The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1881-04-13
Pleasant HNi Dots.

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of the citizens of this township are
now in favor of the abolition of the
present fence system. Those who are
not influenced by prejudice, and who
arc disposed to give the matter a
| thought, believe that the time has
! come to fence in the stock, and turn
out the crops. Many who opposed the
'nO fence" favor the passage Of
stock law" and argue that the adop-
tion of "no fence" would nccessitate
the lcvying Of a heavy tax to keep up
Township or County fences, and would
therefore be more expensive than the
! plan Of fencing stock by individual
owners. Making every stock owner
responsible for his or her stock, would
obviate the necessity of any tax, and
would require much less labor than is
now required to fence the growing
crops. The argument is q good one
| and will commend itself to every
thinking man. 1t certainly would be
less trouble to fence in Il few head Of
cattle and hogs than to keep up Il
lawful fence around entire farms, to
say nothing about the vase Of timber
The general health of our people
arc good.
A little son OF Mrs. Josiah Vim
cent died on the 7th instant.
The fruit crop in our section has
been greatly injured by the cold there
will be no peaches.
Our young folks arc too busy at
work to fly around much just now,
and there will be teR weddings until
fall.
Wonder who il was that excused
himself to Il lady friend for not joining
the Sons of Temperance by saying,
"what 60 away up to Salem
-Eou. cor4csRapdent happened to
see the hGgcst sassafras tooth brush
the other day in certain young
lady's mouth that he ever did see. 1t
was about five inches long and per-
haps two inches and half in circum-
ference. 1t was n very large brush,
the largest perhaps, on record.
Bill Moore, colorcd, seemed to
think more of his garden than any
thing else, as he is said to have sup
ported his garden during the severity
of the storm. 1t is question, however,
whether Bill held on to his garden to
protect it, or whether he looked to the
garden to save him.
-Durin. the storm of the 29th ult
many prayers were said, and not few
rOtcs made. A young lady friend
.hoIght that the end had come, and
solemn!y promised if she should be
spared never to do any wrong again
she even went further tnan this, bat
nc will tell no more just now, on her.
"A number OF farmers have been
holding back, ard have planted com
paratively little corn. These who
plant ~ the moon, viii have to wait
somo t.me yet, unless they cousiudG
to risk the chances this year. Gar
dens are not promising. We are get
ting hungry for vegetables, and tired
Of iricd dinncrs You needn't hook
for watcrmeIous by the 4th of July
this year. Although one of our friends
has been nursing half dozen plants
in n hot bed for month on more.
Floyd and Cauthen have bored
Sol Vaughan and are everlasting
boring Adams & Walker at their new
mill site. Look out for them, for they
are bent ON boring, "you bet" Please
excuse the expression "you bet" for !
don't ike slang, ana only borrowed
the phrase because ! was dealing with
invcterate determined borcrS. / mean
well borers-they intend to supply
the people W .ty of good water
NJ 10" hSures, II the people Will let
them.
Sol Vaughan thought moye Of
himself during the storm of Tuesday
than he did Of his horse. He acted
upon the idea that another horse could
be bought, but that Sol once lost was
lost forever. So he turned his horse
loose to shift for itself, and he jumped
into the road and made for the house
with telegraphic speed. Speaking of
telegraphic speed reminds me of how
j said he travelled on his retu IN
from Mexico after the war; he said
that he travelled partly by steamboat,
some by railroad but, mainly by tele-