The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-02-20
Squire Fewer Talks About the Weather

This weather puts me in mind of the
weather away back in the fifties when We
bad 80 much snow. think 1t was in
1854 that we had big snow; it was IL or Is
inches deep. Again In 1856 we had snow
on the ground from Christmas until in
February. It was about eight inches deep,
aud come q rain on top Of it, and then
froze over. It would bear up the weight
OF horse in places. It Ia great saying
with the people every very cold epell that
comes to say it Ia the worst they have ever
seen, but they have seen it as cold If they
will only think back little. I have seen
1t colder than it has been any time this
winter. My thermometer, hanging In tho
piazza facing the northwest, registered on
the 8th inst. at a. m, 50 above zero, and
on the 18th 1t again went down to the same
degree, and two years ago it went that
much below zero on one morning. don't
remember the day. In January, 1881, Mr..
Thackston's thermometer was Ito below
zero In Piedmont, and Kerosene oil froze
in the dwellings That was o good deal
colder than this has been, but I don't want
to see it any colder any more this winter.
If having hard freezes and plenty of snow
is any indication of good fruit and crop
year, I think We will be blest with both
this year. I had peach trees In bloom this
time last year, but I don't see any pros
pect for peach blooms soon now.
With another as good crop as We made
last year throughout the South we would
be very near independence. We could
make all our meat and bread here il we
would try. We did do it for four years
and kept up half million soldiers-lo.in
their work at the same time, and we can
do it again. The New York World ad-
miis now that the South ls in the most
prosperous condition now OF any part OF
the Union. Notwithstanding we paw fifty
or sixty million every year to the Union
soldiers in pensions, and considering the
devastation of the war, our cities all, or
nearly all, laid in ashes, with nothing to
start from after the war ended. think 1t
quite compliment for yankee news.
paper to say that we are in the most pros.
porous condition of any partof the Union,
and, too, when We pay to the Northern
soldier fifty or sixty million in pensions
without getting but very small part OF 1t
back, That shows that we have the best,
the most favored part Of the continent,
and, I might say, with good deal OF
truth, the best place on earth Our ma
tural resources are so varied, numerous
and valuable that any one with ordinary
intelligence can see at once we have the
garden spot of the world as natural in
heritance. So now let us be content with
it If those starving, freezing people 10
Nebraska nd come down South instead
of going West they would now be warm,
contented and prosperous. We never
make an entire failure in crops here. We
can live on what we can make here any
year, for all of our crops never fail in any
one year. If wheat is not good, We gen
orally have good corn crop to mako up
for it So that We can make out on what
we make, nor do we have 300 or 400 below
zero here.
Talking sbout cold weather and snow
recollect there came snow on the 18th
of April, 1S49 I can just remember it. fol
was very small boy then. remember
how beautiful the feecy white SNOW look
ed on the green leaves after the sun rose
next morning. Tue trees had pnt or'
their green foliage in the woods, and so.le
wheat had headed out, but the snow ruin
ed it like the free re did last spring. I have
heard old folks talk about very cold day
in 1888 or 1851 forget which year they
said it was. ANY how, it was called The
cold Saturday, and the "msil boys and
stage drivers (some of them) froze to death
The coldest day that I remainder to have
seen was the fret day of January, 1864.
don't know what degree the thermometer
registered, but 1 know it was the coldes
| day I ever experienced.
Ifyou will turn to your INTELLIGENCE
of September 10Th last you will see that
predicted four big SHOWS to come, 30
| think we have had onr number now, anC
may be will have some fine spring weather
when this snow gets of.
All who have not. registered before haC
better look after their registration certi6
Gates when the Office opeus. / hope VI
will have one old fashion rector all cleo
ton without any stating or bossing by any
| body. Let the candidates run on thei
own merits if they have any; If not le
them stay at home. I may want to rur
myself. # do I shall want everybody t
vote for me that wants good Constitu
ton without any of Tillman or Irby boss
| ing about it. If you don't want the twt
mill school tax abolished and three O.
four dollar poll tax instead; you had bette
not vote for full Tillmanite delegation t
the Convention, for Tllman and Irby hav
already got that Constitution wrote ou
ready for the Convention to rati6y, 80 tt
speak. And all the negroes and poor whit
folks ho want to vote again had bette
know pretty we'll who they are voting 70
before they vote, for that is another one o
the dominant leaders ideas, that Is to dis
franchise all of the poor white folks ant
negroes. So, if you allow it, you can
say that you didn't have fair warning.
My thermometer registers 800 above zer
this morning. It may be that the reasol
my thermometer has been higher thai
some others this cold spell is that it
caused by being on better land. Rich Ian
is, I reckon, warmer than poor land, an
then, too, it is not hem med IN on one sid
by a river and railroad and on the othe
by public road. So you see, Mr. Editor
I am out where the wind and warmth ca
get fair shake at me, and makes my Ian
more valuable for taxing purposes.
Tie battle Of Sharpsburg should hav
been printed in my last letter al occurin
in 1862 instead of 1868:
SQUIRE FEwEtL.