The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-07-15

and Though the woods, TO visit ST. Johns:
Tor 1t was widely known that there were
some reCuliariljes in its architecture wor-
thy Of notice. L. was built bv the rude
2nIettered first settlers of Dutch Fork -
but tie pewIike arrangement of the seats,
the arched ceiling, and the truly bcauti.
iui pulpit aIc monuments of Il taste which
surely spruCT from recollectiona Of Cath
edral grandeur Above the head of the
speaker (tor the purpose Of rejecting the
voice down upon the auGencc) is fixed
something like a crown. |; is large, with
nat SMOOTH bottom, upon which is pain.
ted five rayed star. | once heard Judge
O'NeaI make an affecting alluSon to this
star, lie WAS delivering a TemDcraneo
address III the Church, aud his remarks
were at the time directed 10 the ladies'
lie told them he hal long admired and
honored the Da,ch Fork mnlron but lie
Knew many an instance. where the treas
are, boarded through hcr industry and
economy, for the happiness Of her Oft.
sprrng, WAS Sqnaudered bv The husband
III las unnatura! thhst, aLd she had Moth
ing left her 10 trust in'--hcre he turned
and pointed WrwaId,-'but the Star above
your rulp'.'
St. John's Church There are few
now living Of those who listened TO the
voice Of Parson Waller, and his chorster
John Lonucr. once heard tie latter
myscIt, when the Rev. Mr.. Mectxc preach
ed, IN the German language, at ST. johns
Church. One Sunday, curing the Pas
torahip Of nar>ou Waller. John Lohner
had the ld luck TO raise II long metre
tune TO u common metre HYMN. He did
not discover his mistake, until he had rot
hall way through the stauza, when lie
stamped his foo; upon the floor, and ex.
claimed loud enough for all to hear ',thop.
poys, py CDu I'm wrong! You think
there was an ouibur>t OF laughter !-not
IT al. There was not so much rs a smile
no more than ii John Lohncr had clear
ed ,hls throat ; and when the proper tune
was applied, the whole congregation felt
the so!cmuity of the music and pined in
with decorum. 1t was slow. simple
melody, radically tie same with what is
heard IN Germany, tolerating not more
than four notes to n bar, with here and
there sedaie old dotted scmibreve ey-
tending lis dominion half way into the
succeeding adj Icent measure. hope
will be pardoncd for ialulgilg in these
"au!d lang synes,' and for even adding a
few more, since ii would he a generous
poItencsS in the reader and the author
to leave David and BckLy to themselves
for little while.
am told that congregation now at
81. Johns is quite different from wha, it
was, when | Was a yonng man. To give
glimpse formerly, as soon as the par
sou had got well under way, the Young
fellows would turn their right ears to.
wards him, and the girls their left an
evolution which brought them face TO face
Ii was amusing to see how The stiir puri-
tanical seats, i'll Spanish brown, tried to
twist the young folks to their proper 30
stions, and how obstinatciy the latter
would persist in firing their glances into
each others faces, AT pom; blank range
Fans were never used to mask battery
of eyes; they had no retlecto:s attached
to them 10y which - Young lady could sit
with her back 10 a young man end watch
his demeanOr. Fans were used to re.
trc>h with cool air AMI when the girls
famed themselves IN 1880. it WAS like
the flight Of a mighty tlo:k of BIRDS
Walk around among the trees. You see
that horseshoe neatly buried in the wood
OF that hickory tree In five years more,
the concentric formations OF new wood
will have hidden it entirely. In fifty years
1t will perhaps excite Ihc as,Omishment Of
some newer Of timber That horseshoe
was nailed upon that tree for the purpose
Of hilching a horse There were "A hun.
dred, but they have all disappeared -
people do not ride horseback 10 ST. Johns
church any more, for every farmer has
his carriage now with a top to it. Let
me conjuTe up little contrast. have
often ioled at tie foot of Il tree, and
watched an old time family going TO
church. First the manageable daugh-
ter and her trusted swain pass by. a
half an hour afterwards tGe father Of the
family comes along. Before him rides
his pet boy, and behind him are the two
elder. The hindermost one prevents him.
self from sliding of by sticking his hands
into bis brothers pockets, and draws his
knees well up, to avoid the lashings Of
old Dradys tail. At distance, VARYING
from hundred yards to quarter of q
mile further back, is seen the mother
Behind her is seated her daughter, twelve
years old, and, upon her knee, riots the
baby,-TIlE GREAT BIG BABY
practicing tho exercises of the quarter
staff with the drumstick Of n fowl. But
the marriagea5le daughter and her swain
are married-lcng married. / have seca
them dash along tho same road in a car.
riage, and--one and half Thoy have
a daughter grown she is beautiful but
tire young follow, who canlers along by
tho side Of the carriage, can only, now
and then. catch view Of his beloved,
with her features distorted into absolute
hideousness by the glass in the coach
window. Yes, tho days of equestrian
courtship are over. The youngsters of
Dutch Fork have to 60 through the for
mality Of carpeted drawing room, and,
as they formerly hung their bats upon
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