Horry news. (Conwayboro, S.C.) 1869-1877, June 19, 1875, Image 1
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THE ROlUiY XEWSJ
(Every SftttirUity ^loniirti; I
T W. BEATY, Editor,
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Petyr Raymond's Sod.
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Twenty years ago Tiior liayuioii 1
.owned u harJ, , stony Jarux eighteen
miles front Hhrtfbrd. One4^tfptouibor
.evening obout ^ o'clock, ug he returned
' ?oI home irooi a neighbor's ho Gtiddeyly
j'e.eolleetvsd tliat he had* left his bridle
hanging ou y bar-post by his sheep
barn uTion lie turned his old white
mare in the pasture that siixeri&aoii,
J le sprang over the walj and struck
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,U.IU5J| 1UIP, IIW^V11^ Ctxu^c i L U.UIDfU
any dy?-inawed bovine should
make it ImcviT usleia lyr bridle pmrt
poses. A* be W'CW near the burn be
rn, thought be beared wico?; inside. What
any gno should be there lor bo could
not co'Vjjeet ure. lie stepped as lightly
as be could on the unm.ov.ved row en i
and slippel in behind the big door,
which was standing idar and listened,
I'll/lip, bis eldest son, wua there,
.and Clinton Dexter, a son of a lfrah at
whose house bo bad beeu io call. The
Jails were about ol an age?both nearJy
tilleon. Philip was talking when
Jds lather went np to the barn, but lie
finished what lie was saying just as
JNIr. llayrnond got in position to cateb
the words, and young Defterxjou)men<oed
to reply,. lie said;
"Well, Phil, my fat her is just as inconsi
derate as your lather is. 1 don't
think he reniojjnjhcrs he evei* was a boy.
There is scarcely a day in the year
that he does not tide nut?ho tides
inorc'n he u&o-d to biuiro he was selectman,
and you may bo sure . i hat he
a 1 ways has something on hand .to be
done, just as your lathe# doea. feonn
as the frost is -out of the ground in the
spring he tells me before he rides off
that I may pick up stones ot spread
manure till it is time to milk and fodder*
a liliie lat.er jn the season h# tells
mo to hoe coin or potatoes, or weed
the garden till it is time to get tip the
rows: and if ho is at humo when I take
t lie pales to go out and milk, be always
tells me to be sure and strip the cows
clean, just as though he thought 2
would be lazy and dishonest enough
to leave hall the milk in their bags if
be did not tclj me so; and lie would be
just as likely to tell me that before a
dozen visitors as any ? makes a fellow
li'i'l mi-rlilv i i 11 / < 11 -111 > rt o 1. h> von 1/nniA*
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Ji) winter I have to chop wood nifwl
.of the time thai I sun not at school;
and I don't think my father ever feels
xpiite satisfied if 1 don't chop quite as
much, and hoe a* much, and plow as
much as a lull-growu man could do in
the same time. I did not know till
the olhe day hew it was with you,
JMiil. 1 don't wonder that your patience
is worn out; and I assure you
that 1 am quite as tired ol Jiving in
t his way as you ;) re,"
"1 hesitated a good while, (.'lit,*'
Phil replied, "before 1 decided to speak
to you about it; but 1 made up my
mind in haying time that it wya the
last summer I hit 1 should stay at
home and help hay it and fare as I did
then. Father is always ready to find
fault?he generally says when he gets
home, 41 don't tjiiek you've hurt yourself
wot king to-day, Philip]' And
sometimes he ask me it my hack dosetft
ache, I've chopped so much or hood so
much; and no matter it I work as hard
;\s I can from sunrise till sundown, I
never hear anything more encouraging?
never get one word of praise. I
feci sorry to cleat* out on mother'*}
Account. I love her, for I bcljeye she
loves me; but if' father loves nm he
never shows it ? never speaks a tender
or loving word to me. iVly mind is
fully made up, ('lint. I am going to
1 un awav; and I want to get oft" tonight.
