The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-01
SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE. E.

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markct?'
Yes, sir, am
What arc you carrying that plow along
for?
Going to send it to Pittsburg.'
TO Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania ?
You're mighty right, am
What arc you going to send it there
for?' .*'aes -F
To got sharpencd.'
al! the way to Pittsburg to get sharp
ensd?'
You bet Wc've starved our black
smith out. He pulled up stakes the other
day and went to Texas
'Well, that's rather novel idea, my
fricnd--scnding plow SO far to get sharp
sned.'
Not 50 novel as you heard it was. We
do our milling in st. Louis
tIsthat so ~ ? &@Y
You're right it is. We used to have
mill at Puukinvine creek, but the owner
got too poor to keep it up, and SO We
turned to getting our grinding done at St.
Louis
You don't mean to say you send your
griss all the way to St. Louis by rail p
Il didn't say nothing about grist-we
haint got no glst to send. But We get
our -four aud meal in St. Louis.
Il see you have hide in your wagon
Yes; our old COW died last week
March winds blowcd the life out'n her.
Seudn' hide to Boston to get it tanned
All the way to Boston Is not that
rather expensive my friend ? The freights
will cat the hide up
That's 4 fact--cleaner than the buzzards
did the old critters carcass But what s
the use bcin' taxed to build railroads thout
you get The good of en-? Used to have
lanyard over at Lickskilet, and shoe
maker, too. But they're kerfummuxed.
'Kerd that?'
III means gone up spou.-and twixt
you md noe, that's mighty nigh the case
vith our State
When do you expect to get your
leather
'Don's expect to get no leather at all
expect TO get shoes, some day, made at
Boston or thereabouts'
Rather misfortune to lose a milk COW,
my friend
Not so much misfortune as you heard it
was. Monstrous sight vf shuckin' and nub-
bin in acow, andmilkin' her night and
mo.nin' and gettiu' only about three quarts
q day
what are you going to do for milk ?
Send North for it.
Send North for milkY
Yes; concentrated milk and Goshen
butter
'Oh! sec the point
Mighty handy things, these railroads.
make them Yankee fellers do all our jobs
for us, now-do our smithin', and grindin'
) and tannin', and milkin', and churnin.
Yes, we 60 our bottom nickle on cot
ton. Sendin' it up to Massachusetts, to ge
i. caided, spun and wove. Time'll come
when we'll send it there to be ginned, ther
Wen be happy. INDUSTRIOUS sight o.
trouble running these gins.
That would be rather expensive, send
ing cotton in seed
No more so than them Western fellers
pays when they send coru East and get a
dollar bushcl and pay six bits freight.
Besides, as l said, what is the use of
paying for railroads 'thout VIC use the
road 2
You seem to appreciate the value OF
railroads 2
think we ought-we pay enough for
'em
Il reckon you fatten your own pork p
well, you reckon wrong, stranger. get
them 1llinoy fellers to do that for me. It's
mighty convenient, too monstrous sight OF
trouble toting big basketful of corn three
times a day TO hogs in pen, especially
when you hain't got none to tote it to-.
Il should think So
There's one thing lacking, though, to
make the business complete.
What's that
They ought to send them hogs ready
cooked 9 -Gookin,, and preparin' wood for
eookin', takes up heap of time that ort
byrights to be employed in the cotton
patch. l was sayin to my old woman, che
other day, if we Mississippi folks got our