The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 10, 1886, Image 1
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VOL. IX.
BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1886.
“AND THEY WERE MARRIED."
tmt Mtirrv sniim« or the ppehi-
OETTH ROMANCE.
Th* WMteg Cereaoniei Performe. tail
WaAM(4ay EvealBC—Uaw Mm BrMe Looked,
mat Wkat Mho Wore—The Arrival la V. oak*
* (agtoa Mfear. mod lacidenu.
(•poolal DUyateht. the N.ws and Courier.)
% WAflKdfQTOM, June 2.—Miss Folsom
' arrived here ffii* morning at 5^30 oMoci
Wnompanied by her mother Ad con uns,
Folsom and Mrs. Rodgers.
'When the train rolled into the Baltii loro
End Potomac station Miss Cleveland was
waiting to receive the bridonilect and
her companions. Almost immediately
the private oar of President Roberts was
disconnected and transferred to a si.ling
on 6th street. No sooner had this lioen
accomplished, when Albert drew Ids
handsome toruout up to the car steps.
Mina Cleveland stepping out entered the
car, and, after a hasty chat with the par-
•ty, reappeared on the platform followed
by Miss Folsom and the other members
of the party. The travelers showed no
appearance of fatigue, and the li ide
olect looked especiallv bright and cheer
ful
Miss Folsom was plainly and n. atly
attired in a%iug fitting rich black silk
walking dress and a close fitting short
gray cloth saegue, and carried a natty
red umbrella with a dog’s head caned
on the handle. Her liat was of the walk
ing pattern—a high gray straw—with
what ap]>e&red to be gull’s w ings si and
^^ing upright. The young lady, as she
{^■alighted from the car and entered the
carriage, took a sun’ey of the surround
ings, and appeared ]>erfectly happy in
the thought that everything had Us n so
pleasantly arranged for her comfort.
The moti.er of the bride-elect was
tastily dressed in Mark silk und ca Tied
no wraps. Mr. Ihnj. Folsom were n
light-brown overcoat, gray trousers and
tall black hat. \V1 icu the party was com
fortably seated in the carriage the door
was slammed shut, and, as is their cus
tom at this signal, the spintvsl h*>rses
darted off like a shot ami took tin most
direct route to the Executive Mansion
through the Smiths-'man ami Monument
grounds. They entered the Mansion hy
the southern entrance, a canopy having
l>ecn erected over the stairway by which
they ascended to the rnnin fioor. They
- passed in through the blue jmrlor, and
[ Miss Folsom w<>ut immediately ii|stairs
to the apartments prepaml for In r
SOJINKh) Al« n r THK W HITE HOI iUC.
The White House has been clomsl to
day to all persons, e\CA;]itiiig thos on
official business. Down-stairs the florists
have lieen in control of the blue, U<d
and Green (tarlors and the East room,
and only Uiose mgugisl in tin work of
decorating were allowed to j>ass U-yond
the vestibule. The stairway loading up
stairs to the oflicial i>art of tin Mansion
was also closed against casual callers and
newspaper men. The latter were ad
mitted to the vestibule, but that was as
far as they were allowovl to roam. Your
correspondent Muei'et dod in gaming ad
mission to Col. Prudcn’s oflice ujwtairs
upon assuring the nslier that his errand
bad nothing to do with the wedding.
The clerical force was at work as if
nothing extraordinary was on hand. Col.
Praden came from the President’s pri
vate office bearing sundry executive com
munications to Congress, including ap-
V proved bills and veto messages on ]>en
V ston bills. A clerk fnmi the {lostoflice
dspartment was also present to request
the signature of the Resident to a num-
b^| of postmasters' commissions. About
noon, while the vestibule on the first
floor swarmed with newspaper men,
florists and ushers, the big glass doors
leading into the private (larlors ui>ened,
- and out walked the President. Ho pro
ceeded to thp front door, entered his
carriage, which was waiting for him, and
dfove off toward the northwest. He was
absent nearly an hour, and when he re
tained it was said that he had taken a
ride to quiet his nerves. Although the
President usually shaves himself he did
not care to take any chances with the
poor - to-day, so the Executive barber
ffi permitted to give the President his
Voiding shave. Throughout the entire
(|jy messengers were continually arriv-
foffftttke W1 tuto House, bearing wed
its. Ope from Mrs. Postmos-
Vilas was a small square
package wrapped in Mite paper and
tfed smh a broad satin ribbon. It was
appompanied by a note of oongratjila-
tMVgL ill the presents wepe sent -up-
tiRfal tp bp openpd at the discretion of
ftabtide,
pfrir «re KABBuoa CUODCOKT WAS PEB-
rputMD.
