The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-20
BILL ARP ON EATING.
His Experience in Gardening and
Growing Fruits--In Early Times
Elesh Was Not Used for Food,

! "IeSn was NOT USrU Tor FOOD,
And now the potato bugs have come
again--cone early-ahcad Of time, and
nave to wage war on them. There
Is always something to prey on every
thing that is good. Eternal vigilance
Is tho price Of liberty and just SO it is
the price OF good garden. The
weeds outgrow everything you plant
and nothing hurts thcm. Briers and
Lhistes and crabgrass and doefcnncl
and chickwecd grow right along just
like little sins and bad habits. 1t
takes constant work and constant
watching to keep down weeds and
original sin. Hoe, every ono that
thlrstcth. bought IL dimes worth Of
paris green and dissolved half IL table
spoonful In half bucket of water and
| .,rinklcd the bcotlos carefully last
e'ening ana this morning they are
they have just begun to come. 1t is
not much trouble and will savo the
potatoes. tried It last year. Be
sure and mark the paper that contains
the powder "poison and put it where
the grandchildren can't got it. Put
the mixture on With an old whisk
broom and what is left in the bucket
hang it up high somewhere till wanted
again.
We had Il fruit growers convention
hero last week and learned Il good
deal about cXtermlnating these pcsti-
ferrous things, both visible and invisi-
IL. 1T is Il right good education to
hear such experienced mrn talk as
MIR. Miilar, Colonel Ncsbitt and Mr..
Starnes. | wish the convention w0ulI
meet here once Il month. My respect
for horticulture and horticulturists is
very great. The Berckmuns and Mr..
II 'mph and DR.. Jones navc done Il
world Of good in advancing the growth
Of fruit trees and ditlusing knowledge
! among the people.
Oldest occupation known to man. 1t
most happily combines physical labor
With scientific study and the reward is
| useful, gratifying and refining. There
| Is no doubt but fruit and vegetables
were the only food Of mankind for
l o0O years after man was created. |
alluded to this in IL little talk | deliv-
cred tn the convention, and some Of
my Bible-rcading friends have since
my authority. They reminded me
that Abel's sacrifice was from his
fl 'cks and was more acceptable than
Gains Offering OF the fruits Of the
ground. tt does not follow, however,
that the locks were for food. Only a
) few Of the animals were fit for any
thing and these few, such as domestic
cattle, were required for beasts Of
burden and tilling tho soil and furnish
ing clothing.
And the Lord made coats OF skins
aud clothed them"
Before the fall, and while Adam
and Eve lived in the garden Of Eden
! the fruit Of tho trees and tho herbs
therein were their only food After
they were driven from the garden the
Lord said:
'Thou shalt eat the herb OF tho field.
In the sweat OF thy face shalt thou ca,
bread" Aud "God sent him forth from
the garden to till the ground, whence
he WAS taken"
There is nothing about eating Heah
up to that time. Before Eve was
created the Lord said to Adam:
have given You every hcrh and
the iru't OF every tree and to you it
shall be- for meat"
He gave Adam dominion over the
animals and Adam named them, but
nowhere is it intimated that they we're
for meat.
Now let us pass down the genera
tions until after the flood. And
Col said TO Noah, The foar of you
shall be upon every beast OF the earth
and every fowl Of the air and the fishes
Of the sea; and every moving thing
that livuth shall be meat for you.
Even as the green herb have | given |
you all things. But flesh with the life |
thereof, which is the blood thereof,
shall yc not eat"
When Moses came he limited the |
kind OF animals that might be used for
food. Swine were specially prohibited |
and to this day no jew will make q
hog Of himself by eating hog Flesh |
eating has never been considered re- |
fining or spiritual zing in its influences
upon our nature, and yet there is no
doubt that the iaboring man nccds
animal food. Solomon says, "Go not
among the riOtOus caters Of llDsh.' The
children Of Israel chidud Moses for
bringing them away from the ll,sh
pots OF Egypt, and SO the Lord sent
| them Guaiis to cat for supper and man
Ma for breakfast. Even some Of our
teeth are called cannes. from "can3,"
q dog, because VIC tear flesh with them
like dog. As a man grows OH he
cTes less for fl ssh, but his appetite for
fruit never leaves him. But If he
couldn't eat much of it n0how, for
about that time he loses his teeth and
providence admOnshcs him that it is
time to prepare for that spiritual food
that comcth from above. There Is
food Of the gods called ambrosia. but
it is made OF fruit and not Of fl sh.
G tnnibals 1--we Il .sh Paw II ssh, bloody
Il ssh, and even eat human II ssh, and
Lney arc next TO dogs in the seal OF
creation. No there is no refinement
in II 'sn ealing and yet | am free to
confess tlat | am not yet Old enough or
saint enough to refuse to dine on tur-
| l/n,, fr,i, al nj yl<n
Goldsmith's hermit was dreadfully
heurtbrOkcn when he said:
"No nncks that roam the valley free
! 10 s'augh or condemn;
| Taught by that power that pities me,
| ] learn to pity them"
That was all right nntil he found his
Angelina and then rcckon he killed u
chicken for brcakfa>,. But it is "a fact
| / LAt most Kind: nn arted nnnnln Min