Never mind about your clothes
W ?I've g<>t shirts and stockings and
handkerchiefs enough put up, and I'll
divide with you till we can earn more
I.sst week I thought it over, and I
thought it would grieve mother so I
pretty much decided to give it up; but
1 got so provoked the day that father
went to Hartlord I determined I would
go anyway. You see, here I've lived
ever since I was born, vifdiin eighteen
miles of Hartford, but never was there,
nor in any other city. I asked father
it i might go with him, last Juno
when he was going, and he said that I
couldon't go very well then, but I
should go with him the first timo that
he went alter haying, Well when he
ee' spoke of going last week, I asked him
if he was going to take me along, and
he anwered pretty crabbklly, 'Xo sir;
pretty tune lor you to think of going
when the hired mat) is gone',' I. told
him that I would get you to come and
do the chores, and that you would ho
as faithful in doing them as I would
he; but he wouldn't hear a word about
it. I didn't tyei light hearted after he
was gone, hut^tr-ied to brave it out
t he best I cop,'I*; and I worked hard
all day. That afternoon was a dark,
/ liiliiltr n ft on ftnil T nfrtt nr\ I li?
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cows and milked them a litilo earlier
than I apposed that I did; hut I don't
think the sun was five minutes high
when I got the ehroes done, I took the
newspaper and pat down in the door,
'* so ?rs to ho on hand to tako oar? of the
horse when lather came; and I hadn't
read a quarter of a column, when ho
drove up. Well, as true as I live and
eA* breathe, after his promising mc that
V 1 should go to Hartford with him tho
first time that ho went after haying and
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thou breahiug his word., leaving tuo to i
ieel disappointed and to work hard all ^
day, the first thing he said to tuo when ,
lie droy.e up was 4 What are ^'ou sitting !
there a leading lor? why aren't you
doing your chores?' It galled, I tell
you, but I ic plied as calmly as I could ;
that the chore? were all doue, ami he '
said: 4Oh, oh, that i*i it i* it? \ on
do the chorea the middle of the niter- j
noou v.lieu 1 am gone, and then sit "
ll .\lllll ii I . .d U/tl .1 j'1 f I ... ill
vAvstrii .hivjl i vau juu: was so
confounded cutting, if he liad stuck a ! ^
knife iijto me ho wouldn't, have hurt ; '
nxe any worse. I vowed .liuMJ that 1 ,s
j would seo Hartford on my birthday,
and I ahull ho much luitakcu it i :uu s
riot there .to-jjuonow morning, and il J
| my father sees tuo again for one year 1(
he'd sec more'it I think he will. 1 will
he heix* at the bai n at. just midnight ''
My bundle ol elotlies is hero now in r
the oal bin. Don't 1 ail to be on time. '
Clint. Wo uiust get to Hartford by *
Bunrisu. 1 want to get aiitlle glimpse v
of the city bcrfore ijte steamboat goes 1
out. 1 don't know what the fare is to )
New Vork. I doubt if we have money
enough to take us there. If we havan'l . 1
we can 8top at eonje of the landing 1
place's on the way."
What a variety of feelings Wter (Ivu.yrnond
had in the fifteen minutes
he stood behind the barn door ami j
listened. At first he was so utter ly 1
surprised lie could hardly believe Ins (
own ears; hut as ho took it all in?is
he .comprehended what bis son eontemplate^
doing, ho was in high dudgeon;
he unconsc'ously closed hi.* teeth '
very lirtnlv and clenched his right fisi
tightly, lie could hardly refrain from '
pouncing upon his son then and 'here -N
and giving him u sound drubbing, x
but he decided that it would be wise *
to hear the boys" talk out, and learn '
all their plans, and ?licn eonti<?Mi
them. But as Hhilip talked on, J? ivmoiidV
teeth were Jess firmly closed,'
and when l'hilfpsaid in a halt sad 1
tone, lkI dpyjht it my father loves me
at all,'' a do/an different feelings
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str?ve twi' Uin mastcry,
"Don't love him?" ho repealed to '
himself, "the ungrateful rascal) JJave *
not I betoi scrubbing along savingly
ua possible, and privately putting 1
little cuius into the waving bank h> '
that I could send hint away in a *
year or two, and give him a In iter
chance for an education than J over ''
had? Haven't 1 often said to my '
friends that he was one of the most i
faithful, trusty boys in the world, and 1
i that I could leave home at any nine, '
day or night, and never worry ah >nt c
things as long as he \v:u there to lake l;
care? If he docs doubt my !o\c, up |
to this time 1 have loved him an 1 ] '
have been proud of him. I haven't i
been very demonstrative about it, t >
be sure. 1 never thought it wise to | ,J
pet and praise children, J'ei haps 1 M
have been a little too unsocial and :|
alraigbtlacud with him. Maybe I'd : x
better not let them know that Jvc
heard this talk about their running , "
away; but { shall, of course, do some- ; 1
thing to prevent their going, I'll go s
up to the house and think over w'utt s
course to take."
