Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-24
Big Brindle.


ded an gentleman great. hospitality, large
fortupe, aud, though uneduosted, possessed
Of hard knot sense, Colonel W., had been
elected to.the legislature, and had also been
Judge of, the county court. His elevation,
however, had made, him somewhat pompous,
aed Ae ebecsme very fond Of using big
vorda tsQn his tarml be. had large, mis-.
ohievous *, oalled .'Big Brindlc, ~ which
frequently broke down- bis neighbor's fences
end Semaititssd other: deprsdasionst t1muphTto
the Colonsrs annoyance. One morning,
after breakfast; ip presence Of some gentle
mon who had staid, With him over the pight,
and yhq yerel DOW on their way to town,
he called bis overseer and, sold to him: VI
M:My, Allen, I desire you to impoupd
big Brindle,' in order that may hear no
more sniqedversons 'n Of his eternal dopreda-
t?Alleh bowed and walked of, sorely puuz-
sled to know what the Colonel meant. So,
after Colonel w. left for town, he went to
his wife aHd ssked her what Colonel w /.
meant by tollihg him to "fmpound, theox
"Why," said shs, s,7'ttta Colonel means to
tell you to. put him inla penI" .taq
Allen left to perform tbeso feat, for it was
no incopsidegabls one, as the animal was
very wild apd vicious, and after great
ddsal OF ts9ab'e aud yexation, he succeeded.
~ eell,n agsiid be, yipiog the perspira,ion
frdm his brow and soliloquizing, "tbis, is
inpoubHbg, is'it2 Now, I'm dead sure the
old Colooef viii hsk me il + have impounnd.
ed Big Briudle, and III bet I'll puzzle him
as bad q he did NO." 'S"s'Aaa
- Tho'd6xt day the Colonel gave dihuer
party shd.he was not. the least arstocratio,
Allen, Ahe orerseer, sat down with the com.
.pany. After The seoood or third glass was
discussed, the Colonel turned to the over.
seer aad said: rar fF .at
4 .Ee, Ms; Allen, did you impouud Big
BrindIe, sir2"
Allen Strengthened himself, and looking
around tho company, said:
"Yes. [ did, but old l}rindlo transcended
tho impannel of the iupound aud scatter
sophisticated all over the equdnimity of the
forestH tsuiiUt 'a3 TIGFJ3S lIr B
Thacompany burst into on immoderate
fit Of Laughter, while the Colonel's face
rcdened with discontinue.
ar2"Wbat do you mean by that, sir?" said
he. Z aHt' ~
- "Why, I mean, COLONEL" said Allen,
s'thatf old Brind!e, being proguoatigated
'wittisffis idea of the cholery, ripped and
tared, snortcd aud paved dirt, jumped
the fence, tuck to the woods, end would
not DO impounded no how"
This was too much. The company roar
ed again, in which the Colonel was forced
to join, and in the midst of the laughter,
Allen lefte. the table, saying to himself as
he went, 81 reckon tho Colonel won't ask
me to impouud any more oxen."
In "a private letter to Gen. W. w.
Humphreys, Gen. NJ. w. Gary, of Edge
field, says that the grading of the Edge6eld
and Aiken Railroad will be completed in
'hc course Of three or four months, and
that The Company hss been assured by the
authorities of the South Carolina Railroad
that within three months from. the time the
grading is completed they will have tho
trains running to .Edgefield Court House.
He also says that the people of Edgefeld
recognize the Importance. of making con-
neotiou at the Greedwood & Augusta Road
with the Savapnah Valley Road, aud that
they propose to go to work at:'an early day
to rsse fpnds with whicii to continue the
grad ng on to tho point of connection with
the Savannah Valley. This is indeed good
news for tho advocates of the last named
enterprise, and will doubtless inspire them
with new hope. The completion Of these
roads will give Anderson direct connection
with both Charleston aud Augusta, nnd will
not oply build up our town but will also
open up and develop one of the finest SOC
tioDs of country in the South. Anderson
lntevigencer.
Rev. II. w. Strickland, in O letter to
the Baptist Courier, gives the following
information about the manufacture of com
mercial fertilizers, while writing about
Port Royal, which we reprint for the
eGiGoation of the general public: "We saw
10 the warehouse on the wharf 10000 tons
gupDo. 1t had been ground up in Dublin
from the bone purchased at Charleston or
Bull River, and brougt back to be sold in
the United Stutes. Thus 1t had crossed
the oocan twice. Capt. McFall oalled our
attention to the old fashioned honesty of
these guuno dealers. The phosphate all
isy IN one pile. It will be sacked, branded
as of dozen different kinds and qualities,
with different analyses stamped ON each,
protesting to have been made 10 Baltimore
at the 'Potnpsoo Phosphate Works. or at
Norfolk or some where else; and thus when
. merchant orders Nv hans kaw Bone, lit is
sacked out of that pile; and 'Etiwan' or
'Soa -Four Or John Merriman, 60, all
from that same pile. Tho agent of Pacific
is eloquent over the special elements in
that fertilizer for cotton, while tho seller of
Baugh and Burger is. sure, from actual
that his is best suited to pro-
duoe good lint 80. The honest old
farmers,i in q August and September. meet