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LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885.
NO. 3
In Advance.
Now Winter Is lighting hld bottle*
With many itu loiolo lonco,
Hut I'm wi it in,: n "gentle spring" poet?
with tho editors wish "lu advnnoe."
It is full, nn ls usual, of "violets,"
It alludes to the "robin's Amt poop,"
l hough a blizzard's a dolly oceurrenoo
And tho snow-diirts ?rc seven foot do??.
Hut tho editors-singular cr?atures,
To vii o ni I om hound hand and foot
(?rntu nt Fattier Time's typlonl forelock,
Till lt's noarly pulled out hy tho root.
For they get 'way ahead of thf> season,
In a innnoer most wily and urch;
Bo that while yon ar?; rending Decorator
They finish tho number for Mm ch.
And ko vrfcn would hopo for accoptano*
Must strib up betimes with bis tune,
And sing Harvest Hom? tn Mld-Wlntsr
Ami jln,,lo his slelgh-bfrils in June.
80 when my spring p*em ts finished.
No rest does my weary pon got;
1 must write a rovlow of a novel
Which Isn't itself written yeti
-Hesslo Chandler, In Century.
JOt TJNKXPKCTMD.
lt was thc week before Christmas, and
Miss Polly Pritchard sat alone in hor
little room, diligently at work.
So far it had been a bani winter, with
tl>e. gronud all iron-bound with cruol
frost: tho river clad in steely links of
icc, tho sky full of snow, and wind, aud
tempest. Hut Miss Polly was very com
fortable in tho littlo red farm house, of
which she occupied one .?dug, tho other
being rented out to Fanner Cribbage
and his wife.
Thorn was always a cheerful fire of
logs blazing on thc open hearth, always
u plant at tuc window, and a cat purring
on tho rug.
"To bc sure, it's rather lonely," said
thc little old maid to herself, "never to
hove a soul to speak to. Put it is what
ons must expect when one otitlivc's
one's family and friends!"
So she sat boro oil this grey winter's
afternoon, singing sonic half-forgotten
song, and plying her busy needle, when
Mrs. Cribbage, tho fanner's wife, carno
in.
"Dolls, I declare!" abo exclaimed,
looking at tho boxes on thc table; and,
BS her quiok eye fell on thc work in Miss
Polly's hand, site added: "And, as truo
as I live, you're a-dressin' 'cm."
"Yea," said Miss Polly, coloring a
soft nut u nu i ul pink.
"For tho toy-shop?" said inquisitive
Mrs. Cribbage. ,
"Well-no!" acknowledged Miss Pol
ly. "Tliey arc for tho little girls ?tithe
orphan asylum. Tliey don't hayo any
one to think of their Christmas, you
know."
"Well, I declare!'' reiterated Mrs.
Cribbage. "Why, there's eighteen of
'em. iou don't mean to say that you're
dressing eighteen dolls?"
"Yes, ' said Miss Polly in deprecating
tonos.
"Humph! Well, I just carno in to tell
?tni that Pin going up to Miss Georgetta
'ullerton's to tea.
"Arc von?" said Miss Polly.
Mrs. Gribbage nodded complacently.
"Didn't they ask you?" said she.
Miss Polly shook her bead.
"Well, it s your o\vn fault," said Mrs.
Cribbage, not without asperity. "Look
at thal old faded turned il ress of yours.
Miss GoorgietUi Fullerton Is very particu
lar about her dress. And now thal shu
Ls engaged to bc married to tho
minister-"
Miss Polly gave tho least perceptible
start at these words, and asked:
"In she engaged to bc married to
him?"
"So folks say," complacently an
swered Mrs. Cribbage. "And 1 don't
suppose he could have made a better
match. Miss Fullerton is au excellent
housekeeper, and has got a little money
of her own. And it is high lime (hore
was someone ut the parsonage lo keep
those four noisy children in order."
And Mrs. Cribbage sailed away in
her rustling silk gown and red Illumed
hat, leaving Miss Polly ?done with her
dolls.
The parson sat alone, also, that fjre^r
threaten lng December afternoon, in his
little study, with a heap of sci mon-puper
in front of him.
He had sat down to write his Christina*
Sermon; but, somehow, the ideas refused
to come.
There was a general aspect of forlorn
1 'ss about the room, which the poor
n -ii realized, lint could not explain.
lt's all very uncomfortable, said Mr.
Mellen to himself, biting thoughtfully
at the feather end of his nulll-pon.
.'And, somehow, I always feel it more
at Christmas time than nt any other.