About half'past 6 o’oloek the wedding
to arrive, their carriages
; *p t» tbe main door of the Man-
‘ the great iron gates on
i avenue. The. first arrival
rXamarai 6.87. He was
folkrtredby the Rev. Dr. Sun-
land wife, and daring the next
'milMiep there came mqniok suooes-
Potifaaitrr General Vilas and wife
WSaon 8. Busell, Secretary and
Whitney, and Secretary Manning
LvUa. Removing their wrapa in the
-rpom, all tire guests pro
to the Blue room, where they
^ Cleveland,
ro^ntasthe guests chatted
,, 'quickly sua-
17.H, p. JR., when the selected
i. from'tin Marina station-
jr, sferaoit up the iamfliar
from Men-
’Night’s Dream, ”
itemed to the doorway
^ iof the otihiag
troiB tbs
flMf th*
fing present
tec General
President come slowly down the western
staircase with his bride leaning on his
arm. They were unaccompanied, even
the bride’s mother waiting with the other
guests.
Passing through the central corridor
the bride and groom entered the Blue
room, and took a position near its south
ern wall, which was completely hidden
from sight by a mass of nodding palms,
tropical grasses and an endless variety of
choice flowers. A crystal cliandelier
poured a flood of mellow radiance upon
the scene, and the colors of the massive
banks of scarlet begonias and royal
jaqueminct roses, mingling with the blue
and silver tints of the frescoed walls and
ceiling, gave a warm and glowing tone
to the whole brilliant interior. The
delicate ivory shades qf the bride’s wed
ding gown found an exquisite setting in
the masses of crimson roses immediately
beyond. The President was in full
evening dress, with turn-down collar,
white lawn necktie and white enamelled
studs.
A hush fell upon the assemblage as
Dr. Hunderland stopjanl forward to his
IHisition, fronting the wedding couple,
with the Rev. William Cleveland (the
President’s brother) at his left hand.
In a distinct tone wf voice and w ith de-
lilierate utterance the Doctor In gaii the
simple and beautiful wedding service,
after the reading of which he turned to
the bride and groom and said:
“If yon desire to Isolated in marriage
you will signify the same by joining your
right hands.’’ (Groom and bride joined
liands.) “Grover," said the minister,
“do you take this woman whom you hold
by the liand to 1h> your lawful wedded
wife—to live together after God's ordi
nance in the holy estate of wedlock? Do
you promise to love her, cherish, comfort
and keep her in sickness and in health,
ui joy and in sorrow, and, forsaking all
others, k<H‘p you only unto her so long
as you Iwth shall live?"
The groom (firmly:) “I do." •
Dr. Sunderland: “Frank, do yon take
this man whom you hold by the hand to
be your lawful wedded husband, to live
together after God’s ordinance in th<
holy estate of wedlock? Do you promise
to love him, honor, comfort and keep
lum in sickness and in health, in joy and in
sorrow, and forsaking all others kis-p
you only unto him so long as Ton loth
shall live?”
The bride resjamded in a low, but
clear, voice: “I do."
Pr. Hunderland (solemnly:) “Foras
much as Grover and Frank liave here
agreed and covenanted to live together
after God’s ordinance in the holy estate
of wedlock, and have confirmed the same
l^y giving and taking the wedding ring 1 ;
now, therefore, in the presence of this
company, in the name of the Father and
of the Boll and of the Holy Ghost, 1 pro
nounce and declare that they are 1ms-
Isuul and wife; and what (bsl hath join
ed together let not man put asunder."