And Deter Hay mom) crept away 1
from the barn as though 'lie were a 1
sueak-ihief, and then hurried home u.^ :l
fast as he could, not once thinking of '
his bnddle, lie Mild hardly got suatod 1
in his tisn^l place in the lug armchair ;l
before J'hjlip came in. Philip expoc- 1
led his father would eay, gru/Hy; "It. 1
is high time lb;it you were in bud." 1
And so bo was taken by surprise
when bis father said, gently;
"Won't you hand me the almanac (
before you /sjt dow n, I'liilip?"
Philip's mother raised her eyes N
i from her Hewing, and glanced at her ' :
husband as ihough s];e wondered '
what had called forth such ungual j
gentleness. Huyujond Opened the ' 1
almanac at September, and alter i '
glancing down the page, ho turned !
to his wife and asked: "Is to day tin- I I
third or fourth Tuesday of the mouth?" ! '
'The fourth," she replied. "To- j 1
morrow is the last day of tho month." i;
"Are you quite sure about 11?" he 1
queried. "It you are correct, I am a :l
week behindhand in my reckoning. c
I've bad so many things crowded .
j upon me lately, I've hardly known j
which way lo turn first. I promised 1 '
Mr. SSkidinore that I would take that '
two-year-old heifer away that I v
bought ol him before tlie first of Oc- v
tober She inuiil bo got home to-mor- 1
1 row."
Philip got up to go to bed, Hay- 1
moml said; s
'Don't hurry, Philip; I'm thinking :l
i how to get that heifer home. 1 be- :l
I lidvn T will t al/o vnn rloti'ii tlwrn uni'lu
|IW?V A '? *?? m?VV I V\? ??VM .1 KM V* W \ y
in the morning, and leave you to drive '
her up*. It is nine miles there, but J
you cun coiue back leisurely and leed '
alongside the road. You'd like it as 1
well as to stay at home and work, '
wouldn't you Philip?" I
"Yes, sir." (>
Philip replied in an absent-minded >
way, lie was in a quandary. Per- I
baps he had better stay at home a 1
little longer and see it' things didn't J1
seem more agreeable to htm. Maybe 1
he had judged his father a little too 1
harshly-?Clinton Dexter could come j"
to the barn at midnight to meet him, 1
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Philip was arrested in his eogitaions
by his lather saying:
4,1 have so many cures, so many
hings to think of, that f can hardly
oop track ol my children's ages. 1
oliove, Philip, your birthday coincs
ho thirtieth oi September, doceu't,
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"Yes, sir."
44And so you will be fifteen yours
Id to-niorrOw. Well, well, ii does
eat all how time tlios. Kitteen yi' iis! i
I doesn't seem more than halt that
hue since you were a bnhy. Lit me
oe. I believe I promised to let you
;o to Hartford tins tall, didn't I? We
hall be halt way there when we get
0 f>kidntore\g and seeing to-morrow!
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h your birthday, perhaps we had bo' - ;
er keep on. I don't know an we ;
iave any better time to leave. We
an take an early start?have break- |
asl at hall-pas', live, and get oil' by
ix, and by nine, it we have good luek,
re shall he there. We can stay there
ill three o'clock in the alternoon, and 1
oil wouldn't he late home. It will
>e good light to-morrow evening-- !
here is a good moon now. Well, you
nay an well go to bed and get all the 1
leep you can. I shall call von aUshmr ,
'clock"
I'hilip started the second time to go
)Ut just as he got his hand 011 the!
