Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-28

io>t one DAY, Niilc III NtdVVli 1 uN"'
him, selling 500 more OF fence than
he did and have been presented with
a fine oYercoat by Mr.. Rattle for 50
doing. think had a better iuad oi
anecdotes thea lie d;A aud there is
nothing like getting 4 fellow IN = coed
humor when YOU want TO SUI him any
thing. The arecdotc that these old
gardeners enjoyed more than any OH
er was enc Frank Dantzlpr used TO
tell en- my coed friend. Darby lienlN,
Darby is very fond OF ehitteIlinss, phre
and simple, and one morning his moth
or had some Tor him aud they all no.
iiced that Darby did not cat with his
usual relish, but finally he gave the
reason, VIZ: Ma. You have ruined
these gatherings; you have washed
and soaked Them until YOU have got all
I differing taste eff II item never
/ tasted tlcm but once and that WAS one
morning | hrcakf9stcd with an old
! frisnb Of mipc ana lie hal some that
hc was eating VITA evident relish and
| finally let him persuade mc to take
one bite and that was enough. They
would have suited Darby, Bat lhayc
digressed, | started ont to tell your
readers something about these garden
rrS. II has been 2 real treat to me 10
/ ride 0ut aut sec the wonderful results
that high fertilization and cultivation
las done for their lands Most of
them have fac houses aad these well
furnished and so thirh'y settled, 20
ia SO acres i, a large farm, and ii IS 4
beautiful sight 10 see ihc long beds @:
crisp, fresh plnniS ready to be trans.
planted 10 the Weii leriIS}l2d row
POTATOES aud cabbage are the prIAcl-
I pal crops that are shipped. They have
riding pioughs, harr7WS, mover, and
r1E2s, for they save a great deal Of hay
after The cabbage are Snapped, and all
improved iabor-'ifin4 implements ale
convenient to the hucst schools III tie
south ana are maNIAE money
Mr. Dan Smith bas commenced a
system OF irrIgatjng and has a lot OF
fine cabbage ready or shipping. some
OF them raise ribbon cane and make
as tine moI"sscs as ever saw, and |
can Buy Ter any one 20 H. at 30 cts.
per gallon by the barrel, 40 cts 10y the
keg, and they are nice and pure,
1 visited the "Br0thers Garden,
ana was very politely treated ant
shown all over the grounds by . Of
Tue Brothers, They have about forty
orphans here aud although .hcy have
only about ten acres OF land he told
me they were three quarters seIi.su>-
tanning and the children seemed hap.
py ana contenled. Think Of 4 man
using from $1,000 to $1,000 worth OF
fertilizer on % OF 30 acres OF land, be-
sides all they can make at home, This
IS what they tell me they DO.
| nassed by the Sur:no lin College
/ to-day and incurred after our lIarou
bows and was Told they wcro MI we'll
in rbci, classes. The old pricst WAS
out in the grounds GnA w,s worry M.
lite TO me. lie asked me if | had Il
boy 10 send there aud | told him |
was u Protestant, aud he said more is
the pity" ItoId him | could not be
lieye like he did uul he said # was
from the want of education. | told
him heard they believed that when
they par!ooE OF the sacrament lhat
they were partaking of the verltable
body of ,Jesus and drinking of Ills
blood, And he asked me if Jesus did
not say 'this Is my body and This i
my blood" and | said this was only
meant 10 be symboIicai and hn asked