The Rev. Mr Cleveland then pro
nounced the following lienediction:
“(hs.1 the Father, God the Hon, and
God the Holy Ghost, bless, preserve jmd
k»s‘p you; the Lord mercifully till you
with all temporal and all spiritual bless
ings, and grant that you may so live
together in this world that in the world
to come yon may have life everlasting.
Amen.’’
CONUKATrTjATIOKH.
At the conclusion of the oeremony
Mrs. Folsom, showing traces of deep
emotion, was the first to tender her con
gratulations to the newly marriisl pair.
Hhe was followed by Miss Cleveland, the
Rev. Mr. Cleveland and the other rela
tive* and friends in turn. While the
congratulations were in progress the
l>and, under the leadership of Professor
Sonaea, perform oil the bridal chorus and
march from “Lohengrin,” and to this
music the President and his bride led the
way into the stately East room. The
adornments of this noble hall wore in
keeping with its majestic proi>ortions,
and its ample sjiace and brilliant illumi
nation afforded an opportunity for a
fitting display of the ladies’ toilets.
WHAT THE BRIDE WORE.
The bride wore an enchanting wedding
dress of ivory satin, simply garnished on
a high corsage, with India muslin crossed
in Grecian folds and carried in exquisite
fall of simplicity over a jietticoat. An
orange blossom garniture, commencing
upon the veil, in a superb (Soronet, was
continued throughout the costume with
artistic skill Her veil was of tulle,
about five yards in length, completely
enveloping her and falling to the edge
of the petticoat in front and extending
the entire length of her full court train.
She carried no flowers and wore >no
jewelry except the engagement ring, con
taining a sapphire and two diamonds,
and a plain gold wedding ring, which
had been placed on her finger before she
descended the staircase, r %
From the East room the company pro
ceeded, after a season of promenading
and conversation, to (he family dining
room of the Mansion, where the wedding
supper was served.
a bower op bkactt.
The decorations of the Executive Man
sion to-night were of an elaborate char
acter, and, in the language of one of the
oldest employees, “It never presented a
handsomer appearance.” The various
public gardens in the city and many
private conservatories here and in other
cities Dontribnted their choicest plants
and flowers to lend their beauty and
fragrance to the scene. Of course the
Blue room, where the ceremony was
performed, occupied the principle at
tention of the decorators. Their work
wae osritinly well done. It was trans
formed into a veritable bower of beauty.
whom tkb so>
White House—eight in all—but never
before to-day has the highest dignitary
in the land bowed his head within its
historic walls to receive the blessing of
the Church on his union in the holy
bonds of matrimony. From the very
daw r n of the wedding day the city seemed
alive to the approaching event. Little
knots of idlers talked it over on the side
walks and in front of the hotels. Sedate
matrons goasipped as they passed along
the streets, and bevies of laughing girls
chatted and speculated about the coming
momentous ceremonies.
If there be any truth in the ancient
adage, a happy bride will reign in the
White House; for though the day opened
with a gray and cheerless sky and shad
ows resting on the earth, yet as it grew
older the elements seemed to relent, and
little by little the sun forced his rays
through the unwilling clouds, until his
broad beams fell in generous abundance
on the soft, green sward of the trim park
encompassing the White House, bring
ing out in high relief the simple yet
stately white columns of the time-hon
ored home of the Presidents, crystalliz
ing in prismatic hues the sparkling spray
of the fountains, and cresting with gold
the foliage of the grand old trees.
The still ami murky haze of the early
afternoon bail now wholly given place to
clear skies and warm southejlv zephyrs,
while yellow sunlHiuns flitted through
the foliage of the j>»rk and made flicker
ing pictures upon the velvety turf be-
m>ath. The great fountain did its Ix-st
to attract attention, sjxtuting its cooling
spray to the verge of its granite basin.
