The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-09-03
DOUBTFUL CROPS MAKES BAR.
TOW's SAGE REJOICE
AND PROPHECY BETTER TINES
Politics and Politicians Have Nothing o.
DO Wlth uirssIngs That
large Harvest urugs.

Makes the corn Co grow,
And gives o. lIf. Co the clover"
But my humble friend, Cobe, says
we've had bout emf aud lac wants IL
20 stop right now. "Wo've had q
'bundnuce,' says Cobe, land I'm
afecrd there won't be any nubbius 10
feed the steers on this winter and no
seed 'taters 10 plant next spring"
Another one horse farmer says he Is
afeerd he will make more cotton than
he can get picked ou..
Was there ever such a bountiful
crop year2 Wheat, corn, cotton, po-
tatoes and fruit Mr.. Roberts, who
farms on Pumpkin Vine creek, says he
feels sure Of 1000 bushels Of corn
from one field of ten acres--that he
can select one or two acres that will
yield 100 bushels each, and there are
several square rods that will make
bushel TO the rod. That would make
100 bushels per acre, If every rod was
as good Mr. Roberts is no brag. He
is q conservative, truthful man and
good farmer. Mr.. Akerman made
twenty-five bushels of wheat TO the
acre right in the suburbs of the town,
and he has more beautiful fruit than
was ever grown here before. Our mar
ket is running over with good things
apples, peaches, pears. grapes and
melons. Country wagons drive to the
residences every day loaded with deli
cious fruit and you can buy at your
own prices, for the supply is greater
than the demand. We luxuriate
on soft peaches and cream. which
is the next best thing TO
Strawberries and cream, and we
buy fine large cautaloUpes at a nickel
apiece. Old folks lose their relish for
meat, but they never get tired of fruit.
was Illuminating about the kind
ness of Providence in arranging the
succession to suit our health aud APP
petite. Strawberries, raspberries,
dewberries, huckleberries, blackber-
ries, June apples, cherries and then
peaches and grapes, with melons
thrown in, and before long the town
will be flooded with apples. Oh, the
| jelly and jam and preserves that my
folks have put up, aud the sugar that
l have had to pay for. Thank good
ness, l bought it before the KcKinley
trust cornered the market. A clever
republican neighbor told me that the
Almighty was smiling on the land be-
cause good men were now in power,
and he quoted scripture which said
when the righteous are in power the
people rejoice.
eyes, said I, "the devil can quote
scripture to suit his purpose. David
understood the situation when he
said: 4 have seen the wicked in great
power, spreading himself like a greer
bay tree, yet he passed away, and l.
he was not.
l don't think the Lord is paying
much attention to congress or the adj
ministration, but He does seem t.
have pity on the people, and is show
ering blessings upon them.
There was campmeeting stor,
that old Allen Turner told when I wa
a boy that | have not forgotten. Il,
was preaching about the perils 0
riches and said there was good Ole
darkey who had a kind but Chris
tian and skeptical master, and he trie,
in his humble way to convert him, bu
his master only laughed at HIM anc
one day said to him: ''Now, Uncl
Jack, if the Lord is so wise and s
good and loves us all so much as you say
what makes him let jim Austin get S
rich and keep on buying more Ian
and more niggers and mules, whel
you know that Jim Austin is the mean
est man in the county. He swindle
his neighbors and Expresses the poo
He drinks and CANDLES and curses
but everything he touches makes hin
richer and richer. How do you ey
plain that?"
'Master masterw said Uncle Jacl
"dat is all jes' so and it's becaus' d
Lord don't keer nothin' about Jill
Austin, his name amt on de bool
No, sir, de Lord amt payin' no tel
ton to him at all and de debil
runnin' him. No, master l tell yo
l how it is. When de Lord take a likil
to a man and got his name on de boo
He don't let him get fat and slick lii
jim Austin. Whom de Lord lovet
He chastiseth, and OATS de reasc
: your ginhouse git burned up and 20,
s buggy mare die, and maybe OATS wi
$ Miss Juliann take sick away off
. school and come home in de cofi
She was blessed child, she was, al
seems to me dat sometimes away in
Q night 1 hear her calm you Maste
n old Jack don't like to trouble y,
d about desc things and he wouldent
! your name wasent on de book.
Uncle Allen used to finish up t