The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-07-18
A Letter From Guv.

we We mao q IlLtcC OI ouO tllo-
ulatious and also calamity since our last
lucubration. We're not apt at quotations,
scriptural or otherwise, but 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 DOW and
then and sometimes oftener, body would
feel as though they were very human, flesh
and blood with strong dash of human frail-
ty. The few apologies for showers were
something like the old parsor's religion,
ssno,hing to speak Of" Gardens were abont
ruined, corn 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 corn were lying IN the
ground aud the ground might as well have
been hot ash heap. No grass, and plows
and hoes had done all they could to date
and we were, "waiting, waiting, only wait
ing" Cotton 2 Well cotton really seemed
to revel in such weather. lisa mighty spite
ful crep anyway. Takes up heap of room
while it's with US and when it goes leaves Us
with nothing-nothing but hole or two
something in this sbape-00. We haint much
sympathy for cotton, but gol darn 1t it don't
need any. 1t Aourisbes and grins and grows
right along in ground hot enough to parch
pindars, while the corn and other crops that
We expepd our affection upon are perisbing
for lack of little common wetuess. Well
we've got the wetness now and it has brought
the grass as we were hoping TO lay by and
lay up and leave the rest to Providence and
hare good time, we've got to 60 back with
hoes and plows and fight grass. Then there
came terrific hail storm through portion
of our community and tore up their cotton
and shredded the corn antil they doubtless
think Apollos has overione the thing. Ah,
Law, a horny-handed son Of A. Of er -
of toll has trying experience in many ways.
This Toll family is quite large ore. We
don't presume ourself, TO claim to be direct
lineal 500 Of old Toll but we became iuti-
mate with the family and formed an alliance
with 'em, and thought they bad adopted US,
but there came along q lot Of other chaps
who swore they were nearer kin than we and
that they could do more and better for EN-
and because re didn't think so some Of the
family begun TO give US the cross eye and
cold shoulder. We hain't seen nor heard
that these pew kin have done anything for
the Toll family Jet, though the family has
dcue drafted sight for them. There's a
pack of these fellows now going over the
State swearing that their hands are hornier,
and their hats are woolyer, and their galluses
singIer than anybody eise's and that they
have all plowed more fu-rows than each other
and never were anything but plow boy and
don't aspire to anything more except small
Office in the fall until We be dod gasted if we
don't wish We had every son of - urer
gun of 'em hitched up to a 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 post Office,
with light mail and fair pay, or-CoDgress
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 perspiraton
and the pay is too light. If we could raise
lOc. to buy check book we'd move to Sum-
ter ard give checks for everything. 1t looks
more decent and uppisy and bgeity and is
cooler than ploning and hoeing. We hear
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 more'n time to say good mornin' and
imejectly good bye. 1t is the lengthiest
money drought that we've ever experienced,
and we are past the age of adole.cence and
Group. The stolid ignorance of our Congress
10 not seeming to know how to remedy the
stringency is simply amazing when there is,
at least, a half dozen 6nanciers at every <
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, but ycu'll have to be very skill.
fu liar to do 80. Long says the increase OF
currency is very simple, "Just let Congress
tell the greeuback press to 60 to work and
print more green backs or any sorter backs,
50 they'll spend and We'll spend 'em. So
also set the silver and nickel machines to
work quick as possible and ''let 'er roli' and
then take charge of the railroads end tele-
graph aBd wire US whep our per capita Is
ready and send US a free pass and we'll 60 on
and get ourn n ourself and save freight. Then
pass resolution, or something, that cotton
mast not and should not and shall not and
can not be sold for less than l0c. per 10. cash
On. &rhoo 1ohto With IN and anY