The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-02-21
The dining room was neat and attrac.

ANDG1GOO Os W.
The dining room vas neat and attrac'
tive. The kitchen contained a larger
range than the girls had and it was filled
with pots and pans large enough to bury
a common mortal. They had as good 9
dinner as growing boys could desire, and
all the eatables were produced on the
farm with the exception of the rice.
There we're pans Of sweet potatoes cooked
and put under the range to keep warm !;
there was tremendous pot Of boiled
white peas and homemade bacon, another
Of rice and whole roast pork. The
chief cook stood stirring up the meal for
mullins in a pan big enough for sail
boat. The farm supplies entirely the
beef; butter and milk used on the tables
and makes q good sup by selling those
products when the home demand is sup.
piled. Above the hall are the debating
rooms Of the two college societies. There
the boys discuss no stilted and cheanut
subjects such as whether Bacon wrote
Shakespeare, or who was the greatest
man, George Washington or the duke OF
Wellington. They talk of the sowing
and harvesting of grain, the planting and
hoeing Of cotton, how rust can be taken
from the green leaves, aud how man can
stamp the destroying worm under his
feet by means OF some chemical discov-
cry.
A hospital under the charge. of DR..
Barr, and having as it's nurse an expert.
enced man from the charity hospitals OF
New Orleans, is at little distance back
from the other buildings.
Opposite the college building Oh the
right is the great brick dormitory, con.
tanning one hundred and eight bed rooms,
the library, musuem, coal and linen rooms
the geological class rooms and writing
rooms.
The museum on the basement floor
contains specimens of all the agricultural
productions Hof the. State, and some in.
teresting things.in ahe. form of fossils,
found near starkeyille, among them the
skeleton of monstrous sea serpent.
,Pstriaed .twiga and stumps and Indians
are frequently being dug up where these
fossils were found. fla distinguished
Mississippian wanted to be sure Of q
monument, he might go there and leave
it in his will that when petri6ed he be
dug up and placed to mark his Town
grave. 1t would save squabbles and
expense to the relatives who inherited his
fortune.
All the specimens for the study of
anatomy are contained in this museum.
A novel design for the displaying of
native woods was q large oaken frame
painted in leaves and wood shrubs and
filled in With blocks ofpolished specimens
on which we're e1quisitely painted leaves,
flowers and fruit of the tree. This
work was done by Miss McManus, of
Mississippi.
The windows of Lieut.. Dayis's quarters
in this building were turned into hanging
gardens of bloom. There were geraniums
and roses and yiolets, mingled with twin.
ing vines and ferns. These flowers
touched. me with sense of the beautiful
softness and refinement of the true sol.
dier. Gen. Lee himself is of this the
most striking illustrator in our southern
land. a West Point man, trained from
his hand in the hard discipline of war,
and entering actively upon his career at
the first trumpet call ofhis country, doing
his part so bravely that he was made q
general, and Was the youngest in all his
army to hold that Office. Nov that the
days of turmoil have departed he has
taken hold OF the plough of peace with
which to lead his southern lads to victory.
Which is the greatest height, the one he
stood on twenty-five years ago, or that OF
to day, wherefrom he stretches out his
strong hands over land of peaceful;
profitable labor.fs This GREAT soldier OF
peace stands a noble figure against a
background Of southern woods and sky,
a figure to cheer all who bemoan the past.
to strengthen and encourage all who look
faith in the future.
Now to the stables and creamery. I
went there with Mr.. Stafford, 8 former
graduate and present assistant in the
horticultural department. On our way
over great, high stiles, made for the long
legs Of boys, he talked Of the college and
its interests.
"I wish" be said, ''that the buildings
were not quite 30 rough. The girls
industrial college, you noticed, was SC
nicely finished inside. Ofcourse we boyt
want the girls to have the incest, but still
we'd like it to be some better. STILL" be
went on, "the buildings are substantial
and every wall is Of brick and double, so
there couldn't possibly be 6re;'' 2--.,,1'
EDO any Of the boys who come here fai
to study we'll"
"Yes, and the first ofense, they ART
reprimanded, the second it is done more
severely, and the third time they are Civ
en- military disciple for punishment
They are compelled to tread beat fol
three hours at time. I've done some o.
that three hours walking and | tell you
it gets pretty tiresome about the third
hour !?
sAnd you have to do all the field work
yourself?"
eyes, we do everything that common
negro laborers do, ditch, drain, plough
hoe, everything in fact, but pick tht
strawberries. That is done by lot o