The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-12-08
A GOOD SHOT.
"A COlOred Farmer Kills 81
BldCkbirdS With One Shot.
Locomotive Whistle Wakes
up the Town. Other items
of Interest.

SANTUc, Dec. 4th.-Tho Thanks
giving aftermath was cold wave
Friday following, which gave me a
solid day of regular shivering.
But we have had no below zero
temperatures" like they are having
in the Northwest.
There will not be many big hog
killings around here this year, as
along the first part of this year the
hogs got disease among them and
many farmers lost every one they
had. The hog crop was greatly
thinncd.
Hunting is now generally the
order of the day and guns can be
heard booming all around, but l
do not think there is an abundance
OF game, except partridgcs, which
hear are quite plentiful, but some
negroes are about to ruin the fab-
bits by eating them up in the sum-
mer time"
There was a Thanksgiving party
at Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Pages last
Thursday night, and they very
kindly extended an invititation to
the writer which was accepted, and
| had very pleasant time. The
party was very nice size one, none
too big for the house, but would
have broken down any h. m. t.
buggy in the land. Refreshments
were served, SO we had both "ser-
vice" and pleasure, and will re-
member it for time.
DID you ever hear of big shot,
an extensive shot, or it may have
been, an expansive one. A short
while ago, Jonas Sartor, n colorcd
farmer, went out and shot into some
hlackbirds, using single barreled
shot gun, and killed 81 birds at
one shot. That was getting a bird
for nearly every shot in the load,
wasn'tit2
l never heard from the report I
made of the convention Mt Lockhart
last 5th Sunday, but my intention
was good, and l did not intend to
slight the Lockhart people, more
especially the church there. But
sometimes things will be crowded
out and sometimes I may be one of
the things myself; in fact, / have
been crowded out at times sure
enough already. Were you ever?
The place seems to be besicged by
whisky drinking and gambling. 1
never saw as much whiskey being
shipped here and drank in my life,
however much all other places are
getting better, according to news
paper reports. As 70 gambling, it
is the chief business of several ne
groes. Lights are seen all about at
nights, little patty" places are
seen in the hollows und gullies, and
old out houses are rendezvous
when it is too cool to be out. Well,
it seems many negroes will never
respond to good environments,
preaching, nor the fact that they
are raised in a refined and civilized
country.
Last Thursday night when the
passenger train came down, it
came with the engine whistling,
and the whistling was so long and
continuous, that many thought it
was the fire alarm at Union. The
train stopped here 20 minutes to fix
the engine, and until the whistling
was stopped. Some men here said
it was reported that the rubber
packing blew out. | expressed
some surprise at that, and at a
steam whistle having rubber pack
ing in it. The men seemed to
think / was trying to contradict
them, but l was not. 1t might
have been reported, but it is GER
tainly the first time that l ever
heard OF a steam whistle having
gum, hemp or packing-yarn in it as
packing, and | have Seen numbers,
have taken several to pieces, set
them up again, and blew them, but
never saw packing. But locomo-
tive whistle may be different. Now
| did think that it may have had a
scale, cinder or grit under the valve
stem, as | had one to catch once,
and blew two hours; but | am not
trying to contradict anyone. How
ever, that was something doing for
that whistle. HEY DENVER.