The seats in the jwirk across the avenue
were occupied by lawn-clad maidens,
while half the young lovers in town,
moved by the common sympathy which
stirs the romanie susceptibilities of sixty
millions of people, took winding walks
(jO,, ♦i,„ u-
olei men was a general exeiamatioU 1 Tom
the outside crowd, “The service has 1k 1 -
gun' Ihen there came a tantalizing
hush within the walls, which was soon
ended by the strains of the bridal elsirus
from “Lohengrin,” and it was thereby
known that the ceremony was over. One
by one the lights sprang up at the win
down, and the great burners on the
{Hirtioo east their effulgence over the
asphalt, a scene which resembled a Mipi-
mer night's festival, and the crowd gave
itself up to the enjoyment of delightful
music.
THE DEBARTTKE FOR DEKK I’AJIS.
Fhere was no formal order 4 observed in
the supper room, but the collation was
sen ed. and the guests sat at small tables
or promenaded as they discussed the
menu and talked over the event of the
evening. The el< gant souvenirs yf satin
lioxes, containing dainty shoes of bridal
cake and each one liearing a hand-paint
ed monogram “C. F.,” were received
with great admiration. While the
orchestra was playing one of its happiest
selections, and the guests were gathered
alxiut the tables, the bride quietly slipped
away to her room and changed her wed
ding dross for a heavy gray silk traveling
dress. She then returned to her com-
pany and was soon afterward joined by
the President, who hail also changed his
dress suit for a traveling costume. This
was about 8.110, and the President and his
bride said a liasty “good-bye” to their
friends and left the house through the
private exit from the Red room into the
south ground. A closed carriage aw aited
them, and as they entered and the horses
started off a shower of rice was thrown
on the carriage and their friends waved
them a final ‘‘‘God-speed” from the rear
l>orch. It was expected that the Presi
dent would try to slip away unobserved
and in order to prevent this a number of
newspaper men stationed themselves near
the southwest entrance to the grounds
wilh carriages convenient to follow the
President in case he should make his
exit by that gate. This was reported to
the President, so he instructed his driver
to go out of the grounds by another and
almost unused route, and in that way he
avoided the reporters altogether. His
carriage was driven direct to the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad station where a
special train was in waiting to take the
President and his bride to Deer Park.
They were escorted through the station
and into the car provided for them with
out attracting attention, and at 9 o’clock
the train started off to its destination.
The President and his bride were wholly
unaccompanied on this journey. They
will probably remain at Deer Park about
a week, during which time they will
occupy a small cottage attached to the
hotel, which has not yet opened for the
season.
nui WEDDING PRESENTS.
The wedding presents welre many but
they were not exhibited, nor will any
list be furnished. This is in deference
to the wishes-of the President The
groom’s gift to his bride was a handfipiA
fnmjmaod of a Mugfo
string of brfiUants. The presents from
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r *'me - * -
wore white glove* at his wedding. The
gentlemen present at the wedding were
not fortunate enough to receive a salute
from the bride, who confined her kisses
to the ladiee. Otherwise the ceremony
was orthodox in form. The arrange
ments for the day’s event wore under the
control and personal management of Col.
Lament, and they worked so smoothly
and satisfactorily as to earn for him uni-
versal commendation and compliment.
Victoria’s best wishes.
London, June 2.—The Queen has sent
the following cable message to President
Cleveland:
“Please accept my sincere congratula
tions on your marriage, and my liest
wishes for your happiness. Victoria. ”
Deer Park, Md., June 3.—President
Cleveland and bride arrived here at 4
o’clock this morning, and are domiciled
in one of the cottages attached to the
hotel. There are but few persons here,
as there was no knowledge that the bridal
party would come. President and Mrs.
Cleveland are sojourning very quietly.
A large influx of visitors is looked for
us soon as it is known that the newly
wedded couple are here.
Washinoton, June 3.—About five
hundred telegrams congratulating the
President on his marriage have l>een re
ceived at the White House. They in
clude messages from ex-Pnwident Arthur,
Mrs. Grant, Ministers Pendleton and
Phelps and many public men throughout
the country. None of the diapatches
will be given out for publication.
