The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-05
SiNTUC SIFTINGS.
lTcy DSEver'S Been CIU rIIiuS.
Hes q Good Catch, Girls.

lN "lIttE lliilt We sign bt-tiSc
We have TO shovel snow,
And long for spring, when flowers
bloom
And pleasant breezes blow
Now do not let US sigh too soon for
it is not winter hardly"
If was duck / would not MUD
this rainy weather, it is to ducks
liking. By the way, l believe man
ought to be ashamed to call girl
"Iittle" duck.
can write right along and very
fast in the dark, but gentlemen, you
ought to see ne mnssicg up my hair,
pulling at it, trying to read it next
morning. | have had to throw some
notes in the "wnste basket" because
Of that.
A few mornings ago I churned for
mother and lightened her mornings
work. am so much stronger than
She Are any OF you fellows too big
| to churn? | have done it often, and
do not feel q bit smaller. / like to
help if other work is not pressing too
| hard
Several days ago we were treated
~ al SHOIU flSiU ilOhl bts duN -"
| G. Jetor, of Fairfield, This is the
birthplace Of DR.. Jeter, who married
in Fairfield about n year ago, and
this being the first time he had
brought his wife to visit the family
OF his mother, therefore it goes with
| out question that all were very, very
glad TO sec them, But in this busy
world business causes short visits
| and few and far between" even
| with direct members OF family.
This bad rainy weather has caught
good many sweet potatoes in the
ground, and some fear the sudden
| colo may have Injured them. Bot
my father never would dig until frost
killed the vines, and he was consit-
cred good at keeping them. That
one big frost has not hurt them /
| wager.
DR.. J. T. Jetcr showed me SONS po-
| tatO vines that tried to cover do the
thing" They had potato forming
on every joint OF the vine above the
ground, from the size Of q percussion
cap to bluc.jay's egg. If they had
been covered up, the season long
enough, they certainly would have
| burSted their bounds.
/ am thinking Of those pomgranates
that Mr.. Sims has, and now that |
| know they still exist and he said that
] can get some. I think | will try and
| get some plants to set ont and thank
| him in advance. | am fond of good
fruit and this is one OF my favorites.
On cool rainy day like yesterday
enc could enjoy them. We used to-
Rev. Mr.. Merritt said, in n sermon
racentIy at the Methodist church, or
while reading the scripture, "moke
no friendship with a contentious
man" Comment: No doubt the
most undesirable "iricnd" a man
could have, if ever such there could
| be, would be an abnormaliy sensitive
contentious man, and } on would have
to play shut mouth, when you dared
to look the devil in the face and say
it was the devil, because you would
be afraid that man you'd think you
were calling him that. On that,
believe Mr.. Merritt's advice is right.
| The good weather OF the fall is
broken, and it now seems that we are
to have much bad or wet weather.
| But much 0s there has been a lot of
talIi about the fine weather for gath
ering crops, this fall has not been
near as good for gathering crops as
the fall Of 1901, as there are records
to show. 1t has been better for good
plowing and developing Of small
grain growth. We had no extremes
Of cold until OF late, but the mean
temperature has been below normal,
especially for the month Of October.
We had the first big killing frost on
Friday, 2S, ground frozen and ice,
the temperature falling to 25 degrees,
Ii was verify, n cold wave, anl all
succumbing vegetation was bitten o.
frozen. This was the lstest cymins