Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ANTEBELLUM Days o i' INI i gil ty -cVp] ^Portions ol' Bra Charlotte Although in my other articles I have incidentally ?ouched upon the manner of living of the southern plan ters, I purpose in this letter to give more in detail what they had to eat. While they did not have the knick nacks and fancy dishes of this gen eration, yet there never was a class of gentlemen who had a more wholesome and nutritious diet than they had. Provisions w^re made on every plan tation to feed tiie negroes and the white family. After supplying the farm with everything that wan neces sary, there was always a surplus, which was sold. I never heard of a pound of western meat being used in Lenoir County until after the war. Now there is hardly a plantation that raises meat enough to supply it. This is the policy all through the South to-day. If our people would reverse this policy and make every thing at home like their ante-bellum fathers did, the South, with her rapid cirides in manufacturing, would to day be more prosperous than at any time in her history. The late Senator ll. II. Hill, of Georgia, in discussing this subject before the Georgia far mers, said that it would be better for the South to produce all her supplies and let her cotton be a surplus money crop than it would for her to produce all cotton and have her provisions fur nished free. There is a great deal of force in this argument, and events have proven the correctness of Mr.. Hill's position Probably tho next generaticn will learn the lessons of diversification and produce everything that is needed for the South; and then she will enter upon a new era of prosperity and greatness, and ?vith her salubrious climate and rich virgin soil, she will become the most favored spot on this globe. But before this can be done the demagogue must give place to the statesman, and abroad national patri otic spirit and love of the whole coun try muet bo cultivated instead ot patty spirit and sectional haired and strife. May God hasten the day. O for a leader like Henry Clay, whose heart was big and patriotic enough tc love the whole country sod whose every effort was to pour oil on the troubled waters and to prevent the gaping, bleeding wounds which aftiiot ?d his country after he had been ohered to his fathers. But I have digressed. On every farm were hogs, sheep and cattle, and many of the farmers raised their own horses and mules. Milk and ?butter, were had in abundanoe. I heard my mother, who was married in 1825, say that she was never without butter but one meal from that time till the closo of the war, a period of over 40 years. A fresh pig and lamb could be had in season, during spring and summer, and in the fall a nioe fat beef that had been run through the pea field. Hog killi?g oommenoed before Christmas ?od continued at weekly intervals dur? log January, ao that during the whole winter there was an abundanoe of frosh hog-killings. During the whole winter there was for breakfast sausage made in the good old way from the tenderloin of the hog, and the trim Alinga from the hams seasoned proper* ly with red pepper and sage, and spare-ribs and hog feet, and big hom iny covered with sausage gravy, and crackling bread for breakfast. Can you imagine a richer, more nutritious breakfast than that? I had almost forgotten the brains and chitterlings. I have seen all of the nbovoon the table at one time. No wonder those old farmers and their wives had a fresh, red oolor and were healthy, strong and vigorous, so different from the little, pale cigarette smoking men of this day. The appetite was sharpened before breakfast with a little home-made ' apple or peach brandy and honey, whieh made the sumptuous meal eat so good. O, how I long for the flesh pots of Egypt I Hog feet is my favorite diet for break fast. They have to me the most deli* oious flavor of anything I ever tasted. ? ate 13 one morning, and wasted more. Thirteen is an unluoky num ber, but they did .not hurt me. Now come with me to the dinner table dur ing the winter. At the head of the table is a dish of turnips or nioe white collards after-sweetened by the frost, SUPPORT SCOTT'S EMULSION serves as a bridge to carry the weakened and starved system along until it can find firm support tn ordinal y food. