The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-06
Correspondence Of Union TINEs.
O0lngs at the Fea Ridge Capital.

b KRLroE, Msrca 2.-MR. EpIron.-I take
the time from my work 10 give you few
dote OF what is going on round and about
Kelton % 90
The rain still continues, and on Saturday
we hadNa shower Of snow. but il d id not
last very long. Afier the Alliance adjourn.
an went 70 Keton TO hear the news,
and ust before 7 got there it1coamen-
Gel to snow ami it came down in hurry
for while. so 1 picked up very little news.
Trial Justice Porters court was in session
at Kelton Saturday. upon a case of dispos-
session between Eliza Parr and Mrs. Newell
Smith, Jr., but did not hear how the case
was decided.
Mr.. E. II. Aycsck has introduced the game
OF foot ball on the Ridge. II is an exciting
game and somewhat dangerous Notwith-
standing that, the boTs enjoyed the sport. -
One or two of them fell fiat and hard, but
they did not seem to care for anything but
the ball and tho game.
Sickness hos not subsidized in Keltcn yet
Mr.. Georg W. Going and wife, and perhaps
one OF Their children, are sick with very
severe colds.
in his store, although he is still very unwell.
DR.. NJ. W. Chambers is improving SLOWLY.
Nj. j. N. Gault was attacked very severely
with Ia Grippe last week, but he is getting
along very well at present He hopes to be
able TO resume his place in Mr.. Howelrs
store before long. Mr.. J. ]. 81 esrs assisted
A,. -h~-. Ill Ss..-anpio sell qn3ds.
Now, Mr.. Editor, as you will remember,
l promised mt to say anything more about
the argument between you aud myself; but
sir rs you miscontrued what Il said and
made it appear that put very low est innate
upon my 'r"ther farmers l am compelled
in dafn nf ali A.
had no reference TO the manhood or in.
telligence OF my brother farmer. There is
no man that enteriains higher respect for
the farmers than l do, sir. am a farmer
myself and would be traitor if L did not
RESP ect respectable men in the s,me advoca.
tion, and ask you to be q title more
lenient in the future in constituting my " words
AS VoS hns told you about his fox chase
l will tell you about coon hunt happened
to be in some years ago. 1t was somewhere
between 80 and 'S2 that some fellow saw n
coon track On q branch some three or four
mics from my house. Some two or three
OF us agreed to hunt for him, aud appoint
cd night for the fun. Al the time for our
hunt we had pretty good crowd. When
we got near The place where the fellows had
seen the coon track, one of our dogs gave o
yelp, aud some one in tho crowd said !:
eooh, ScItnius Oiu ranger
won run anything but coons. One after
another Of tho dogs fell into liue. We had
large pack, and they were pretty badly
mixed up. We had all kinds of dogs, from
poodle to mastiff; so you can Judge
what kind Of music we had The hounds
trailed for two or three hours before we had
much fun. When the dogs got TO where
the grass was damp with dew they began to
open pretty lively. Hix said, 'scome
on, boys, they have got him up" and We
began to trot pretty lively; but by the time
We got TO the bottoms the dogs were half a
mi'e ahead of us and we made halt. 10 see
which way the dogs were going. We then
began to scatter-some going one way, some
another. happened to go my own way
and alone and got lost from the crowd, but
as it turned out the dogs came right round
to where / was. l startel right in behind
the pack ard we had it through the briars
and over gullies-I tore my clothes almost
OF Of me. Directly l heard the boys
coming over the hill at full tilt halloeing
mkeep up with Them hoYs ihcv will fa,ei