The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-10-29

! lily t!i'n' ; tt ''!!. ti'''tt-'' '''t
;aai.ii.' d a.gns and all tie cvo;ntions
that arc hHovo % military Companies,
nth ne.iac; r:cei-on /, asloni,licd
everybody, .,nA remarked to i veteran /:
~ 'oots III the Urls arc getting ready
70: the next waT.' "lce, sa;,i he, and
they nlay fight t. |; va. tie likes CT
them lhag lt;rried me Into the last one. ,
Another remarked 81 w3uldent be sur
:,rise,i TO hear OF t:icin being in lhe inlau-
try scrvice before ong, They aro shoat'
iHg now-shooling Cupid. *rrows.'
On Ike whcIc, il was pleasant fair
pleasant TO al! who attended; but thcre
was some disappointment. because cf the
lacl; Of agricultural exhibits. Tie collr-
try people have Sc i;lea that someAody
else viii get lie premiums and 50 they do
not bring ;hei; products. TO make a
County far a success eyary substantial
farmer in tie County ought to take
something, even Il it i: only & curiosity
freak of nature, curious ear Of corn,
or a potato, or three legged dog or
something. Most everybody has got
something. know what Eradly County
can do from what was there, but there
should have been entimcs IS much corn
aud cotton, aud cat, and potatoes, and
pears, ETC.. etc. Mr.. pearce lives there
the man who ginned the bale of cotton
that took the premium Of 81 600 a! the
worlds fair-,he highest premium ever
given TO bale Of cotton. He gave me q
roll of his best ginning Of this years
crop, and / brought it home with me.
Ii is more like down than cotton.
But had to leave these good people
with my thanks and s. blessing. l went
overland 70 Monticello, eighteen miles.
cheated Jay Gould cat OF that much
time and money. W. made il in three
hours and that beats his railroad Mon-
ticello is more ambitious place than
Warren, but has no better people They
ship lG 900 baIes from Monticello and
the town has macadamized the streets
and is building up beautifully. From
there | made departure for hor;e. The
railroad did not connect at Little Rock,
so / bumped around the big room at the
depot until 8 O'clock in the righi Seven
hours1 aud reached the river at Memphis
next morning at Q o'clock. 1t took US
two and half hours to cross, and Of
course The train WAS gone. | waited an
hour, but couldent wait auy longer, SO |
was delayed there until 6 o'clock that
night. II is jaat awful when man is
anxious to get home. The hours are so
long and weary fully expected to be
left again al Chattanooga but the conduc'
tor told INC that If his train got in on
time would have five minutes to reach
the Western and Atlantic as it passed
along at i,s crossing OF Main Street, and
if / yould jump of quick and trot along
lively and il the engineer vas in
. good, kind humcr ard wonld slow up a
little Nigh! possibly make it. And |
did. Ny vaise was pretty heavy. but |
trotled aud fox troited and paced and got
to the crossing just in time, and | nc
toned in pleading. beseeching way,
and he smiled AMI nodded, and a stranger
said give me your hand, old gentle
man." and did 50 and gathered the
handraii and pulled up 175 poun!.: Just
like il was nothing, The clever stranger
tossed my valise on the platform and |
was happy, yes, cslm and serene. You
see. had not only to run and jump from
one rallroad 70 another, but from one Sys-
tenn to another, aud it is no small thing
to Jump s,s'pr.s. Jumped from the
Richmond Terminal to the Louisville and
Nashville and they don't connect at
Chattanooga. One goes out at one depot
while the other comes in at another depot
half mile away They are not synom-
omous or simultaneous, nor zen rapport"
and so the only chance is to jump for it.
Why, my folks thought | was lost and
were just about to telegraph for nc ali
over the courtry. It took me two and q
half days to travel 800 miles. But one
trouble is that the river is lower than It
has been for years, ard the ferry boa. hes
to feel its way along and every few min
utes strikes bottom or sandbar and !!@s
10 get off and try another place. At one
point We were twenty minutes in moving
forward twenty ;ee;. Bu: ali ills trouble
will be over by Sprng, ior The govern
menl IS building tine bridge across the
river, and it will be . great relief. lnlli
then. must say farewell, .irkansaw.
Bill. ARP.