The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-05-22
Tho Gazette,
COMMUNICNTED.
"RidgeWay."

kldgeWay"
Though VIC cannot find Ridgcway in the
| Gazetteer yet there is such u place, and it
well deserves full description from our
pen.
| Let us now take n walk through its diff
icrcnt streets, commencing at Reed & Co 3
| boot ana shoe store, OH Coleman street.
therc, let us enter, there is the gcntlemanly
proprietor, busily engaged in serving his
customers, and il you wish good boot or
shoe call OH Reed s. Co. Passing down
Coleman street, we next come to the largo
brick hotel Of our esteemed friend James b.
Coleman, you have but TO enter, when your eve
Will tell you there must be busy hands here,
everything is rs neat rs a pin, careful hands
must have arranged the furniture, every
thing in its place. Let us now pass to tho
great dining hall, there you will find tho
table groaning under its load Of good things,
all the dcicncics of the season arc carefully
prepared by the ever busy and esteemed
host taS. The traveller will find all his
wants attended TO, attentive servants, kind
host and hostess, in fnct, all that tho weary
traveller can wish. The next house We
come TO, is the we'll filled store of r. s.
Dcsportcs. Tho moment your eve meets
ms, 1t viii tell You that he is q man of busi-
ness though young, yet you will see that
order prevails, everything in tho most per-
feet order, tho wants Of the community
carefully studied, the smallest matters at
tended 10, and it will only take timc to mako
him one of our largest merchants. Lower
down you will come to the gunsm,h shop
of Mr. George Sweatman, rs GOOD n work
man rs you can find, from the smallest part
OF gun 10 the deadly rifle barrel he can
make, and you eau say to your readers. if
any Of them havo hroken guns they will do
well to send them to Mr.. Swcatman, va
next come to tho Post Office, now kent bv
the widow OF the venerable DR.. William Car
Isle, VIC miss him very much, and il will be
hard to find ono like him, ever oblirino. at-
tonlive to the wants Of all Dr.. Wi,l;nm
Carlisle will long be remembered in this
vicinity. We will now cross over on Cro;o
street, the first house VIC como TO is "Chor.
lies" we will only say to those who are
sometimes dIy, or have frog in their
throats, in fact to all, who may fcol weary,
or depressed in spirits, to the traveller on
foot or car, can call on Charlie" ani he
willrol'cvc all your ails We come to the next
splendid depot of the Charlotte & South Caro-.
lima Railroad, our old friend Arthur K.
Craig, Agent, who is ever watohful to tho
company, and to all who may have business
with him, tho la lies entrusted to his oaro
arc particularly attended to, mono sighted,
all have their full share of his attention
On the corner Of Craig and Ruff streets, wo
como TO tho extensive Warehouse of Ruff
y Aawhon, filled from Garrct to cellar, will,
corn, bacon, sugars, &c., &C.. bales and
boxes OF goods, ono piled upon tho other,
wagons, drays, cnrts, &C., NUMBERING
through tho streets from far and near filed
with corn, bacon, &c., from that extensive
establishment, let us look at the head of tho
house, the venerable old patriarch, David
iuii, Esq, moro like boy, in action with
an IRON energy, gigilont to the smallest m at-
ters, behind his largo gold glasses, you will
~ 49, '>Noh ieo'lcSS cyC over WatCntul,
taking Ill all, at one glance OF that eye, mover
still, always on the 60, ncvcr tirod, his mot
to Is, "attend to your own business and lot
man Of business attend to his business, .,
such is tho head of tho house of Ruff s.
Co.'S. Passing down Ruff street, VIC como
to the carriage and Wagon shop of Mr..
Charles Hayes, better workman can hard
ly be found, neat to tho last degree. Thcn
comes tho blacksmith shop of Spence, q
good workman. We next como to the resi-
denco Of tho talented William Edward Davis.
q bright scholar, capable of filling any po-
sihon, may he yet find some one to cheer his
lonely hours, to rejoice with him in his suo-
oesses, and weep with him in his sorrows
may ho yet gather around his fircside some
littlo ones, near and dear to him, "Reouies.
cat en- pace" Still further down Ruff street.
We come to tho splendid Masonic Hall, near
" completed, (the ono they had was burnt