The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-10-16
Sanfuc Sifines.
Aud the sweet, sweet, summer so

Parts with her sisters to rest,
While in the far-away distance,
Voices hear 10 the w,sf.
The sweet summer h,5 certainly
gone, and the voices in the west may be
wind, but the las few ,ys i5wi,iit tn,
Northwest.
1t is getting about time tha. We were
hearing something about the Fair, wh)
Is goi ig, but there are two weeks yet to
PLAZA it in.
We expected frost two mornings last
week, but it did not coma, and we were
glad for our crops were not ready.
For two days last week we had very
windy weather. Indeed it was so windy
as to almost make one think that March
had got on the wrong end of the year.
Miss Annie Gregory has music class
at Carlisle and she goes down twice
week, and spends about one day each
time with her class.
An entertainment, "height party"
was given at Misses Nora and Agnes
Thomas last week for the benefit OF tho
Methodist church, and SIG was realz3d
| regret that 1 was not present, for just
then was much too sick for any hing.
AS the weather is turning cooler, ii is
getting to be good time for hunting,
the frost will soon come, and rabbits
will be fat. People on the farms can
get UP a hunt most any time, and not
lose much time. The farm is the very
best place to get such pleasures, unless
one has plenty Of money,
heard sermon preached once, where
the text was, "Your time is short"
My time seems very short There are
several things l would like to do, but
the time is too short. Many things l
had planned to enjoy myself, but tho
summer has slipped away so quick that
l had not enjoyed them all. The time
was short. Will we ever do anything to
any amount when the time is shortp
l was amused lately, when an old ne
gro, who could not be hired to ride on a
train-never rode one-teliing how he
would scrmble out of railroad cut when
he met train, and when l asked him
why be did not step aside aud let it
pass. he said, mo sir, there never was
railroad cut big enough for me aud a
train to pass at the same"
BY little notice In TIE TINES |
learn that II. III. Johns is postmaster at
Gibbs. l am glad to hear of his posi-
ton. see that he has not quit hInting
for he has 'possum. May are the ups
and downs have had with Mr.. Johus
when was not more than kid, through
the woods hunting squirrels, and think
he could almost make game. Those are
pleasant remembrances, even if he did
play many jokes on us boys. | hope he
will be successful in his office.
1t is to be hoped that nobody will g
hnntin0
opened by the law, and while there are
so many tender birds that can scarcely
protect themselves by flight, 1t all
would abide the state laws, things would
be better. Then too, there are piny
men who have to work some time yet
gathering crops, and by the time they
can hunt well, those who are not work.
Ing are out slaughtering baby birds aud
almost clean up the fields.
The builders of the dam have begun
to move the big derrick logs that were
shipped from the low country. They
are about eighty-feet long. Somc have
just been partly hewn. Saturday one
was hauled away, the wagon WAS
coupled very long, and in crossing the
railroad tho hind wheels insteai Of
mounting the rails, started sliding up Lh g
track and got into slight cut Thea
saw that crowd in trot, almost, for
once, working to get that log and wagon
off the Iailroad track. Some one told
for IKE or realitI that Superintendent
Briggs sent a man as flagman up the
road, and asked somebody to 20 the de-
pot and ask Mr.. Hipp, the agent to have
all trains held at Union until he got it off
track. l do not know but this is joke,
but 1t was amusing to see them move
around that log. 1t would have been
real ticklish time had through freight
come along just then.
SURPRISE no. 3. I was again surprised
last THURSDAY night, Yhsn party Of
seven young ladies, and five gentlemen
came In on us, and made genuine sur
prise party, 'sociable' in every sense
the term implies Of course l was
caught off guard. l had hearing that
some girls would likely be on our end of
the town, but thought 1t would be at our
neighbours. At our home we had out
no pickets, and so they took us by sur
prise. Brother and had on our "fa-
tlgue suits" which was not exactly the
thing TO set up to girl in, and we in.
voluntarily debated what steps to take.
We did not purpose to dodge, so we
got up our courage and faced ths music.
Even with these drawbacks we enjoyed
the evening highly. You men folks
know how a fellow feels when in a
crowd of pretty girls AL was merry
any jovial and we were very glad indeed
that they made us tho "yictimsn Of the
surprise and we wish them to come
again. We had the "World's Fair" at
our House. HEY DENVER.