The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-02-15
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS T..
MONROE COUNTY,
Feb, 18th 1888.

YOU, as tIOiiAsou, lew lllleS as i
make my Grounds" over the county,
We four handsome friend, Geo. d.
Sims and MYSELF started to our first
appointment at Parham's Store in the
northeast corner Of the county on last
"Wednesday was week ago. We
spent very pleasant night at our
County Treasurer's, J. B. Mckinney,
at Athens. We found "Ben" very
busily engaged seeding down his
spring crop of oats. He said he was
going to SOW 80 or 40 acres. We
were very much entertained, the next
morning by visit to his stables, which
were both roomy and convenient.
They were built strictly with regard
to comfort and convenience. His
horses, mules, cows, sheep and goats
and hogs were all provided nice win
ter quarters, his COW house l especial
ty admired. was very forcibly re-
minded, by sight in his barn yard,
of the possible independence of the
farming class. When Mr.. Nc. threw
handful of corn on the ground there
was an immediate rush by chickens,
turkeys, guineas, goats and berkshire
| pigs, while to our left stood two
or three fine horse-colts feeding on
shattered oats in wagon body and
on our right Il melancholy looking
young Jack Of two short summers
and two long ears. He has fine
Jennette which he breeds every year.
The colts mentioned were sired by
Aberdeen's favorite trotter, Cephas,
and damed by good mares-Mr, Nc.
expects to put them in training soon
and is hopeful of developing some
speed. The next Standing" was at
q, j, Parham's Store whore we found
large crowd, and better still, they
were ready and did make fair rendi-
ton Of the real and personal property
belonging to them. The people are
better contented and more hopeful
than they were last year; their cribs
as a rule, are fall Of good corn and
plenty Of "homemade" meat in their
smokehouses, To describe Mr.. Par
hams kindness and hospitality would
be impossible; you will have to par
take OF it before you can fully APP
preciate its extent. Mr.. Parham's
farm is also eXcellently stocked, and
he showed us one of the finest colts
we have ever seen-Tennessee not
excepted; he has three. Mr.. P. has
fine Short-horn bull that he also
showed, and we would modestly favor
the raising of Short-horns in this
country in preference to Jerseys.
They combine both the beef and
milk qualities, grow off quickly and
make better oxen. 1t is really alarm
ing the way the people are selling off
their cattle; you can meet a cattle
buyer any day on most any road you
travel. 1t is to be regretted that
farmer will sell, even though he gets
good price, an animal that will pay
him a hundred per cent each year;
the "out come" of a young steer is
about hundred per cent each year;
splendid pasturage free to all should
be al lnducement to farmers to buy
rather than to sell young cattle. 1t
is almost impossible to find a work
oxen for sale especially young fat
ones. We next went to Smithville
where we met with fair crowd, and
hospitality in abundance. This is a
great place for sportsmen-turkey
and deer abound. Mr.. Ben Jones,
DIR. Spratt and others went "driving"
and killed fine doe the day we
arrived We spent the night with
our Representative Hon John C.
Burdino; we found the Capt, in the
midst of oat sowing, and he looked
like he was used to it. Col. Stegall
has the best 3-year old mule colt in
Monroe county, she is about 155 or
Is hands nigh, and we'll developed,
good muscles and trim, clean limbs.
A considerable gloom was cast over
us by the indispositlon of Mr.. Sims.
He was suffering with the prevalent
cold, and in addition he would have
slight chill daily, his usually pleas
ant smile was gone, and his portly
form was slightly stopped. BY the
way, did you ever notice the striking
resemblance between Mr.. 5. and
Bishop Murrer, who was at one time
resident of Aberdeen? Col. Stegall
called our attention to it. | call him
Bishop all the time. After receiving
favors and attentions from Messrs.
Dalrymple, Parham, Dobbs and others
we babe the good people of Smith
vile adieu and turned our chargers
head toward the classic shores of
Cotton Gin and from thence to my
humble cottage, there to stay until
the following Monday. A week from
home IS a long time, and it makes
one no happier because there is a