The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-08-09
The GuIneu Cow.

l.rwndcs Coun,y IS really the home Of
the Guinea COW, about which 80 much
has been said and written The history
0f these cows Is a dim one, but they were
/ first bred 10y Col. Stapler, who lived on
the Florida line, just above Nadosta.
lhcy may or may not have been brought
over hy the Minorcans. They we're
certainly bred up and perfected by Col.
~iapicr. lie MAS man OF large wealth,
ana lived on a superb estate, where he
kept open house tor years before the war.
II wa hi. idea To breed cow that
would De suited to that countTy-a s.ant
feeder Of small bulk ire" mixers, docile,
hardy and wide rangers. He succeeded
IN getting AN admlrah!" little animal
that could live on ia" native pasturapc
"i The pine barrcn- and stand any sort OF
"Nlpsu!r. !'av"rngcs thirty iiyc inches
III height, ha' al immense bag. il as
gentle a. dog, and ask, but little other
food than what it picks up For years
1t WA. Known as the S,ap!cr CO.'S, and it
WAS dubbed the Guinea" after some of
his her! had been sold in Thomas and
elsewhere.
Col. S,ap!cr died some years ago, but
his wife and sons own h- estate, Mr..
Klc!lard Stapcr being in charge Of the
Old homestead. For some time but little
attention WAS paid 10 Guinea cows. and
| II WAS only alter those sold to outside
counties had created such demand that
II was thought worth while to breed them
largely. Mr.. Stapler told me that he
! could have sold hundred of the cows
easily during the past year, and says he
could place fifty Of them ut once at 500
each. have forwarded several orders
Tor them and have never yet been able
To get one filled.
Ga the Stapler place there is now a
herd of perhaps forty pure Slapler
Gnlneas. headed by excellent Guinea
bulls. II Is the intention Of Mr.. Stapler
to breed COWS for the market, and by
next year he will doubtless be able to
fill few orders. He is determined to
send out nothing but choice cows, well
marked aud of pure blood. .fNant1
fomttniiDn
htteiip! to Burn the Nemicrry Hotel.
Yesterday morning between eleven
and twelve O'Clock an effort was made TO
burn the Newberry Hotel, which was as
| bold rs dastardly. The fire was knded
in an unoccnpied dark room, and its
| presence was made known by the crack
ling Of the flames, and the smoke gush
| ing through the transom of the room
into the passage. When the room was
entered pine box and split bottom
chair. together with pine plank, were
in flames. The box contained the
charred remains of kindIing. These
articles aud another chair standing
against the first, which was almost con.
.uned, were evidently brought in by the
villain who kindled the fire, the room
having been left entirely vacant by the
proprietor. The room is easily accessi-
bic from the rear Of the Hotel and from
The steps leading up to the heus office.
When the fire Was discovered, Mr..
| Chase, the proprietor Of the Hotel, WAS
absent, his wife was sick, and the Hotel
was comparatively deserted, most of our
citizcns having been attracted to the rear
of the Court House, where the fire en-
ginc was at work.
There is no doubt that this was Il
!i"ndish attempt to add the Newberry
liotc: To the list of buildings in ruins.
Messrs. Pool and Schumpert have
offered u reward of two hundred dollars,
and it is 10 be hoped that the scoundrel
will be apprehended. -Nrwbrry Herald.