Hear those children scream! One
would think they Uligilt play without
making quito so much noise. Hut they
aro not managed os ?hey wero when
poor Isabel was alive. I suppose 111114 not
u good disciplinarian, or (icrluips I
should have them tn bettor training.
Really, 1 don't know but that tho good
hullos in my congregation aro right, and
that I ought to-'
..Get married again!" Robbie Mellon's
shrill littlo voice uttered, lust at this
moment. "Oh. I like that! 'flint's a
urctty note! Our father get married
again! Nonsense, Hell; someone tins
been cramming you!"
"Hut it's true," retorted little Hell,
full of indignation, "and you acodn't
laugh. I heard old Miss Crampus say
so to Miss Collyer, hist week, when they
all thought I WAS asleep on thc bot), at
Sewing Society that papa was going to
marry again.'
"Who was lt?" breathlessly demand
ed Janie, a tall girl of eleven. "The
lady, I mean?''
"Thoy didn't say," Hell answered.
"Miss (foorgio Fullerton, I bett"
shouted Robbie. "Oh, I wouldn't Uko
her for a mother."
"Who would you like?" retorted
Janie scornfully.
?.Ob, 1 don't know," answered Rpo?
bio. "Not her, anyhow. She scowled
at mo one day when I stooped on tho
train of her dress. And 1 hoard her
oay, 'Clumsy boy!' to her sister."
"And sho was very right," didactic
ally observo*! Janie. "Youaro aclumsy
boy, Rob."
"Porhaps," said John, "lt's Mrs.
Hrlcknor. Thew's a stunner for you.
Ain't she always dressed like tho Qucon
of Sheba?"
"I can't bear Mrs. Hrlcknor," said
Doll. "She laughs too loud, und her false
teeth don't flt, and I don't think she
likes little boys and girls. Sho looked
real cross at tho birthday-party when
wo had thora fanny gamea, and told
Mrs. Fenwick that she didn't think
children ought to be allowed to ttftfcrift
much noise."
"I'll toll you who doon love children,
though,11 suddenly exclaimed Janie;
"ami I love her too, and 1 wish papa
would marry her. Miss Polly Pritchard."
"What, tfiat Miss Polly that has tho
blue Maltose cat, and tho red cardinal
hird?" said Robbie. "Well, it ain't a
bad idea. She gave ino sonic broad
aml-jam tho night I got lost blackberry
ing on the hills, and told mo such anice
Story about Fortunatas and his Purse
when I was resting on her sofa."
"Yes, and what do you think?"
eagerly struck In Janie. -'She's dress
ing eighteen dolls, now. for tho poor
little orphan girls In thc asylum, and
she lias bought eleven jack-knives, be
cause sho says all children ought lo have
u ('hfistulas."
"She's a trump!" declared Robbie,
pounding both hands down upon the
table. "I declare I've most a mind to
marry her myself! Rut look herc,
Janie, ain't von going to help a fellow
with these long-division sums, Indore
papa calls us in to recito?"
And then the noise of four talking to
gether drowned the sense of what they
said, and Mr. Mellen, smiling to him
self, pushed back Ir's pen ami sermon
paper.
" 'Out of the mouths of babes and
sucklings,' " he said mildly. "Who
knows but that these little om s' voices
have boon sent to guide my footsteps
aright? lt was a sweet ami gracious
idea, that of preparing a Christmas for
tho little homeless ones who have no
1t?rente to take tender though! for thom,
think I will go out and ipilot my
troubled meditations with a walk."
And his walk lcd him to tho little red
farm house in whoso wing Mis> Polly
Pritchard sat diligently at work over
tho eighteen ?lolls.
The parson was a sensible straight
forward man, who comprehended nono
of thc sinuous wiles of society. He
knocked at the door and walked in.
All looked cosy and comfortable lhere,
from thc big geranium in the window
and tile Maltese cat on the rug, to the
Blinded lamp and the work-basket bo
onie tho prim little spinster.
And Miss Polly herself, with her
thick brown hair coiled in a knot ut the
back of her head, ami a faint carnation
like bloom on her cheek, was not the
least attractive clement of the scene.
"So these are thc dolls for the little
waifs anti strays of humanity -eh?"
said the parson, looking kindly at tito
maiden lady.
"Yes." sahl Miss Polly. "Rut I
don't know how you heard anything
about it. Mr. Mellen, lt was to be a
profound secret."
"I will keep it, most profoundly."
said the parson.
"You soe," blushingly explained Miss
Polly, "I am fond of children, and it's a
real pleasure to nie. to do anything for
the little things. I've often thought I
.should like to adopt a child."
"Miss Polly," said the parson bluntly,
"that is the very business I have come
to you about. What do you say to
adopting four?"