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemist?, 409.41s Pearl Street, Mew York. 50c and ii.00; *J1 druggbu. TABLE FARE petites, Sharpened by nely and Honey. Observer. ! a fat hog head, and at tho foot of the table in front of the old landlord, is a huge dish of backbones, and in thc ceutre a dish of pickled souse made from the feet, nose and ears of the hog. What is better for supper than cold hog head, cold backbone and hot crackling bread and a glass of sweet milk? I'un't forget that be fore all these meals there was the nure old apple and hooey, which sent thc ! blood tingling through thc veins aud produced a delightful glow. Man has so much of thc animal in him that after filling himself he wants to sleep like a hog. The Sunday dinner was varied with an old ham, a fat turkey and syllabub and some kind of pie or cake. The readers of my letters will remember that I have already de scribed thc hog killing on the old plantation, as one of the most joyous occasions of thc year. Some people don't like tho head and jowl of the hog, but they are my favorites. I was in Texas and a fellow was killing a j hog, and I asked him if he ate the j head and he said DO. I said I wished I had one cooked, as it was among thc bent parts of thc hog. We have passed through the winter, j now let us enter the spriug season. In Maroh tho turnip-green is in sea- ! BOD, whioh, with smashed hog jowl j and a brown pone of corn bread, and tomato cptsup spread over the greens, 1 is good enough for me. If thc bread ie too hard, soak it a few minutes in the fat liquor. A niced smoked Tom Thumb is also good to cook with thc greens. A little later, about the first of May, when Irish potatoes come, a ' good breakfast is fried ham with a rich brown gravy and potatoes on all Bidet) of tho long dish, and some little hominy and a well beaten biscuit sea- j I soned with lard and no baking powder and cooked brown and split open with some fresh butter spread ovor it, and \ then place it in the gravy to soften it. Don't have the ham cooked too done, so as to become bard like a piece of leather, for If you do the sweetness and juico are all gone. When snap beans como, a piece of thin side meat cocked with them makes a good din ner, and a little later ham and cab bages. Hams were always abundant on the plantations, for a year's supply of meat was put up for the negroes, so a ham could be cooked every day for dinner if necessary. But the best dish of all is the green corn-field pea. In their season, I had rather eat them than any othor dish I oan get. Have them cock? \ thoroughly done with plenty of bood liquor, with the grease from the meat swimming on top, with some raw tomatoes and a few pods of green pepper cut up with them, and it is a dish better than nectar and am brosia, the oelestial food of the pagan gods. I have an acre planted in April and will have a mess the 4th of July. I have another patoh planted in May and some in my field planted tho 1st of Juno, BO I oas have them till frost. The last time my father went to the White Sulphur Springo before he died, he wrote he would be home a oertain day, and he wanted some peas for his dinner. I know of no one by tho name of Wooten who does not love peas. Elita said to me one day : "Papa, they are a common dish." I said: "Yes, but they are mighty good.** Before the war the planters would form a dub and they would appoint a day when they would visit a certain farm and inspect the crop. Of courie,. on such occasions, there was an ample supply of something to eat and to drink. Eaoh housewife vied with the others in preparing the best dinner. Sometimes the husbands would take their wives with them, and when they did not, they h^d to make a report of the dinner, what they had and how it was cooked. Did you ever notioe how women desire to know snoh things and how everybody was dressed on any public occasion? These visits to eaoh other engendered social spirit, created good feeling among neighbors, and had a refined influence upon the indivi dus! msc, and cultivated a princely hospitality whioh was the pride and glory of the southern planter. They were rioh and independent and had the leisure to devote to the entertain* ment of their guests. It is different now. There are no such visits, there is no snob hospitality. It is a pity that suoh is the case. The glory of the South in this respeot has depart ed. I have endeavored to give this generation some idea of how their fathers lived. If I have spread be fore you some tempting viands and, like Tantalus, you cannot rcaoh them, you must not consider me cruel, for I am ono of the kindest-hearted of men, and I am sorry for you. But,- thank God, there arc a few places where one can get one of these old fashioned dinners. The man who farms now does BO under a great many disadvan tages that did not beset his father-. For they had their labor