Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-04
Edgefield Advertiser
LOCAL. BREVITlEs.

lCCHl 6RLVlllLO.
There is much complaint of cut
worms in the gardens and corn
fields.
It's the longest headed clergy
men who preach the shortest ser
mons.
Never wait for a thing to turn
up. Go and turn tup yourself. 1t
takes less time, and. is surer to be
done.
The most skeptical and sour
visaged pessimist in our county
has no doubt now that fruit will
be abundant this summer.
Some of our local weather
prophets predict several frosts in
May. We remember one year that
frost occurred on the 9TH of June.
Miss Cantelou, of Alabama, q
niece of our highly esteemed fellow
'citizen r. Cantelou, Esq, is visit
ing friends and relatives in Edge
field.
"Papa's pants will soon fit
brother" is the first line of a new
song, and yet there is said to be no
literary or musical genius In this
country.
No, mother your boy is not
wandering tonight. He sits in the
parlor, glued to the old arm chair
and Belinda lips, and doesn't
care a cent for Cleveland, cholera
or crinoline!
EE 95 cents on the dollar will
be paid for school checks at the
ADVERTISER Office, provided you
are subscriber to the paper, or
become a subscriber when you
bring in your check.
Two pounds of cotton for one
pound of bacon, next fall; or 25O
lbs. of bacon at 10 cents a pound
is worth 500 lb. bale of cotton at
5 cents a pounds, and it's a heap
easier and heap cheaper to raise
the bacon.
Mr.. w. G. Townes, son of the
Hon. II. II. Townes of our county,
and who has been editor of the
Aiken Times for the past year, has
gone to New York to accept posi-
tion with Neal Mcdonald, OF Wall
Street.
The oldest inhabitant says that
we have had more wind in April
than in March, and that we have
had less rain in April this year
than during April of any other
year, not one good season IN
whole month.
The Trustees of Clemson College
at a meeting last week, decided
to require all professors of the
college to report for duty by June
goth. The matter of the election
of a President was postponed till
the next meeting. 1t was decided
to open the college for the recep-
ton of students on the 9Th of
July.
From all over the county we
hear that farmers are getting on
very we'll with their planting, but
rain is much needed. If these
droughta continue to recur we
shall have to devise 8 system of
irrigation utilizing our numerous
streams to water gardens and
crops. Splendid rains since writing
the above.
The editor of the Sipton, Ga,
Gazette is hot for the blackberry
season. The following is from his
freezing pen: Backward, turn
backward, O time, in thy flight;
give us July again. just for one
night; gvie us mosquitoes and
give us the flies, but turn on some
heat before every one dies: bring
back our strw hat and good linen
pants; give us a chance!"
Next to sweet fresh butter as
a 1iggestible fat comes bacon,
which, when delicately broiled, is
as delicious as it is nutritious. 1t
is said to be the process or curing
That changes pork, which, in its
fresh state, is 30 hard for deli
cate stomach to assimilate. The
fiber is so close that the digestive
fluids do not readily act upon it.
Mrs. Abel, who is an authority ou
the chemistry of foods says
"Bacon has come to rival cod-llver
oil as cure for consumption"
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Graniteville Manu-
featuring Company was held last
week, when it was shown that the
net earnings of the company for
year ending March were $1O7,-
O2O,21. A ten per cent dividend,
which is 100000 on the capital
stock, was paid, and $4,000 were
expended for new machinery and