The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-08-01

"lcy,' "r %rmo book that has fewer
| pictures and more truth ?
but blessings on the rood old lr,sb-
'"nrd country pcnpir, who have no fix
"i rhIrg"s 10 pav---nnne hardly, and
,h' uhhNr" are not bought from he
| butcher nr The hailrr, nor are Ibc drv
goods altogether regulated hv the FASH
I"lS 81 'ic town or city. rhry raise
! ihrlr own supplies Of -four and meal
ana lard and chickens and eggs. When
c"mpanN comes they call up Sin,la and
'rI her ~hc Will have To kill another
'McN"n, a"d that is ;hc end Of it. or
course, ln"v must buy sugar and coffee.
hui they MAKE their own r.lics and
ihm and peach pickles from their own
irul', and can beat Dio Lewis on cher
rN Iari8 andHpptc dumplings and chick
rn pc. Just 30 to a farmers cIub one
time, il You woult know what these
substantial country people can do in
tn" way ui n picnic.
l'Gt like company, and when it.
c"m"7 1t l8 Il real pleasure TO spread
"rl"rr in@m a Feast If good Things and
hmSh uu With l." cream and cake.
iE" such ihluGt my Elf and am cure TO
2rl them when company comes, for my
, "N1 rarro !r"m the old fashioned stock
| i"hL always echoed thc nrilltn captain's
"'drr whCn he rNrlAimed to his men.
" t"nt'nn, company !" Pay attention
I" your company.
NA'i' NnH"i""m Nas IN Egypt and
a""ut I" light the great battlr OF the
Pyramids. h" ',d',r"ssrd his !uops and
s"'n "NoI!i'rs forty centuries are
! l""klnE down upon you from the
h'i-h's o. those pyramids.' And SO
| we may noW say TO The veterans of
lNG! "N"ldjcrs forty years are look
inG down upon you from the heights
Of Mamass2a." Forty years AFRO from
the list OF thus July was fnu INT thc
great battle Of thr civil war. II was
Sund"Y th'n, and it is SUNDAY now.
|" those engaged III it that battle
seemed 10 hr ihc greatest Of the war.
1t WAS the first uud made the dccpcst
imprcHSlun, Tor our bp\H had never
been IN fight and did not know what
lh"y could DO. not Onr in fifty had
ever seen service against an enemy.
| buI 'hcY were ready and eager for the
! battle, ana tn that day they avenged
/ the wrongs Of half Il cunlury--aud
proved Themselves heroes and pa,liots.
Fer weeks old doc Johnston haI been
playing hattlc-duDr ana nhhulc.cock
with Patterson between Winchester
! and llmprr's Ferry. One dnv paiicr-
! son wou!d 1--WE Il dare as far us Charlcs-
i in"n hnd ln!I back without fight.
! Another day Johnston would give q,
! dare AZ laraS Huckletown and fail back
! without !lYht. Our bows were dis
couragcd. But when the order came
at might TO march t. Manassas ,h.v
! KH;W Ihcy were to Join Bcaurcpard
and ii"lt. Every order was WHISPERED
hot dium VAS hcatcn-.-nUt a wagon
allowed to move. Thu camp-lircs were
lett burning "nd only Kirby Smith was
left behind witl. his brigade TO pla,
VITA Patterson and keep him from
finding out IL" army was cone. But
Kirby slipped off later, taxing lhc cas-
AZ Straahurg, and he cot TO Ma,Iassas
just in time iOy the fight. Patterson
; was lett behind without foe, but he
never found 4 Out ill Saturday night
; too lhc---'rD !Htc TO follow ana helu
; McDnw,N.
= That midnight march will never be
; forgotten ~.nHt !urdIn~ the broad and
u beautiful Nhcnnnlonh by torch-,ioht--
= 'hr b - up 10 their armpils and hold.
- Iu& up hen guns 10 keep their powder
y, dry. Il took iOur hours to mako that
= ciOsslnG, for men move slow and eau.
. tivu>Iy 1T %hrHly waters, but by sunrise
: tnrY were eighteen miles from Win.
: chester ana by Friday night lhcy were
; nr"r In: hnilic round and Mcdowell
dii nos know it. That was military