under good discipline and could control it, but now it is very different. When I left the bar in 1870 and began to farm, I and my brother worked together. I told him 1 wa? going to take Gen. Lee as my model, for he went ?brough the war and never got mad, a*,d that I was going through life and not worry. Soon after he heard me cursing a ne gro and he, being more gentle and a better nan than I was, reprimanded mo and said thought I was going to imitate Lee. 1 said Lee had Jackson, Longstreet, Stuart, Hill and others, who had sense to execute his orders, and I had to depend upon au ignorant negro to execute mine; and I said I reckoned Lee would "cuss" a little if he were placed in my posilion. I ats a good Baptist now, but sometimes I boil over and have to swear a little; but after thc tempest is over I ask liodto forgive- mc and the matter is settled right there and then. 1 am not going to have a little sin like that clioging to me through life and jeo pardize my happiness in thc final day. The best of menai- always stumb ling and falling by tho wayside. There is no mau free from sin, and the best of all is that a good, kind Father is to be our final judge, and Ile will ju<Le aright. Learn to Cook. According to Mrs. Lawrence Hodg kinson, of the Chicago Progressive Health club, "A husband will eat anything his wife wants him to, if he loves her." She announced that to an admiring audience of women. Maybe Mr. Lawrence Hodgkinson is that kind of a man. It is possible that he can consume burned biscuits and tough steak, and murmur "sweet heart" and "ducky" the while. If so, he deserves a halo. Man is a creature of good resolu tions. Ho break? them because he is a man. Ho marries because he loves and, being in love, he views the girl through rose-colored glasses. He knows he has faults, and ho imagines that he has married an angel. Tho first few months of married life love covers a multitude of sins, both of omission and commission. It is right that they should. But there comes a day of ?eckooing for the girl who never learned anything about housework and whose mother always did the dishes and the oookicg. Ethelbert suddenly discovers that there is something lacking. Home doesn't seem like the home he has been used to. His digestion bothers him, and he likes to sneak over to mother's, just to get a bit to eat. If he is unwise he makes cutting remarks, and a woman cries. If he has sense, and Helen is blessed with a gener ous share of brains, both will discover that romance can never take the place of Bolid food, and on the long journey of married life there must be a fair amount of equipment, or else ship wreck will follow. So she learns to cook as quickly as she can, and he helps, sometimes, by donging an apron, and more often by simply keeping his mouth shut. The average woman doesn't want a husband built on the lines described by Mrs. Hodgkinson. She would know that about three-fifths of the time he was lying, and the rest of the time getting ready to perjure himself. Such meo can never he popular with modern women. This much advice can safely he given to the girls who are contem plating matrimony: "Don't bank on a. man's disposition too much. Learn to cook.-Atlontn Journal. Wanted Him on the String. "Mils Blinks," said the impatient young man, "for three months I have waited for an answer, and yon still keep putting me off." "Are you certain yon love me, Freddie?" "Love yon? I could die for yon!" "And should I tell you that there was sn obstado in the way of onr mar riage could you wait for ten or fifteen years, though without a definite prem ise to marry you at the end of thtt time?' "With the possibilities of winning you I could wait forever if I were to receive the faintest ray of hope." "All right, Freddie. You just wait around, and if I don't land some thing better I will probably marry you is a last resort." NOT A PATENT MEDICINE. Hyomei, the Guaranteed Catarrh Cure, Prescribed by Physicians. No one should confound Hyomei with patent medicines that are ad vertised to eure catarrh. It is as far superior to them all as the diamond is more valuable than cheap glass. Their composition is secret, but Hyo mei gives its formula to all reputable physioians. Is it not foolish to try and eure ca tarrh by swallowing tablets or liquids? The only natural way to eure this dis ease and all other diseases of the re spiratory org.'us is to breathe Hyo mei. This treatment has been so success ful, curing 99 per cent, of ail who have used it, that Hyomei is now sold by Evans Pharmaoy under an absolute guarantee to refund the money if it does