The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-03-23
CIT Enosgh q Ark2aAas.

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Wsre hcdd}e1 ci1ee ;cZs:hef q re iG1les
s1Io<n 2. the CIR ahed.
III. DgzA4 Of AkgAE-As.
sYoa see h1d 2 t,,srz5ie fArra dlHn
TIE rad here. il G.53rz;A, AID managed
N lire by pre.ty hzsd l!ckt. TIE pfice
Of o.t1:s was ioB Ani tte Izo3 Els
rather pc,or. k4d beea .sz,Iiaa sclne u
thee Eea:e.n pic-are pznp phlsts-
GE1t ] aivzJs nd ylS1 ~: ~ s<s!eTe
,hern = is;<fpla<d :hs wife
"Ya, ye.,b be ,zd, N::le t<atily,
and turning % tie rep>fteE c,ntiaGed Z.
"Abya, :hz; iilas ne u. theG '2sGz!iy
lad agen:a czne isto o1r reighhnrhnrId,
and uA "a ali v5r-. II yzrrs aha; The
raisiDz Of Two hale. III ctIt>a N the 2cre,
srd ~: half work Yea. fe5,a NE'y.
right. sae did .eI ne n; ~ oe!ie7e al
read ~ heard, bu. :ana1gh. i ~ ear =,
!i>.en IN 4 worazn. IN Cz.ae aDlae oae
day aod said 1lary, ve viii hare " sel
ou; &nd 90. We czn neTer razke nnose
tbzn uVinz kere, while Te can sc3o gs;
rich in Arfzn.&.- s1on g1: I'd nf q. |
hzG--7
1Yes. and will nere, hare .ucn cow
az Old Rtse 2g.i > chics't IL ,sse .i.ten-
jcg Nisc.
the nan, "ant ue pa,sed .ismogh this
very pizce."
THE GoziE. oy AxGAs-A7
"WeN, where did yoa .e::le: -
eve wen: u Chicn. coun!ys AtkznsIA.
got .plendid piece of land, after put
ting up hat aad getting .ezdy !or the
1ofs. se. ou. ia nsighty high ,pirit..
sCch Land had nerer .een behre."
''Sos snch water, ei,befs" Interrupted
bis wife.
sBesrre We had been there long KY
wife t,ok the chilli, ard between the
shaking and the quiniae began to fee!
little cnrious. s;iIl wired on. Ay
noney AbGui LATED me through the hfz,
year, and the second vza pretty hard
Scratching, can tell you. Then go:
the chiIls, TOO, and for awhile Would
shake, and rny wife aould .h2L :, and one
Of the little ones would shake"
"You were quite family Of Shaker,
then? ?'
"Oh, yes ju.. .book ,errioIy. bnt for
ali that the land was go<d, there's 10
mistake. Zach corn would make Jour
eyea pI,en here, and the co,.on, why bless
your soul j. just fowe,ed ou: amazingly.
got everything running nicely this last
year, and If we could oniy hare managed
the chilli, don't know but that I'll tha.
j had expected would haze come true.
expected this year 70 plant more co.,on,
and 10 buy more ttock, and next. year
would have found me a. we'll fixed a. any
human should want 10 be-
THE sEDlsSisG Or THE pELroE.
What wrought the change in all your
plans?"
"WeII you see, stranger. about Chri.t-
mas time it began little sprinkle Of rain,
but We had E0rt OF got iped 10 thai. IL KEEP.
raining for week, and then month"
"a second food, wasn't it?"
II ahouId say 20. Soon the branches
BEGAN tc spread ou. Of their beds, and
the iowIands were well soaked, and fron,
this the water began % stand on the lands
and re could scarcely 70 anywhere with
out wading through water. Higher j.
kept rising, aad coming in one afternoon
after being out To zee what could do,
found the floor covered several inches
with water and the children all standing
on the benches to keep their feet dry.
You could fairly see the water rising
might go down before morning, es the
''Oh, yes" interrupted the irrepressi.
hle Mary, "misery ioyea company in Ar.
kansas 40 well as anywhere else"
FLEEING PRON THE FLOOD.
"WelI, the water kept getting go high
that il clean carried away everything
that would feat. Thcre vas nothing
left 10 do but TO get up and leave, and we
felt glad TO get avay with our lives. The
people all began 10 crowd up TO the high.
lands, but - they al had to leave as We
did, there ,yas li:tIe 10 eat and nowhere
TO stay and in few days even money
II anyone ha1 it, could not buy what wa.
not 70 be had"
THOUGHTS or HOME.
"Did you save anything"
mot scrap. Here have been work
ing three years, and everything, stock
tools, everything was just carried away
My wife, though, never did like tho place
and always kept after me TO leave, anc
when looked around and saw the de
struction all around, began at last e
think az she did"
''Yca found that there were more
things to consider than soil, then ?"
II did that. thought that C half acr,
Of land where / knew / could see it al
the year round was better than two acre.
Of itch soil under water did mol like
the idea Of having 70 begin life anew af
Ear every food, and that Ia just wha
you've got 70 do in Arkansas"
CHOW did you come to make up your
mind to retIrn?"
''The raticns did it. You see my wifi
Is very patient woman, and tel you
stranger, that she would do anything j,
the world for me. When we had 10 leav,
our poor home without thing she still
cheered me when wo found ourselye
without the next days food, she said
Edward, will help you to work; bu
when at last We were told that We woul:
have TO accept government rationB lik
yankee soldiers or starve, she just Stoo,
up and said: Edward, VIC will do Meth
or, let us go back 70 Georgia."
"Ycu had better heed me next time,
she sai:..
3i ON DRY LAND AGAIN.
'fyou must feel safer, then. since yo
lind yourself on dry land again7"
Indeed do. We've got nothing LEI
but ouFselveg, but IL can get o patel
Of ground in the old county egain, Ifreck
on can, it'll take good deal more thai
pictnrc advertisement TO get me away
You can Just bet that am planted Il
Georgia this tihie, aud planted to grow.
Then turning TO put his family on tn
outgoing train, tho reporter left him {
his task.-Atkdnta ConStitA.ion.
Divorce In America.
Augusta Moore, writing 10 the Eraa