Show SOUTH CAROLINA viewing the contrast be to 14 the latter day saints and nd forty two years ca discerning the results of 44 d expulsion from their rich lands 41 prosperous berous homes in the thelast east aft s out into a desert waste the pressed with this verse from of david but god is the e 6 down one and wt up another 11 how changed chani zed ir of our people today of abra would appreciate the OS of leaving their happy ivl toe the mountains and reo 0 not to w their former inheritances III S if any 14 lq t ny f boyhood days while help its 04 16 tim claim the desert in utah I 1 feel f 61 a little puzzled on the ft a a to why the lord sends 80 plentifully upon the un abul 4 tact it is ib so 80 unequally y buted that were our crops wed W od d tn bd to suffer and we were 0 alig 4 labor for the ator 0 diligently obtained here I 1 find the Mt reme indicated by the de g condition edition of a once rich and try now almost worth of M the he eff effected acts of copious down 04 h rain 11 which have so thor tt n iren no hed olied the land that it is impossible for the farmer to by honest toll toil the portion of of the state being all 2 tid hodows with here and tj g a 0 stream running into the t W m affords a natural drain hing process by which south carolina is 18 thus being robbed of her natural strength owing to the lack of fertility in the soil the success of the southern planter depends almost entirely uvon upon the use of so called guano it is in reality a poor substitute for that article put up in sacks and shipped by merchants who deal it out at about per hundred pounds it was not in use here before the war but its demand has gradually increased until it has become a necessity now is cotton planting season and it may be interesting to the western farmer boy to know how it is done A single animal is hitched to a narrow blade plow if an ox is used he wears the harness and bridle the same as a mule with a rope tied to his bits to act as a haw and gee persuader then the plowman plow man or plow woman goes on with the work till the land is all laid off into furrows about three feet apart these are to receive the guano which is to be evenly strewn along either by hand or with a this is a hopper mounted upon the frame of a wheelbarrow and arranged so as to drill the guano as it is wheeled up and down the furrows when sown by hand the guano is carried in a sack swung over the oper operators shoulder who also carries a long tin tube with a funnel shaped mouth into which the stuff is thrown as the person walks along these furrows are then covered by the plow throwing the earth into ridges from each side after which another furrow is made directly over the guano for the reception of the seed it is thickly sown along the rows and lightly covered when the cotton is big enough to hoe it is thinned out as desired I 1 do no not t wish to take a shot at dead ducks 11 but some of those pious individuals who used to prate about woman slavery in utah JI though now influentially defunct are not forgotten neither are their published falsehoods which went abroad to create an unwarrantable sympathy but which I 1 now find might have been very appropriately shed abroad nearer their own doors not wishing to intimate that there is a regular system of slavery being carried on in the south let it be understood that the female members of a household are expected to follow the plow sow reap and assist in ou outdoor adoor vocations as regularly as the seasons come com and go they may choose to do so being aradi tiona ted in that way but it is certainly a novelty in the eyes of those who kave have been oppositely educated the people all seem obliged to work hard for 11 tight returns the following prediction uttered by the prophet lehi years B C is as applicable to the litter latter day saints ana the american nation as it was to the Nep hites wherefore this land is consecrated unto him whom he the lord shall bring and if it so be that they shall serve him according to the commandments which he hath given it shall be a laud land of liberty unto them wherefore they shall never be brought down into captivity if so go it shall shad be because of iniquity for if iniquity shall abound cursed shall be the land for their sakes but unto the righteous it shall be blessed forever in visiting among the latter day saints where can be seen the many any comfortable dw dwelling e U places laces surrounded by rich fields IDL gren green P pastures as many varieties of choice fruits gardens of finest vegetables and flowers temples and other places laces of worship institutions of fe learning barning lar ning streams of pure water with flocks and herds on a thousand hills who would not feel to exclaim what hath god wrought to what extent do we really appreciate these blessings how is it with the young men who are the hope of israel I 1 are re they becoming intoxicated with worldly illusions do they aid by precept or example in the introduction of excessive eating drinking chewing smoking idleness lasciviousness we know that these enemies are around us ua and that the watchmen upon the towers have cried out against them for years as they viewed them from afar in their sure and steady advance upon us have we eyes that see not ears that hear not hearts that understand not the handwriting upon the wall was not plainer to Belts Beltis hazzar than it is to the transgressor in zion today for the laws of god are immutable and the wages of sin is death D T L gowdeysville union co BC april 21 1889 |