The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-09-13

the you, g ladies Saw proper the
could attend both.
Although the village of Greer
VILE did exist fer forty years Will
our having church in Il. we On,
!, now boast OF some of the finest nm,
|. most beautiful churches in tL
: State. There was at this tim,
!ls23) but one pleasure carriao
, IN the whole village, and only tw,
; IN the District. One belonged !,
; Coi: William Toney, and the = othe
to Chancellor Thompson, who the,
resided on the Grove Creek. fif
Teen m,ie, below the Court House
That OF Col. Toncys was an nl,
vehicle, bnilt somewhat after th,
style OF Noah's ark. Times Lav,
greatly changed in this respcct
and carriages have become so com
aen tn Greenviiie, that il would
1e difficult to count them. All
who went to church in the conn
try, or paid visit, rode on
horseback. In the village they
walked to balls and parties invaria.
biy, and very interesting walks
they were too. Now. every poor
man who keeps horse, has his
carriage, and one horse will carry
10 church or elsewhere his whole
family. Sofas in Greenvilie, were
more rare than carriages. The
only ore remember to have seen.
ut this time, was in the Craving
room of the Mansion House, and
TWO carpets were all that the viii
iage possessed. DR.. Crittenden
mad a carpet in bis drawing room,
ana there was a very handsome
one in the Mansion House. The
furniture in the hotels and private
houses would astonish any one
now days. Captain Cleveland
was one of the wcaltl,icst and most
respectable Of our citizens. His
mouse was crowded every summer
WIN the most fashionable and
aristocratic visitors from the low
country, and the only fuiniture in
his drawing room, were split bot
tom chairs, n table and a book.
case, with ten or twenty volumes
IN it. lie kept a hotel at that
time, and a most excellent one, in
a plain nnpretending way. Every
iionse almost has now j piano,
but then there were only three i'm
the place. Col. Toney, DR.. John.
son and Mr.. Mcleod had pianos,
and no one ell c. Mr.. Mcleod,
however, was not a regular citi.
zen, and only spent his summer, in
Greenviile. Those musicalinstru-
ments were a great curiosity to the
country people, and also to many
of the villagers. They frequently
went to hear the young ladies per.
form on them, as they would have
gone to a show. Silver spoons
were almost as scarce as pianos.
and carriages and sofas. There
were perhaps two or three houses
where you could have seen dozen
silver tea spoons at breakfast or
supper. In dress, there was great
simplicity. We had two tailors, but
such a person as milliner or man.
taumaker was unknown. The ladies'
made their own dresses, or thew
were made for them by their moth.
ers. Hoops and bustles were
never heard of by the natives, and
corsets very little used. Natures
symmetry was not deformed in !
those da"s by fashion. R"s the fire
quent visitors in the summer, soon
made the young people sprnce mp,
and ca'ch the fashions OF the low
landers.
On public occasions, the country
people would come into the village,
and hitch their horses to the fences
ard trees along the streets. Very
few had their horses pnt up, or
took dinner at tile hotels. The
public square was crowded with
ginger-cake wagons, where the
country people drank cider and
beer, and ate ginger.cakcs for din
ner. Almost all of them however,
drank something stronge-, and our
streets were filled with drunken
men on saledays, and during court
week. They frequently got into
rows, threw off. their coats and had
fights in the streets. In time of
conrt they would go off from the
Court House to try their manhood.
have seen dozens of ginger-cake
wagons campcd of nights on the
public square, with large fires in
| front, ut which tho owners were
cooking their meals. The greater
p,srt of the night was very often
spe,t in frolicing, dancing and
carouSing. A great many tricks
yere pi.Syed. Some very anus
ing. Afte, stretching rope across
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