Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-13
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LoU1sy11Lr, Kentucky, Feb. IS, '6T

frcoshoro, Nashville, and'several villages between;
thsdastnse entioned antttis place. TRe 1tailrnads
arc5n 6rs order; all the way, and naiss:execlliat
time; cBfs good .ron'luctors ObliginG.s -
At Atjinta wa atnctihat able GeFe1al, accgni-
plished. and gallant sollieF Gen. Jos dussSS;
you may better imagine than VIC cam dfscri5g,Sssr
cslings at meeting him the frat time since our
'suaTender, and that ut Atlaptu. How sad IcNaas
some seconds before either of US spoke; we stood
with hands clasped, iipa compress ID, aud eyes
fixed, our feelings anl. thoughts no dou5' being
the same. While hi. lady, who WAS rres=.;t and
witnessed all, dropped her face into her hands.
.Kolumcs passed before us in J few lrqmsuts: with
the speed of the Lighting, our thoughts flashed
from Chattanooga to Atlanta, from Atlanta to
Monroe SIC hoirsar
In passing from Atlanta to Chattanooga, We
found the country aimGst one continuous battle
.cld; and the same from the latter place to Nash
yllc Breast works, Block houses and graves are.
to be seen alt the Way. And I noticed many mis-
cradle, ragged negroes all through the noun
tins of Tennosfec. The Railroad between
Chattanooga and Musfrcc .bOrO is !. wonderful
piece Of human skill aud labor. 1t frstp passes
under fearful prccipic, Of the unfortunate Look
out Mountain" where K ovcrbanes the Tcnnessee
river: then over ard under several other noun-
tain all a. immeAss cost of labDr.. L. is = COM
'plcto triumph. The prasent Superintendent is the
ACCOMPLISHED Mr.. ESyicE Of Nashville.
Nashville is growing rapidly, and she grows,
b.comes still moro southerp in her feelings; or
constitutional nc m;gat say--whch is the sanie
thing. 1t isa glorious country from the Noun
tains yieslurireesJuro' andNashvtet to thi:place.
Tell my fr;.nd Dr. SHAW, It is bottsr,to die here,
thar Ynove.to Brazil.
We arrived here in Tie miist of a ;c'crc SHOW
storm that lasted tbirly-siS hours. The streets
wcSc piled with snow which the residents threw
off their houses anu of the sidewalks, whie'tbc
owners of public convey,ehces threw it back into
the cutters; until there was a huge rall of snow
| on either side the street,. The Ohio EireF was
first frozen over, then full ofargc piles of floating
ice; and all navigation had to be suspended. But
this severe wcatLOr set in motion another sort OF
nayigation-i c.-skati"g Every pond in the
city was covered with Skaters; it seemed at once
| rush and rage. We SAW n skating iro!ie ad;
yertiscd; pond well fenced; good house on the
bank to accommodate all ladies and gentlemen;
one dollar entrance fec for gentlemen to- be given
to the poor. Well knowing our o'rn condition"
and having never seen .hdy skate, wethOusht
it was right we should patrOnizc The affair There
ras also to bo skating race entirely Of ladies "of
all ases--ror silver cup !" we had much enter
t,inment in the prospective. We toak the street
cars; arrived at the gate; forked over our dollar;
looked at it twice before parting; had very "l0w
of the same sort left;' hut, as wowere poor there
was very faint hope it might come back; but it
Nii'nt. We Stood while watching the ladies put
on their skates. Those who had gallant to put
them on for them, got on pretty we'll by-tWisting
tneir shawls or skirts round the leg; but those
who did not have gallant were very much both
cred with their tiltGreons, which they couldn't
keep down. Some dida't try, especially those
who had handsome Stauary and nice Stockings
Well VIXEN they got on the ice you never saw such
capers in your life. a. Tam 0. Shantcr said Of
the witch dance,
" They roei, they set, they crossed, they cleekt'
But there were NO "wthercd bcldams" there as
sarc you; on the contrary, hearty, hale, rosy
checked Kentucky girls: and some from Boston
and Canada. There was a pair OF Sisters from
Down East been skating all theif lives who
rather took the shine of al the rests one of them
took the Cup. This somewhat nettlcd our hAn'
ttncky girls. They should have made me judge
I rather guess that Cup wouldn't have gone over
Mason and Dixuns line; too many gone there al
ready Well, its gone and can't be helped. /
must acknowledge, in truth, grievcd little alter
that lost cup; but trieG to console myself with
tic idea tl,a. it was perhaps very nice Yankee
ga! wfo cot it. shewas certainly capital skater
and well fixed for the business. She wore shrrt
tltsrecn and dress; Of course it was necessary to
have thSm short in order 10 keep the feet all ce"r
Tho lady skaters had nice short inexprtssio.es
reaching to tic knee, not belowt where they ter
minated in dainty lace ruiacs then dainty white
silk stockings. The victorious Yankee girl took
hold of n fellow and backed him clear across the
pond, anil then hc backed her across in the con
,rary direction; then the band struck up, ard
they wultzed AZ II in ball room. And then Tam
0. shantcr, came into my mind again; there
al stood like ane bewsch'l, and thought my very
cen enriched;
Till lirst nc crpcr, sync anithcr,
Tam tint his reason thegi;her."
|. Before the end OF the show, there came large
Dutch women, and two Dltchmcn with her; ald
now thinks I to mysclf," you are all going TO be
badly beaten; ;hat woman is just from the dykes
of Holland where the women think nothing OF
skating or 10 miles to market; with large
baskct'of eggs on each a:m, and oucon the h0ad
uer gallants put the skates on her feet anu placed
her on the ice when down went her head and up
went her--stufcs and tiltw; 'hc looked like a
balloon just settled doHn after its aeriel voyage
Her friends picked her up .and then walked all
over the pend with her, one holding each arm.
thought go home, good w,,nan, aad knit socks
There was one fellow from down toward sunrise,
who skated in all manners of ways; first with ene
leg, then with both, then crossed them, then spun
round like whir,igig, then nearly sa. down.
And evidently lie wanted every body to watch
him, but it was no use. No one looked a; him
because he had no ttcr on nobody looked atthe
men, Thc ladies and the ctlre. were all the at
traction. And thus Opdci chr first experiences is
to fashionable skating. r..
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a Cross Woman.
The idea Of a woman getting cross and ugly
(says On exchange,) when .hfnss in a family do
not run quite us smoothly as they should, is SIM
nlv ridiculous. She makes hersclf an object OF