The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-02

The Outlook as Guy Sees It.

The Arabs have saying Life is
Of two parts that which is pasta
dream !; that which is to come-a
wish. The holidays. are numbered
with the misty past and are but q
dream now, and the future-well, the
future is one large wish The boi! and
bubble of the merry season has sub
sided, the gentle simmering of the
after days has ceased and everything
has resumed the even tenor OF it's
monotonous way and the attention of
everyone is directed TO the stern
duties and toll and struggles of an-
other mysterious year The toot Of
horn and cIang of the matin bell
breaks the crisp air. Of the early morn
and those gay and festive cusses
..the nigger and the mule. I" are ere
citing an activity in real estate that
no fnsncial move could accomplish.
Even the bird shooters have ceased
fring,'' (tho' the fire fend has com
menced firing" and the sharp shoot
ing, skirmish bombilations and fusi
ladies', which sometimes carried zus
back TO the days Of 1.-The late un-
pleasantness.' have ceased, and the
air and the partridges are again calm
aud serene
We could bring down our own
bird once in while in the dsys gone
by. bus i. is astonishing what prod
igious amount of vacant space sur
rounds q partridge nowadays they
aIso Hy faster and the light is not
near go good as in the olden time.
We sre soon satiated now with the
sport, but have not succeeded in
satiating our appetite with partridge
on toast"
The movers have disappeared from
the highways and the wagon trains
transporting chairs, children and
long collards are no longer seen on
the roads There has been an anus.
ual number of moves this season. and
within radius of three miles we can
count up over dozen different fam
lilies who have changed domiciIe and
yet. take it communibus annis ct
communibus locis, this is as good a
place as any other. to-er-to die in
The wide, wet 7c. smile of the
past spring no longer pervades the
countenances of those you meet. The
present wreathiug of their physiog
Monies is with A to SC wearied ef-
fort which photographers would term
a lorg exposure, aud which is only
shade or two less painful to behold
than the genuine dry grins. and into
which. we fear, they will ultimately
eventuate. The farmer's oranges are
very active this season, and the or
ganization has grown to proportions
unprecedented in our county. We
learn chat there are eight or ten or.
gsnized and IN active operation in
the county. Upon the farmer de-
pends the prosperity of the country,
and tho organizations have been Of
little benefit to him heretofore, it is no
reason why be should" not continue
the effort 10 educate himself up to an
intelligent understanding of his faults
aut failings as we'll as his wants and
the causes that initiate against him,
and the remedy for both We be-
lieve he is discovering the causes aud
will apply the remedy.
What is the outlook !? Well, it
would require much higher eleva-
tion than we occupy to say ; but we
presume to venture the prediction
that there will be another crop of
cotton made !; also more homlny and
hog and other auxiliaries-much
more-and that there will be grad.
ual reconciliation of everything to
Sc. cotton Whenever there is an
adjustment of taxes. salaries, land
rents, DOCTORS bills, lawyers ices,
preachers salaries, &C., SC. on an
equitable gold standard Sc cotton
basis, and mortgages and liens and
chilly sales,'' as Long calls them. are
no more, there may be some chance
for the prosperity of 1.-THE goose that
lays the golden egg" Until then be
is apt to continue to remsln-a
goose. Farm and household supplies
and necessariee are cheap enough
now in all conscience, and everything
we need to buy is cheap enough