The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-07-04

knock and say hello many time. Well
he is q good farmer and good citizen,
and his land has advanced from twenty
dollars au acre to hundred.
The only drawback upon the prosperity
of our farmers is that they don't work
enough, and they neglect the side shows
that are better than the circus. They had
rather buy a mule or horse than to
raise one. was looking at beautiful
wo.year.old illy that Gus. Bates raised
and asked him what it cost to raise her,
and he said: "Nothing-nothipg at all.
I never missed what she eat" Well, he
can get $3.50 any day for that colt
Every substantial farmer ought to raise
two or three year, just like they do in
Kentucky and Tennessee, and he ought to
raise few cattle and sheep and hogs to
sell. I gave man two dollars for that
pet pig that eat up the hens nest and that
pig never cost him cent and he sold four
more the same day and the old SOW will
have three litters year. Every farmer
ought to raise apples and peaches and
grapes and strawberries and have some to
sell. he ought not to buy a sweet potato
nor an Irish potato, but he ought to sell
some. I have never seen our market
glutted with anything tbatiS good to eat.
Another mistake our farmers make is
they buy too much expensive machinery.
I know one who gave three hundred
dollars for a screw pulverizer and he
never used it two months before it Was
used up and he can't sellit for old iron
now. These sulky plows ale mighty
pretty but they break more corn in turn.
ing at the end of rows than they are
worth. T had a reaper, and it worked
splendid when it worked at all, but
counting repairs and time lost, Marion
Rowland could take his long bladed era.
die and beat me every time; and now !
can't sell the reaper for ten dollars.
Small farmers can't afford these costly
machines, and they don't need them.
I am glad that's I investigated this
mortgage business. I am glad to find out
that our farmers are not in debt any to
hurt. I saw it stated the other day that
in one of the low country counties there
Was not single mortgage on record.
Think of that, you poor northern farmers.
But then that country may be too poor to
hold up a mortgage. It takes good, stiff
soil TO stand one. Sand won't do at all.
Nevertheless, our farmers ought to be
thankful for their general condition. A
kind Providence has blessed them abun.
dainty, notwithstanding our infamous re.
bellion. Somebody sent me late paper
from Oswego, Kan, and marked the
speech that preacher delivered the 9th.
er day to a wing of the Grand Amy of
the Republic, and in his peroration he
said that when Gabriel blew. his trumpet
their dead comrades would all rise and be
marched into heaven with the sheep,
while JEFF Davis, with all his sympathi-
zers, would go to the left With the goats
and be marched into hell to keep compa.
ny with the devil and his angels. I
would like for Sam Jones to get hold of
that hyprocrite for about ten minutes aud
shake him. I don't care anything about
that hypocrite of q preacher, but it does
worry me to know that he had q sympa.
thetic audience who applauded his aenti.
ments. Their lands are all under mort
gage. too, they say, and reckon that is
what's the matter with them. But ne
will get even with them some day; see if
we don't.
BILL ARP.