audi hi.-, lather said:
i-Wa<t a minute, 1'inJip. !l you,
1 ral some one to keep your company 1
t'om ?skidm ore's and heij) yon to drive
h?' heifer, 1 wouldn't mind staying
til nearly night belore we leti the
;ity. J V rJtaps (Minion Oe.Ylcr w.mid
>c willing to walk "]? Irotn there with
on and ) 1 <-11? drive lu-r, it !m could go |
vith us to linrit<nd and spmid the
lay. If von thiuk that yon would, |
itul \ on would like to have i.im go, 1
'on may run < ver to Mr ! K \tor's and ;
?'ll him that I it is convenient lor him 1
o spare (J iiiton I would Jike to Itave
tint go to Hartford with us to-morrow
aid walk home from Skidinore's with
on in the evening. .And be sure ami !
ell ( tint 011, it'his father consents to'
lis going, that we will call for him as
arl v as six o'clock.'
J'hilip s:>jd; "Yes, sir," and took
ip h is it at and went in o the hall; hut
M'lofe hi' got t o 1 lie outside door his j
allnr callml out*. j
"Oik- lIiii?more, Philip. I 1 -it my |
>ritlit? haugii g on a bar-post down by
In- sheep barn (bis ailcriionn ll von ii :
mine back across lots and 1?riu<iT it u|#,
i ll siye truing bir ii in i Ik; morning
intended getting it uiyscll when I
a 111 e botnc from Mr. Dexter,s but i'*
lipped my mind.
' Ipickv thing it did," Philip said to
limscll as be stepped mil *> 1 the door,
dl im had come round tliat way home
guess he wouldn't he in quite so
jciillo a mood to-night. lie would
tnve given mc'llail Columbia' right I
ir.d lelit; and ('lint would have tared j
vnivc than 1, lor when his lather's!
nick is up lie's as savage as a tiger. j
strange what has eninc over lather |
o-nighl! I noticed that mother was
nirprised to see him so much more
oeial and gentle llian eomimui.
On his way over lo Mr. I )i xler's,
>hilj]i had as great a variety ul feelugs
and as great a enidli -t Willi thcni
is his lather had while standing heumi
I lie barn donrj but belore he trot
here the summing tip wai- thai he was
in ungrateful scamp, ami that his la'ii r
was all right; only In? had so many
are*; and anxieties that it sometimes,'
made him a little stern ami crabbed.
Mr. Dexter was always ready to
d/lige lib; neighbor lbiynmnd, and he
heerl'ully gave his consent to C'iiin
oil's going. Clinton did not know
vhat to make ol (his sudden turn of
iflairs. As he went with Philip to
lie door, he. whispered;
' What's up, Phil?? what lias hap'
lened?? has your father ton ml out
my i l.iug?"
"Not a thing?-not a thing,," Philip
nirriedjy whispered back. "You
Ion I sniinos". t i in. Iie'd be Inkinc us
I I t - , - . .
0 I larl ior I, tomorrow, in* had. It's
>)1 right, I ill t its i Ik hi rankest tiling
lial ever ha|>])(>iii'd ? I'll It'll you all
ihout it to-morrow?can't stay long
n i o 11 g h now.'
UM?\ Kayiiioiid took up a new-paicr
and bowed his hcatl over it as soon
is hia sou stalled I m Air. Dcxter'sj lull
1 his wile had observed him closely
<he would have seen that he did hul
rery litile reading, and that there was
i troul Jod expression on his eountennice,
lie did not raise his eyes I'roiu
lie paper when lie heard returning lootiteps,
but he listened very intently,
11)<I lie knew that iMiilip stole sollly
iin 1 hufried 1 y to the it.ud; end til the
iall and opened the chamber door heore
he came ovel to the silling room.
\ look <>I relief came into his tare and
ic straightened upas il a great burden
tad been lilted horn him. lie had no
lonbt but that the bundle ol clothing
iad been brought up Irom the oat-Inn
md lelt on the chamber stairs till J'hilp
should go to bed. That is what he
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lopeu ins noy wmim <i<> wnen ne a*K- i
id him to come around by the barn
i:xl get the halter. He had no furth i
fear that lie would attempt to give
lim i he Hip that night. .Mr. U .yiuond
out 1'hil rode up to Mi, DcXiei .*> Uoor
or Clinton, tlio next morning, just as
he sun was peeping over the hills, it
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i>Wiviiii'?1 ?HMWI wa?ii wwfwr??
wag a? delightful a September mornintj
as I hoy could desire. As soon as !
