Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-06-23
For the Advertiser.
An ncident " hick Goes tU Prove Over
whelmingly the Utility Of the Stock
Law.
For the Adyertise,

MEssRs ED11oEs: About year ago l
attended q very pleasant picnic in our
vicinity. it was school festival. After
the exercises G: the institution, the recita-
tons, speeches, dialogues, cOmno. tions
and other extras OF the pupils, and the
partaking OF the delightful dinner, tha
candidates, who were ont esa maSse, were
called upon to give their opiniona on
matters for legislation, and consequently
tor the benefit OF their constituents end
The State at large. Well, the great ques-
tion of the time being seemed to be the
stock law. Now, Messrs. Editors, aa cur
little Palmetto State ls not one OF ultra
advanced ideas, woman's suffrage and its
superior advantages has not been debated
in oar Representative Hall nor Senate
Chamber: and consequently a woman is
not expected to give her opinions on po-
.itical matters by means OF the public press
Nevertheless I waive ali restrictions and
declare to you that my mind vas SO
awakened to the magnitude OF the subject
that listened With all my mental iacul-
lies alive and glowing. The candidates
came forward one by one, some stepping
az if the fate OF this great republic de-
pended OF the ;ssuc, aomc not quite SO
confident, and at last one, the only stock
law advocate, with lace agIow and his
handkerchief doing good service in @ip-
Ing the perspiration from lis heated VI
g ,gc, feeling no doubt consciousness that
he was terribly in the minority ct that
b X at least listened with al! my heart,
or at least with all my head, but / am
sorry to say that th cir different IDEAS AMI
reasons were not we!ghty enough in my
feminine judgment to take notes, and so
I've forgotten them, Or most OF them. |
10 remember that one candidate gave as
an argument against the measure that ne
had so many thousands 9: acres o! land
and go much of it heavily timbered that
he could have fences l0rails nigh ior fifty,
an hundred, or perhaps s thousand years;
and do believe that is all | can recolecl
at this late date about the argument, pro
or con-, and that waa the most conclusive
argument advanced on the subject. ] get
nv cid brain 10 work n discover whether
or no to be stock iaw--or an anti stock.
law woman, and so have been on the fence,
as some OF those aamc candidates were.
ever since; but have Just hoart! oi
which occurred about two
miles north az the crow + o, rom ny
sancium, which has settled the question
,crevcr with mo. .,:ter this lengthy pre-
amble will coino 20 The point withon!
lnrther DEPRESSION.
An athletic young farmer lad occasion
to DC absent from home and charged his
mother Whatever she did to sec that
''them tarnal neg. didn't ?ump orcr the
rnisornlo old rotten fences and root Up s!l
that nice corn" The time had expired
Tcr which he expected to oc absent. and hH
trotted leiauro!y along on his faithful
mule with pleasant anucinationssol The
rood dinner his l;inc mother had in wall-
rs for Inn ard tho good nap nc should
enjoy or the pia79' at,er he had taken u
refreshing bath aud eaten the nice bacon
md vegetable. whcG to his homor and
,hagr,a he was greeted with Hurry
jacs; for gracious sake hurry, OF the lar:
stalk o. corn will be rooted out of tlo
cid "Whar? :or goodness gracious sake
rhar arc they. and WHARF G:!7 90 Here
irp, here" he screamed IS the dog
,ousel from . restless d1z.. il whlc b
ireeu.s Of olce r,nti; he Wa cbas..g
we're cute vlvld--came i"ggnS round the
,orner Of the housc, but ';rp would 10.
3<ar;; he stretched hrnsoli; gave Il great
yawn and lelsurely seated himself On MS
a.nd lcgs. You c5o9cinab!c sc1undrcl,
you, come along" called Jack, but net Il
ep would Gnp move. YOU trl!:ln, nc
count, everlast.r tugga you, # you don,
,,uc along, i'le pitch yop down the we'll
Jack at the top Of his vo.oa,
CONE along, I say" and JACK pitched
chunk 0: !lghtwooi NJ poor Cup that
would have certainly sent hin: % The coaH
try the canine species lnhab',-a.tc: they
Icave this mundane sphere, but Grip gave
D. bound and an awiu! ye.i sufiG7nt 20
haze awakened the scvo1 s!eepers and al
elsc hoa:hen!Ds ahoHt Sleepy Hollow.
This in:u:.utcl Jack TO sucn Il degree that
he sprang IRON his mule and seeing 4
stout robe, with many 2 ,naieratlon heap
Ell on the head nf Grip, he tied one end
round the neck Of the dog and the othor
around that oi the mule, and gave the
order to march. Grip doubtless an,iolra
ting that he vas to bo hung in ;!:n gro"o
close :,y, i.eran to pull and how! and yell
with all his ulght, which go ;fieh tcnod the
peer nulc that be set up terrible ancrt,
accompanied by rearing before and E;ic!:
;nG up in the rear, bat hls master WASH,
gong t. be outdono BY q stubborn dog or
q pranc.ns male, SO he applied spay and
lash, the power OF which was heightened
nv string o. epithets NOR !ora5ic than
clagar. or moral. when away hnunlcd the
mule nj the rate OF thirty niles m hour,
with poor Grin iumping and how!ing. ani