"Four?" repeated Miss Polly.
"Yes," said the parson. "Mine! And
their father thrown into the bargain.
What do you say, Miss Polly? Will you
marry mo?"
"1 I'm afraid I am UOtgood enough,"
said Miss Polly, with a little gasp, as if
the tide of unexpected happiness was
surging up into her very throat.
"If over there was a good Christian,
Polly, von arc one," saul the parson.
"Or else," putting his hand lightly
upon tho tiny heap of dolls, "you never
would have taken nil this trouble for
Christ's orphaned little ones. Only say
.Yes," Polly. That is all I want."
And Polly said "Yes."
Mrs. Cribbage was quito Incredulous
when she (aime home and heard thc
nows.
"I thought it was to be Gcorgictta
Fullerton, suri! enough," said she.
"Rut how over caine Mr. Mellen tc
think of you?"
"1 am sure I don't know," said Mist
Polly with humility.
So, like the old-time fairy stories, om
talc omis. "And they lived happily
over after." For Mrs. Mellen was ii
model stepmother, and the four voim<j
rebels at tho parsonage loved hoi
heartily.
This was Miss Poll) Pritchards las
Christmas in loveless solitude. Foi
when the |}OXt Christmas caine she wai
the happy little, mistress of the parsonage
How .Many Hour? tor Sleep?
Thorn is an old saying that ha
frightened a great many people fron
taking the rest that nature dcmandci
for thom, "Nine hours are enough for i
fool." They may be; and not too man;
for a wiso ina* who feels that he need
thom. Goethe, when performing hi
most prodigious literary feats, foll tha
he needed nine hours; what is better, li
took them. We prosUIUO il is cottee 'v
by all thoughtful persons that tho luau
in very young children, say throe o
four years of age, requires all of twelv
hours in rest, or sleep. This period i
!.hoi tened gradually until, at fourtec:
years of ago, tho boy is found to noe
only ton hours. When full grown an
in a healthy condition, tho man ma
find a nighi of eight hours suflloiont t
repair tho exhaustion of the day an
new-croato him for the morrow. Hut i
he discover that Ac needs mme strep I
thould take it. There is surely sonn
thing wrong about him; perhaps a fo
gotten waste must bo repaired. II
sleep, evidently, lins not la-en made ti]
and until it has and ho can spring t
Ids work with an exhilaration for it, I
should eie.il?l\ conclude to lot his h
Minet control him and stay in bcd.
Margaret Sidney, in Uood Uou*ckce?
ing.
Mis , t oil ne>, the le W poet of Ho .lol
ls described as tall and ns lithe ns
willow wami, with a (ace that has tin
delicacy of contour and .'finement ?
feature betokening a sensitivo natur
the poetic nature tn a high degree Hi
mouth and nose are lovely, but she mn
tho expression of her oyo* by woarir
cyo-ghisscs, the customary insignia i
Boston's intellectual women. Miss On
noy is. however, near-sighted, ar
would rather soo what she ls doing tim
to look pretty. She U fond of outdo
?ports, handles an oar like au old ta
and ia a tremendous i>cdc*f.rlan.
Thirty-two delly newspapers aro mi
W^toFwYojk. ._f
TUR HUNTING LIA>1?AU1>.
A Singular Kind or Sport which Itt Praa>
llnetl in t lie tltiingloi
with galvan io
expected to os
Hut tho hunting
fol' a lunn! I-I-ti
1 think it was hero, writes a corro
spondont to Our Indian Kindon*, that I
Witnossed tho only instance I ever saw
of tho blaok huck hoing run into and
killed hy tho cheetah, or Tainting
leopard. Many consider this a low
kimi of sport, hut 1 think it is equal to
a partridge shooting, besides being a
beautiful sight. I shall therefore de
scribo as well as I eau what I saw. Un
arriving with my friends at tho place of
meeting in thc jungle wc fourni a few
rough-and-ready-looking natives in
OhargO of three earls, or rather small
two-wheeled platforms, drawn by bul
locks. On each vehicle sat, in an erect
attitude, a beautiful leopard, strongly
chained and with a hood over his eyes,
.similar to those used for hawks. Wu
were soon under way and driving to
ward tin' herd of antelopes which could
bo seen grazing in the distance and
which had been marked down before
hand. There was no difficulty in getting
tho carts lo within 120 yards of tho door.
