Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-06-23
1NE FENCE QUESTION.


| believe in your last issue left
the raii-splittcr in the wo, & 5 maulinr
away without knowing what he was
doing, or why he di, it, more Shan.
that his great 9randIntllcrs and all
their descendants did the same thing.
/ | believe in doing, what is IL benefit,
either to myscli, or to somebody
risc--and then to be ahlc to give Il
satisfactory reason for it, but ibis
ihinS Of making Il desert when We
need few shade trees to rcclinc
under that we may rest or weary
limbs after we have become w.arcd.
is ipcxcgSait|cinsani;y. Ii we pei
s'st in clravinG the forest .urthc unxt
thrty years us we have done daring
the past fifteen for the pur-
pose OF making rails and extending
our fields, instead or fcrtlzing and
4l'!dlng up our wasted, exhausted
son, We II surely have desert. but
one thickly inhabited. Ne have no.
strength Of soil or turfv base asthcv
havr III some counties to keep uu
or wasted fields cn an'l in years to
come, II az ,nen who own lam! were
like Watch" instead Uf rayinp
sixty cents per hundred for rails.
would be proud to pay that amount
for i basket OF rinc-sir"w 10 litter
his field with
} Otter hear the qncSsion ask 4;
NhT so much wind and 50 many
I'sir'!ctIvc Tomatoes now thar for
m~r!y:
Follow IVA ati: $ ndyisa which
Is more destructive than the winds,
'"u 1c question will answer itself
ne que, ,'ion is often asked. why
are we s'! s!i"r'-livc'l these days when
men Hnl H"nlcn lnrn 50 anl 80 Years
go are still active and vigorous
among us: " ny d0"r lroop aMu give
way az IN" age or SO?
Ar. E!ii"r, as sure as Old Sol
bursts upon us with his rays Of light
every day, il We are led captiv, IN
w ;i'sA ; advice, and con;nuc to
,lcS'f"y heavens greatest honor
(thc trees that absorb pnisons) We
need not apply to DR.. Dunglinsun or
ahyb1 1ty clsc for solution, the
/ 8 nes q g on ls5sonn s4ah,! too
answer rSsci!. watch hcsteadv
! !scl!te III l!le longevity Of: human
'''e, sair thinker is compelled TO
Hrfl'c III ,'is con>lusoh: When We
n''' ~" wonderful increase Of III"
''"!n;h '''"'!!n;;h 'a''iity (ana each Year it is
iE''cii more inrEcaars!) and j. num
PR "t !rall!s hf plaques "n'i
Sco!ir=eS and c"I'ni;ieS ni' ono kind
ana ;h"i her; the vast number Of
O an" co"s'i!ing Of rhuinrn amd,
s,Af'a'lpi. ahd many millions OF
'hcSe "cad c"rtaSsi'%. both OF .n.n
ana ne:!S', roNlhg and ircaNing I'll
'he haheu lace "i nc Garth, their
l'o's"hs travelling on errry br, cze,
an ihrif extract hrln% comvcycI by
every lil'lc rl''i!rt I" som" watering
pl CO t'r me an'' Watch loqna:. HI
pihs and OAK irilrd ~ "Walci.'s"
cruz, axe "h"h they ought 10 s'"nd
ihG I'VE TO catch these destructive
i''S'!l'h' 'al"t:s; dcraNing vegetable
niltrf cXi'"sed ana extracted by TIL"
sun rnHsi 'he destruction OF over
~ mliiiohS "l h"9shaads OF fresh
lir every honr ny tkat number Of
huinah lnhSS together with hat,
Z" foicl ~ niiitoaS ol animiis, to-
Sn'her win equal bulk 'i' c!> haust
"d poisoned gas thrown I" he breeze
ny 'h">c same lungs in exchange for
ih;'' ne air,all Q. these poisonous
S:''eH gong pf"ah-cast lnle he free
~ ;Sech':'5 secs ':':5 rest an" i"n"mrntin solnc
:ai"ari h;k or long p!n". To serve