SION and strife
are unknuWn; where the richest cuun-
] Try dainlirS are hrapcd lav>hIy upon
one hv tic shy, ros v-chcckcd mountain
lH"ilrll, or ubiquitous ebony waiter;
where one can Iur@ct the soul lHrra%s-
IL" cares Of the buy world that seems
! 70 ne SO far back in the dim past, and
nrcu only to say to ones SELF, "F,at,
| iAnk ana grow hrultlIy". 10 follow
'"u=hi but the sweet biddingS ofonc's
own lancics, and wander along mrun-
dcrlng brooks, pluckihy strange flow
ers and Willing away the sluw-ilrclinY
moments in musiuI over natures
charms. and slakc our thirst at gush-
ing fountains where seemingly no
| mortal ever bowed thereto, and busk
in thc tempered sunlight and shadow
Of the "ctcrlml hills,
Where the wild rose burns with q blush
al the llallrIy OF The birds
where the little wurblrrs echo their
sweet notes praise to the Givrroi life
and Makrr Of their romantic home of
all that's lovely and charming among
I he laurel and ivy. Over us are spread
the mighty limbs OF giant oaks and
lovely vines, throwing their tcndrils
III every conceivable direction, orna-
mcniing the entire forest. And be-
meath us are lovely flowers boomin"
10y murmnrin~ waters as they tumblr
over prrcipiccs Of varIous heights and
! 'laNh al"n" ut great speed as they flow
rom the fountains Of purity to some
iurhiH stream. TO one side Il short
| distance is Il gorge of tremendous
depth nnd magnitude, on the other. the
Sumnlits Of the sublime mountains
r"hrd in living green; ana around us
IS beautiful valley covered with in
rNhaus'ibr supplies lor botanical
speculation, with here and there Il
moSs.r"rercd mound provided bv na-
turr for the retreat Of lovers. and cosy
seats for picmickcrs. Oh. that were
Shakespeare o. IL Byron 10 here abide
ahd write my litc away.
MoHE ANON.
n LARGE Piano MANrrACroHr.--
Ihc large factory OF the Mcndrls-
SOM llano Company corner Of Fiiiv-
seventh Street and Tenth Avenue, is
well worth visit. One can here see
me various and interesting Steps in
me progress oftrnnSiorlninm the rnunh
lumber and metal into highly finished
instruments. In the sale of these
pianos, the company have undertaken
TO treat the people with the factory
prices, employing no agents. lnstru.
lnrntS are sent on trial, aud very in
'ri''gcnt idea Of WI hat they arc, and
what musical people think about them.
can he obtained by sending for an H.
instratirc and descriptive catalogue.
iih no expensive agents and commits
SONS, the company decline to Give ANY
discounts, thinking the lowncss of
their prices and the merit Of their
goods will receive Il liberal rrcnYni
| non from piano buvcrs.- .K0lviS IHjI-
ups IN Home JoWWal. JnIy 4, 1871.
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