Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-07-23
For the Advertiser.
Tive or Three Farmers Who COn-
! stilnle an Exception 10 Capt.
Tillman's Otherwise lrre-
fntable Assertions.

Tillman's otherwise lrre-
fntable Assertions.
The lands along the line of the
Railroad on the Ridge are all i'm
proved by q more attentive cultiva-
tion than generally exists in the in
terror of the County; but it is doubt.
ful if, as class, these farmers keep
as free from debt as those further
from the railroad. This applies only,
|stths's.,sh, to such as all W the railroad
influences to absorb their profits. But
many of them nave kept aloof from
the awful folly Of running large a..
counts with guano agents and depot
merchants, by making their food and
fertilizers at home.
Mr.. Loderick Hartley, Of Bates
burg, belongs to this wise class of
good old fashioned people. His state.
ly and hcspitable mans;oa stands on
an eminence just above Bateaburg;
and he preserves the simplicity of
true prosperity by making his own
corn and raising his own meat. Like
our good old friend, Mr.. Benz. QUITS,
OF Meeting Street, he raises big crops
Of corn by planting long rows, and
having heap of them And auch
corn as MIR. Hartley has One would
not think land as near the Lexington
sand hills would produce such large
and lofty stalks, with two ears on
each stalk. And back behind the
house. amid the apple trees, that drop
daily their bountiiul supply Of lus
cious fruit on the ground, are his
huge, fat hogs-too full to even no.
tice the mellow apples along their
shady path. His cotton and pea crop
also are very fine. and show that they
are attended to by him in person.
Though getting toward his threeseore
and ten, Mr.. Hartley is as active and
energetic an ever, and gives his many
furrowed fields the imprint daily oi
his own footsteps, whicA ID said to be
His active, energetic habits are les
sou to the regiment OF idle yoapgsLer:
whose lolling torms lie stretched upon
sun lit beds. only to be reused by the
smell of breakfast. He still rises at
break of day, and goes out to bis
peach orchard and watermelon patch,
and gathers by breakfa fast many crates
of luscious fruit, which by good hsnd-
ling, he sells for good price in Rich.
mond, aud at tother points. This money
comes in good time. And then he
lives so splendidly at home You
may talk about the taateless pile of
dishes Set about one at city hotel
Who knows where the lard comes
from that seasons the food, or what it
j. made of? And the butter and the
eggs; who can tell how many rough
miles they have jolted in peddler's
hot wagon? How "dnll. stale and
Improbable" is fashionable hotel fare
compared with that of a thrifty coun.
try homestead like Mr.. Hartley 8 |
This prosperous and model farmer has
for dinner, fat chickens just from his
yard; new butter milk, cool and pure;
tomatoes, fresh and red cabbage,
white and saVory; big Irish potatoes,
beets, tquashes and cucumbera, all
sweet and juicy from his garden and
rich, yellow butter; and light biscuit
shortened with genuine home made
lard;; and delicious ham of his own
make. Then for dessert: peaches
just pulled, with rich cream and su.
s.s.--snnls pies, gith-a glass OF fresh + :
sweet milk. ;Aud>~>, this, one
can help ones self all during the day
to peaches, apples, watermelons and
figs, that grow in the glowing sun :
hard by the deeply. shaded yard. :
Just down the road, a little below
Mr.. Ilartley's, lives Mr.. VIM. Mitch
III, the young and energetic Furman
'f -Batesbdrg. He farms according \
% the improved methods of the times,
eads The Caliuato'', and prepares TO
:eep abreast Of the age. He is using
he buggy turnplow to prepare his
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