Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-04-20
Town and Country improve
ments Tho Grasses &c

| Notwithstanding the short crop Of 1881 and
the present high prioe Of provisions. there ore
evidences on all hands ofsthe presence of some
surplus capital in tho gpirit of improvement
| manifested in our towns and in The country.
| We hear that number of buildings are going
| up or projected in Seneca and Westminster, and
| business is active in those towns.
In Walhalla, we are sure moro buildings have
been put up, or nre in progress of erection.
or under projection this year than for number
| of past years. In the past few months MIR. W.
J. Stribling has completed his new house and
out.buildings and moved into it.. The Method
ist church has just been finished and dedicated.
The largo building OF the Misses Ansel Is ap-
preaching completion. Mr.. VanDivire has
has built Harness shop and has now In pro-
GEES of erection q commodious store room Oh
Main street facing his old stand, and is also
getting lumber to build email house on o
four aore vacant lot on South Broad street. Mr..
Deimann is daily getting his lumber to make
largo addition 10 his hotel. Mr.. Seeba is also
gotting lumber to build store-room on Main
street. Mr.. Brennecke and Mr.. Won Hodel have
eaoh put up small cottages on rear lots 10 rent.
A gentleman from Michigan has bought lot
and expects to improve it soon. Other minor
improvements have baen and are being made,
giving employment TO number of mechanics,
and il seems Mr.. Kaufman and Mr. Brenneckc
Master mechanics have had and are likely to
have their hands full for some time.
Among the handsome residences being erect
ed, We omitted to mention the two story dwell
ling being built on North Broad treet by Mr..
L. u. Brenneoke, Of the firm Of d. Biemann, Son
SEQ.
One great want in our town is q largo lot of
| brick. Mr.. Kaufman has been compelled to
ship brick from Anderson 10 meet his contracts.
| Is not this strange, especially, when We have
good clay aud plenty of timber in easy reach OF
Walhalla3 We believe brick here can be mode
aud burned at four to five dollars per thousand,
and We are satisfied large number could be
sold according to quality at six to eight dollars
We have paid, and others also, ten dollars per
thousand for hard brick. We hopc some Of our
citizens will 60 into tho business this summer
and mako large supply. The great mistake in
brick making is, that people postpone it until
crops are laid BY instead Of utilizing the usual:
ly hot, dry months Of juno and July ir mould
ing and drying. By waiting till August they
get hands little cheaper but it is generally
month subject to ruins and freshets, more is lost
than gained in wages. We believe good brick
yard would pay well at this time. In various
parts of the country too, new framed churches
and dwelling houses are being erected, and If
not growing richer our people are certainly pre-.
pairing to make themselves moro comfortable at
home and arc displaying unusual lberality in
the cause of education morality and religion.
| a. pnrhona ho M Of an of Tho
present is The improvement in Agriculture, both
in the implements aud node Of farming and in the
growing disposition 10 diversity the crops. The
one two and three horse plow, the sulkcy plow,
the harrow and other improved implements are
being introduced and the soil by their use is
pulvcrized ard made porous and yields more
generously The largo crop of oats planted is
also q favorable sign Of prosperity, and though
mostly they are necessarily planted late, yet
with good seasons large yield is promised.
Wheat also looks unusually we'll, and patches Of
barley show lhe tendancy of our people 10 grow
more self supporting in the futuro. We all can
SEQ good tooin the large amount of grass seed
sold in Walhalla, and we presume also in Seneca
} and Westminster--It is useless 10 say we can
not raise clover Herd grass and Orchard grass
here. The land may be required TO be made
} rich. bat to grow we'll anything requires rich
land, and think Of The immense yield of an acre
in red clover, which may be cut twice year
But perhaps the grass for green or dry feeding
, for this country is Lucerne. II is perennial
. and once well set it only needs q little manure
every spring and fall. AS green feed it may
be cut every three or four weeks and small
| patch would thus keep COW through the sum
NOR When we'll Get, 1t is said the roots in O
few years will penetrate in porous soil fifteen OF
twenty feet thus resisting tho severcst drou,h
or this valuable forage plant the Atlanta (Ga.)
Cuitivator says that 1.-Two tons Of hay have been
so often taken from an Of lucerne that the
fact no longer excites remark. It is not, how
ever, as generally known that, with perhaps the
solitary exception Of the COW pea, lucerne makes
= South. We have heen informed by friend
1 who hns tested the matter that work stock fet
: on luoerne can do good service with but singl,
: feed day additional Of corn or oats. A single
acre of lucerne, properly set, will amply main
tain five head Of horses, or mules whole year
7 At a cost of 500 for preparation and yield o
= five tons at $50 per ton, 1t would seem that w
= might venture on the experiment Of trying
Q little luceone on every farm in 1eorgia.
HAVE You Ever known any person TO b.
o seriously III without q weak stomach or inactive
q | liver or kidneys? And when these organs mr.
: in good condition do you not nnd their possesso
= enjoying good health? Parker's Ginger Tonic
regulates these important organs, makes tn
O blood rich and pure and strengthens every par
o. the system. See other column.