>1 \X>Ells FOR 1IO\h.
<’amnion HiiIpm of Koriny thni Kvery (*rnllr-
nian hhould Ob*rr\e.
Poor fellows! How they get hectored
and scolded and snubbed, and how con
tinual is tlie nibbing anil j«>lislung and
'Inllmg which every momlter of the
unily ftvls at lilierty to administer.
No womb it their opjsisition is aroused
id they l»egin to feel that every man’s
ml is against them, when, after all, if
ey were only, in a quiet way, informed
w hat was expected of them, and their
unliness appealed to, they w ould readi-
ouough fall into line.
So thought “Auntie M.” as she jxhnted
it the following for a little twelve year
1 nephew, who w^os the “light of her
os, if not always the joy of her heart,
■ though a good-natured, amiable Isiy
the main, he would offend against the
•roprieties” frequently.
First come manners for the street.
Hat lifted in saying “good-bye” or
“How do you do?”
Hat lifted when offering a seat in a ear
or in acknowledging a favor.
Keep step with any one you walk with.
Always precede a lady up stairs and
ask her if you may precede her in pass
ing through a crowd or public place.
Hat off the moment you enter a street
door and when yon step into a private
hall or office.
Let a lady j >ass first always unless she
ask you to precede her.
In the jiurlor stand till every lady in
the room is s*'at»-<l, also older j>e*>ple.
Rise if a lady comes in after you arc
seated and stand till she takes a s*iat.
Look people straight in the face when
sjieaking or being spoken to.
Let lathes }>osb through a door first,
standing aside for them.
In the dining room take your seat
after ladies ami elders.
Never play with knife, fork or si>oon.
D< i not take your napkin in a bunch in
your hand.
Eat as fast or as slow as others and
finish the course when they do.
Rise when ladies leave the room and
stand till they are out.
If all go out together, gentlemen stand
by the door till ladies pass.
Hjiecial ru^cs for the mouth are that all
noise in eating and smaking of the lips
should be avoided.
Cover the mouth with hand or napkin
when obliged to remove anything from
it.
Use your handkerchief uuolistrusively
always.
Do not look toward a lied room door
when passing. Always knock at any
private room door. These rules are im
perative. There are many other little
points which add to the grace of a gen
tleman, but to break any of these is
almost unpardonable.
“Did you make up all these rules,
auntie?” said Roy, as a copy neatly
printed by a type writer was placed in
his hands.
“Make them up? No. These are just
the common rules of society that every
gentleman observes. You win not find
your father failing in one of them.”
“Well, but he is a man,” said Roy,
deprecatingly,
“And do you not wish to be a manly
boy?”
Roy said nothing, but it was noticed
that the rules were placed very carefully
in his drawer.
Home months have since passed and
auntie has had the pleasure of hearing
repeatedly the remark, “What a manly,
thoughtful little nephew yon have,” as
one and another observed his polite and
careful attention to others,
Perhaps there are some other boys
who will like to cat ont these rales and
read them over now and then, keeping,
or getting some good friend to keep a
record of their success or shoriroomings
in observance, always remembering that
the mothers, sisters and aunties are the
“ladies” to whom these attentions should
be shown, and not merely to the guest
and stranger.—Yonkers Gazette.
THOUGHTS FOR THE MONTH.
eOMU BK AMIYIDLE MlUUUtfriOSM PROM
HIGH \l THOKITY.
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momljutmlm qnmmhy, ttwgj, tW. u ^ ^
wwtwmlbmrtfnlpm-nuolellwr- o( „„ ^
Mating various Confederate bondholders,
they us Bor kbs the wim. who uxged tite redemption of those bonds
Ooafcary to axpatiation ttia Pntidttt
What Work the Good Farjiiem Should Do la
the Month of June—An Intrmtlntf Article
Prom an Intrlllcrnt Writer.
(W X,. Jones in the June ‘‘CulttTaior.”)
