The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-06-26
Just think, juno and then July and

What other class OF people can
claim such blessings as is found in the
pursuit OF agriculture who, but they,
have lay-by time? And yet. there
are fools in the land who would rate
the calling low and chidc the farmer
with being 'haysccd' or an object
Of pity as 'Thc man with the hoe.
Let the foolish avoid us-wo care not for
this,
God smiles through III" dn,".!roi;s and
cheers through tho rain;
Every homo i'll tho country finds some-
thing Of bliss.
No matter how humble, no matter how
We have tho wind nowcrs, tho birds and
Such thing. rs tho foolish might not
care to see;
| hold in my heart pity for these
And thank God for giving the country
20 me.
No doubt there are people in the
world and some in Georgia who have
no idea what lay-by means. TO these
would say that it is Il season Of rest
after the crops are made, and many
pleasures come the farmers way dur
ing this season. One more month will
virtually wind up the work cf making
the crop of 1901. After month,
now, everything will be easy on the
farm, fruit will be plentiful, pleasures
will be inauguratcd and the plowboys
and country lassics will be romping in
joyful glcc, while the old folks will
fold their hands and rest easy in the
faith that God will do the balance.
How blcst are such conditions
Where else can it be found save in
the country? The country family
that has done its part for the last
three months can trust the rest to
Providence with a peace Of mind that
no other class on earth has ever pos
scsscd. The mechanics of the towns
must still hammer, the merchant is in
the midst Of IL dull season and longs
for cotton to come again, tho people
who are rich arc seeking resorts and
the fascination Of travel to give them
relief that the poorest clod-hoppcr in
Georgia would refuse to accept if lie
were to find it in the middle of the
road and nothing to do but to stoop
and take it. The quality Of comfort
found in these "reliefs" is so poor in
comparison to life in the country at
lay-by time that it is strange to me
that people in all the walks of life are
not in scramble to go and do like
wise.
Everybody in Georgia should re-
joice. The wheat crop was never bet
ter in my memory. Farmers are all
up with their work and clear of grass.
The only room for complaint, if there
be any, might be found in the stand"
and in the fact that cotton is small.
Cotton just come up and set down and
it keeps setting, but warm nights
are upon US now and then the cotton
will arise and whoop. Nearly every
farmer in Georgia will make enough
wheat for home use-the most of them
will have some to scll-and home
where enough of everything to live
upon is promised would naturally
wear cheerful air, but when this is
taken in connection with the near ap-
proach Of lay y-by you may imagine that
nothing akin to gloom can find place
in the rural homes of DcKalb nor in
Georgia.
1t does me good to watch the young
: people. 1t is just the happiest time
on earth with all Of them, for they are
living in happy anticipation Of the
good time tha: is just ahead, and
Brown says there is much moro pleas
ure in pursuit than in possession"
and this he has held to since his hon
eymoon was ended.
Besides the pleasure of having the
crops made, in about month the big
meetings will commence and then there
will be times fit to be called good
times. Hams will be brought from
their hiding then and many chickens
have long since been set aside for the
company and big days of meeting.
The young men will have their horses
slceked up and the girls will have
their pretty sashes and ribbons ready,
and such time as they will have can
never be felt by devotees Of such fads
as the world is now filled. Bicycles
might be as fully in the bounds Of
propriety as is the use of horses. but
the riders could never look as sweet
and cool as the pretty girls of the