The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-02-09

Lnder for courtesieS extended, and his
kind assistance in helping us talk fo
The Times. The general verdict seems
to be that The Times is now the hes
paper ever Published in Union, and the
people nave no hesitency in saying so
we certainly appreciate these kind ex
pgessions of approval of our efforts and
most especially so when they come from.
our old time and staunch friends and
supporters, who tell us that they lmv
b,.cn taking The Times from 3j to 81
years. We accepted an invitation To
take dinner at the hospitable homo Of
of Mr.. Lee Linder where we were intro
duced t. his interesting family, after
which We sat down to an excellent dinner
prepared by Mis- Linder which wa
abundant evidence Of her excellent quail
iicalions in the culinary art
Tuesday night found ", after very
rough drive, through the woods and q
great pasture, at the home of our veUel-
able friend ani one of Union county,
| substantial citizens. Mr.. Y :. Boho. Mr..
! b ,h)'S residence Is situated on the brow
of The high hill just across the Tiger
river Mr.. and Mrs. Bubo'S childre,
| have all married and left the old home
Stead. aud Mrs BoOo SAYS she sometime
| feels lonely, with the children away, bul
| the Old h0ue is frequently made glad lN
frequent visits of the loved ones. This
venerable couple, are living examples o.
| the oil time South Carolina Hospitality,
and they are resting happily in the sades
cf the evening Of life, we'll contented
with the love Of each for the other, and
can look back over the younger days
| with the happy consciousness that their
YES have not been lived in vain. We
sat up Till a late hour in plea: ant CONVEX
satinn with these good people, and listen.
rd to many "reminiscences Of the war, we
then discussed politics, and the rapid
strides of Scienc', bat We all got intr
deep Water when we be gan to wade into
astronomy. al we Caally decided to 60
| to bed.
WcdHeS lay morning was cold one
md we wCro l,ath to leave the iiresidn.
aut it hid to be done, and we struck out
lur Y KEYS.
Tie cOninuatioa Of our cIuatrr rounds
| TIii appc II next weeks Times. We
arc haY,uga big time in the country, and
plenty 0f good things to eat. We are
simply in it.
There i Il very bad place at The road
Gro iSifT at BGtralo On the opposite Sitlr
! from the stream, near the mill site, that
should I've fixed. II is hard for a wagon
to ba pulled out Of the stream on that
side, Il stitch in time saves nine.
Iu our rounds last week we Sawa great
uu,nber OF rohbins. There seems to be
M0iC Of them this season than usual.
| The road between Scdalia and Goshen
Hin is in Il bad condition. travelling Over
i: is possible OH account of the extremely
cod weather, which keeps the mul
frozen. baj There are great gaShes in the
| road, cut 10y the wagons. some Of them
j inches dIep. We imaciuc that when
| tie rains come OF the weather become.
warm enough to thaw the mud the road
Will be We'll nigh impasSab!r.
In passing from Lindcr's Store 20
Cross kels, The Auditor and your humble
servant got lost in great pasture, it
was Il new territory to both Of us, ai,i
Whfn iRptw We S9tf found the" IpSabic rod 9.d
and we began To speculate on Il camp
out. But we finally found the road and
we Were happy once more | think that
pasture must b. one OF the largest in
Union county, it belongs to Mr. III Cole
Lawson, the horses aud mules grazing
in the pasture came forward to meet ,ls
IA we approached with quite look of
inquiry upon their faces, and we began
To Aiink they were contemplating an
idea Of disput!ng our rights but they
concluded 20 a..ow us to pass unmolested,
possibly deciding that We would reserve
AL deserved punishment from the "nig-
ger head rocks that were lying all over
| ,he pasture, as thick as the hairs on a
dogs back Ito stretch a little) of all the
rocks ever ran across L think this
| experience takes the cake
We had a pretty tough experience
driving from one place to anothcr through
tie cod cutting atmosphere. 1t took
! some courage aiiu i strong Sense of duty
to tear us away from the great glowing
fires every morning to face The chilling
blasts Of the wind, which generally was
IN our face. Onr muSlache would fretz4
stiff some mornings in ten Ininut, after
! making a start. Bat Still we had some
| Thing to be thankful for. 1t did not rain.
! NJ. Farr and myself resolved lot to com
| PLAIN about the weather 50 it did not rain.
JNO. r. VI.
| Resolutions on the Death of Hon.