Thou one of the cheetahs, a (ino male,
was unbonded and set free. Its depar
ture from the gharry and its decision in
choosing the most covered line in the
open plain for rushing on its prey were
so instantaneous and rapid as to he quito
marvelous. It seemed tt> vanish from
the cart and appear simultaneously half
way toward thc lino black buck it had
singled out for attack. When at about
thirty yards from the unsuspicious troop
they suddenly boca 1110 aware of tho
deadly peril they were in. One ami all
sprang into the air
bounds, and no doubt
cape easily hy Hight,
cheetah is. 1 RllppoSO
yards, by far the fleetest of all wingless
things; and this one was soon in tile
midst of the iiffriglltcd throng, which
scattered wildly and panic-stricken in
all directions, as their h ador a line
black buck was struck down in their
midst, l here he lav, alone, in his death
Agony, in thc deadly clutch of his beau
tiful and relentless foe. We ran as hard
ns we could ami were soon surrounding
the strange group.
Neither animal moved, for the buck
WHS paralyzed by fear bis starting eye
halls ami tl ila led nostrils alone gave
.videnee of life. The cheetah, on tho
Dtlier hand, with his body spread out
iver the prostrate form of his viutim.
seemed to .-.train every nerve in pressing
Iiis prey against thc earth as, with his
long, sharp fangs buried in its delicate
bloat, he continued the process of
strangulation. Ile was very motionlcs:
lilli his eyes were fixed upon us with a
.dare of extraordinary ferocity that bi
.ame intensified as his keepers rushed
forward and seized the deer by the hind
leg. T he brute now grow led fiercely,
md. tightening his clutch, looked so ex
tremely dangerous that I was far from
envying those who were in such close
proximity to him. Mut they know their
Hade. With a long, sharp knife they
.ut thu deer's throat and caused Un
iviirm blood to spout in torrents into the
face of thc hall-w ild beast, whose whole
frame now .seemed to thrill with ecstasy.
Due of the operators, in the meanwhile,
caught u quantity of the crimson life
dream in ti wooden bowl, timi forced
Tie steaming Huid under the very nose
il the excited leopard, wh ), (putting his
liold, tit once began to lap with avidity.
IV Iii lo engaged in this process the leather
liood was sw iftly clapped over his eyes,
md the collar, with two challis attach
.il, was adjusted round his neck. While
Jlis was going on a third man had cut
iff Ono of tho blicks hind legs, and this,
llO "lion's share,"' was held close to the
jloody chalice, w hich was no sooner
'inplied than the brute seized the meat
hus provided with a vice like grip.
Bach chain was now grasped by a
liffuront niau, who, by keeping apart so
hat thc tether remained taut, kept
he leopard between them in sucha way
hat neither was within reach of his
dows or teeth. Thou the third individual,
vho had ever retained his hold of thc
thank-bono of the leg of venison, gently
hew tho cheetah to the little cart that
and now been brought close up. As
loon ns the beast felt himself against
ibo edge of his own familiar chariot ho
?prang lightly upon it and proceeded to
lomolish his succulent morceau at Iiis
'ase. 1 now inspected Hie carcass of
ho deer, with a view to ascertaining, if
lossible, how the cheetah had been able
io instantaneously to strike tlown such
i powerful animal immediately on get
ing up with it. I at uUCO observed a
tingle long, deep gash in the Hank,
which was evidently caused by tho de
lisivo blow. Hut 1 could not imagino
ivitli what weapon the leopard had been
iblo to inflict tliis very strange-looking
wound, for tho cheetah has a foot like a
log and his claws aro not retractile.
Turning then to tho beast ns it sat on
Tic cart I inspected it. closely and saw
hat tho dew-daw, which in tho tlog ap
icara such a useless appendage, is reprc
icntcd in this brute by a terrible-looking
alon exactly suited to the inlliclion of
inch a gash.
tm . ?*.?..?-----.
daten O Happiness.
All men and women should rejoice to
remain part child all through lifo, how
wer long its courso may run. Tho
ramos, tho dance, tho anecdote, tho as
tcmbly of friends, tho feast, are as much
i part of humanity OS its natural power
o laugh or to perceive tho jKiints of wit.
amusement is ono of the forms of hu
nan happiness. This happiness, liko
>ld Thebes, has a hundred gates for ita
anning and going -tho gato of tears,
for man weeps when he. is happy, amid
music or . in revisiting his mother's
lioine, tho gate of pensiveness, for ho is
'nanny when ho roads "(.ray's Klcgy" or
walks in tho rustling autumn loaves;
tho gate of admiration, for man is hap
py amid tho beauty of nnlViro and of
urti tho gate of friendship, whon heart
finds its companion heart; tho gato of
nopo, for man is happy when tho com
ing days aro pictured with tin e, angel
ligures of expectation. Of theso hundred
[rutes of happiness amusement makes
me-planned by tho Huildor of human
lifo. It must open before us anti we
may all pass in and out as long as tho
tioart liiill remain unbroken by death
ur grlof.- Rev. David Swing.