The cultivation of summer crops now
absorbs attention. The plants valued by
man cannot stand natural competition;
they would be destroyed by worthless
competitors but for bis timely interfer
ence and aid. Mr. Lawes left a crop of
wheat unharvested to sec if the plant
could reseed and perpetuate itself with
out assistance. It failed utterly; in one
year wheat would tiecome extinct but for
the intervention of man. Under like treat
ment the turnip lost its bulb and formed
only a long, contracted taproot, as it
does in its wild state. On the other
hand, wheat on carefully prepared land,
kept perfectly clean so as to remove all
] conqietition, made an iRn'rago yield of
13 bushels per acre for thaty years with
out manure; highly manured'under the
same conditions otherwise, the average
i yield jx r acre 1 for thirty years was 3fi
bushels j>er acre. With cultivation and
without manure, 13 bushels per acre;
with cultivation and manure, 36 bushels
jieraore; w ithout cultivation and manure,
nothing. There is a lesson for us.
Every one with the slightest farming
i exjH'rieiice appreciates the inqxiri^nce of
fighting end) grass, but the fight is often
made bs) late, and after irreparable mis-
i chief has l»een done. Plants never fully
recover their vigor after tlbs grass lias
once matted itself alsuit them. By all
means kill it before it 1ms laid time to
rob the crop of its plant-food; when the
seed have well sprouted or have just
| come up is the time to destroy it. The
i only safe rule, therefore, is to run the
plows or cultivators at short intervals—
say one* 1 a week. I^iU r in the season
such frequent workings will not be de
manded; but during the month of June,
I never stop the plows; as soon as the crop
is gone over, go right over again. Espe
cially vi this demanded by cotton. Give
it every advantage now. Ix't it make
weed and l>e ready to take on fruit,
j Growing and fruiting are somewhat
antagonistic. Encourage tin 1 growing
now by frequent workings, and let it
, give place to fruiting later in the siason
Constant stirring of the soil is the lest
growth-promoter. But, says one, growth
is naturally exoeaaive on my lands; my
cotton makes too much weed and does
not mature its fruit. Perlia]* on such
soils it might lie well to work the crop at
longer intervals only so often as may
tie needed to keep down grass. It seems
to Is 1 pretty well established that com
mon salt tends chick an overgrowth
of straw m small grains; it may possibly
hare a similar effect on the production
| of excessive weed in cotton. The mat-
I ter is worthy of exjierimental trial. Mr.
Dickson, whose intentions were very re
markable, and whose insight into mannr-
j mg was very extraordinary, always put
salt in his comixmnd.
But rapid tillage not only promotes
i immediate growth, it contributes also to
fruiting by increasing the supply of
| plant-food in tie soil. Wo have repeat-
I edly called attention to the lucessity of
! air in the soil for nitrification to go on.
I Nitrification increases the supply of
available nitrogen in the soil; plowing
ojeus the soil, admits the air, and thus
promotes nitrification. Not only so, the
admission of air generates carbonic acid
in the soil, and carbonic acid is the great
solvent of mineral plant-food also. The
saying, therefore, that “tillage is ma
nure” has considerable foundation to
rest on. It certainly unlocks the store
houses of nature. Well* worked croj*
seldom fail to yield fairly, however ad
verse the seasons may be. Let it be
borne in mind also, tliat light, surface
cultivation is the great conservator of
moisture in the soil, and one of the best
antidotes to drought. A deeply broken,
humus abounding soil, with a thin layer
of pulverized earth upon its surface, is
almost, proof against drought.
What are the best implements for this
light summer cultivation? The Dickson
sweep fifteen or twenty years ago wr s
esteemed the best. It certainly was a
great improvement over the shovel, both
as regards quantity and quality of-work.
Mr. Dickson insisted- thid- they should
be heavy, to keep them steady to their
work. The long extended cutting edge
caused them to strike more obstructions
and rendered it difficult to hold them
steadily to their place. This is a groat
defect of the sweep. On the other hand,
this long entting edge makes it almost
impossible for a may-pop or brier to
escape. This is decidedly in its favor.
