The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-06-17
Lanrens Chat.

Lanrens Chat.
RosENBuRoUGH, June IL, I9S5.-Rains
continue, and grass in abundance.
Farmers are somewhat backward with
their crops owing to the scarcity of day
labor. Some are paying as high as one
dollar per acre for hocing cotton. Har-
vesting has commenced but the yield is
not very promising.
Some sickness in this community.
Enough for the NJ. DIS to keep their
hands in. However there are no serious
cases.
This portion-North eastern-of the
county, has some Of tho finest bottom
and pasture lands for stock farms in the
State. Some Of our farmers arc speak
ing Of enclosing their bottoms with wire
fencing for that purpose.
Statistics inform. us that during the
year 1853. only $500. Sewing Machines
were made and sold, when six year later
or 59-ncarly lOO,OOO-at an average
cost Of IS dollars each-had found their
way into domestic circles. Notwith-
standing tho cry Of 'injuriOus to health
they have proved q substitute for the
cid time exhausting drudgcry of the
needle, and are still being sold in great
numbers, with half the cost rs formerly,
and considerably improved, so that our
ladies' find little trouble to keep up with
the fashions in the way Of frills, houn-
ccs, &c.
New Rcmcdy-"Hcllo dar Boss" yell
led a dusky cotton-choppcr, as VIC were
passing his grassy farm.
as you dc Doctor ~
wei, yes" ''what's the matter now,
Sambo?"
."Sick sar, bin coler-mor-b bus sin-it fur
de las three days."
Have you taken anything ?'
"Naw-sir," bin wantin ter take a chaw
ter hacker mighty bad but didn't hab
none, ken you gimme er taste Doc
tor ?'
We gave him o "chaw" and left him
very much improved in appearance,
with the exception Of n slight erten-
sion Of the right hand jazz.
The water power Of Enoree River is
as fine as any in the up-country, if prop
crly managed. At Yarbrough's Mills,
which runs two wheat and two corr
rocks besides q saw mill and cotton gin,
the power is sufficient to run a large
Cotton Factory. We look forward to
the day, yet, when this LAND We love"
will be dotted with factories and crossed
and srecro sscd with rail roads.
Some time ago, We were passing
thorough q plantation, cultivated by one
Of those lerel-hended, back-acting self
supporting, scientific farmers, (you can
always tell them by the crooks in their
rows) who had lost n mule for the
want Of more corn and less grass and
sasafras. We noticed at a distance sew
eral persons. as We thought, trying to
get the best Of some kind Of a wild
''varmint." We cautiously ncared the
scene and. to our surprise, found that it
was only a substitute for the dead mule
in the shape of a small sized steer. that
would have been more ut home with its
"mama" than hitched to n plow.
The woods and swamps on the River
and Duncans Creek are fine for the game
loving sportsman. Squirrels, wild tur-
The following anecdote Is told by an
old soldier, who remembers the touch
of Yankee lead as well as the wit oil
Johnnie Reb =" While travelling on the
cars between Richmond and Petersburg,
\ Chaplain came into the cars distrib-
uting tracts among the soldiers. After
he left, one Of the soldiers cried out, SIS
there any Quartcrmastcrs on board p
YES" replied some one, "there is one
in the next car" "Does he look sorry o.
asked the same soldier. SWELL, yes, he
is rather q sorry looking follow" said
the other. "He's the very fellow" re.
piled the soldier, "that parson gave me
tho wrong tract" "This was intanded
for tho Quartcrmastcr," saying this he
held up q tract to the view Of all the
passengers, entitled, "The Penitent
Thief"
We were aware that "Buoklevel" hsi
a long.felioW but never knew until re-.
Gently that the "City" sported q "Shaks SO.
phere" and o doctor" too. Who next
Within the past few years, severa,
promising young men have left this par
Of the County for new fields, some 70,
the West and others to "the land of flow
ers." But they drop in occasionally
content to remain among former friends
Recently . "Cullerd Cent? was ar
rasted and tried before . country Tria
Justice for stealing q water gourd from
his white neighbor. verdict-$6 sns
Icost or fifteen days in County Jail.