not oure. You run no risk what ever in buying Hyomei. If it did not possess unusual powers to cure, it could not be sold upon thia plan. Had lili Kars Trimmed. A jackass of a plain a-hy gray color j was often the victim of the gibes and > jests of thc other animals. They | often referred to him as a long eared j creature until he coucluded that it J was his ears that gave him a reputa tion for asininity. "Those ears are too verbose and luxuriant," said the jackass to him self. "If they were ICBS copious I might gain a reputation for wisdom, and in timo I might be regarded as a wise citizen. I wiU have the balloon jibs anU the upper topmast gallant sails cut off, and then I will no longer be an ass." So the ass went to a surgeon, who chopped off large quantities of ears. "Be liberal in your trimming," ?aid the ass. "Make those ears small and delicate while you are at it. I will have those extravagant .sound catchers turned into minus (?uaotities if necessary lo achieve my purpose." The ears were severed, and after a time the wounds made by the surgeon healed. Then the proud jackass sal lied forth with his wishbone sticking out like a pouter pi.r?e^n's. None of the other animals paid any particular attention to thc jickass or the change iu the geography and ground plan of hid features, and he wai annoyed thereat. Io order to at tract attention to himself he address ed the other animals in the followiug word?: "K uaw-e haw-K-haw-e.-haw-ee haaw-e-e-e-haaw," etc. "Tbucderation!" growled the lion in a disgusted tone. "There goes that cussed jackass again. I wish he would put a damper on his voice or use the soft pedal when he turns his music loooe." Moral: Their voices have given other jackases away. - A woman always has an idea her husband will bc a United States Sena tor soma day because he talks about the tarilf as if he understood ii. - If a man is lucky, after he spends $2f>.OOO on a college education for his sou. tho boy can carn 1 per cent, on the investment, not counting interest. - The diff?rence between a man and a woman is the more children they have thc less he is sure to know about them and the more she thinks she does. - Some men are too intellectual to bc intelligent. EST TONIC It increases the appetite, tones np tho stomach, invigorates and strengthens the system, and furnishes purer and better blood for the up* Pbuilding of the run-down constitution. You will find no tonic to act so promptly and beneficially where the health has given, way, the strength over-taxed by hard work and close confinement? Those living in the low, marshy sections of the country, exposed to miasmatic poisons and breathing the impure air arising from stagnant pools and swamps, till their Canton, Ohio, Aug. 6,1003. Systems are filled with ma- Gentlemen: 8. S.S. ie a good medicine. I keep lirii md their health under- lt in tho h???e all the while. It ts an excellent lana ana meir neaun unaer tonlc to glve ttreDgth to the syg,tem and tonet? mined, will find S. b. o. a aU the ore-ana. It gives appetite and energy and most excellent tonic, and its ^aTe?? timely use bas many times waa troubled with an itching skin eruption on nmvr>n?<>rl tb*? c-.i* rion c; rom- tho face, and I tried specialists and many reme? prevemea ene serious com diestoKRtaoure buts,8iS.l8the only medicine plications that so oitcn that seemed to relieve. I am now comparatively result from malaria. fre?Lof, tMa?*e?tioBv J ^-f re?l*.de?l o'your ,^ j TI ? j medicine, believing it to be the best blood purifier Oood blood, good appe- and tonic known to the world to-day. tite and good digestion are ,OQrtT, 0 . MKS- ^EANK HOENER. ., - b, b . - 1380 E. Seventh et. thc foundation stones of _ good health. S. S. S. sup- ... _ it .i *. . Altoona.Pa., June 20,1003. plies ali mese, containing i have always been averse to ?iring a teatime* as it does ingredients for nial, and only do BO now because of a desire to? .s* *. r*L i i J have others benefited by the use of your most the purification ot the blood excellent medicine. Before using S. S. 8. thia and also well-known tonic spring I very much felt the need of a tonio; waa _rt n. IL, troubled with Dyspopoia and Constipation, and properties, making lt the my blood was in bad condition. Tho use of you* ideal remedy in cases where speoiflo has driven away all indications of Dys? ?io. _i u?o pepsia, regulated my bowels, enriched my blood. the blood has deteriorated, ?nd oa!used mo to gain 20 pounds in woight, Ba the stomach disordered and that I feel in better physical condition than X nr?r>pHt#? bfiB fnilurl have in years. In my Judgment