Gen. lintier continues to appear in
the United States supremo court. His
retidonce ls in Lowell, but ha maintain*
bj Cy Bossas t^WtHMjsa
.'AH YO HOW NO ftlinll Yo Ron?."
To murry or nut to murry, is a quell?
tion nourly nil must answor. To one sims
it is un unfair position, for thoy must
needs ohooso from tit??s*i who ask or go
without, ami the uncertainty of future
opportunities uri- so groat as to greatly
influence tho answer, timi so often do
after events provo tho mistake thus
mmlo, ono cannot help wishing eacli
person was stamped with tho address of
their partners for lifo; this much settled,
one factor of mistake would he removed,
and whatever fault-finding there must
ho could not bc aimed at either. As
such a state of tilings cannot be. WO
must make tho best of matters as we lind
them. No doubt there is trouble on
both sides, but it certainly ls not moro
than half on the side of the woman.
Tho present rules of society are most
favorable to both intentional and Ullin?
tent ional deception; neither party can
know much of the home life of tho other
until the irrevocable step is taken.
Young people are allowed to mingle to
gether, forming associations from im
pulse; taught to believe love will go
whore sent, and that love is blind, and
all such nonsense, instead of knowing
for a certainty that reason should judge
nil things, and that matrimony means
moro than unlimited freedom, with
some one to constantly anticipate one's
wishos,
(?iris have learned that however
sensible they may be, unless they can
put on style and look bewitching, tim
chances to one instead of being honored
for it, they will he snubbed and left to
languish on the parental bush until the
frosts of full havo como; if young
men cannot afford to marry it is their
own fault, for they have put a premium
on dress and accomplishments in wo
men, anti its not their fault all women
are not extravagant and selfish, which
tliankstoiiinalegoodscn.se is not the
case. Were men not so near stone
blind on this point they would have less
trouble in Unding sensible wives, for in
every town lhere is al least a score of
just as good, economical, sensible girls,
as thc good mother, men aro so fond of
quoting. She probably does not excel
in roller skating; 1 doubt if she knows
how to dance, hut she can and docs
help mother, plays for home amusement,
ano enjoys reading of the moro substan
tial kind, but let nie. tell you young
mun if you are going to lind her you
will need more of a recommendation
than a gold-headed cane, a love of a
mustaohe and a rhino stone pin can
ffivo, or you will very likely fail to win
1er for a wife, it is more than proba
ble she can take care of herself and will
need to see she is gaining a helpmeet
before she consents to give up her liber
ty und her name. Hut young men will
not gel their eyes open until mothers
take the matter in hand and train their
boys from I he cradle up to be Men Fit
For Husbands. It is a lamentable fact
that mothers seldom think of having
this obied in view. It seems to bo tho
general opinion, that somo woman will
be able to live willi the man, who, as a
boy, possessed such a violent temper it
was almost impossible to live with him,
who was coaxed, petted anti spoiled
from the cradle up, until by sonic fairy
process he is to outgrow till these little
failings and develop into a Man Fit For
n Husband, just us easily ns nature
gives the downy upper lip when man
hood's estate is reached. The facts will
bear me out in saying this is not always
Hie ease - "as ye sow, so shall ye reap"
-the ungoverned hoy will mano a moro
or less tyrannical husband.-Alnelia A.
Whitfield, in Good Housekeeping.
Effects ol* Competition In Raten ol
Transportation.
The tiffed of free competition in trade
is to bring the greatest competition tc
bear on those things in which there h
Hie greatest trade. Thus, there is thc
smallest margin of profit over tho cos?
of production on the necessaries of life
the next smallest on the common com
forts, und the largest on the luxuries
This effect is not caused by any tlesigr
on the part of truders nor from anj
beneficent legislation on tho part o
politicians, il results from the opera
lion of natural laws of trade. Tin
operations of the same Wiws produce Un
satne effect on the rates of transporta
timi. Wc find, as a rule, the lowes
rates on coal, wood, petroleum, iron
lumber, etc.; the next iowest on flour
grain, provision, etc.; wo thon huv
boots anti shoes, cotton and woolei
goods, clot liing, etc. ; and then a vary
mg list of more costly or perisliablo ai
ttclos and luxuries which are consume
in decreasing quantities. All thc natui
al forces of competition which tend t
reduce tho rates of transportation co-o\
erato in producing this disoiiminalio
in things which aro moved in tho lar;
est quantities, and which arc, of COU rsi
consumed in Ute largest amounts. Th
aim of Hie railroad manager is to seem
trafile. To do this ho must mako lowe
rates on cheap commodities, with tho?
