The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-03

thank and cooking must 60 on,
though tho undersigned can testify
with the greatest candor that there's
not q spcck Of fun in it from the ground
up, until it reaches your mouth, and
not much then If it happens to be hot
fat that you arc tinkcring with. Why,
its worse than Il kicking mule, for 1t is
continually jumping loose from itself
and coming from every point Of the
compass ut the same time. It strikes
you in dozen different places before
you have had time to realize that your
feelings arc In danger OF being hurt
and to lot loose everything and fl: for
refuge under the table or behind the
kitchen door. Then thore is an almost
useless amount Of sweeping and bed
making and dishes to wash and stove
wood to cut and, WE'LL in fact it all
| seems to be q great waste of energy
and the idea strikes us that while Ev-
aus and McLaurin and Irby and Dun
can, etc, otc., arc prancing about over
the State yelling and screaming in the
ears of the people the different phases
Of political economy it would be good
| plan for the undersigned to climb up on
Il higher plane and talk about encono-
| MIXING on energy. This weeks exper-
! icncc, coupled on to what We already
had stored away, convinccs us that
about one half Of mankind's labor is
| wasted and therc Is but one way to
remedy it aud that Is, as tho nigger
says, to "make everything cut agOin'
and acomin'.H Did you ever think OF
the fact that when you split off kind
| ling wood with your hatchct half your
labor is wasted in lifting tho hatchct
up, because the down strokes arc tho
only ones which count. Its tho same
way with cutting cord wood and every
| 0Jhcr kind Of wood. Now, we saw that
in little book and it's SO. If we had u
contract to cut cord wood we would
have an axe made with two blades, one
to cut up and one to cut down. Then
when we got into :hc woods we would
have II scnlr"ld built about seven or
eight feet high to stand just behind US
with q log laid upon it. Then as we
lift the axe in the air 1t would not be IN
vain but would sink into the log on the
sculfold and bring out a big chip and as
she came shimmoring down she would
clcavc into the log on the ground. Its
pretty much the same with sweeping
the floor. Why don't Tom edison or
some one invent q broom with rollers
to it and spring like clock 80 as to
be wound np-a self winding apparatus
would be handy attacthmcnt-and
when set IN motion would mover stop
until the house had boon swept over mot
OFF it's foundation, understand.) AZ this
is an age of cconomizing let's talk some
more about economy. Paper is cheaper
than it was some time u.p, sec, Mr..
TYPO? AS our pencil has been creep
ing along on these words the fact seems
to he very plain that our way OF writ
ing is mighty cxtravngant. Why, cV-
cry time the undersigned finishes Il
word he but follows the long establish
cd but silly habit of lifting his pencil
up and carrying it Il certain distance
before letting down again to start
another word, and when he gets to the
end Of Il line he must corry his pencil
} plum back to the other end where he
!. started. It is simply outrageous, as oil
economists will sooner or Inter have to
admit, especially political economists,
If they are ever compelled by law to
! publish their views on ten dollar green
backs. We would have the words all
{. joinrd together and all unnecessary let
tcrs like h in hour and & Ia gnat cut
out, etc. Talk about the American
people being prosperous and all that
} kind OF thing, but II they had tho value
in money of all the labor that they have
= wasted by throwing their energy ate
cry leaf that floats in the wind without
II string tied to it with which to pull II
back to thom whether they hit the lea
D or not they would have enough money
y to purchase McKinley's principal, in
y Lcrcst and all, with the negro postmas-
tcrs thrown in for good measure. Lets
economics on our energy.
Since writing the above We have
pitched our tent in the picturesque lit
tic town Of Clinton, Laurens county
d We came up last Sunday by rail as wei
l. as by some beautiful fields OF cotton. Ii
y fact, some Of it was opening right along
IS We stopped with Mr.. ~. II. Cromcr
:. During the afternoon we heard that The
h g., n. & l.. train nS it went up had Kill
y cd negro boy about 10 years ole
y about mile above this place. Mr.
C Cromcr and the undersigned went III
C to see him. He was not run over bu
g was knocked from the track by th'
IS cowcatchcp. He was terribly knocked
- up. Death must have been instantan
- r0us. 1t is said that he was running
u back and forth across the track to SCI
81 how many trips he could make bcfOr,
ir the train got too near to risk another
, The conductor had him removed to
i" negro house nearby and left to awai
Il the COrOncr's inquest.
Is The Clinton Orphanage H. gram
it institution. The grounds and building
~ a..