The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-04
BILL ARP ON HARD WOOD.
The Georgia Philosopher Whites OF
Plants and Trees That Thrive in the
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Plants and Trees That Thrive in the
South.
Somehow 7 don't like insinuations. A
correspondent from Mississippi insin-
uates that l don't know very much
about Slackgum and sassafras and per-
simmon, or [ wouldent say that those
woods were good for hubs and bows and
gluts. Well, since 1 saw his "obiter
dicta" In your paper, asked the fore
man of our wagon factory, and ne said:
1--WE used to get all the blackgum We
could for hubs, for it has no grain, and
you can't split it, and it makes very
fine hub, but nowadays we buy all our
hubs ready made, and they are Of post
oak DR.. Porcher, who is the highest
authority concerning the trees and
herbs OF the South, says In his book !:
The, wood Of blackgum is extremely
difficult to split, and is much used for
hubs of Wheels"
y. The first real tine stringoOw l ever
eha&twas bought from an Indian boy.
and 1t was made of the heart of sassa-
fras. He taught me how to fasten the
feathers In the arrows. That bow was
the envy Of my schoolmates, and could
:. Send an arrow out of sight.
-. A dead persimmon, or one cut down
and seasoned, makes very hard, dura-
BILE glut or wedge. DR.. Porcber saws
that the grain Is Of such fine texture
that he has used it for engraving.
used to saw my gluts and then bowel the
edges, and round the top, aud my boy
Robsaid "dem simmon gluts beat dog
$Wooa hh to pieces"
E;..Ehig ig is a wonderful book of DR..
T,OrGher's--a book of 100 pages, con-
plant and shrub in our Southern land
e'hd their practical and medicinal uses
it was published in 1869, and its title is,
"Resources of the Southern Fields and
Forests" What patient and careful
investigation was necessary to produce
such book Twelve years we're spent
In the work, and the learned doctor be.
came q second Linneus in his devotion
to 1t. And yet this book is hard to find
and | suppose Is out of print.
And now the time has como for me
to put away the flowers and there's
trouble on the old mans mind. I have
cleaned out the pit and arranged the
shelves to my wife's satisfaction, and
am now engaged In taking up tho gera
NUNS and rcpotting the various plants
L nave to 60 away down to the lower
part OF the COW lot, whore the rich
earth has gathered, and spade it ur
and sift 1t into the wheel barrow AND
roll 1t up the hill like Ajax or Samson
MY wife has great big round sitter
like the plasterers use, and after ge
o load OF earth and turn it out in The
broad walk near the pit, then have tC
haul q load of sand and sift that, and
then load OF wood ashes and sift that
and then mix all together. She told
mo how. She watches me from the
window, whore she is sewing, and en-
cOurages mo by telling me not to work
so hard, but to stop and rest awhile
Yesterday she came out to help me
and when she wanted me to change the
palm to larger pot, and tho hello
: trope to d smaller one, | rebelled {
little and asked her If she had noticed
that yaller jackets nest under the stone
step, not far from where she was stand
Ing. The little boogers were just pour
Ing out and in, and as soon as she saw
them she shook her skirts and departed
those coasts with alacrity. She want
to know why I don't destroy their nest
Well, | have tried. Timo was whe,
we schoolboys dident want any bette
fun than to break up u yaller jacket