Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-10-19
Nur Town.

WE think the town of Edgefeld great place, and
therefore say So Every one else larps upon the
merits Of his burg, and why may not we! 1t isa
matter of no interest TO The world at large how this Or
that or the other village may rank. But with {" the
world at large" we have nothing to do. Our remarks
are generally meant for home-folks and neighbours,
and BY " home folks and neighbors" we mean our
readers Now we have the weakness 10 think that
"our readers are fully up, in point of both moral
and intellectual worth, 10 the readers of any other
sheet in or out of America. And, upon the same
principle, we cherish the idea that our town-this
same little village of Edgefed-is one Of the greatest
places ".on top O. dirt There are good many
reasons for our saying so, some OF which We VIII
,uke this occasion TO mention In nGancing at them,
we want all to understand that we lave been more
than ten miles from home several times, have" seen
tl:s elephant as often most men and have pretty
fair notion Of :. what's what" being able TO disln-
g,,sh t'other from which" in amajori,y of cases.
Thus much beng promised, we so'on to ind,te the
balance.
First ard foremost then, we were born i'll Edgeheid
village. Down in the valley there, in the old house
nearly hidden from view by the intervening boushs
of Elm and hspon =; ''i--'---,'----a--'-'~: y
breath of life Every poet, or orator, or man, =
f..r;,r who values his reputation for sentiment, at
be price of sngercake will say, this Is enough
,r,. M, ano,ber line-we all give up, sir, that you
wopd be unworthy OF your natal star, did you think
o,h.rwise than you have said Of tile spot OF your
nativity" But prefer to travel little iurther IN
making out the reasons Of our preference. Ihe ruin
is tplease understand this remark "ostde, as LIE
pay.books have it, have got an article OF some
sor, to write, and we don't nend to be cut short oy
any ones granting the question.
Secondly them we. grew up here Hard oy is the
I" "school.bov spot,' where, under the guidance OF
come score of masters from Manly down 10 s'al'
fpr,l, our Young ideas taught TO shoot. Every
dell and dinsle every slope and hide IN the ne'e"'
borhooa are connected with some "reminiscences o'
Youthful frolic Here again senlimentalst pokes IN
his nose and says
"The chord within my heart which thou hast 'ouc O.
YibrateS in unison with thine
That may be very true, good fellow; but pray re-
frain from inerrupting The genial flow OF our iancies
-, lens, until we have got half way down column
Sou may then tai, it off, with any quotation YOU
n,e,c lore NAV suggest. To avoid your interference
absolutely however, we will quit the personal ant
sentimental reasons, for the opinion which We haS'
made text, anu NlHu uP "1t' ''S
fac, items of az this great argument"
We proceed with the assertion that Edgeheid Is
: great old place. We SO assert, because, among olhe
things she has given TO the State soHae OF the hrs
' so''s'a history--because her cLtl
stand their rights and the spirit 10 defend them-
BECAUSE in all the social courtesies of life, her mel
and women have always been an fat-and, to COM
down TO her more present and immediate merits, be
cause she is still pursuing the good old even tenor o
her way-because she furnishing to all around th'
very best facilities for educating the children Of h
community in finished manner-because she ha
all the advantages of quiet, retired Southern town
filled with a wrll-ordered and intelligent population
with ample facilities for all the rational purposes
life and wi,hou. the rabbleish characteristics of q
Railroad-because, in short, she is all that may b.
claimed for pleasant, healthy pretty country village
This summary Of reasons we might enlarge upon
and in truth we had at first intended to have done
so but. being convinced that they will not be con
troverled and seeing that we have very nearly made
out our half.coumn, dismiss the subject cor.
daily as we embraced it.