Of late years the heelacrape has largely
supplanted the sweep on account of its
greater simplicity*and less cost. It does
about the same kind of work—some
think better work. Both sweep and
scrape will make beds, unless their wings
are carefully set, this is a decided objec
tion to them in hilly land, liable to wash.
A cultivator, with wheel to regulate the
depth 6f the plow, is in some respects
preferable to either sweep or scrape. It
is not so easily thrown ont of position by
obstructions, and does not work the lan3
up into beds. Probably a combination
of the two, foUoyring each other at
alternate workings, would be better than
either alone. A cultivator will run too
deep for light summer work, Rtikt the
depth of its cutting is regulated by a
wheel. We are inclined to think
in some form or other wheel plows xriQ
become of universal nee, not only for
gauging the depth of furrow, bat for the
mke of decreasing fnetiofi, and rabeving
on the bottom <4 tfe to
row, arising from the weight of the plow
itself, increased by that of the earth
which it lifts. The grinding and preas-
ing down by the ordinary plow generates
the hard-pan found in long cultivated
land.
The pea crop should be planted now
as soon as possible. Put in drills throe
feet apart; a bushel of seed will plant
four acres; and as seed is a considera
tion', this mode is oftentimes preferable
to broadcast sowing. More peas' can be
raised by the former method of planting,
but the latter is better for the land. If
one’s object is to raise seed, drill by all
means, and give necessary plowings and
hoeiugs, which will not be a great deal
The practice of planting peas in corn is
good; it involves no expense except seed
and the dropping or sowing of them.
But we think the pea is entitled to a
.glace on the farm as a regular crop to be
planted by itself and properly cultivated.
Its value, as a renovating or recuperat
ing crop, is unsurpassed, and it holds no
mean place as a food crop, either as
grain or forage. It can lie made to take
the place of com to a considerable de
gree, as we have often seen, and can be
raised at less expense. The gathering
of the crop is the greatest obstacle to be
overcome, but until a l>etter method is
invented we can mow when the pods are
alxmt grown and cure as forage. A oor-
resjx indent mentioned recently a pea
gathering machine—tliat is the tiling
needed. Let inventive genius go to
work in this direction. The problem is
very much simpler than that of a cotton
picking machine, and inventors have not
yet abandoned the latter.
J tine is a good month also in which to
plant forage croj* generally. Last year
we planted &ml>er cane on the 29th of
June, and it was fully matured before
frost. Maturing late it can be kept
green and succulent for six weeks or two
mouths, extending the season for feed
ing green stuff well into the winter.
Forage com planted at intervals of two
or three weeks, up to the last of next
! month, will keep stock amply supplied
i with good wholesome feed all through
, autumn, without the necessity of trenek-
ing on the winter's supply of fodder. It
ix tlie miglect of such side crops that
causes so much Northern and Western
hay to lx 1 sold in the Houtli. A very
few acres on each farm could supply all
of the forage needed. Recently we pre
sented the latest testimony and conclu
sions alxmt ensilage. It is sufficiently
encouraging to warraat every fanner
trying it, on a small scale, at least The
ex]x-nse of digging a small pit, putting
in the forage, weighing it down and
putting a simple roof over it will be
very small. All can he done by the
lalxirers on the farm after the crops are
laid by. Plant the necessary crops to
till one now and build silo later—I don't
think you will regret the venture.
Ijoet yi>ar, whilst laying hy some bot
tom com, we broadcasted Hoja Uan over
a portion of it, and were rather sur
prised to see it mature its seed fully be
fore frost. As it stands erect (is not a
vine) we found no difficulty in mowing
it, and gathered the crop in that way.
It is doubtless a renovating crop like the
pea, and might bo substituted for it on
bottom lands, where the running vinos
of the pea interfere with the pulling of
fodder. The bean is very hard and the
weevil does not seem partial to it We
kept the seed two years before planting.
Ground into meal there is no more
nutritious grain to lie found. The yield
is fine, and the bushy habit of growth
and nutritious quality of the grain com
mend it. Unless cat when young and
green it would make poor forage as the
stems become very hard and woody with
age.
