The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

T. oOOu dh0~o' a.,
to abuy up Legislators that are cheap"
to get an acknowledgement of debts
on paupers.
"meat, mules, goods, tools, ETC., to
planters that make no money to
pay with. Surely this is as clear
as mud.
o. Now, be honest; did you not
nut a few too manv hulls and a
little too much dirt in that cotton
YOU picked for your neighbor!
Eighteen hundred pounds should
have given him 500 pounds of lint,
and at 6 cents per pound would have
brought $50, and he should have
paid you $22 50. Come, own up.
20. Something out of sight, either
in habit or mind. He must have
been like the one you picked the
cotton for.
II. 'sNot much acquainted with
city folks" but know all about
country merchants" Better ex-
tend your acquaintance to the city
if those country fellows" serve
you so.
II. Did not know that. Go out
more. Quit your country mer.
chants" go to the city, make the
acquaintance of "ante bellum cotton
planters" they may put you in the
way to borrow all the money you
need at s per cent; and show yor
that those Northeners and commits.
sion merchants, that are growing
rich as your expense, are not sc
charitable as to insist on your quit
ting a policy that is bringing them
such a rich harvest, but they see, ir
the near future, if you will do as the
Southern cotton growers have beer
and are doing, you will be irde
pendent of them, and are hiring
newspapers to scare you from fol
lowing.
Your statement as to the pros
perity of the grain growing North
don't agree with the census reports
Excuse me for believing that te
yours.
simply asked you those twelve
questions that l might arouse en-
quiry, induce readers of THE PA.
TRoN to investigate and see the
facts, and also to retaliate upon you
for an uncalled for attack upon the
most intelligent and successful
class of agriculturists the world
has ever seen, "the ante bellum
cotton planters"
Come and see us at Pintalala
Grange, Montgomery county. [ will
pay your expenses if | don't show
you farmers that at the end of the
war were more in debt than their
property would have sold for; and
who have raised and educated THEN
children, have good and mforta
BILE homes, are out of debt and Dor,
row money at s per cent. Viii
give you the name and reference ot
"an ante bellum cotton planter
who received money enough from
the sale Of 300 bales of cotton, rails.
ed in one year, to pay for the land
negroes, mules, ETC., that made it
and hundreds of the same class that
doubled their property every five
years from the profits of their cotton
crops.
For every "ante hellum cottol
planter" that YOU can prove who
paid Is per cent for money, | viii
do the same for ten who could have
borrowed of commission mer.
chants all they wanted 8 per cent
For every "ante bellum cottor
planter" you can cite who woulC
have been noticed for his extrava
giant style, | will do the same fol
twenty who never would have been
noticed in the congregation of {
country church, ,on board of steam
boat, in the St. Charles hotel or a
the Greenbrier White Sulphur
Springs, except as plainly dressed
we'll cultivated, intelligent, bushes:
gentleman.
will also prove to you that every
bale of cotton shipped to Mobile OF
New Orleans had to be sold by Z
licensed factor, that 2 per cent was
the legal commission. To secure
that commission on sales the com
mission merchants were anxious tc
loan their money at per cent, tha
the same is being done now, and
will show farmers that can borrow
so per cent of the value of their
farms at 8 per cent.
think 7 have a right to your
"calico shirt, with imitation diamond
studs;" but, judging from your
statements, you will need it, the pur
chase might embarass you. Keer
it; [ learned better style as San ante
bellum cotton planter"
am thankful, by industry anc
Gods blessing, l am living in the
same hewed log house that | com
menced my married life in, 3S year.
ago. | also own in Montgomery
county, the plantation my father
settled in 1917, and the house in
which | was born; intend by p-u
dence, industry, economy and God:
blessing to give them to my children
with the same blessing my father
gave me, when he gave me the one
| am living on. He said, "take il
my son, God will bless you with it
| never wronged or defrauded a
man out of one cent in my life"
In answer to your last: l have
never known family. in this South.