Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-01-12

put them up in various ways to pro.
tect them from. the cold. The ones
most likely to decay are put up II
barrels and is called kraut; others
in banks similar to potato hill, and
still others, who are trying new
experiment, pull them entirely up
put the cabbage end in the ground
leaving the roots upward. We can't
see the trick in the latter process
unless it's to take a new Farmers
Alliance Gu, nd see if the other end
won't head, too. So much for the
cabbage.
Apples, which, l reckon, every
body knows, grow on trees, are ano-
ther important crop, which, together
with the cabbage, are the main
money crops with these people. They
are gathered about early frost, accord
ing to variety, and placed in cellars
made for the purpose, or in barns,
and then covered with hay, straw or
other like material, until they go
through sweat and shrinkage, after
which they are sorted and put where
there is no danger OF freezing, until
they can be hauled off to market.
Small grain does not do so well, as
the land is too open and porous. The
heavy freezes push the roots out OF
the ground and leave them exposed
to the air and sun, in consequence of
which they are killed out. Rye,
which is a harder cereal, is exten-
sively sown; tobacco grows luxuri-
antly; melons and cotton do not
thrive so well, but with these excep-
tons most all vegetables are as pro-
life here as in other localities that
have a milder climate.
Among other things in general
there are many natural curlositles to
be seen among the mountains, which
furnish favorable places of sport for
those who are fond OF the sublime
and beautiful, the first OF which is
''The Narrows," on Chauga creek,
about half mile below the ford on
the upper road leading to Clayton,
Ga. This curiosity is narrow gorge
of rock, averaging about four feet
wide and one hundred and twenty
five feet in length, through which
the water is forced to make It's way
with increasing rapidity, dashing
from side to side, unti. it loses It's
velocity in the surging waters below.
Just below this cataract is an island
of solid rock, which somewhat resem-
blcs ship that had become petritied
by the ravages of time, and meant to
do no one any harm, save only to
STAY there and await the inevitable.
Another fall OF like nature is on
Chattooga river, about eight miles
above ''Rogue's Ford" This gorge
is so narrow that a with 4 child
on his back is said to have jumped
across the river.
Waterfalls and cataracts are SC
numerous in this section that wherever
a stream MAKES its way somewhere
on its course you will find a fall Of
some description. Across the river
about ten miles we find "The Tallu-
lah," which, for their grandeur anc
scenery, cannot be surpassed in the
South. About these we will no'
impose upon your valuable space II
order to say something that has SC
often been said by others who were
far ADLER than myself to do the sub
ject justice.
There is one other curiosity
however, that may be of inter
est to your readers, and that is th'
Sinking Mouptain," which lies Oh
the right bank of Chattooga river
about six miles below the ford. Thi
mountain is not sinking, like som'
may suppose, all the way round tn
cone, but only on the side next t.
the river. After continued spells 0
wet weather fresh craC:is may b
seen all over the surface, and NOR
particularly around the edge, wher
it leaves crevice large enough /
admit mans leg. The portion tha
is sinking covers about ten acres Q
ground, aad has sunken on the upre
side about seventy-fve feet, the top
of the trees being even with the SUI
face of the ground. The dirt at tn
lower edge hulges out from the Ger
ter and dumps off toward tie river
which gives it the appearance OF
big landslide. Altogether it is slr
gular freak OF nature and is we
worth visiting even by the mo:
obscure observer.
Other scenery; In the fall of tn
year the chestnut gatherers OF Mort
, Carolina are necessitated to bur
off the leaves liz order to rend'
the picking up of chestnuts les