11?? y were on the road., .Mr. Raymond ,
Hj?oi:
"Now, boys, you must, keep your ,
.'yes open?see all there is to bo teen,
and get all tbe enjoyment out ut going
that you can. We don't have holidays
wry often, and \.e must make
the most of them. l'hiiij) and I have
worked pretty hard lately, and 1
guess, i Union, t.Mat you u;iv?. i do- j
licve'a play day will do us all good, j
I mailt up my mind this morning, to
leave all my carts ami business behind
nic for once; so you need have no tears
it you talk to each other all you please,
and ask me as many opiostions as yen
wish,'that it will disturb me at all.'*
Mr. Ikivtnoml spared no pains to
haxcihc boys enjoy their first trip to
llart lord. Me called ilu ir attention in 1
everything iliat he thought would in
terest. them on the way. llo told j
tbt'Dl.who owned such and such u farm ;
when! ho Was a boy; what the land j
was (wroth an acre then, an I wltal
was itmarket value now; who built 1
1 his house and that; and pointed on'
where General was born., and
where Mod. lived til! lie went to
college. ! le was no less painstaking
when lliev got to the city. lie took
them past Trinity College, the State
Mouse, the High School; be pointed
out the di tie rent churches, and told
them who preached in them; ho went
with them to the Anlhcna-uiu ami j
spent an houi with ill-Mil there.
Sometimes IMiilip looked at ids latli
er in dumb bewilderment and wondered
if they were really in llnrt lord
or it it were all a dream. How social |
and interesting his lather was! Me
loll as it In* 111a er was acquainted with I
him before, Wir.t a delightful time
lie would have bad i! be bad not been
planning to do so mean a thing. Il
his lather knew il, how lie would despise
him; ho looked at him so earn
cully, sometimes lie was alraid that, he
saw guilt 111 his countenance. If lie
could only get up the courage he
won! I conlos the whole to Ins latherj
ji ii'.I implore I lis forgi v en ess.
Thim the day vv??rc away, and Philip
wak f it sorry when it, was time to
start fo;- iioiiir. Alter Mr. Kaymond
I "It I In; hit is to Co I Jo w oil with (lie
heifer, tlicy talked over the event ol
the past l went y-lour hours together,
it i it I liny wore liotli very decided! v ol
tlie opinion llmt thev had had :x \ ery
narrow am! providential escape li'om
committing a very, disgriicelul net;
iiini they hoth agiccd, al'er a little discussion
on t hat point, that thev would
nei er divulgo to :i human being that
they had ever dreamed ol' r liming
a u ay.
it, was obcuL hall-past nine when
I 'hilip drove the lieiler into?his laihei's
haru yard. Alter he had his supper
his fat her asked him to step out to the
shed ami gel the package Unit was under
the wagon seat. \\ hen lie brought
it Mr. liaynioud opened it ami look
II t<in it 1\\ obst ej 's Unabridged I )ietionaryand
sat do w n to his dv sk ami wrole
on a fly leal ?
"Piesi ined to Philip ('. Itayniond,
on his fifteenth birthday, by his alloc,t.ionate
lather, Peter Uaymond." And
then, wilhonl closing the book, lie passed
it to Philip.
Philip con hi bear no more, 'lhe
lours lit at had eeine to his eyes l wonts
times during the day, and as many
tinies had lieen forced back now overll
?wed bis eyelids a'.nl ran down his
cheeks. lie slaminereil:
?ni ate too kind to me lather. I
do not deser \ e t Ids,"
tkJ>on't deserve it, Philip!' exelaime'
Mr. Itayntoml, with mueh appan iti
surprise. "I think you'd belter leave
that to my jiidgv/m ill. I should like ;
to know w hat, hoy d- es deserve kind ;
iless Irom his lather, it von don't? It
i had a di 7,v\\ sons 1 e.oiihl not ask
them to In- more laitlilul and industrious
Uian you have been, There, there!
don't shed any tears over it?you're
11 red -- bel ter go to I no { as soon as you
can, so as to lee I Iresli in the mornings
it it is a good day to morrow v. e must ;
seen re t ho ro won.'
