The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-09-20
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Our .a.friends and. brolber y Of The
Bennettsville,S"n ofTemperance, whom
wo knew fourteen vents ago, in his
loved and lost S,hohn,sin1 home" n.
one Of. the plea.antest fellows alive. re.
members us kindly, We arc. pleased TO
see, and galludes. gracefully to the hap.
Pyp time when the happy rair Of us
!" used to praise the budding beauties Of
s,eensille, and carry apples 10, the
St'Weh, Judge, old comrsde,.,s are
glad yon haven't forgotten MS, and dom,
believc that we're "bad tempered."-
We must confess, however, That four.
teen year, experience Of the worldas it
~. has spoiled our temper somewhat
We are not Ct makes 'us sad to saw i,)
as hopeful or as gentle as we was four,
teen years ago, when '"you and /"
loved the sweet maidsns on the noun.
tains. and dreamed delightful dreams of
happiness 10 come. .7-',"4 7'.. .-rs
: Judge, do You remember the glorious
trip TO Cesar's Head and Table Rock 2
The time when the yellow jacket s,unr
Your wearied brother on the eve, and
he diin't mind The rnin, 10y the side of
the blue:eyed llomiet,as We think.
Mt that tine,4syou had. no particular
sweetheart, hut like, n humming.b bird in
garden Of flowers, flew from blossom
to blossom. Those were charming DAYS
aud nights, lJudgeIaAt the Fails, rbv
moonlight orRsons the mountains, LOU :
lite sr,e a. iheau,ifll- dream, The, earth a
paradise. anti,sts al atmosphere WAS love.
EiiLonaslSngIbe our hearts with sush, mem
Like tlis vase ID @hiSh sRassss have once teen
''ts SiisiIifed "a! Tsi-t,Iq ln%fiS ~ ~ :
fohimnstlrsuh, ~ o,t.may ruin the vase, if
ri asS@l wiil,sa Are ,,,a -, -.
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We clip tles% above from the Pee
|, Dee Times, q paper presided over. ell
itotially. br our ,. n iead and abroiher,"
,WilliFin Teftitis Capers, who stlonsl
comparatively a yonns man, can re.
member events Which iran$pifed four
teen Years ago Those were rleasan,
times Wiliia,n, when you and 1 we're
boys, and dreamed of some beautiful
Eve that had never sined. and some
Eden over whose flowers the trail of the
serpent had never J,assed. Ok .,.v ..
All, yes, well do remember the
trip to Cte~ars Head and Table Rock,
and The yellow jacket, and Mary and
Kate mud The bue. eyed Henrietta" and
other dark eyed maidcns and pleasing
incidems'connec,ed with that trip. Yes
zoe had n" n bright particular star " too,
aud that star was I" leader of the hosts
Of lreaven,"= but il set to rise no more
for us. 1t has gone to bless other clines
and gladden., other eyes. Twas bright,
twas beautiful, hu, lis gone. -.
And the Falls. ali, the Falls Ly moon,
light, and the mill. and the foot bridge.
and the lovers leap. and. the lovers
seat, and the big rnck, and the beauli.,
FIJI grove, and the starry heavens and
the Magic Circle" nh, the Magic Cir
Gle! where are The happy spirits that
composed that harry circlel., Wha,
changes time has. wrought! and the
raven locks of. that day are now silver.
ed DER with the FROST of age, and. the
bright ereIis DIM and sthe blooming
clfeek is pale, and the hectic, flush Of
youth has paled, its Intellectual fires be-
fore the wasting march Of years.
The shade of melancholy comes over
our spirit as we contemplate those
pleasing scenes If other days, The,
are gone, and we know they can never
return, but they live, bright and fresh.
on memory's page But why should !
sigh for the loved and lost 7 others dear
as lifc itself, have come to take their
place. and fill The vacaat chambers of
the heart. and we now bow at other
shrines AS holy, as bright and as heau
tifnl as those we have lost. l}nt still |
can never forget my mountain home,
1.-THE l"veliest village of The plain" and
those dear 6iends the light of whose
smiles was the sun to the night of my,
gloom and sorrow. and. which u.hered
lin the dawn-of ,ife's young morning.
My Mountain Home My Mountain Home
| - My thoughts still turn 10 thee,
| Like the lover to his mistress, @
Or the sailor to the sea. 80
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