things which compriso the nccessark
of life. It results in distributing th
charges for transportation whero thc
arc most easily borne. Not only d
tho necessaries havo tho lowest rab
and tho luxuries tho highest, but the ni
c.-- -a rie . consumed in tho largest quai
titles hnvo lower rates than those cai
sumed in smaller quantities. Wo cot
sumo moro fuel than broatl, and mot
food than clothing, while tho rates <
transportation follow the opposite orde
Tins discrimination, though In favt
of Hie necessaries and common comfor
of lifo, is nono tho less a discriminatloi
It actually results in favoring classe
Thoso who consumo but tho n&vssaric
tho day-laborers, aro tho most benefit*
tho artisans who consumo, in additlc
to the necessaries, many of tho conifer!
tho next; and so on as higher wag
pr?vido moro of the comforts, and the
merge into tho luxuries.-Gerrit L.Lan
ing, in Popular Science Monthly /
February.
Tho Indian wifo of "Warm Sprii
Johnny," a white man, who since I
childhood lins lived with tho Indiar
died near Albany, Ore., recently,
lung fovor. Tho husband, whose rc
name is unknown, waa woll known
tho oarly days of Oregon ns nn Indii
scout, nnd also servod in tho Unit
States army during tho eivil war. !
wns captured when a child by tho 1
dians and witli them has ovon lost 1
own name. He has lived for many yet
with his Indian wile In a little oat;
near the Carpool* Rifer.
\_ Hnsiluge for Slock.
A REMEDY FOR HARD TIMES-LET OUR FAllJ
MER3 PONDER THE SUGGESTIONS CON
TAINED HEREIN,
"Wo wish to urge most carefully up
ou our farmer friends tho importance
of putting up onsilago every your,
with which to feed their stock. Ex
perience has proved it to ho tho best
and cheapest food that can bo fed to
cattle, and every farmer ought to uso
it. Tho silos aro buildings, formerly
pits, in which tho green food (called
eusilago) is kept. In order that our
farmers may know how to maleo their
silos wo copy tho following letter
written to the Richmond Dispatch by
Mr. C. W. Garrott, of Halifax county,
North Carolina. Ho relates his own
oxporionco and ids lotter ought to be
carefully read, and every farmer
ought to build ono or more silos. Tho
following is Mr. Garrett's lotter:
ENFIELD, HALIFAX COUNTY, N. C.,
December 3, 1885.
MY DEAR Sm:-I am just in receipt
of your favor of tho 27th ultimo, in
quiring about my experience with en
silage. I gladly comply:
I havo been cutting up ensilage
Mid my experience causes me to value
it moro and moro highly as I learn
bow to take caro of it more cheaply.
When I built my first silos, in tho
summer of 1880, tho idea was that
Mily thoso built of cement or biick,
in tho ground, would answer tho pur
pose, and costing at least $5 per ton
io build. Now they aro built upon
tho top of the ground, entirely of
wood and earth, and at a cost of 75
cents to $1 per ton. These keep tho
eusilago as well as those constructed
af cement or brick, and much more
convenient, and involve less labor lo
feed from. I havo two wood silos,
built in 1881, abovo ground, and
holding 180 tons, both costing not
moro than $125, which aro now in
Ljood order and full of ensilage, and
Liavo been fdled every year since they
?.ero built. Thc contents, without
exception, have boen fed in good con
dition. Tile silos I built in 1880, (of
cement below ground), held 125 tons,
ind cost me about $3 per ton. These
ilso have been lilied every year since
-sometimes twice a year- -and tho
ensilage was not any better preserved
han in those built of wood. Sinco I
began to make ensilage, in the fall of
1880,1 hayo fed my horses, mules and
cows almost exclusively on it, and
bave yet to seo any bad results from
it; on tho contrary, I have been able
lo keep them in much belter condi
tion than be foro I commenced its use.
In tho year 1870 I lind nine mules
and horses, and about as many cattle,
Mid besides tho long forego 1 could
conveniently make on my farm, I paid
jut over $700 for hay, bought by the
car-load in Richmond. 1 am now
feeding fifteen head of horses and
nules and thirty head of cattle, and
pay out nothing for hay, and my
'arm is no larger than it was then.
Tho extra manure I now produce
uays nie fully, I am persuaded, for
.ho cost of tho ensilage. I uso corn
iud cow-pea vines exclusively for en
?lage-tho former luso is cheaper;
ho latter makes the best ensilage.