"Thank you, father,' Philip said,!
with a quivering voice, and \>cnt im- i
med I'll ( 1 v im <ilmr?i ft he li'ii) li.on n'
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little less overcome himself, he wmiM ;
I that his father's voice was j
slightly shaky, ami ii' lie h id 'o??!<<mI '
hack as he passed i lit ol the Moor he
he would h ive seen his latin r 1>rttnii
a tear or two l'rom his own e\es.
. Henceforth theu* was 1:0 lack of conlideuce,
sympathy and affection hetweeii
Mr. Raymond and 1'hilip; and
?y reason ol a private interview that
Mr. Raymond had with Clinton Rev
let's i.tlhei, (Minion's home lile wis
mtudi more agreeable than heretofore.
Rhilip has always looked back in!
his hllcunlh hii'lhday as a remarkable 1
epoch in his lite; and he never ceased
? until bin aged lather recently visited
him and heard him speak rat her harshly
to his own lit lie son ?-l<> marvel this
Wntldei'tiil elliLiitm 11?-\f e.-iino <ivni' ln<
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lather, liimsolt, or both, at lint tune.
Then his father took him ;uml? and
told him the whole story, ami caution*
nl him against growing into ihe habit
ol speaking that a :?y to his children.
"Always remember, lMiilip," he said
"that crustiness and harshness are no
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more agreeable to a child's feeling
than t,liey arc to a grown person's; and
that they aro more likolv to lead any
one out ol the right path than into it;
and that they never will lor get love.*
Timely Farm and Plantation Tuples.
Tjhk Da uk Sii?k or j ijk Durruitw.?
The prospect is not very cheering just
now, it. must be confessed. rho last
cotton crop is s*> 1?I and lias not
brought much money - or rather, it
has no put much money into the pockets
of the planters. Our fences are bail
ami getting worse; our larui buildings
are dilapnialt J; our stock is lean and
badly cared for; labor is ^unreliable;"
debt and lienes hang hei\ily over us;
our lands need manures, but we have
no money to buy them ?but we need
not go on with the enumeration.
There is much unseemly and unnecessary
croaking among us, an there always
is everywhere; but the cond<
lions we have indicated are sad facts 1
with loo many. They are making no
progress toward prosperity, hut get- j
ting pooler and pooler, year by year.
This is the dark side ot' the picture,
and it is the only side that many are
able to get a glimpse of at present. In
HO'ue parts oi the Eolith there ma.y be i
few indications ol any change lor the
belter, and the croaking we deprecate
is scarcely to ho wondered at, ami we
are slow to blame those who are running
down hill for not seeing those |
who are ascend.ng, and not believing
it p'?s.>ible to ascend.
Tine I JuKiirr Si OK OK THU I'wjtlur.?
Tins we lear is loo seldom looked at.
Some mav doubt its existence, because
llley do not see it. It is as clearly established
a fact., however, ns the reverse.
It sho wn, first., a slow but.st.eaily
progress in both the theory and the
practice of fanning in the South; second,
that the use of lei lili/.ers, both
home made and commercial, is becoming
better understood and, as a consequence
better results are secured by
their application; ihird, that a large
and increasing number of tanners are
improving instead oi dl'tOVIorat illg
their laudc, year by year; lourth, that
good farmers (and iheir number in in(
re.using) arc making more per aero
and more per hand than they did boI're;
tilth, thai an increasing unmber
ol lurmers are diversifying and planning
to diversity their crops; sixth,
that that class called (formerly with
something like pity mixed with eontempt,)
'Small lanneis," are generally
more prosperous than they ever
were before, and in a lair way to become
large tanners in a legitimate ,
manner, through a strong healthy
grow til in prosperity and wealth.
They put their ow n hands to the plow,
as occasion requires.
J' ii OS J' i. J M IV ('I t I IS S M A I. L I'huiifkuh.?Air.
