The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-07-26

geese, both wild. and tame, and the
common, every day hen, Of which
there are thousands-is a New York
lawyer, college mau. He is content
with it all and is getting fat on no
salary.
| lie exchanges classical quotations
with chap from Harvard, who pur.
sues the occupation of looking after
the 900 sucking pigs on the place,
and together they play domiuoes with
Princeton man, whose daily work is
bossing dozen Indians in roadmal-
;ss.
Every DAY :he-e are enough visitors
st the ranch house to gil small ho-
tel. Nobody seems to mind it..
thocSh. The Chinese cook seems to
have an inexhaustible supply of food
In the kitchen, and there are always
beds enough for the coming guests.
| The way the cock draws on the hen
house would soon break up the aver
age farmer, for there is fried chicken
Tor breakfast. fricaseed fowl for
luncheon and roast duck for dinner
all the time.
The living room of the ranch house
is big and square, with piano, an
automatic player; the hardwood Aoor
covered with Indian rigs, and the
walls with we'll chosen pictures. A
Chinese cook summoned the family
and guests to breakfast.
The Miller ranch house is the most
perfectly appointed in the world, from
the kitchen to the billiard room, in
the attic, and some Of the most dis.
tinguished men in the country have
enjoyed its hospitality.
From the windows Of the living
room the buffsloes Of the lO1 ranch
heFd can be eeen ranging in the front
yard OF 400 acres of grass that sur.
rounds the place, and on one side o
young orchard Of II, 1000 apple trees.
Along the road approaching the
house came an Indian and his squaw
in buggy. dragging in the dust a COW
hide. II" unhitched and his squaw
went into the cook house, while the
hide, with the 10l ranch brand, was
duly received and credited. The In.
dian and his squaw were guests for the
day. Before night a dozen Indians
and their families arrived and became
guests for the day.
"That Indian" said Joe Miller, ''is
one Of my landlords-I have $50 of
them. His child died yesterday and
he is going to have a celebration at
his house to show how sorry he ia.
de bought steer from me for the
baked meats for the mourners, and q
pony to give away. In former years
an !adian strangied horse on the
grave of q dead relative, but the gov
ernment stopped that. Now bereav.
ed Indian gives away the horse and
everything else that he owns to show
his sorrow. he gives away his
horses, wagon, furniture and every
thing, except his wife and his land, ,
which the government holds in trust
for him. I lease the lands Of the
ranch, 10000 odd acres, from the Iu-
diaas, and have come to be father
to them. #
This means more than the bare
statement would suggest. Besides
paying them rent for their lands, I
must see that they get along all right,
cure them when they are sick, bury
them when they die, and lend them
money when they are broke. From
eight to ten Of them drive up here
every day and eat dinner while in the
course Of real or fancied business.
They need me when they marry,
when they! die, or when they are born
and they are always out to make q
touch. n
The figures on farm Of this size
are pretty large. It is proposition
Of steam and electricity to run il.
Eyentaallz We shall ha7s soresort en-
tirely to electricity, I think. Most
OF our communication is that now, But
We shall have to come TO it for power,
and the cayuse will give way to the
sntomobilesand the mule team to the
dynamo. !.
For instance, our telephone system
cost ms 50 600 to install, and the, wire
for our fences sl0, 900. It costs us
o., 900 q mcnth TO run the place, and
TO make any money out Of it We must
have the very best and largest labor
saving machines and appliances. The
sold:tims days Of cowboy extravaganza
are gone with the eut Of, beef on the
hoof. We do business on the hoof
here. and OnrS onSt1eA hooa and hnr.o.