The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-11-14

the principle Of a community Of
goods seem to haT> hen once
practised. Formerly there was
but one store allowed in the place,
but one hotel, but one shoe shop,
and so on with all occupations and
trades; but that was done away
| with, after while Those trades
were then conducted for, and under
the supervision of the Church.
The streets Of Salem are paved
from one end to the other with
rock or brick, and the internal ar
rangement or economy Of the
houses is very different from ours.
! The hills around Salem are we'll
timbered and the woods are many
hued in their autum dress, whilst
the hay fields and meadows inter
spersed give the landscape a very
rural or mystic appearance. There
was a funeral in Salem, on Satur-
day evening, Of an elderly lady,
whose death Gas the custom there
ISL was announced to the inhabi
tants of the town early on Friday
by the death horns, winch played
dirge from the cupola Of the
Church. A band of young men
were the performers. The coffin
was borne to the Church upon a
bier or tressel upon the shoulders
Of four men, and was covered with
white CLOTH. The friends and
relatives followed in procession,
but the coffin was deposited in the
dead house adjoining, till the fu-
neral services we're performed in
the Church. Hymns and chants
were sung to the music Of the or
gan by the choir, a sermon was
preached, and a small written
memoir Of the dead, by one Of the
family, was read by the minister
after the sermon. The bier or
tressel was deposited on the pave
ment after the services and a chant
was given out by the minister, &C
companied by the music Of the
horns, whilst the long procession
was duly marshalled, which took
some time, as the scholars from
the Academy were very slow to
muster. I followed in the wake
with some male citizens, and as
the procession moved along the
cedar avenue, where the ground is
undulating, it was an imposing
sight to those in the rear. The
marshalling Of the procession in
the cemetery along the walks was
done in very orderly and quiet
manner, from longpractice. Every
thing at the Cemetery is rectangu-
lar. 1t is intersected at right an
giles, with walks like a garden, and
the dead are buried in rows close
together, and each year or years
has it's division which correspond
to garden bed.
At the corners of these beds,
where the walks cross, there are
four large cedars planted. There
was a funeral service read and
some chants sung, accompanied by
the band, after which the pro-
cession retired in quiet order from
the cemetery, but each went his
way after he had entered the
avenue. I attended service in the
Church on Sunday, They have a
praycr-book with q ritual by which
the services are conducted, and a
good deal of chanting to the music
of the organ. The men generally
sang base very we'll, and the
responses were full and audible.
The Church was built in 1900, and
looks primitive, though it is large.
The windows are large but very
high above the floor, with an
elliptical arch instead Of the
Norman or Gothic. White is the
prevailing color in the Church but
is relieved by the green Venetian
blinds to the windows inside, and
the too sombre drapery Of the
pulpit which is black. The seats
arc prim, high backed benches Of
poplar, kept scrupulously neat
and clean as is the floor, and no
mark Of destructive urchins or
restless whitler's kkife, is to be
seen upon these seat which have
probably been forms since 1900.
L do not like to close my reminis-
cences Of Salem without paying
another tribute to my boarding
!