The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-03-26

every uGaU WaS luEueQ bOWaTu tue Ulo
hen and her chickens, and when she
seemed to understand that no harm WAS
intended and it was gift from generous
men, she took off her old sun bonnet and
bowed to them and pointed her hand 10
heaven. 1t was learned afterwards that
the woman was & poor widow, and she
was trying to harvest her husbands crop.
That vas q big thing in that family, and
they are talking about it yet I reckon.
The other man caught theinfection before
they reached their journeys end, and
gave another poor child dollar for
bringing him a gourd of water from the
spring at the foot Of the HILL He didn't
want the water, but just wanted an excuse
to get even with the crowd.
But have heard as big stories as Un.-
Gle Simon's tater story right here at
home. It was in the Judges room one
night when we were all talking about
what great country was Gilmer for ap.
pies and Irish potatoes and cabbages.
Judge Underwood declared that you
might take sprout from any poor, no
account apple tree down here and stick it
in the ground in Gilmer. and it would
grow and bear fine apples. And General
Hansell said be had been to see the ia.
nous apple tree on old Cantrelps place,
about mile off the Dahlonega road, aud
he found it sixty feet high and sixty feet
broad, and he stood up beside it and tried
to span it with his long arms and couldn't
reach more than half way round. He
looked to Judge Underwood for nod of
confirmation and got it. "That is $3.50,
exactly So" said the judge. ri have seen
that tree. 1t came from q seed that vas
planted by old Noonatootly, half.breed
Indian who came from North Carolina
about fifty years ago." Thus fortified
General Hansell continued his remarks
by saying that the average annual crop
of this tree was 500 bushels, and the ap.
Piles we're what is known as the
black apple-they were such very dark
red.
Judge Underwood cleared his throat
and said: "And general, don't you re-.
member that lane-Frszier's Lane, on
Laughing Gal creek-where there is an
apple tree in every fence corner on both
sides of the lane clear up to the top Of
the hill, and the limbs of the trees
have got tangled up together in solid
mass and you can't see the sun above you
as you drive along?"
"Oh, yes" said the general, ~ remem-
ber it perfectly. And one fall when you
and Trippe aud Chastain and Hanks and
Hatchet and John Word and Hooper and
ever SO many more of us struck that lane
there were twelve buggies all in a row
going to court. And you and I were in
the hindmost buggy and that lane was
ankle deep in apples, and the horses
could hardly get along, and I looked back
and the horses and the wheels had mash.
ed apples until there was a stream of ci.
der running down the bill that was big
enough to turn a mill. You remember
that general ?"
Perfectly, perfectly" said the general,
but he vas weakening little.
"And old man Frazier told me" said
the judge, "that one year he turned the
cider into the vsts l.. mis- little lanyard,
and it made vesy fire leather. Cider
makes very fine tannin, you know, gener-
al. My father wore pair of calf.skin
shoes for seven years that were tanned
with cider, and you could turn them
wrong side out as easy as india-rubber." :"
The judge had out heroded Herod and
ageneral hilarity succeeded his last effort.
Baron Muuchausen and the Arabian
Nights had wonderful influence over
the grand old gentlemen of the olden
time. They were fine story tellers, and
and could just make them up right along.
BILL ARP.