The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-18
Trumps From Various puar!crs.

During the past five months the M
dersigncd has been studying, among
other things, the life and writings of
John Grcculcaf Whittier, but since cX-
aminations are over with. We have
Slipped out Into the country and arc
now studying the beautiful lives Of June
grccnlcni, crubgrass poet, laureate TO
king cotton. We are now, Saturday,
June 18th, sitting on the piazza Of Il
farm house and looking across the beau
tful green fields. We are, when we
think Of our experience yesterday,
thoroughly convinced that "distaucc
lends cnchantmrnt to the Vicw." Our
experience with goose neck rifle yes
tcrday enables us 20 see very clearly
the poetry i'm the above quoted words.
Yes, Mr.. Editor, believing that we
needed exercise, we came about ten
miles out into the country; we walked
part Of the way, and would hav" walked
all the way. hut n big black snake or
something We didn't soc it in the
bushes nrar the road blOwcu M Us. and
VIC ran Il short distance. Outside of
that, VIC walked all the way. When
we reached our destination (Alr. Q. NJ.
l<inurGS) We had as much exercise as
we wanted. or as much rs we wanted
to spare. Friday morning we though,
We wanted more exercise, so we hOru
| cotton III! day yesterday, and came to
the house yesterday cvenin" with II
| keen appetite, stil neck and Il double
| handful OF bliSirrs: but when we got to
the table and found big dish Of corn
bread and cold beans, and II blan-ncw
| apple pic, our appetite reached out
| like hands after thcm. The weather.,
| Mr.. Editor, is very hot down here just
| now. Why the coldcst water in the
ncighhorh0Od will sweat plum through
| Il glass pitcher even while standing in
the shade. Water when poured on the
ground IwOn 't.run'out of the shade. If it
| is.pOnrcd'On Il sand bar in'a sunny place
it shrinks right up and begins to- seek
shelter beneath the soil from the burn
ing rays Of the sun. The natives tell
| us, Mr.. Editor, that they do not expect
TO see any snow before next inter, and
| we hasten to assure them that If il
| SHOWS even then the weather will haV,
to make II mighty big change. IN,
weather was extremely hot yesterday
the heat must have reached at least i
dozen degree; t'uhrcnhridt above tn,
average water mark. Now that may
not seem to he far-in-hcight in cOmpar
isOn with the height of the sun, bnt ii
is too far-in-hcight TO be pleasant whcl
one is tugging away trying to cXtrac,
square roots and cube roots and s. or
roots and long roots under general
green with goose neck pencil us Ions
as a fence rail. We have been sctLin.
up corn this morning, Mr.. Editor. w,
90 not often make Sct-upS, but when ",
DO We take care to sct-up something
that can't smile and ask for more whcl
our pOcltct-bOOlt is as empty nS II fool.
hat. AS we were fixing to say, ",
have been setting mp corn this morning
which was washed down by The rail-
last Saturday night, June 5uh. 1t l.
said TO have been the biggest rain tha
has fallen in this section for man,
years. Cotton and corn fields wcr,
made level. and many Of the fnrmcr
thought they were ruined, bnt pros
poets are somewhat brighter (thc Sun
especially. Cotton is STRENGTHENING up
hocing and plowing is being pushed
and with favorable seasons II good unt
full crop will yet be made.
Lost, Strdycd or stolen, II Herald cor
respondent, tall in stature, with biacl
hair and eyes, and answers to the nam,
Of Hustler. Anyone furnishing infor
nation as to his Whereabouts viii b,
abundantly rewarded with Thanks.
1t is difficult to say what will hccom,
OF the disponsalY law, but it is not diili
cnlt to see that the old barroom advO
u 'tcs az" simply "huggin% TO thci
breasts % dcluSiOn that * going to burs
, aud run all over themselves" if the,
think barrOoms viii ever again be firm
ly established in this State.
; We notice in the News and Courier
OF June the lth that Il cotton mill il
Charleston has discharged its whit,
operatives, and the min viii hence
forth be run 10y negroes if the expert
mcnt proves Il success. Of which thCr,
is little doubt. We are not SURPRISED
in the least at this. If it is found tha
negroes can learn to do all the dillcr
; cnt kinds Of work in a cotton mill. We
! venture to predict that i'm less than ten
Yeas 90 per cent. Of the cotton mills II
; the South will employ negro operatives
for the simple reason that they can b
had for less than half the wages tha
. is now paid to white operatives, AM
when one is discharged there will be
/ hundred to take his place. This vii
be Il bitter pill for honcstand descrvin.