The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-11


be subject to the powers that be.
Dishonor this injunction, we
lose in the end. Obey the great
command and then leave the
consequences with Him. If you
say you are a man be a man and
be a conscientious one at that,
and you will do your duty in
this great emergency.
Let the various chairme n
throughout the beats go right a
head with their work among the
people and not wait to hold meet
ings for speaking and etc. This
sounds too much like Cred tape.
Proceed to the work and do
what you individually can.
AS we commence to write this
matter for the Florence depart
ment of the Brandon News on
Tuesday, the 9th, the. north
wind is blowing a stiff miniature
gale. 1t forebades destruction to
night to tender vegetation, and
the sweet flowers of the forest
that were boqueting the road
sides during the past several
weeks. 1t need surprise no one
that we should have such a
winding up of the past winter, a
winter that has been unusually
disagreeable. Some time in the
COS we were absent from home
on a 4th Sunday in March, at
church 4 miles away. The morn
ing was warm and spring like.
In fact, the entire month of
March, that year, was devoted
to Spring, and if possible to ex-
ceiling the beautiful warm month
of May, in gloriously adjoining
the earth of the negotiations of
all varieties, and identifying
nature with the new flowers of
the field, forest and garden. We
were then living on a farm and
had about Is hives of bees, and
heavy with young brood and the
fruits collected during the month.
We gathered a rich harvest of
honey for home use and to sell.
So we rode back home late after
a good dinner near the church.
We felt the air getting chilly,
the wind was at our back as we
rode on. Reaching home near
sunset, we found that the good
wife had covered lots of the hives
with quilts, sacks and anything
she could find loose about the
place that would go toward pre-
venting the chilling of the young
brood in the hives, a precaution
that many of our neighbors fail
ed to take. This was the 4th Sun
day, near the last day in March.
On Monday morning when we
awoke and looked abroad, we
found a sad change-lt was cold!
Ice had formed! The flowers and
negotiations were killed as dead
as "a door nail". Instead of
reaping a harvest of several hun
dred pounds of honey in the fall
of that year, we obtained the
pitiful sum of just three and a
half pounds, and we leta family
have that on account of sickness
in their home.
Here at home we have taken
pains to protect, if possible,
some tender vegetation in the
garden. Not wishing to boast we
will say we have tomato plants
a foot tall set out, and several
more in the cold frame. Besides,
we have squash, canteloupes,
pumpkin, watermelon, oKra and
peppers, just a few of these up
in frames awaiting all danger of
frost to pass. In the open we
have a short row each of bush
butter beans and Rev. valentines
up, and starting to grow off. We
covered these last over with long
cutters inverted, made for this
purpose. The stuff in the frames
will be covered over with sacks,
and the hinged top (cloth cover
ed 1let alone.
The tomatoes out and "sticKed'
are wrapped about with news
papers tied on. Of the hardy
vegetables we have English peas,
cabbage, beets, corn, Irish po-
tatoes, turnips, mustard, lettuce
and onions. All are starting off
well. Of course we feel some
apprehension about our little
garden till this threatening cold
spell passes. Other tender stuff
have been planted out in the
patches. If jack frost plays us
all a destructive prank, we must
be up and at it again, and feel
thankful that our growing sea-
conc ara IOno in this mart nf the