The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-03

ANDERSON. S. c.,
out TO the:mines and to the mill on the
creek. and saw the great black hill OF
graphite, and not far away great white
hill of kaolin. In another mountain the
gray ore was shining like broken steel
and close by the chrystalized manganese
sparkled like gems of diamonds. No
wonder these northern men we're fasci.
mated and pitched their tents. They told
me how rapidly the timber had been cut
away up north in the last ten, years, and
now they had to depend on the south
with long freights or on Canada with a
protective tariff on the way. This re-
minded me OF letter that vas read at
the late forestry :congress from an Ohio
man who said with fine sarcasm, "Con-
gress puts protective tariff of two dol
Iars g thousand feet on lumber and there.
I by excludes Canada from our markets,
and encourages our people to cut down
and saw up every tree that will make
q two.inch stave. and at the same time
offers bounty Of ,160 acres of public land
to every aettler who will plant ten OF 1t
in walnuts or chestnuts. The solons at
Washington hire us to cut it all down
and then hire US to. plant some more"
s. I dined atthe Emerson hotel-a nice,
new building of forty rooms, and every
thing clean and attractive. These yan.
KEGS know what to do:first when they. go
to build up town. They are slipping
no on US, I tell you. Nice ladies, well
mannered and we'll dressed, waited on US
at the table. Idid not see q darky about
the establishment. Right there is where
the difference comes in. The prejudice
of caste and occupation clings to us still,
and it shows q lack of good sense and
Independence. IFS young lady can help
her father kespa hotel, she ought to do
it. IF she can help her mother keep
house and make, up the beds. md wash
dishes and fill the lamps and sweep the
rooms she ought to do it, # she can
make her own dresses and some for the
children she ought to do it and be all the
more proud of having done her duty as 8
child. Not long ago AN Atlanta girl
whom /, know said to her. companion. .,at
Highs "Iswouldn't: notice that girlif l
was Fyou-she isn't much-she's pretty
enough but she makes her own clothes.
She rigged up that hat she has on" 1
wish that:all of our girls, could: be taught
that money is oflittle consequence, COM
pared with virtue and modesty and love
and Kindness, and that work is no de.
gradation. I have seen many q father
bowed down because the ambition of his
family to keep. up with society kept him
on a strain..SI do utterly despise the
tyranny of ""societ," /" as it is called, and !
never: attend these fashionable receptions
i'll can helpit. They are all;hollow and
fhypocritical. I met q sweet, pretty girl
in Atlanta, the other day, whose fallen
fortunes had forced herato 60 to service
in commercial establishment. She vas
we'll educated, and never. knew 8 want
until recently. Without q murmur or 9
complaint or. look of sad despair she
went to work and maintains herself. I
met her on the street and kissed her, and
loved her as a father loves his child. She
is from a grand old family, one OF The
best in the state,s and her grandfather
was always my friend. Lam proud to
know. and to respect some Barlow girls of
noble families who are now earning their
own living and something more from the
use of pen and pencil. l know they are
happier than when immersed in the gid.
dy whirlpool Of that. heartless thing
called society. .:s5:. :.
As the train came laundering along l
boardedit, and found my friend Sanford
Bell, the venerable conductor OF forty
years service, was not calm and serene.
He is fond of possum at this time OF the
year and SO Dick Hargis, another knight
of the rail, and who had q grudge against
Sanford, hired a. darky to bring an old
gray cat in sack to the train as it halt.
ed at Emerson and to ask Captain Bell if
he didn't want to buy a 'pussm. The
train wsa Just about to pull out and San.
ford said: s Is: he fat; what do you ask
F for him"
"Twenty- FIVE cents, sir, said the darky,
aan' he's fat all over, sir."
Sanford tossed him quarter and told
B him to hurry up and throw the sack in
the baggage car. In few minutes he
found time to inspect his purchase. AS
E he stopped down and cautiously united
the sack the cat saw the opening and
made a spring for liberty. Now San.
ford's eyes are getting watery and his
spectacles rather dim, and still thinking
it was very lovely 'possum, he cried
out, "Shnt the door boys |! shut the door |!
don't let that 'possum get away" The
cat had disappeared behind trunk, aud
Sandford would not believe it was cat
until the boys had caught it, and he had
rubbed his hand over its furry tail.
"If it amt q est I'll be dog'd y said he,
and he went forth in solemn silence amidst
the peals of laughter from the boys.
When he passes Emerson now he can be
seen looking all around for that darky,
but has not found him. He told me
be dident know exactly how concocted
that scheme, but bad reason to believe
that it was either Dick Harges or the
devil, and there wasent very much differ
ence between them. ut was quite q
catastrope," said I. "Itwas cat.shore,"
said he. BILL ARP.