The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-08-03
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Fifty years ago and more the
farmers were simply farmers and
nothing more. They raised nearly
al the supplies for their own tables
and largely for their clothing, which
was manufactured from the raw
materials in their homes. Wheat
was much more generally grown
fben than now, but not in sufficient
Quantities to furDisb bread for The
household. Flour was rarely bought
By the barrel, and harley, re and
Indian corn we're extensively used
L tnose earlier days -four bread
Vas, with large Numbers OF offauiii"s,
d;gniied "ith the name Of cake,
and considered luxury for use on
extra occasions, WHEN company was
entertained A story is still told in
one of or old Buckingham county
towns which illustrates this fact.
4 hghtoned gentleman known as
the Squire called at a farmhouse
one day on some business, and
when he had finished his errsnd
and had remounted at the door,
the good housewife, wishing to i'm,
press the squire with the dignity
and thrift of her family, said to
him; Squire, won't you stop and
have some -four bread and butter ?
thinking it DOW too late for him
to accept her invitation. To her
chagrin the doughty squire replied:
Thank you, msrm, I don't care if I
do, and promptly dismounted and
entered the house. The poor wo-
man could only explain that to her
surprise she found the -four bread
all out and offered him the best
she had, some Indian bannock.
When boy the writer had often
seen in the house of a neighbor q
string Of these bannocks, eight or
ten in number, set upon tins IN
front of The FIRE in the broad fire.
place, there being room then left in
the corner for him to sit and look
straight up the chimney into the
blue heavens. There was very lit
tie market for farm produce in
those days, except in the larger
towns; long journeys had to be
made, mostly to such as were
known as 'seaports, as there were
no interior towns of sufficient pop
ulation to be centers of such trade.
Every farmer kept flock OF sheep,
and wool constituted a large pro-
portion Of the clothing. It was
carded, spun and woven at home,
and made into garments for both
sexes. The best clothes for men
and boys were made Of what was
called tfulled cloth This was
st. home of the finest mate
~;ss taken to the mills known
Is sfulling where it was put
a process ef thickee.ng,
diving and finishing. The women
used to wear gowns Of cloth which
vas called pressed woolen.' This
was simply homemade sne+
taken to the mills .med
and pressed, so as to present a
glossy surface.
Every farmer had a small patch
Of fax. This was pulled and
spread out in rows on the ground,
rotted' and then broken and
Eswingled,' and was prepared for
the combing, carding, and the 'lit-
tie Wheel as the machine was
called on which the fax was spun,
to distinguish it from the larger
machine for spinning wool. 1t was
woven into cloth for table covers,
soweling, sheeting and shirting.
The tow, which was the coarse
portion combed out on the 'hetch-
el, was spun into coarse yarn, on
which a cloth was made for sum-
mer suits for men and boys. The
tow shirt, so commonly worn, was,
when new, an instrument of tor
ture TO the wearer, as il was fall Of
spines left from the
woody part of the stalk.
1B0Ston Journal.
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