Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-08-11
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More MartintOWn VagarieS.

according to promise, ] hasten to in
form you Of the facts Instead of
being taken into the realms above,
when just above Washington city,
the umbrella turned wrong side out,
letting the young Aeronaut down,
dumbfonnded, into the heart Of the
city. James A. Garfield was the
frat man he spied. In his rage he
drew a pistol, which he carried in
bis pocket while ploughing, TO shoot
snakes, and fired two shots at the
President. He was the man instead
Of Guiteau, whom yon have read
so much about, and is now in custody
in Washington city, whittier his wife
is to go in a few days to have him
released. The horse has been caught
over in Mexico, by party OF COW
hunters, after a severe chase, having
no rale nor name, but part Of a
bark collar on his neck.
The citizens of this section are
now involved in law suit with Bob
May, Of Augusta, about the orders
for umbrellas, which have been
revoked. Though neighhoring trial
justice, has put on his eyeglasses,
searched the law, an says Bob cant
collect his money by law, nor force
people to plow under such destructive
apparatuses. Notwithstan ding, the
march Of progress is still very rapid
with US. Agriculture is very dis
tinctive feature of this section. We
are also stock raising people, but
unfortunately it cannot be said that
we are as progressive in this depart
ment as we strive to be in other de-.
partments of human effort. Largely,
we have shorn ourselves of our
strength, and this is attributable to
the fact that We have departed from
the land marks of the fathers. The
policy to which they thoughtfully ad-
hered is at this time conspicuous by
the studiousness with which it is ne
elected. We refer to the policy Of
good old time notions. 1t is not
necessary to cite instances, but we
will mention one or two in the way of
illustration. Recently one Of our
most enterprising farmers conceived
the idea of changing his stock of hogs
which was Of the old fashioned razor
back kind, like his father used to
raise. He gets rid OF all the razor
backs his father left him, and sends
TO the North and gets pair of white
chester pigs. Some time after his
pigs landed, he discovered few lice
on them. A good coat Of tar was at
once administered, killing ont the lice,
but in day or two his pigs were no.
where to he found. He sends his
hog minder, an old negro man, out
one morning, and told him TO hunt
till he found the pigs. The poor old
negro wandered about over the plan
tation till near night, when he lonnd
them, one stuck fast to persinmon
sapling, and the other to Il big rock,
both dead. He reported TO the
owner, and he went 10 the spot him
self, and sure enough, as "Sambo' .
SAID, the tar had fastened the shoats
to the tree an rock. There they
died. The man became furious,
swearing allegiance forever to his old
razor back stock, and repeating that
our fathers were not such old fogies
after all; nor would he be comforted
till the neighbors around had all
given him each raZorback pig with
which to make another start in the
pork business.
Yet wonders never cease, for Just
upon the heels Of this event, another
OF our citizens, who was very antag.
onistic to the stock law, concluded to
get rid of all his stock OF every kind
requiring much feeding or pasturage
and to supply their place altogether
with goats. Accordingly he sold all
his other stock and bought a large
flock Of goats. All went well with
him for while, till his goats began
to be mischievous, but he soon reme'
died this by side-lining them every
one. Things went on we'll again iol
awhile, when his gots began to come
up at Dight three or four less, till al
were missing but one old nanny, com
ing up at night alone. The man see
ing her, gathered club, swearing he
would kill her too and end the whole
tribe. While chasing her around fol
life, he ran by large tree blown
down in the woods, with roots extend
ing in every direction, when 10 and
behold on these roots hung all hi;
goats dead. 1t seems that the goat.
before they were side-lined had beer
accustomed to running up and dowr
on the trunk Of this fallen tree, and
jumping off over the clay roots and
back again. 1t was a favorite resort
for the goats for sport and amuse
ment, and after the side-line was at.
teched to their legs, they continued
their sport over the clay root, some
hanging themselves every day or
some of the roots. till all were hung
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