The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-09-04

/ nc doubt. As an interludc, and o delightful :
one. c!tcr looking at tic stirring process, !
and before entering the strongly scented
cheese room, Mr.. Cornell invited the gentle
men Of the party to smile on
! CREAM PUNCH.
No sooner proffered than accepted, but be-
fore either of Us could make DIP into the
cool looking jar of cream, descent was
lnade on Us BY g party Of four ladies, and
ore scntleman-yc gcds how they increase
who had just made the ascent. They were
flushed, heated and lively, one was some.
thing over two hundred, and all had woman's
! gift-tongue, and useG those members
! voclFERoUsLY AND FAST,
fo- awhile the punch was forgotten, but nos
for eay considerable time, and Al Invitation
being extended to them by Mr. H. 10 join in
the ''smle," all four giggled, but two only
accepted the situation and smiled on uraduI-
tera:ed "straisbt,' for sugar and cream they
would none OF. DiSposing of these lively
Young ladics,by directing them to the drying
room, and seeing them fairly off, we each
dipped into the jar and with Z tunbler
! THREE PARTS FULL
CT generous, rich, cool cream, stirred 70 su-
gar, and something else, till they were full,
end then commenced to sip, sip, sip. Ad-
| .iectircs are not strong enough to convey al
idea Of the deiectable nature Ct that punch
we can only advise the reader to Try one.
After looking at the inside sights and AZ
rangements, and the punch safely disposed
! CT, Mr.. c. &nd your cor. proceeded to fud
| the top CT the summit
$500 FEET AsovE
the level-how IS :haE for high, or IS tne
Dutchman said, how high ish dct. The road
was winding, zig-zsg, laboriouS, the sun hot,
and nearer than VIC had ever felt it, and the
punch, goodness gracious, had it not heen
its gracious goodness, how we might have
suffered in the ambitious effort of getting up,
but the breeze was stiff, as well as our knee
joints. The coorcd troops fought bravely,
however, and after few struggles more,
aided by the punch, We reached the top, and
! looked around on the
; SCENE so CHARMING.
| BY this tine the punch, which at first SEEM
ed disposed 10 move about 'promiscuously,
settled quietly but strongly on the imagina
: tion, and as we looked, Pisgah's heights look
CO higher, the Black Mountain blackcr,
! Asheyillc asher and lower, the thousand and
one ether peaks more peaked, the whole
! Blue Ridge more blue and ridgy, and the
! face Of nature turned into sugar loafs. while
! the beautiful French Broad, Z glimpse Of
! which could be seen about ten miles distant,
| looked as f It were coated with cream, Eow-
ing on pas; Alexander's, down 10 Warm
Springs. 1t WAS deliciously grand sight.
| Commend US to cream punch always on g
misty mountain top. What effect il had on
II. VIC know not, for we left him down in
. the hollow,
NINE HUNDRED FEET BELOW,
with ore Of the girls, who preferred ner'S
straight From this lofty summit VIC saw
much that was not only charming 10 the !
eye, but entertaining and proGtably instruct
! i've
WE SAW
! soil eGual in rich loam to the best river bot |
| toms, and which produces prodigiously OF
oats, wheat and corn. We saw a beautiful
field OF buckwheat, on the very top and next
the sun, IS blooming as roses in May. Irish
potatocs-second planting-as big as al
IriShman's double FIST; turnip patches and
Buncombe cabbage, we sow stretched out
in all directions, twelve hundred acres Of pas
turagc seeded in clover and blae grass, and |
stacks of oats and blue grass ready fer thresh-
| ing. All this end more saw me, and it was
sight worth seeing. And the cream of is
was the punch. NJ. c. assured Us that he
raised three thousand bushels of potatoes
| from seven acres, and VIC believe him aside
from any considerations Of tha. punch, and ?
| simply because lie has been newspaper
writer of ability, and still! holds communion |
With the outer world by occasionally cores |
pond:ng. Feeling no bad effects from the
high aud exalted position or the summit.
and having arrived at the summit of eXpcc-
tation, aud having fixed in mind that we
might sum i! all up for you, reader, We PIC
ceeded to come down. The Mountain House,
the headquarters of Mr.. C., reached, the Ia
dies found, the baskets opened, the fried
chicken spread, the lemonade compounded
b. the Major, and all things ready, we dined
sump,uorsly near the clouds, and
NOT FOR A SINGLE MOMENT
! did we forget that cream punch, it was i'm. !
possible to do so. This was oae Of the pleas !
ATTEST Of the pleasant days, spent in COM
pany with our amiable and kind friends, and
| now that we lock back to it and all the other
days, and realize that we are separated, our
! heart grows sad. We shall think CT them
all--!he widow no! cxcepted-ard sigh for
departed joys.
! We are loath to stop, and cannot ind it
in our heart to quit q subjec: SO interesting,
though we have turned b?ck on those quick
! Il made friends, and recall! to mind the end
! less trouble Of H. and mis- amiahle lady du-
ring cur Eve days sojourn at the ''Eagie,'
! Ashevil!c, 10 keep up with the key Of their !
room. It WAS continually in demand by
one or the other. Never saw or heard we
ofa key oftenec out Of the way. At the |;
oldest times and most inopportune. the key
had to be looked up and sent for. It was /
relief to set away from the Eagle, and thatkey. !;
While or the Eagle, and as 2 finis 10 SO !
agreeable da; IS was Monday. allow US to
! say that there was good Tcrpsichorcan
AGITATION APTER LEE.
| Il was near ten ere the orchestra arrived ;
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