there ls no bettor appetite ?as iauea. toni0 and blood purifier on the market than your S. S S. being a purely preparation, and I unhesitatingly recommend lt vegetable compound, leaves ft9 ?uoh' Ar f> ?MM. ; no bad after-effects, like the strong potash and mineral remedies, which are bad on the stomach and nerves. A course of S. S. S. now will fortify the system, and the impurities that have accumulated through the long winter months are more readily and promptly thrown off,and the warm weather finds you in good physical condition, instead of weak, run-down, tired and debilitated, with no appetite or energy, ac is apt to be the case where the system is neglected and nature left to> take care of herself. If you need a tonic and appetizer, you will find S. S. S. the best. Medical advice without charge to all who write tia about their case. rHE ?yfSFT SPEGBFtO CO., ATLANTA, GAd To Special attention is invited to a new shipment of ACORN STOVES AND RANGES Which we have just received, and which includes the very latest pattems? both coal or wood, adapted to the requirements of this market. ^ If you require anything in the Stove or Hange line we solicit an oppor tunity to explain the merits of THE ACORNi We also carry a complete and up-to-date line of TINWARE, WOOD ENWARE and HOU8E FURNISHINGS. B@- Guttering, Plumbing and Electric Wiring executed on short notice> If ours truly, ARCHER * NORRIS. AFTER THIS DATE We Will Not Retail Fertilizers And Acid Phosphate to Any One. We do this for the reason that we are represented here by Merchants,* and it will be much better for all of the retail business to pass through then? hands, thereby saving a lot of confusion. We therefore respectfully'aek our friends to call on ueDunaa a nuaneyiit . OR . DEAN ? R?TIilFFE. Or any other one of our representatives here or any adjacent tow/i. We are represented et every Town in the up-country, and hope to merit y cur con* inned liberal patronage. OUR GOODS ARE FIRST CLASS IN EV?RY RESPECT And the results show that there is noaa superior in quality. MDERSOH H9??E IUD III td. Blood moniated Fertilizer. Wo ara s oiling Armonda ?nano and Acid, and bave ? few more cars of our contract left. If yon want high grade Blood Ammoniated Goods see TUB AT ONCE. ii VAJNDJ VER BROS. Um IS TMTIRSE m For Overhauling Carriages and ( Buggies so as to have them ready for sei vice in pretty weather. We have a fine lot of material and pion ty good j reliable help, and will ?0 oar best to please with repairs on ell vehicles. PAUL R STEPHENa BA fi WER ^a^Vft trie most beeline salvo tn tho world. ciprr m$TW S?L?, SITUATED on and near North Main Street, Five m iaratea' walk court House. Apply to J. F. JJilnkecalea, Intelligenwr Notice to Creditors. ALL persons bavin* demands against the Estate or D. 8. Maxwell, deceased, are hereby, no??ed to pr?wnt ioezn, properly proven, to the undersigned within tb? tlnio proscribed by law, and those ?ndebtod to make MivmenL MFJ9. K-ATB B. MAXWELL, EX'X ^?22,1904 . XV?Vi ?S CIDER MILLS M3B> PRESSES. The old Kentucky "Excelsior" Cider Mills are well known and justly celebrated for their superior excellence. They are well made-strong, durable, run light, and are highly finished. These Mills will take in the largest apples without cut ting, and are also well adapted for grapes. Each Mill fitted with steel shafts, anti-friction metal bearings and steel set screws, with jam nuts, so that rollers can be positively set. Gears are separable from rollers. These Mills are all fitted with adjustable Babbited Bear ings, with cavities which can bc filled with waste, so as tb prevent waste of oil and keep bearings well lubricated. These are only a few of the commendable features of these excellent mills. virv t..l?. VAM ?- tall_> -_2_- ?L.. CT O AU V HO JVU bV WKii aUU WBUUUD bUOlUi Sullivan Hardware Co. Kew Rooms South Kain St., Formerly Hill Block. * THE BOSTON SHOE STORE CET THE HABIT ! TO LOOK FOE It is not too late to make ute of the very best f made Shoes. I offer sn oh AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. 05.00 Gentlemen's Costosa Shoes.at #4.25 3.50 Bay State's, of any !r jad.at 8.00 8.00 Boys' Patent Cclt'r. Box, Calf or Viet....... V.... at 2 50 2.50 Boys' Hand-made Vici's......at 200 3.50 Ladies' Cushion Shoe?... .at 8.00 4 3.50 Ladies' Suprema Patent, Colt's.at 2.65 . ". ? ** . ?: \ .. . . '; -.. .*.. .V 'V.:jt; 2.00 Misses Patent Colt's.. av 1.60 SA- Enough Vites to fit all BARGAIN SEEKERS. . Respectfully, ?MARTIN SELIGBflASi. Twoldoors from Farmers and Merchants Bank* irrt? f tvyt^f tf w T y T T 'jr V1 y.v?? fe ? ? .