The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-04-04

"hiCh we palu nlty cents for the
shaking up we had received from
thrnpikc company is not forgotten,
ana have puzzled my brains since,
which was tho greater wrong, the
government taxing the farmers UP
there for turning their corn into
sransputablc stulfor the gate man
compelling people to pay the fifty
cents toll.
Ana we were travelling over the
pest roads rs my companion assur-
cd me. But that is all past so ia r
as am concerned and forgiven,
and ar now quito cured OF the
bruises then received.
shall add, that ever since T
passed II couple of winters in the
upper portion of your State, I have
tried to explain topeoplc here, ask
ins after tho South, why it is
that in the bright sunny South with
so many advantages, the general
appearance of farms and Village
homes is not as tasteful and invit-
ing as those Of tho same class with
| us.
lthink L am not wrong in tell Ing
them that the labor, and pains are
not expended AZ generally as it is
here. Ii is the rule here that tho
machanic from the shop after his
ten hours at the bench, finds time
morning and evening to plant, and
beautify his small or large plot, So
with many Of the merchants and
some OF tho men Of professions,
trees for bcautifymg, and fruit
bearing arc placed in order to
adorn, and every one adds charm
money value to the place. know
how it is, you carry your houses to
to the trees if you have any. We
take the trees TO the yards and the
streets and make shady the whole
Village. Climate and nature can
do much. supplemented with la
Dor almost all things arc possible.
Whilo writing this letter to-day
(March } L have a great many
times by contrast of what is before
us, thought Of our very fine climate.
1t began here thirty-siX hours ago
to snow, and the snow, by winds
continuing all this time to be heap
cd into drifts ten feet high, at
points obstructing the whole of
Rnilroad travel between this place
and New York city SO miles dis
tant. just came up from our de-
pot, before which in continuous
line over dozen "dcad locomo-
tives" so-callch when they are fro
zen up on track and are immova-
BILE.
Under those, engineers were
building fires Of cotton waste and
oil to thaw them. No mails for
two days past. tell you of this
so that you may more fully aprrc-
ciato your fine climate.
Yet with this fnvoring you, some
how 1T is that we keep abreast and
where the hand of labor is the in.
strumcnt certainly lead. This is
not said boastingly, but suggestive
ly.
Once the reply might have been,
this, because of slave labor, II kind
difficult to manage.
No matter if this was, or Is, the
cause there are changes working
in your industrial system, which
tend to reduce tho great over
grown plantations, and in their
stead multiply the number of lesser
farms to the advantage of the South
as whole.
With this, the average farmer
viii e. nc to appreciate the impor-
tancc OF his part of tho work which
digniiics and enrichcs. There will
be encouragement too, to the sons
and daughters as they sec the New
South out blossomlng tho old in the
hands of Industry, with old time
chivalrons spirit none the less.
Port Jcrvis N. Y. p. w.
Six years ago n most diabOlical
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