The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-31
Bill Arp Builds n Fence.

ASctS6oioi ROth tuGlG is uiWHY1
something turning up that has got to Be
done. The long line of plank fence on
the public road was getting old and rick.
ETY.. The planks were sawed tooth in at
first and the nabos couldn't climb over
to hunt birds or to 90 a fishing with anv
safety Tor themselves or the fence. The
posts we're rotten aud after n high wind
we had to turn out and prop up the con.
cern. We've been dreading that lob.
mt it had to be done. SO the boys set
well III the loamy bottom, but when /
struck the gravelIy clay as we rose to the
hill, began TO feel serious, and the fur.
ther got the eeriouscr. became. A
great many people pass along the road
Isee EN- coming dig away like killing
snakes, and when they quit looking I
atop to blow and sometimes they como 50
frequent, don't get to stop long enough.
MY hands are powerful sore and my back
Of rheumatism, but the family oil laughed
at me on the dy, and so l kept on o dis.
ging, always prided myselfo ON my skill
In digging apost hole. can dig three
to a big buck niggers one.' Give me q
long. handled narrow spade and long
handled shovel and can beat n patent
machine, but can't hold out rs long.
There is heap Of science in building a
fence. 1t takes number one carpenter
to do it right. lfthe holes are not dug in
true line mostof them will have TO be dug
over again ON one side or the other when
the post are set. The bottom Of the posts
outht to be set by line, and the top by
the eye. You incident put plum bob
nor spirit level to O split'post IL wont
pay. But a good eye will do the work.
I've, seen palings nailed on all catawam.
pus in front OF fine houses, and it always
gives me the conniptious to look at 'em.
But we are building a Iplank and wire
fence. We'got good chestnut posts, somo
split and some round, and we packed
them well at tho bottom. That is the
secret Of fmakinga n post firm In the ground.
Don't fll up full and then pack at the.
top. Our posts are twelve feet apart
from center to center and the plank are
full inch thick. The base is nine inches
and there are three more plank six inches
wide with space'of three, four and six
inoheBand then comea u barbed wire eight
ipShSs higher which makes tho feDcs,
four feet high, The joints, are all strapped
"A." oiH PiooH ano PoVc CuSolHuI SCOD
driven down in the middle ofrevery PAM
mel and the plank nailed to it, and the
posts age sawed off with o bevil O, few
INCHES above the wire, and this is our,
cheap farm fence and if any. farmer
knows Of n better one ] would like
tohnbW it::i don't know exactly how
lapg Rlgood chestnut post will Inst but
nabor Freeman says he has. seen one up
in Gordon, thata gate was hung 10 BY
General DeSoto, Or some other felTer, ana
it's there yet. He says chestnut sorrel
horae will last longer than any other
sorrel cow. would buy her, for old
and we all loved her like Il friend. She
has given us about, six thousand gallons
Of milkTgood, rich, healthy ,milk-bpt
she, will never give any. more in this
world. She has gone where the good
COVE go, If they go anywhere, and reck-
on they dor The cowpen looks lonesome
her fayorite, and she knew it. She was
h game COW, and disdained q dog as much
US possible. Old Bows tried to nose her
one day, and she throw'd him up about
fifteen feet and he come down on her
y, UAt uCa 0lbOut tbtRy taCfe Z lOOR.
They never made friends in life but !
become reconciled, for .hey were both.
speak for itwas cut off in infapcy, and I've
bodies all como together at The resurrec.
the Old dogs stump. We are fixing now
A. .1,at -0rr md v1,,r ho.,, 4, ra, l,nIf &
for n 'cultiyator, I reckon they ore good
work last SUMMER and the dnrkey who
drove itbroke down apowsr Of corn in
turningat the end ,oftherows anda right
were little out of beelin They can't
@ thsrs %gs some N better tei way d Is drop Corn on
ana have itail come up In perfect row
aud Ilwish, there was some contrivanoo
SSaa a 9 SSs = Sssa agd parallel par
too. 10 make q decent furrow and not
MANY Of them have got it. wonder
i!fiarinan cauldent ride horse and pull
after hin, q, thing with wooden teeth that
thotgh I wouident advise The using OFT
in bttimpy land or new ground q I Ike 70
see afaTn lnok,iike algreat. big garden
that is, laid. .offapd worked by o line.
Gardening Is. my forte II I have got any
fprte.o ichE:aatisfies me am "a 'descen-
'dant of AdaiiI,2 for tiih5 was his. I've
jhst built AheR arbor for the grape vines
.tD run on, and the chestnut, posts were
'lbng and green, and heavy, and they had
,tb, he ,toted about fifty yards, and /
thought it MY Hpatefnal duty 70 take Tie
heaviest nnesahd leatetis lightest for the
boYa, buthsfore, i got the frat one to- lis
place I .Wiggled powerfully, and felt like
- s.s knock- Eneeed and boz ankle. and when
1 looked back the boys were holding on
! itbs the ffeiice ni0stc dead with laughing,
and that evening they had Mrs. Arp out
i,ih tho garden, toshow her my circus, and
u haven't heard the last of If yet but green
chestnut ID heaVy timber, I'telly You. I'm
working tho 'gafdon how with line and
% l4Skl aud 8frs.yAyp, she sits Gbodtrwith
her sun bonnet on, and, ever and anon
encourages me with an nxorial smile,
lGehe il d splendid ,ovefseer, She, Is. lsnd
lIIds an eyeto beadty ltid to me. u'IVheh
,,thh) dog wood blossoms slfe lis going 10
fishing and take me along 10 kill snakes
and bait her book. BILL ARP.
HESBY CtAY 'FoED OF WnIsT.44
iHedry AOlay's sfavofitS recreation for
mantn years IEEs iaggaine OIL whist, to
(which ,at, one time he, was pessionately
,ahdioted1- for the stekes but for, the
ldistraction and excitement Of the game.
Tinthrop says that there is II tradi-
fions That while Clay WAS visiting Boston
5;fh 1913. ,spd;lodgiFg at the cid Exchange
Coffee House In, Congress street, a ser
Want fdahed into tho PatIor in, which he