Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-01-17
SAGE OF PARKsVILLE.
Current News and Words of
Wisdom From "Uncle" lv.
Morgan Who is Yet
Very Youthful.

which l have recently read. Snow,
snow! yes sir, and it brings vlvidiy
to mind my boyhood days when
snow was no uncommon thing, and
when the growp-up slaves of my
father called the writer Buddie, and
those of my own age called him NIP
Ivin. As I write think of Nov.
1861, when the writer was on
crutches from broken and dislo-
Gated ankle, and one of the slaves
| (Ben) came to the home and told
Nip Ivin that there was a covey OF
partridges not far from the home,
and forgetting about the danger OF
| going on crutches and carrying a
gun, 1 started down the steps. The
crutches slipped, 1 kicked up my
heels to save the ankle, and a step
at a time 1 descended sitting down,
but I got to the bottom step all Ok,
ankle all right, but 1 leave you to
conjecture about other parts.
'Tis said it takes about forty
wears to bring around the same sea-
sons. Maybe so. Anyway, it has
been about that long since have
seen two SHOWS in a weeks time.
Won't it kill the grain? No sir.
tits good for it. 1t will take root,
and get up on its right side all o. k,
for during the recent freeze a good
per cent of it was roots up and be-
sides the snow is to small grain like
blanket to fellow on very cold
night. So / am not fretting about
the snow, but / know now why
father and mother were not willing
for us to trail rabbits all day long
the snow. You see it took me about
60 years to know why they did.
and yet boys and girls are still just
like boys and girls were then, In
clined to think Mama and3Papa are
hard hearted. Not so, but we have
to come to be grandpa or grandma,
and sometimes great grahdparent,
before we are willing to admit that
Mana and Papa were right.
I noticed that our prospective
candidate for senatorial honors had
found new road about two feet
below the one he had been travell-
ing, but wait till the snow melts,
and / guess he can add on another
two feet. By the way, Minis does
tell some outlandish tales on the
writer's hunting excursions when ne
climbed trees after coons, and broke
his ankle climbing after an o'pos-
sum (the latter ime)-but that coon
tale-get G.. D. to tell you about it.
| If tomorrow wasn't Sunday would
not be surprised, if the snow didn't
melt, I would be found on the war
path for coons, rabbits, polecats CT
anything that made a track In the
snow. What and you near ON to
the 6sth mile post? Yes sir! |
contracted the habit of hunting
when boy and it sticks, just like
some habits the young men, OF
some of them, are forming today,
which will stick longer
than they intended. But let me
say, when once a habit is formed,
either good or bad, tits hard to
break. | speak whereof | know.
What am / doing now? Just
about what every one else is who
has the wood to keep a COED fire,
trying to keep from freezing.
Mr.. Editor, Morgantown, as
Anon dubs we Morgans, is inclined
20 about face, and raise sheep, hogs.
COWS, colts, and | just as we'll say
so. possibly a few more Morgans:
anyway cotton has about ditched
the gang, and the only way Out that
we see is to raise the aforemen-
toned articles to pull us out. See?
Are we on the right road? If so
we have no apologies to make to
Wall Street cotton factors, or any
other beast of prey. don't mean
to say that those beasts are to blame.
, Oh no, farmers have no one to
blame but themselves for having a
hard time, but poor fools that we
are, always want to lay the blame
on some other fellow.
received letter from my Texas
boy just before Christmas with
some of his pictures on an eighteen
days hunting trip. Yes sir, out
hunting in the mountains in De-
cember, and stronger than for two
| years past. Don't 1 wish John
Sheppard, Jr., was there with him.
Both would enjoy it. My son has