The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-09
Oswego scribbiings

Hr. t2ito:: ne conlmon introductioo Il
| mAo5 Of :nt ies!-:s w.it,en, Is That ,ae.c i
no Dews aad tris not true e:gh; tsEes ou: O
ten, for we sll know something somebody
else dent koo8 aod would ike 10 know.
esn never decide what the folks over ths
swamp on the hills goo.d like TO hear anoo.,
and otttimes speak of things that are week
old around the 6.eside, and it turns out fh.'
they have never heard OF it. Some folks
have not heard Of the SPANISH American Wal
yet and where the Maine Was blown ~ and
Why the Spaniards are 10 Cuoa. 1t does look
like people might know of important events
shd places whea geograpbies are IN every
house and newspapers are as cheap as match
es and postoffces as thick as churches, and
news wires stretched along our public roads
Some folks don't get tneir paper in two weeks
and don't read It because it is too old.
Il has appeared all along sincs the war
like we old Survivors didn't want any more
war 10 ours, but the iotimation thss our snip
was treachorously blown up and our men
murdered has kindled the Gre Of pa,riotiem in
hearts sha. seem to have none.
Preparations for another crop is ahead OF
other Yeas. don't koow of any Increase in
cotton acreage but some have decreased little
No iccrease of fertilizers. More attention will
be paid to corn. Hog raising is losing in
retus with many. a few for lard and sAu-
sases is ail thst We can afford to keep in pens.
All of our woods have burnt over again
and We bave lost no houses, as others have.
Bow much better those unfortunate ones
would feel il there was more Of brotherhood
amongst ns; little from great many
would get them up again, otherwise some of
s.hem will never recover from it.
Tne old time houses are nearly all gone to
ashes. L is sad to look upon the uskea
chimeeJs Of the old LaCoste house which has
bsen moauuentso many years TO the late
Col. LaCose
ar. II j. Andrews has tsen 10 HE rew
sdweiling about month, sr 4 has moved the
lass OF the old residence on which be has
taeu paying insurance for 20 yesrs without .
single fre until the new house was raised,
a:a then be had four 6res on top in three
months.
In passing over the Bishopville road from
BoasSrds down, was very much pleased
with the work our supervisor and his over
seer, ar. Lea White, hsve done. especially
sthe dam AZ DesChamps' mill II has been
my opinion for some time that that kind of
work pays better, If We had to pay more
taxes TO get It done But the cry is too much
tsxes now, and too much paid for public
jobs that could be done for less money, if the
7puolic had chance to bid on them. For ex-
ample, Remb.rs'a Church has been nicely
ceiled overhead and conee and two wiodows
put 10 the sides for $39. The couosy would
have paid, probably. Sloo. Now then, they
are going &c take out the old gallery and
build recess for the pulpit, and have hand
some church out Of old Rember,'s
lam delighted to know that we are soon
10 have white folks cara on our railroads SO
that We can ride like We live.
Our preacher Rev. J. F. Andersen has
treated hirseif to a nice Jersey, and now
schurps two gallons day and is only out
swenty dollars to NJ Archey Brearley for the
aamc. CONSCIENTIOUS.