Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-01-27

Vh NIX uuison, Wnere we were well entertained
and provided for. Having rained oil night We
found tho roads on Friday morning, tho 14th
instant, inlan almost impassable condition.; but
| nevertheless we went TO work, measured the
distance from General Muster Ground 10 Poplar
! Spring Church and found tho distance to bc ] J
| miles. From thence by an mir limo to Dr.
Doylc's farm on Tugaloo River. AS night over.
took us ono milo from Chaugo River we wcrc
| obliged to hunt for quarters for the night and
| upon previous invitation by Capt. YIN. Norris
We struck out for his house. Being tired We
soon turned in and left carly OIL Saturday, tho
10th instant, anxious to get that day as close us
possible to the river
Tho North Carolinian and the Dutch Com.
missioner, one desiring to hear from and tho
latter to see his family, left the surveying party
IN tho neishborhood Of MIaxwcls Inapproach-
ing Ccnneross Bridge we wcro spectators of n
most bloody affray between two brothers. and
arriving worn out by sundown at home.
Alter spending Sunday pleasantly at homo
and indugng in the afternoon u little in lager
beer at kaumann's brewery, was again re-.
freshcd and ready for work by Monday, the 18th
instant. But as Nicholson was busy at the
Court House in fixing the jury box, took trip
10 Seneca in behalf of the 'fence question %
Not getting start until late on Monday evening
we spent BY invitation most pleasant night
with ex-County Commissioner John H. Steele
Esq, and his lady.
Tuesday, the 18th instant early on tho road
We found Moss and Magcc quartercd at old Mr.
POOLS, where we dincd Wet to tho skin We
| arrived by dark at Dr.. Doy'c's farm on Tugaloo
Hiyn ,rhs 81, l., -.
| Church is II one. Glth miles
Mrs. Mary Alexander, tho present occupant
| OF the house, considering the largo party, made
| us rs comfortable rs possible. In company with
| DR.. Doyle and several others We spent the first
| part of the night in relating "reminiscences of
| the late war and never was there q crowd of
Confederate and Federal soldiers who passed
| lhcr time away more pleasantly Our heavy
artillery cut loose on some Of his master siorra.
| The answer to one Of them is left to The doctors
| OF Ocomcc County. What is the best remedy
| Tor lis removal if person swallows poisoned
spider?
Our clothes thoroughly dried. body rested and
horses well fed and in good condition, we started
carly on Wednesday morning the 10Th instant,
for measuring the distance from Dr. Doy!c's
farm Oh Jarra,rs Bridge road passing at Pools
and satisfying everybody along the road, passed
Double Cabin and continued our way to Poplar
Spring Church. But night ovcrlakng US some
OF us again accepted the hospitality Of John
Steele for the night. The other part wcut on TO
Mr.. Poitcr's and ". W. Moss struck out 10 see
the widow On account Of heavy rains We
wero obliged to lry over at Mr. Porcr's on
Thursday, the 20,h ns;rnt, Who in company
with his lady made us as comfortable us
ut home caused hy tho superior excel
lcncc of her table, owing principally to
vegetables and preserves, grown and prepared
by her own hand If people in this county
would pay more attention to gardening and
vegetable growing they would be healthier,
| wcalthier and wiser.
| Friday, the 2lst instant, VIC finished our worl;
i'll surveying from Mr.. rorter's to Mrs Jane
| Alcxanacr's, whcro VIC made u link with
| our air line survey 10 Poplar Spring Church and
found the distance TO be lGa miles.
Having so far completed OH. task in measuring
ANA surveying The different routes We adjourned
| to meet at an early day to locate The fence on
the most practicable and cheapest route
| The surveying was thus accomplished and
although OIL two portions Of the liuc many stout
opponents OF the measure, which it was our duty
( 10 enforce, were somewhat cIamorous, vet the
work was full Of many valuable lessons 10 4
close observer. One Of The first matters that
struck the writer with great force was that a!on
| tho whole lino there was not one dozvn cattle
| and hogs outside in tho woods in the range vet
he was in the act of spending or about to spend
from $l,50o TO $1,000 TO keep the aforesaid
dozen scrubby cattle and land pixies, which the
winds of March will surely blow down and make
food for the flying artillery, from deprcda,ing
upon the lands Of those who already had their
| stock under fence.
found That in many instances much of the
opposition to Tic law would abatc under n con
tract to build the fence at very cxorbitant figures
where in my opinion the least expense in build
| ing his Tense, which in year or two Tic de-
mand of agriculture ana progress will move
! further towards the mountains, is row thc mos,
| beneficial to onr county.
observed again that tho most c'amorons of
those in opposition were generally men who had
neither hogs or land and had no interest in tho
question "hog ont or hog in,' One fellow who
had only dog and a Cal, going so far as 10 TAX c
the aforesaid dog and cat and leave behind him
| the accurscd line fence TO seek a cline where
his dog will have full range and his cat II fence
along which it could seek the hiding places of
| field rats and iacc.
Leaving these matters, which arc in them
selves ludiorous, could no. help contrasting tie
country through which VIC have passed with the
countries which have seen before under the
operation OF the stock law. Ilcrc il rna ANN