Daniel Dennett, who lias
been travelling in Louisiana and Aiississippi,
report through Our 1 lo/uc
f/ouruul some cases illustrative ol the
prosperous condition of tho "small
fanners1' or "pinelan I farmers." lie
says: "One small pimdaud farmer in*
tbrmcd me, that he always makes plenty
of corn, pork and hay, and has
mad J live bales ol cotton, live hundred
pounds each, troni four acres ol pinolaud,
by the. use ol home made manure,
lie has money to lend, and is
not a very hard worker. Another
small larmer made, thirty-live bushels
of corn Irom three-quarters ol an
acre ol manured laud. IJo said three
seres ol sueh lami would give him mi
ample supply ol corn lor a year, and
he would have a surplus. A farmer
in the pimdauds, in clearing his land,
put the lavish and saplings in the
windrows, ami cultivated between.
The next year he moved all the wind- j
I'D UL'w fioil hnd iii t. ilc/'M vi>ct iiiwl '
1 ?- J I
ploughed in bark, rotten can cm and do- i
rayed woikL Ho made a handsome i
properly in a lew years, cultivating
pim-lands, Another says, ten acres of
poor lands to a hand, with plenty ol >
leaves, trash, and homo made tcrtili- |
zers ploughed in, will produce more
corn and cotton than lortv acres as
they usually manage these lands. One
fa?'uior in the poorest part ot tlwj pinelands
has this year the greatest abundance
of pork, corn, sweet potatoes, rice,
sugar, molnsffcs, iuiIk, butter, fowls, ;
eggs, etc,. all produced on his own
farm, and he not a man of wealth, or of
more than a fair amount of intelligence.
He is simply a man of good
common sense, and a farmer."
The Angora (><?at llu.shicss Looking I p.
The introduction of any new industry
or any new crop is generally at- :
tended with many drawbacks and
discouragements, and mere arc always 1
people enough ready to cry out Unit
it is a delusion, and a snare, and can
[ end only in failure. This is the state
of things now in regard to ramie jute, \
silk and mohair. The last named, i
! however, is beginning to show signs ot
| having at last got a basis ol an actual
| home market and a bona fide demand.
Messrs. lla'l & Turney, Jamestown,
j N. V., manufacturer* of mohair gbods,
are exhibiting samples ol their work,
which are said to coinimro favorably
; with the imported fabrics. Being so,
they will sell, and the demand lor the
lleeco of the Angora goat will increase,
Ai) V ) : it T L.s EM EN J> In-an
toil at yi.'M | - r Mjnr.ro for fir st, nui
ts <-<tttl* I.?: ? ?Hi suh ?*' |iieut tiutorliou.
<J?; ineh spue? will coiistiuile a s<|ii.ire
w1ici!ht in brevier or ills play ty|u; lcs.< tltu
mi Inch tni! In? tor its a s<i tar*.
MatH?':< u<>ti?vs fro?.
Dentin* aiifl Kunor.il notices fro".
Jlc!i'4i6tis iutwi?t*.s it'oiii! square f i.
A liberal ?ii-*? ? i?.t will !>? in n'ti t<? tlnw.
svlmsi nilvct tisoii.cnt#; ere to b* U ;?t in f?
throe months <>i longer.
and will at last, k?o tan^ihl i
result? fnnr. their labor*. and their
faith. It will bo tiio aunt?, tit time,
with ramie, jute and ? iIL,
Kut'd ( oi/t
Tm? i'oxiu Trouble*.
(Iai.viwi'on, June b,? A speciiU
di>patch t? t e News from lirnwiiHville
says: (?en. Fuero, lecentky Ht
Monterey, is on his way to \\ .? 1 r??i.t i--r
of which lie is to haw command. i l i?
foic) includes two tfeg'mcnt* ?>I c.iv iiry
with orders to cheek raiding up*?u
Texas, (Jeneral Coitions ?> >?:,. v
refused to obey the order d. .' .u i<>r
lurn to report in pcrs mi at the t .?tt
Mexieo. lie sayo h resigned, a ; ' \*
now a citizen. i 11 ^ it u n Vh are* c.i < a!aling
a petition to the government t?
let Cortina* remain in authority m t a**.