For tho past tinco years 1 havo
ised corn constantly for this purpose,
ifter it was sufficiently matured to
Histaiu no injury, when the blades
tvoro ripo enough for fodder. I pull
ho corn, then cut tho stalk down to
;ho ground-blades oil-hauland cut
,hcm in three-quarter inch lengths,
ind pack in tho silo; thou weight as
isual Thin makes a very desirable
"ood; tho stock all like it, and J have
lever soon any bad effects from it.
During the tinco years named I have
[jut tip 100 per year from this source,
My experience is that land producing
ivo bands of corn to tho aero will
Make livo tons of ensilage, or a ton to
:ho barrel. I regard tho ensilage as
Moro valuablo tiian thc corn, and tho
coat of putting it into tho silo is loss
than seventy-five cents per ton. I
Ijrow no corn exclusively for ensilage;
Most of it mado in tho United Slates
is from corn grown expressly for tiie
purpose. I am of tho opinion that at
tho time I cut it it is as valuablo for
eusilago as at any period of its growth
-boneo a great saving in making a
crop of corn and eusilago-I seo that
jthers aro adopting this pinn to ad
vantage.
My -.rout plant for ensilage is tho
H'di?ory field or cow-pea. Of this I
put up about 200 tons yearly, and it
IS greatly preferred by my stock to
that mado of corn. This pea crop I
ajrow chiefly aftor wheat and outs. I
break tho land as soon as tho wheat
is taken oil, then plant in drills three
feet apart, eight to twclvo peas in a
trill, using tho Euroka corn planter,
dropping ovory twenty inches; side
them up once or twice, if need bo and
Trass is troublesome; plant from the
25th of June to tho 10th of July,which
jives ample timo for tho maturity of
the plant for eusilago, producing from
fivo to ten tons per acre, at a cost not
?yxceoding $1.50 per ton, worth 25 per
sent more in focd valuo than corn at
Etny stage of its g'owth. With this
plant properly util ized with tho sys
tem of cnsilago, tho South can feed
and raise sheep, cattlo, mules and
horses as cheaply as any portion of
the United States, except the very far
West This faot will be demonstrated
somo day. I have often seen publish
ed a statement that oom stalks or any
other suitable material made good eu
silago without ohopping up fine with
a cutter. For fear of loss I havo been
afraid to try it. A neighbor who
built a silo lineo yours ago had his
silo, machinery and cutter burnt up
inst wiutor. Tho silo was rebuilt Inst ,
suuirocr nud lilied with corn stalks,
pea vines, uucut. This ensilage is as
good us any I have over soon-sweet
er than minc, which was cut lino, and
is littlo moro troublo to tako from tho
silo than that cut lino. I shall put
un u largo portion of mino next year
without cutting. This fact renders it ,
possiblo for every farmer who makes
a one-horse crop to put up ensilage,
us tho great bar of their doing so was
tho outlay of money for cutter, ma- 1
ohinery, &o. This may all bo obviated
now. Tho only outlay required is tho i
building of a silo, at a cost of not over i
$1 per lon, and which anyone can do, 1
of mechanical capacity, without tho t
help of a skilled mechanic. Knowing (
its great value, I earnestly hope the j
Southern people will adopt this sys- t
tem. It is an outrage that, having t
such advantages, we should be so de- t
pendent. t
That our friends may not go wrong J
iu tho construction of thc, above
ground silo I will here give a dc- [
soription of it in detail: Theso silos t
were built in 1881, nud have been lill- 'j
ed four times, the ensilage being 8
well preserved. First, I dug a trench 1
for foundation sills 43 feet long, ll v
wide and 8 inches deep. Into these J
I put tho sills, of white oak, all heart, v
10 indies square, framing a sill of tho l{
same size across the middle. This r
makes the foundation for two sik?s, p
inside measure 20 feet long by 12 feet 8
wide. I put studs of heart oak into 1
those sills, ton feot long, two by sis ?
indies, two feet apart, iutending thc
silos to bc 1U foet deep, then with
one-inch plank boarded up cadi sido, J
studs boiug 10 feet high,lill tho spaces
between tho studs and inner and (nit
er walls of plank with sand (saw-dust
will answer ns well), thus making au
air tight wall, which is all lhat is uec- .
essary, however it may be done. Tho -1
G feet of studding above the walls or
body of tlic silo is necessary for thc
pmposc of tilling, tramping, weight- (
ing, Ac. I have one door to each
> ilo at tho outer cud, made by having
tho two middle studs '.) foot apart. To
thoso hang two doors 18 indies wide,
5 foot long to the inner edge of studs,
tho doors to open outward. Then
close tlic doors and nail on boards to
outer odgo of studs, and lill between
doors and boards with carl)), and you
have tl io same wall as the oilier paris
of Hit; silo. When you wish to open
tho doors rip oft" lim boards in front,
whou tlie earth falls and thc doors
open outward, exposing the ensilage.
