The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-27

Noriheast Friday night, as if there
was bright light behind the clouds.
[ thought it was reflection from
lightning of far of storm. 1t was
somewhat awe-inspiring. Did any OF
you notice it?
Pas, the blue ribbon this way please;
think ws're ent;t'e to it. 'Unc!o'
Mike L,e did good days work when
he killed the 70 rat, at his rat killing.
The exceeding dry weather last year
cut our c,rn crop rather short, and
getting stiugy, we dill no. cara to d.
vide 81 much with rats aad have out
bikes eaton up to bot, and our cats
ran over, 80 last Frilay ws armed up,
an ! moving tie c>rl car fl!ly, VIC be-
gan The rf,re OF the rats, and VS.
got 1G5 Cf the 'varmi Its." Bat cf
thesa eight wers young ones and 157
c1rn e1tsrs. Ols Of our mon caught
about hundred in his hand aud was
bitten four times. rhe rats had got
ten 80 bad that they S ped to bo g.
ing to destroy all the c)ra. G;eat
quantities OF c,bs wero takon oat
Oar experience is Tia. it IL very
h.rl ~ 70 make rlt-proot cora
crib.
Tne oil s.yirg "cAugls n tartar"
is mal2 to mean Drw that methilg
has b,en "wyrs;el' &c. Oie Of the
litt,o f1s do;s that "5unks" On thi,
place caught tartar" Sladay. l.
is ia the bad habit "f scra. ching iuL,
the chicken coop for chicken feed. A
gama hen, pat English tartar, for
tunately or unf)rtinatclJ made bad
i)5 Matching chickens, and was asr
ac,usol Of eating egg4, 'ho was pu. IL
d coop f,r plni,hm.It, AID was in 3
very bal hunor, when again the fee
forced al cnir~naH, tle hen flew on it,,
biting, nIppiug, scratching and Kick :
ing; The iico begal to trek around the
coop and howl !or mercy. l don':
think i. viii take much risks again
for few months. The dog spent the
balance ct tie day Specializing OH
futures.
We have hal much rAin the past
week. Rainfall AIS, of Which 23
wal in less than twenty-four hours
But littlo farm work WAS doae. Very
little planting has been done Streams
hive oson sent sweeping over TIC
5)ttom lands and in places n,u,l
IamSg, 4 me. Bfoad rI7er wls CT:
of its ban.s Saturday and Sunda.,
1t was not all extra high r,v.r, but il
Vas grand sight to seq it enicliAg
the shoais, soilen turbulent stream
s~ifs and roaring, the waves rolling
high, thea bursting ani f5aming, al d
sending thu side waves upon tho l1nd
The river / suppose was sbou! 10 o.
II feet above low water.
NJ matter what maa does il is 9
easily unLoae by q power higher than
he. So it is idle to bank on ones owr
strength or boast of what things hav,
done. Faw realiz, the power of wa.e,
uutil they see it pant up with raging
torrents ali'l comiag. A br1;her an(
myself j 'iGed aal feared q Gre k bit
ton aud used some of the clearing, t.
mako a ''breaker' at-.the lower end t,
partially chcck the water in case til,
c:eeS ovelffpwed. Wo banked log.
brush and other treas against NOR,
trees, and at an opsn space dragee,
trees and put them dvwn eniwiss t,
our breaker site. cross piled 10 lie them
un.il We could get no more there
then hauled pine brush aud put above
them, thinking those trees would b
hard to wash away, aad it was a for
milable looking harrier. We woul,
not say we lad it secure bc
~e tholsht it would Ill an or l!na,y
A'od. L. held too. bu: last Wednes
lay that creek ro?o az it ia seldom
sen to rise, aad such quantities 0
logs, brush, trash, etc., went agains
that breaker, forming such p ,nt
above that the breaker hid to Civ,
way. That creek was like DO gde,
mill explosion, it moved almost every.
thing in eight. l l,st goo Fl e wooG
enough to Last, with good re aciag Fl res,
u whole winter. Mos: of this W, ash
timber, and come good stock i,r wagon
timber. s. reader when you ere
working whero water goes, don't SAY
Il will hold IT," but say you will dc
something to check it on small oc
casions. You are no.hiug in come
'hloga, comparatively.
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