The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-24
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thisX Xtsodern Sondsrs the Meo8n lsair.
Let h take secondS days tsips sand stry
the ssrain thatis published to run every
Fhalf-hous. from z a. M; till f81 .. m:,
1 believe. There it stands at the derc..,
t,renty platform cars linked together, and
two passenger coaches, with ON engine in
front and one in ths rear. The crowd
soon begins to assemble, and in half an
hour the platform cars are so packed that
men are actually standing between them
on the bumpers. counted the Car I
happened to get into, and its passengers
numbered over 100. The others were
equally as closely packed. Several per-
sons made efforts to get into the coaches
and were denied entrance. I immedi-
ately went to see the cause of this, and
learned that Gov. Bullock, and Delano,
and Forney and the other shoddy friends,
were there snugly ensconsed, with quite
q number of official boot-licks, while
other invited guests, Gen. Hampton
among the number, wCnded their way to
the grounds in private or hired carriages
By the way. rumor says the Z. Z. K. 8
waited on Forney that day, and his stay
he was found wanting.
Well, our lmmense train of human
freight presently set off to the grounds,
rolled out mile, stopped and quietly set
to work collecting tickets, and before we
reached the four mile post, it was l
o'clock. The railrond company had pre-
viously advertised round trip for a
quarter and cold tickets. The crowd was
80 great not one-fourth the visitors could
buy tickets, and when the fare was being
collected no change was given in return;
80 that in the majority of instances o
quarter was taken going out and the same
returning, and sometimes half dollar
each way. Talk about the Yankeesl
come to Georgia, if you want to see
Yankeeisna perfected. Reaching the
grounds at p. M, in trice almost our
1000 passengers were off the train and
rushing to the ticket Office and single
gate of entrance, that was opened about
three feet only, and there fastened so
securely it could not be moved. In this
gate stood half dozen burly policemen,
who, instead of going to work receiving
tickets rapidly, tried in vain to keep
back the current that pressed heavily
down upon them, and in q most frantic
manner brandished their shiflelahs, ours
ing and swearing like madmen. On
pressed the rushing crowd, and presently
women tainted, men shouted, children
cried, policemen cursed, and your cor
respondent squeezed out of the crowd,
jumped the fence, and away he went into
the building, only escaping arrest be-
cause Of the confusion ut the gate. Just
here let me ask, can any sensible or in
sensible man for moment conceive why
that gate was the only entrance for such
an immense crowd? The next day
another entrance was opened, and the
crowd should have demanded dozen
such.
This a. m. things look little moro in
place, though topsy-turvy is the rule yet.
Another stroll through the building is
amply repaid by the myriad of articles
displayed. Amongst other very beau
tiful specimens of book-bindery, etc., 1
find some of the work by Messrs. Walk
er, Evans & Co., of Charleston, who
took the premium mt our recent Fair.
You remember, rumor had it that this
work was done in New York. One of
the firm out here assures me it was all
the work Of the Charleston house, and by
~ ucuuS cAlIh spcClueuS Ol WlaI Luey
can do. Near by stands the case Of
shoes, etc., from Mr.. Vogler, of Salem,
n. c., who also took n premium at onr
Fair, and will get it here. Pardon re-
port of short conversation with this
enterprising gentleman. He told me
that last spring he begged the idle women
and children, black and white, to pick
and dry all the blackberries they could
find, and bring them to him, and he
would barter clothing, shoes, or groceries
for them. They took him at his word,
and during the season brought him in SO
many that he sent them in barrels, by
the four-horse load, to the railroad,
eighteen miles from Salem, shipped them
to New York, and sold them out at ten
to twenty cents per pound, and during
the season he realized over twenty five
per cent. upon sale of $4,000 worth
of dried blackberries. Why cannot
some of our enterprising merchants pre-
pare this winter for such q shipment
next spring? Our facilities are every
way equal to his, and I think there are
quite ns many idlers in South Carolina
rs in North Carolina, if they can only be
pnt to work.
Leaving the shoe case, we stroll on,
and presently find ourselves among the