Of course, t ho studs aro framed iuto
plates above, which should bc done
in a substantial manner, as tho pres
sure from weighting the silo is quite
gavera. My roofs extend 3 feet be
yond tho side s and ends, to provont I
rain from being blown in on tho en
silage. After filling thc silo I first
cover tho ensilage with inch-plank,
placing of them down lengthwise;
then cover these with pine or wheat
straw to prevent earth or sand from
jotting in; then cover with earth 18
indies dcop and you may rest ussured
that your ensilage is safe. I prefer
common earth for weighting, for two
reasons first, it is moro easily han
dled; and second it excludes tho air
better than anything else. When
feeding tiio ensilage first take out tho
front doors from bottom to top,
about two foot; then OU each side,
until tho end is taken out; then put
in good substantial props to hold tho
planks and keep tho weight from
bending them down, which repeal,
propping every ?1 foot as Hie ensilage
is taken out, until tho whole is ex
hausted. Caro should bo taken that
this propping bo well done, otherwise
the planks above may give way and
endanger the safety of thc feeders.
It has boen well said that "our
people must learn to grow every tiling
for man and beast before they can
claim to bo self-sustaining;" and more,
they must learn to make it without
running in debt. No goucral pros
perity cnn prevail until wc can make
what wo consumo before wo consume
it. Easy credits will destroy any
people; it demoralizes the thrifty and
makes paupers of tho unthrifty.
Very truly yours,
G. W. GAIUUJT.
To Mr. JOHN (hut, Secretary, &c.
Richmond, Va.
An Alleged ComprotttlHe.
Tho Senate committee on finance has
voted to report favorably upon tho
nominations of a number of internal
rovenuo collectors whoso predecessors
wore suspended, and is likely to re
port all thc nominations before it in a
few days. A mutual understanding
between tho committee and tho secre
tary of tho treasury has been roached
covering all suspensions from and
nominations to offices which liavo no
fixed tenure. Tho nature of tho ar
rangement is not inado public, but a
considerable, number of loiters have
recently boon sent by thc eccrotary to
the committco in responso lo an equal
number of inquiries, and tho corto
spondonco is still lu progress. Thia
arrangement covers all nominations
boforo tho committee.
-Tho feeling in Europo is a tritio
moro optimistic on tho Balkan matter.
Tho Borlin financiers lead tho senti
ment by booming tho now Servian
loan at rising prices. There is a re
crudescence of tho rumor that Lord
Rosebery intends trading Cyprus for
Crete with tho Porte ona to prssont
Grete to Greece.
The Champion Ilegal Ncory.
A St. Petersburg paper vouches for
the truth of ?i legal story which quite
coir.es up to anything of tho kind yteld
od hy our own courts of law. A man
found himself just recently in tho pris
oner's dock on a tldrd charge of theft.
His advocate, a young man, made a
long speech to thc jury in defense, and
towards the close spoke as follows:
..Now, gentlemen of the jury, let us go
into tho depths of history: lot us go back
5,000 years--" "I must ask you to
keep to ti>c subject," interposed the
Judge. "Then we will go but 3,000 years
back," continued tho lawyer, "and wo
sec without doubt-" Another re
mi oder from the hench. "Good, we
?viii go back 1,000 years; or, no-siuce
it is forbidden to appeal to history, let
ts turn to geography. In the Sandwich
Islands, gentlemen -11 A third call
o order. "Very well," was tho advo
cate's response; "in tito islands lying
tearer to us, ns Madeira, there exists a
ong-observed and very honorable GUS
om -" "Mr. Advocate," interrupted
bo Judge again, "1 speak to you for
he last tim?'. If you talk again of
hings which have; nothing to do with
hu case 1 shall refuse to hear you any
onger." "I protest against an miring
noni of tin- rights of tho defense," was
bc unabashed reply, "and I reqi X
hat my protest may be taken note of."
rheo, turning once more to the jury, ha
iddcd, "Since, gentlemen, I may ap
ical to neither history nor geography, I
trill only remind yon of tho custom oi
hu court, of this district in case of a
hird theft. This court has thc praise
worthy custom of acquitting thc defeud
ints in such cases, and, therefore, I do
tot see why von should not let my client
;o free." How thc case ended is not
aid, but it will bo a pity if the prisoner
lid not get oil*.
THE LAURENS BAB.
(?UN C. HASKELL, N. It. D?AL,
Columbia, S. C. Laurene. 8. C.
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