Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-06-09
THE nsTRANoKR, COME AGAIN.

us once more How do you do, when did you arrive,
and what's the news?
|. Strnn. To roply laconcally, in the up.country
STYLE, will say; "well: yesterday" and "none ut
ALL" The truth .is, I havo here to learn the
news You people Of Edge6cld it is said, consider
your little town the centre Of the universe and should
therefore of course know moro than all tho rost of
W.. Tho Celes.ials should have wider scope Of WIS.,
ion than we Of the common sort.
Ed. Now there, you nre jeering us. Come, none
OF that. To be sure Edgefeld is great place; and
ws are cosnizant of most things admit But thore
are few little circumstances of the outside world
which cosmopolitan like yourself may be allowed
to be more familiar with than even We of Edge6eld,
such for instance the price of macaroni in Ma
ples, the prospect of the fg.crop in Smyrna, and
few others less important particulars Of intelligence
We allow you TINT much.
Strany. Upon my honor you fatter us,-you, who
have raroud, no telegraph. and only tri-weekly
mail communication with the rest Of munkind you
who are isolated here and cut of as it were from
Ell. Hold there why sir, it is this very position
of things that gives peculiar character of ex-
celeuce Celestial excellence il you will SO have it.
We get the news only after il has been sfted and win
moved by the coarscr barbarians around us,-mon
whose very complexona have the dark tnge of their
steam engines and whose visions dimmcd by the
dust kicked up in their mad career. Thus we are
ever the favored recipients of the ucs if not of the
"aescst news." Like Rasselas in the Happy Wiley,
we also have space md leisure to inwardly digest and
properly appreciate the ubsurdties of the gnoble herd
of mankind na they revealed to US through this
fltering process. need say no more, to show you
the decided advantages Of our standpoint of intel
ligenee and observation
.Ctrang. And are you in earnest sir Do you real
ly hug this fond dc!uson to your soul? Is it tEue
that on these prctentiuus grounds, your little town
here is to be kept immured in sothful retirement
ft only for Fee-jce Islanders? Can your people so
easily suothe themselves into Indifference to the great
race Of progress and development which tho descen-
dants of Alan running on almost evory other
spot of tho civilized globe?
Ell. Tut tut, man. Have not said that this is
our spcciul strength The rest Of tho world, cir,
arc our laborators. Wo sit In Judgment upon thoir
fast follies amid tie dcop wisdom O. our reflective
scclusion. We scorn the wealth and masnifrencc
| Qualueu US tHclu III lHcI w AafS
our peaceful pleasures all to ourselves. Cold water
and vegetables with chickens and an occasional bit
of mutton) make up the delicious sustenance Of our
physical man; And charming repose Of thought se-
cures our mental faculties from premature decay.
But it Is Of no use to arsue settled point. Sny no
more-our village fathers with all the solemn force
of an intelligent loaferism, have decided that it shall
10 20 aud a. we'll might you attempt to amend the
laws Of the Mslcs and Persians, or accelerate the
steady and dignifed tread Of tho stately elephant
.itrnny. I'm dumb, sir-dumb as church mouse.
In the language Of the Roman ritual, "par eodis-
cu.. And Speaking of guns" SEQ there stone
sliiee arising In your midst, which "mino host Of
tho SALunA House has informed mo is to DO / yer-
hle Roman Catholic TomplO.
Ed True, sir, very true, with the exception that
it is called chureh and not temple.
!StraHg. Oh, meant NO allusion to idul-worshir
by the term temple At WAS only fancy expression
applied to what gives promise Of being ancy build
ing
Ed It may bo called "fancy" perhaps, in that
is of the picturesque old Gothic syle but as to
all other points. .iu"cy it is n reality.
.Strang. OF course, Of course,-and apparently r
very solid reality It will ut all events prove very
handsome architectural addition to your town. Ought
not sir to stir up the members Of your Protestant
I denominations to little more muniGccnce in the
endowment Of their sanctuaries? l have often
thought that the houses in which the worship Of tho
Living God is attended to should bo built Of aone if
possible, or at least Of durable materials than
nre commonly used in our country.
Ed. And why?
.Strang. First, for themanifest reason that it is
due to Him that His churches should surpass in ex
cellence all the other buildings Of Garth.
Ell. Truo.
rang. Secondly, it is bcttcrfu the religious vel
fare Of men that they should worship God where
their fathers worshipped before them. There is
something imposing, in feeling that We kneel whore
our ancestors before all likewise knclt 1t essen
tially promotes veperation and religious fcrror How
can it be expected TINT American Christians will
ever experience this salutury influence, with the
Amsy and rerishable manner Of church architecture
ail 50 general amongst us especially in the country
and in country Villages?
Ed. You are entirely right, and agree with you
that tho present instance is good example set to all
Christian denominations. Paritamism may be against
you, hut Truth md Duty clearly sustain yoar posi-
ton. And now, sir, shall wo not take partial stroll
about the village and what changes have occurred
in the appearance of things since last you were here
The proposed "stroh" ,ras taken, and the SrEAS
GER and the EDITOR are non sn'ed IN the tatterS
sanetam talking the matter orcr.
.Srang Yes, indeed; must admit (and do
so with pleasure) that your academicul institutions
seem to bo properly cared for and well sustained
That Male Academy over in the sequestered grove
has decidedly scholastic mir. And what hand
have finer sample Of Young America.
Ed. Fine fellows they are, and, ms am informed,
studious and ambitious Of excellence. We pride
ourselves upon those boys.
Hruny. Not without reason, doubtless. Your
Female Seminary also presents very inviting ap-
pearancc.
Ell. Yes, sr; and our girls nre as charming as
our boys arc clever
Strang. thought so. That was pretty bery of
them wc saw issuing from the school yard aswo
passed along Some there perhaps who will be the
cnuso Of many heart-achcs to tho rOugher sex; or
which is fur better, who will make themselves bless
ings 10 others in their quiet journey Of life.
Ed. No doubt Of that,-none in the world. You
have only to know our Edgefeld girls to discover
that they are jewels They are the true grit and so
rank wherever they so.
Strang Well, sir, it is good thing and pleas