The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-07-21
A Letter From Guv.

A Letter From Guv.
We've had a litter of misfortunes and trib-
ulations and also calamity since our last
lucubration. We're not apt at quotations,
scriptaral or otherwise, brt think the good
book says somewhere, "Wait thou patiently
upon the Lord, or something very like, and
we had been waiting, waiting for rain pa
tiently? Well hardly altogether. We don't
belong to the angelic host yet, and now and
then and sometimes oftener, body would
feel as though they were very human, flesh
and blood with strong dash of human frail-
~. The few apologies for showers we're
something like the old parsor's religion,
anothiug to speak Of Gardens were about
ruined, corr more or less injured, potatoes
were suffering and if there we're any tubers
in the ground they should have been roasted
done. Peas and late corr were lying in the
ground and the ground might as we'll have
been hot ash heap. No grass, and piows
and hoes had done all they could to date
and we were waiting, waiting. only wait
ing.n Cotton Well cotton really seemed
to revel in such weather. lisa mighty spite
fol crep anyway. Takes up heap of room
while it's with us and when Il goes leaves us
with nothing-no,hing but hole or two
something IN this shape-00. We haint much
sympathy for cot,on, but gol darn it 1t don't
need any. II aourishes and grins and grows
right along ia ground hot enough to parch
pindars, while the corn and other crops that
we expend our affection upon are perishing
for lack of little common wetness. Well
we've got the wetness BOW aDd 1t has brought
the grass as we we're hoping to lay by and
lay up and leave the rest to Providence and
hare a good time, we've got to go back with
boes and plows and fight grass. Then there
came terrific hail storm through portion
Of our community aud tore up their cotton
and shredded the corn ontii they doubtless
think Apollos has overdooe the thing. Ah,
Law, a horny-handed soa Of a - of er -
OF toll has trying experience In many ways.
This Toll family is quite large ore. We
dom, presume ourself, to claim to be direct
Eneal son of old Toll ou. we became inti-
mate with the family and formed an alliance
with 'em, and thought they had adopted ns,
bat there came along lot of other chaps
who swore they were nearer kin tbaa We sad
that they could do more and better fox 'en
and because we didn't think 80 some of the
family begna to give rs the cross eye aud
cold shoulder. We bain't seen nor beard
that these new kin have done anything for
the Toll family yet, thoagh the family has
done drafted sight for them. There's q
pack of these fellows aow going over the
State swearing that their hands are hornier,
and their hats are wooiYer, and their galluses
singler than anybody else's and that they
have all plowed more fnrrows than each other
and never were nything but plow boy and
don't aspire to anything more, except small
Office in the fa,luntii ws be- dod gasted if we
don't wish; ne had every son of - urer
gun of 'em hitched mp to o Dixie boy plow
with the big wing on, sot rank, with curb bit
on each of 'em, turning over sod at p. M,
sky clear and no breeze, they'd pray to join
the Neversweats, before we'd get through
with :em and that without Office.
We are not hankering particularly after
Office this season, we'd take a post Office,
with light mail and fair pay, or-Congress
where the pay is heavier and not gol darn
thing to do. We want to get away FROM this
Toll family, the mode OF making living too
often throws you into sweat Of perspiration
and the pay is too light If We could raise
l0c to buy check book we'd move to Sum
ter and give checks for everything. 1t looks
more decent and uppity and bigeity and is
cooler than blowing and hoeing. We bear
that our merchants are having more trade
offered now than they care to take. The rea-
son they don't care to take it is owing to the
lack of per capita. Sakes alive if you ever
do meet up with any per capita these days it
seems to be in an almighty hurry and don't
give you uVEc taa1e W SOY SooA Aooa nIu ooA
imejectly good bye. 1t is the lengthiest
money drought that we've ever experienced,
and We are past the age of adolescence and
Group. The stolid ignorance of our Congress
in not seeming to know how to remedy the
stringency is simply amazing when there is,
at least, half dozen fnanciers at every K
roads and rail road crossing who know it all
and could tell 'em. Now Long says, (Long
lives near us, We call him Long for short, and
his word may be relied on if you choose to
re-lie on it, bat you'll have TO be very skill
ful liar to do so.) Long says the increase Of
currency is very simple, Gust let Congress
tell the greenback press to 60 to work and
print more green backs or any sorter backs,
50 they'll spend and Welt spend 'em. So
also set the silver and nickel machines to
work quick as possible and ''let 'er roll' and
then take charge of the railroads and tele-
graph and wire us when our per capita is
ready and send US free pass and we'll go on
and get our'n ourself and save freight. Then
pass resolution, or something, that cotton