Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-06-22
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Mr. EDITOR :-IIcrc we ctmc again, Sir, and
YOU will please let "Pr*EY WooDsH have tic tract
Ia place in the columns of the AdrertiSer,) in an.
swcr to communication that halls from the Classic
soil of Greenwood" The sped is slow tits true,
but little swiftcr than thatof "GREENwooD stop
ping ut the halfway stand, inchlgins rather freely
in his favnrtr beverage, whiske;, rs " racers did ir
oldcn times,' from tile very SLOW pace he performed
the heat Time 36 days.
Living way down here in the" pncy woods" We
profess 10 know nothing Of the 6 science OF war
fare" as taught ON "classic sol, but in the old
fashion way Of fist and scull' we take hand
once and while, and never acknowledge ourselves
whipped until we are compelled to- Had We been
born with silver spoon in our mouth, and reared
ON the classic soil Of Greenwood, - we uig ght have
been rs we'll posted up in war measures us friend
GREESwooD' himself and pc'haps come to the
same conclusion, as to who iadwnn the victory
but with our dull comprehension, we think it rather
a strange conclusion Of his, that he should Lord it
over us and claim the victosy, when he kept the
time himself, and proclaimed It to giving multitude,
rs follows "PISEY WooDsn 80 days" GREEN
WOOD" 36 days.
GnEENwoop's'' great anxiety about the matter re-
minds US Of fight we'once heard OF. The parties
were very closely engaged in terrible conflict
one of them little stoutcr than the other, (but
rather cuwardly) made desperate effort to make
his antagonist cry out nur,'-but it was no co.
and on they fought About the time he thought
the fight ought to end, rs he could not prevail on
his antagonist to give in, he concluded to do so HIM
SELF just so with our friend. Having shown
disposition to end the controversy himself, We feel
unwilling to pull his hair whilst he is muttcring The
word nufr,"-cspccally so, as fc has lost SIGHT OF
the main question: and INDUCED very freely through
out his classic cltusion, in personalities.
1t was really amusing to Sec with what great de-
light he lays the latlering junction to his soul, that
he had hit. as he supposed upon the author oil
"PIxEy Woops" The good of the joke is, and it
amused us the more TO see him ripping one man
over the shoulders of another. One would nave
supposed from the literary attainmcnts OF "GhEES-
WOOD" living on "classic soil, and under the in
nucncc Of that "more valuable coin, religion, mo-
rality, temperance, literature and science" where
it is easy for man TO talk, well is wrl'e Latn
that he would not have made the blundcr he has
And here we would rcmined our Greenwood friend
that arc not at i'll angry or afraid Of his Latin
quotations, for we have had peep into Latin Gram
mar ourselves; and, had we beca deficient in argu-
ment TO sustain our cause, might have thrown
in Latin sentence or two bcfo:c now, to show oil
our Smartacss. But this is only III keeping with his
{" GREESwooD's'') usual mode O: warfare, and re-
minds us of the unkind cut, in reference to the I'M
fortunate individual who, he says, is under such
great obligations TO the citizens of Greenwood Little
did we suppose, Mr.. EDlroR, there WAS any man,
much less in the town Of Greenwood, living III Il
Christian community, and breathing a religious at
mosphcrc, that would boast Of what he lrsd done
in administering to the wants, and allcviatins the
distress Of an humble individual, who was lying
upon his back, suffering all the rain Of gun shot
wound. We feel we'll assured that " GREENWOOD"
has done great injustice to the citizens of Grccn-
wood, who, we understand from gunl authority,
kindly rendered him 4 home, and did every thing
in their power to render him comfortable and easy
We know they were influenced by no such selfish
motves-and we arc confident that he and his rca-
tivcs and friends will ever remember and hold sa-
cred that act Of kindness