The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-09

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our friend TON gave us.a new j, othod
to weigh, choose. Passing a farm
house, in the e'porch of which stood d
young lady, and oh a shelf by bor
side Bono eight or 10 Jumps of noun.
tain cheese. 1t being agreed to buy
BONE, our friend Toih got out to make
the bargain. After waiting some
time and he not returning, VIC con-
c!uded to see Why he staid so long -
We fvdnd our friend In h dilemma
about how to come at the weight Of
the cheese, there being nothing on the
nre'p' 'ses bui apair'bf la'ge steciya,ds.
Rc trying to convince tho FAIR
mountain beauty that the oLly pl:u
VS. the following: Knowing her
weight to bel2o pounts, that he could
Weigh chain ahd then if She would
sit in the chain and hold the cheese
il her hands he could easily weigh
all to together, a,id then 'con!a at the
wsHht Of the cheese by dcauotFag
weight Of chain and dam,el frUh the
whole sho wouldn't agree. Had to
obmpromiso by guessing the weight Of
the cheese. l..
HrNs'HhsoS, N. G., July 20, lsql.
Mr.. Elitor:
We find it almo:'t impossible to keep
up correspdndetco from the noun,
ta'ns. We are constan,ly passing
from one point of inter'cst to another
-'ouf object b"fng to get sight at
oil, and have, therefore, some trouble
fn writing. B,Sides the malls arc 50
irregular and SLOW from this section
that We may arrive home ahead of
letters. But we have prommed you
to give an outline Of our trip. Will
fulfil the promise to the best Of our
abilities.
Time haBgiug heavily on our hands
during Sunday afternoon at Ashvill~,
We made trip to tho top of Mount
Beau Catcher. From this point you
get clear awccp Of the Swannanoa
Valley, with Ashville ,nuggly nestled
! in acirole Of mountains, while the
Tre'nch Bro.d, bold dashlng stream,
rushes away to the right. During
the latc wat thH,c was battery of
seige guns planted on this monutain
as protection to Ashville from the
rails Of the renegade Kirk. We be.
lleVe 1t was afterwards used against
Nlrby, and was mainly instrumental
IN Ills rcrnsc from AShville. We
oan hardly rchlizs tho trouble such
sroundrels as Xix gaze many of the
good people Of the western countic.
Ut North Carolina. IN conversation
~ith an old lady, she told is that she
was raided on thiltecn times by these
iotLcIa, and at each tine was told
that If her boys would come Nome
they would not molcst her further aud
would also protect them from arrest. T..
She told them to take aud burn the
| last thing ON the place, but that her
boys should never desert their State
O"e was afterwards killed the other
Nhree) staid until Ice surrendered. -
No Spartan ,uother ever showed mo,
hrmhess and patriotism under such
trying circumstances. On Sunday
night wo heard ah excellent Sermon
from one Of the youngest pseshy.
terian preachers in the South. We
caught hin name ns Mr.. Summey. A,
eighteen years Of age, he certainly
gives the highest premise of tEcoming
noted. tle Constantly draws Large
houses--in fact, having at this time
to preach in the Methodist Church
tho Presbyterian bsing too smali =
AS Ashsille lies 80 centrally, anil il
such direct line between the places
Of interest among the mountains, it
is generally crowded with pleasure
seekers. One half Of the private
h. uSs in the place take boardcrs.-
From what we eau learn It's popula.
tion is nearly doAblcd during the
suiiimer months. We left on Mon.
day morning for Alexandcr's. We
are almost tired OF this ever Tasting
going uphill. Jos says if he gets NJ
ihuoh higher and can get a running
Jump be thinks he could make Adger's
at the lowest calculation. J..
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