Iiio 11 ran/lit. The appearance \frhe
Texas State to?.ps on the Wio (*:nn In
produced great excitement among -'on
people on the Mexican side. The ?esidonts
of ranches above Ma'ainnu*
have organized to resist invasion, and
have placed sunti&clb at the crossing
of the tiver and roads. The cattle
drovers are much utarmcd, and so no
prominent oitl/.ene have gone to Matat
nor as tor seem it v and protection. /
The Jttdiuiis in no llurrv to Hurler away /
the HJack Mil*. \f
\Y ashi n? ton, June 5.?The Sioux;
chiefs lied Cloud and others, held a
long and earnest council on Wcdiieftday
( vetting in regard to signing
away their hunting privilege in Nebraska
lor $25,000, and finally reached
the unanimous conclusion that they
would, under no circumstances, ( igti
until they have consulted the wishes
ol their people. They also determined
to leave io day for their homes in 1 )akot.t.
Yesterday morning tlie commissioner
of Indian alVairs h:ui an intorvjow
with the chiefs, in which he assured
them the secret a rv of the interior
regretted that they had declined
the pioposition made then:, find s'at..i.i
iii . i
I'M uiilV lie lUlU CtMUC lO I .. 11?t' IV!l.)lllor
proposition, which was that they
should lake tho agreement with
them and t ?iIK among theinacl ves,
one copy at the Spotted I HI ami uiio
at tin; Ued Cloud agency, ami that
they sign it tho.ro and send it haoU im
room an possible. I lo as&uced them
that the President saw it was i11k|?o?pousildc
tbprcsb hack th? uhrle muu
iroiii all that c uiniry <>f tho North
1 'lilt to in Nebraska. The Indian*
were asked t<? give r.p a title, which i*t
of no I'.tluo to thetu, to tho country
hot woo 11 tho North Platte ami the
Niobrara rivers, mid in return for it
they would get tho right to occupy 4
and live in the 'Country north ot r,ho
Niobrara and south ot the Nebraska
line?the very country that they are
living Lr. uuw and that they desire so
much.
Duel mill a Suicide.
Havana, June 7. ? A duel took
place yesterday between J >r. Algernon
Sydney Curtis, of New Yoik, ..ml
Salvador Oonflronl, a tobacco merchant
?>t Havana and New York. The
combatants had been intimate blends
for many years and lived together iu
New York. Curtis armed here two
weeks ug's and was stopping at
Cortereal's home, lie stales that yesterday
morning he wu> awakened by
Oortero&l slapping his lace and' accusing
him of improper conduct to his
wile. This Curtis denied, and .hoi
words ensued, which javultcd in a
challenge to liglu and its acceptance.
That a Iter r.0011 hoth men proceeded iu
earriaoes to the suhnrhs wit limit wit.
nesses, and on arriving there dismissed
the carriages. Five shots weiie
tired hy each oi the contestants, beginning
art the distance of twenty h el,
and tiring as they advanced. At the
tilth discharge Dr. Curtis \vn* serio.a.-.Ky
wounded in the hip, and tell to. I lie
ground tainting from pain and l<>o> <?t
blood. I pon recovering eonseioiisucss
he saw Cortereal reload his revolver,
place h, at his temple ami,
tired, killing himself. Oorturew^s
body has been brought to this e.iy.
It is thought he believed nis opponent
dead, when he knled hiaisell. :>r.
Curtis is confined to hi* led by
severity ot his w.i?iiirl>, and is uud &
police mu'veiiluuce.
The Wiunshoro Aocv, in on nni"?iting
upon the wish of the (teorgia
(\n\stUiUion-tli*t that the Charleston
Mercury should lie rev'ued, and tuo
assertion of' the Cireouviilo Arcod tli.it
only a straight-out democratic liekufc
would hereafter receive its support,
thus delivers words ot wisdoms
"And now a word to the donst'ltftiotudUt.
We admit that in journal*
ism, as in street cars and omudmscs,
there is always room tor one more,
and that the M< rcurj was a live, -piey
and readable paper. l>ut we want
I * A - 1 - * '
no iuon* |>011lio?i suon as tlie Mr cur//
used to preach. Tb:it?*tyle ot pwlitioa
cost the south about >> t,uiM 1,0.1
and, alt hough .we m ?y nut regivt having
oiu'o i'ully tried the wisdom ol it,
wo arc not ready u> tiy it again. It
is too expensive- iVe can't ntloid to
spend money now hs we once did.
I.et us rock along slowly ami compromise
our po'iiies as we e.i>uij>roiuii?uJL
our del is alter the war.