The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-02-01

textile schools OF today, but never
assumed half the style or put on
airs to compare with those obscry
able in our modern textile profes.
sOrs.
My grandmother spun and woye a
suit OF Confederate grey fol Senator
K. A. Maxwell. from Pendleton. He
was very proud Of this suit, and my
grandmother received more orders
than she could fill for o,her suits Of
Confederate grey.
The men who have wrencbcd This
branch Of woman's art from their
hands now complain of the girls for
driving the boys away from the ward :
stick behind the counters.
Our grandmothcrs, the noble women
OF the Confcdcracy, lived truly
strenuous life for four years. The
world has not produced peer to many
OF them; for they not only had to
provide the necessary food and cloth.
Ing for children at home, but very
many made clothing for husband, son
or father in the army; while in addi
ton to this, the Government levied q
tax in kind, ono tenth, on all grown
foodstuffs for both men end beast.
that was raised on the farm. They
were in daily, yes, hourly, dread, yet
anxious for nsws from the war, though
this news might be sad, and their on
ly relief from this was work-work
that tires the body, that made it pos.
sible for them &c s!osp and give respite
to the mental faculties that were
borne down by these terrible aud
never-ceasiug Responsibilities aud
anxietics.
The school houses and churches
in the country, and depots in town,
we're the gathering places where
everybody rcsorted for news from
their loved ones in the army. Hardly
day passed that some one did not
get letter. Very often very coarse
fabric Of yellow brown paper, folded
and having the franchise Soldier 8
letter" written in the corner, that took
the place ofa stamp and envelope;
but within it's folds was news that in
terested every individual in the
neighborhood; for the "boys at the
front" always told about their neigh.
bors' boys, and letters were read
aloud to the crowd as we now read
newspapers.
On one occasion it Yves read OUT,
Tell Mrs. Allen that her son nonry
is sick and had to be sent TO the hos.
pital.' When the old lady heard this
she walled out aloud in whimrer
that's the way poor widows child
is treated, he is sent off to horse
pittle' where they keep horses. If it
had been rich mans son he would
have been sent to some nice house,
and some of the Virginia gala wouldar
been there to wait on him."
Many rural people in those times
did not know what hospital was.
Home made medicines, drug stores
and apothecary shops were soon re-
duesd &C, almost uothiug-in the way OF
manufactured drugs. Spirits of tur.
pentine and corn whiskey were the
base OF many compounds for remedies
and when properly mixed with little
sugar, made fair perfumery called
cologne. The inner barks from the
cherry and dogwood, stepped in home.
made whiskey. made capital cough
while consumptives drank
Rhiskey and pine tar. For tonics,
The common "bitters" whore poplar
bark or the roots Of sarsaparilla soak.
I'd in whiskey. For colds, honey and
'inegar were common remedies. Ton.
es of iron were made by cropping o
'ew rusty nails into q bottle and fill.
ng the bottle with vinegar. After
few days it took on dark
'resnish color. and was celled "blaok
iram." The stomach that could re.
ain tablespoonful Of this vile emet-
Q stuff and not be thoroughly cleaned |
md, in fact, turned almost inside out,
7ould have been reckoned lined with |
teel.
Perhaps the most heroic remedy OF !
hese days was the decootion Of poke
oot, made by boiling poke root in |
7ateF to strong tea, which was an in
allible cure for the seven-year itch,
which was very prevalent during war
lines. s,.. a,
During these times there lived 90 |
rugalo River acoupie called 'sUnole |
Billy and Aunt Betsy" Barton. They |
vere childless and kept open house 70 |