The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-02-08
BILL ARP.
Tho Intcnsifying System Necessity Il
Supply the Wants Of Man.
Southern cid,irutyr and Di,ic Farmer.

S,utbrrn (ihi,utor dnd Diyic Farmer.
Time and tide wait for no manor wo.
man either, as to that. Time is the most
regular and constant thing in all creation.
The Winds blow, and the rains fall, and
the seasons come and 60, but time moves
on the same, yesterday, to-day and for.
ever; calm, serene, and grand IN It's un-
changing regularity. Time is the only
thing that never changes; man comes up
all of a sudden and struts around and
magnilies himself awhile and passes
away TO make room for others, but time
never was born and never dies. new
year has come hut the same old time is
ticking away. The clock may stop, and
the pendulum cease to swing, and the
old year die, but time don't stop. We
measure il and cut it up like we do
ward. stick and now We say the cid year
is dead and gone. 1t il Il good time TO
look back aud see how far we have gore
on the Journey of life, and what good wc
have done. IL is n good time to lay
plans for the future, and turn over new
leaf. Let lis cheat old Father time out Of
something. He has slipped up upon us
and cheated us ever since we were born.
He fools US out Of happiness that we
were pursuing aud never catching. He
sets his mark upon us and stamps wrink-
les on our foreheads and crows feet ut
the corners Of our eyes. lie takes away
our teeth and dims cur cycsight, and
stops up our ears. and snatchcs US bald
headed, and dyes our dark hair gray be.
fore we know it, els sly, devlish sly,
and never sleeps or gets drowsy. lie IS
mean, too, and stingy, for when we are
happy and having good time, he cuts
the hours short and cramps up the min
utcs and hurres US through, and 80 we
say time flies, but when we are sick or
in pain, or in prison or having grief and
trouble he fingers along slow, SO rs to
lengthen out our misery. But there is Il
way to get even with him, and that is to
defy him and laugh at him, and have II
good time in spite Of him. The way to
do this is TO always look on the bright
side, and never cross the bridge of signs
until #e get to it. Itdom't pay 10 bn!r1"
trouble. There will be enough for our
share without hunting for it. Did you
ever look back and see how much misery
aud misfortune you had dreaded and
worried over that never came? Some
times it looks like there is II big noun
tain of it just ahead OF U.S. hut somehow
or other it disappeared just before we get
10 it, We farmers thought we were
mighty nigh ruined year before lust, and
we grunted and groaned around amazing,
but with last years crop we got out Of
that scrape pretty well. The fact is that
farmers in the South never did go into
winter quarters better supplied with food
for man and beast But we must keep
digging plow deep, and harrow, and roll,
and ditch, and drain, and intensity, as
Mr.. Furman says. Intensity il q good
word about any kind of labor, whether Of
mind or body. We have 60. 10 intensity
sooner or later for the world is filling up
mighty flst, and there used to live u
philosopher by the name of Malthus,
who said that mankind would finally be
destroyed by starvation, for the world
didn't grow bit and folks were increas.
ing every day, and it was only question
of time when mankind would starvc. |
don't know about that Man is n mighty
smart animal, and Providence never
made mistake, and thcro will be some
way to feed us, sure There is no telling
how far this intcnsfying business can 60,
and we have already found out that
the mir feeds plants more than the soil
does.
Clothing was getting pretty scarce
when the cotton plant WAS discovered
and the loom and the gin were invented.
Wood was nearly all used up in Germany
when coal was discovered. Steam cpme
along in Il good time but steam takes too
much fuel and will play out before long,
and electricity take its place. The sew
ing machine was invented just when tho
women were mighty tired Of plying the
needle and thread, and so it is with every
want They nre always supplied just III
the right time, and that gives me fnith to
always bclicvethey will be. Faith is agood
thing to have-plenty of faith. Provi.
dence hasn't failed to provide the Ways
and means for six thousand years, and
we can afford to trust Him awhile longer,
l recon. Mr.. Malthus never dreamed Of
five bales of cotton to the acre and u
hundred and fifty bushels of corn, but it
has been done-done by intensifying.
Bayard Taylor wrote about two Indian
.jugglers who planted au orange seed in
the ground before him aud covered it up
with tin can, and in two hours it came
up and put out its leaves and branches,
and bore fruit, and he pulled an orange
from tho little bush and cut it and eat it,
and he says it was no fraud or deception,
for he watched them every minute, and
he said the only solution was intensity
ing the elements OF nature and forcing her
to do her work quickly How's that?
It takes lis all summer 10 raise All ear of
corn, but suppose We knew the secret of
the Indian jugglers and could raise it in
q day, what then? Nobody would starve
would they? We know that we can
hurry nature by fertilizers and slimulants,
80 if we can hurry her some, maybe there
will way be found to hurry her a good
deal. We don't need il now, but the
time will come when we will and then it
will be found out All's well that ends
we'll. This world fits us and we fit the
world, aud there is no danger ahead.
When the world il destroyed, or comes to
IN end, humanity will have another and
better ono all ready. 1t would be like
moving into new house. So let the
years roll on, and let every man do his
duty to God and his fellow men and DO
calm and serene. That's all. wish
everybody happy new year.
RITZ, Arp