As the oats crop was very much killed
by the cold last winter, it is very desira
ble that all that survived should be care
fully saved with a view to propagating a
hardier strain of winter oats. Darwin
relates that spring wheat sown in autumn'
was nearly all killed, but by planting the
seed of that which survived, in a Tew
years a hardy strain of winter wheat
developed from the spring wheat. Why
could not the same thing be done with
oats? What is termed in Georgia “win
ter grazing oats,” originally, we believe,
from Virginia, certainly stands cold bet
ter than the rust-proof. We have tested
that point from sowings of each side by
side on the same day last fall A decided
sprinkling of the grazing oats survives,
and scarcely a plant of the rust-proof is
to be seen. The grazing oats is there
fore the more promising as regards cold,
but it is not rust-proof. What we need
is a variety both nut and cold-proof.
The present is a most excellent oppor
tunity to begin work to that end. Let
every one gather the scattered heads and
sow the grain therefrom next antnmn.
The pliability of the oats plant, so to
speak, has been shown by the Burt and
other early varieties recently developed;
we are encouraged, therefore, to hope that
it may be changed also in its power to
resist eold.
Wc trust also that an abundance of
seed rye will be saved at the South this
year. The area sown in this most valu
able grain has been very materially cur
tailed by the soareity of valuable seed.
Western and Northern seed will not do
well with us; we repeat, therefore,
every one save all the rye he can.
we have argued heretofore, all
land on our fame owgfet to
down in the fall, to prevent
washing through winter
there is nothing
■* rye. Nor ii 1—
to supply greezySM* ^ seity
spring. It nbvrfBHf N sown seriy “
good lend.
burr "*7
Put out potato
between the 10th
If vines
good.
A REMARHAriUl MR 11 KfIK 0^ .
One of the boldest and awsl
ble eases of forgery by
has just come to tight fit
and it was no fault of (fee
did not suooeed in gettihg
large sum of money. Am
yean old, who lives on the top
the Orphan’s Court buildtog,M
on the charge of lara
Detective# Muller and _ ^
him in Mount ICoiiuli Oametsfy
stealing a warren* tor fit, 71^
to Judge William N. _
ing the name of the Judji* and that at
City Treasurer BeQ tom atlmpt to
have it oeehed. The wi
the Judge’s salary to 1
was delivered by a
court building on
last, it having been
the Auditor-Geoend’s ofloe 'at'
burg. The lad either took it tm An
mail box or from a tehto to the Joflptfi
room. He then wrote a lettor to Gto
Treasurer BeU, reying:
Please give me a cheek to .Ms ggp
rant and send by 1
W.*.
Young ]
forged nots to Mr. BeU _
was not endorsed, and the tod WUS toH
to take it to the Judge md him tohn
sign his name on the famk. Xhc |mm>
ful forger left, but iaeteud of gofi^f to
Judge Ashman he toopped aft* ftgg.fii
vicinity and placed the [
on the book of the-
visited the City
carefully _ _
yi that the emoml ww wriMm tLftH
in‘the body of the uummt uM* tofe
figure* were $1,780.
directed to retou'W
the mistake to the v
When emfeplm
doubtable;
note and i
Something's
When the
Ashman he wus
would cell at the
he
ly employed to
forger. Inter in the day.
to
“Jimmy Bo-fO.
made a eonfwuieu
edged that
daakam the Court
Judge
Our
John H. Dmh to
totter lotto
tide
Jeet: What
thdr lands. lot
nearly hem ahmdmsd, to ft
so oouvml&no puwhssi th
etolfectfitomt net toktog toll
tion the expense of such fertitimo,
in mum osmu thdr worthlemnem.
unwise system bae ruined many,
in ftftaflH
ixers that were to no
to thdr lands,
out humus, the 1
ore; henoe m m
of drought*. To sob
wonky the tost to)
Able sea
er who buys hto
foodsupplim Wit
the old-tima,
entirely sdft
Them to ton
now—more fittry I
we should mutod)
not aU goto ttotfft—.
Preddmt I
Secretary of tire 1
htohrelth
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