Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-05
Local Jottings.

When poor Tom Hood began to feel
that his coat was toothin, and to grow
melancholy overs the improbabilityaot
his ever obtaininga o thicker one, he said
Summers gone and over, fogs are fall.
ing down, and, in rnssettinges, autumn's
doing brown And now Edgefeld be-
gins to feel like Tom Hood-as regards
the thin coat, the improbability, the fogs,
the russet tinges,- and all. The mercury
is falling low, and shortly, after sunset
the sky at the horizon assumes that pc
culiar melancholy appearance which at
this time of the year generally heralds
cold and wind. The trees are fast chang
ing the color of their leaves from green,
to yellow, brown and red ; and we begin
to feel in earnest that summer is gone
and over. But let the times be shining
or shadowy, men must still look with
calm eye upon the appointed task of the
day, and 60 to it with a strong nerve and
steady hand. If they shrink, they will
go under; if they battle manfully, they
will-at least get through.
Monday last was the busiest and most
crowded day Edgefeld- has'known in a
long time. In the throng we. were glad
to see many an old and honored citi-
zen who had not. been in town for
months-called out on this occasion by
the Railroad Meeting. The proceedings
of this meeting will be found, in full,
in another part of this weeks Advertiser.
And the Physicians held their meeting
also. This seems to have become set
tied thing. 1T happens fonce in two
months. Their forum is a: large and
empty hall9on the second floor Of the
Advertiser building. We have the honor
of lending them chairs, benches and
brooms. On this last occasion there was
a lot of them-bluff James Devore, and
wiry John Lake, and handsome Walter
Hill, and-but we forget that the Adver-
tiser is not quite as big as ,bed-quilt.
These Doctors talk! q great deal, and are
quite merry. Next time-when we have
no Railroad Meeting to run after-we
shall look and listen, landreport their do
ings and sayings in full
One of the features of. the day was a
drove of Horses-yery good looking ones
too. Many looked at them, and chatter
ed, and higgled and cheapened, and
ended by not trading. By the by, what
d mouthy and fussy, thing horse trade
is r Our friend, 'Collet, however, bought
q very handsome one, and entertained us
the while with some very fine riding.
Collet rides like real fox-hunting Eng
lishman.
We had cotton chats with several old
friends from the country, and they vari-
ously estimate the present crop at from
one half to two thirds of last years crop.
A gentleman who has a large plantation
in the Mt. Willing section, Che does not
plant it himself howeYer) told us that
only about Is bales would be realized
upon this place the present season, where
as the yield last year was 96 bales. Many
people say that the cotton between this
town and the Pine House, is the finest in
the whole District. AS regards corn, the
unusual area planted, no matter what the
seasons may have been, has secured an
abundance. So we needn't be down in
the mouth after all. Cotton will in all
probability rule at very good prices,
while provisions can be obtained cheap.
Among the crowd on Monday we no.
ted our whilon1e fellow-citizen-so pop
ular and so public-spirited-Genl. M. c.
Butler-looking better than we have seen
him for years. -.
And there, greeting old cronies on eve
ry side-was also our friend Capt. Fred
Smith, who has just returned from
Northern tour of some months-and who
has become in the meantime Benedick.
Our merchants, whoare over head and
ears in new goods, did money fetching
business.
Nobody got drunk. Nobody made
noise. And the friendso of the Advertiser
came up in cavalier style. Three proofs
Of the great, and still growing, virtue of
Edgefeld people!'
How peaceful and lovely we all are!
{" An Old Republican, will be indeed
sorely put to his trumps to get us into
trouble! 80