Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-07-24
COMMUNICATED.
july 12,1S73.t

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MR.. EDITOR 81 intended during my
recent ramble through the county to
give you short description of the crops
Ihad seen, but the prospect in this line
is really so gloomy, and dislike SO much
to look on the dark side Of picture,
that I have actually changed my theme
from agriculture to "mental cul-
ture," which hope will not be less In
teresting, if less material"
On Friday, July II, twas announced
that there would be grand picnic at
Mr.. Sheridan's School House.
Having heard, in an indirect way, that
! was eithes invited, or probably may
have been invited to attend, and deter
mining to put myself in the way Of u.s.
certaining the truth of the case, on the
morning Of the morning of the 18th,
several hours earlier alter sunrise than
usually rise, hurried off to the scene of
action; with my. old blind horse, a pair of
chickens and other items unnecessary to
mention, (except my wife.) I said hur-
-
ried, but must correct myself, for the
road was so rooty that We had to walk
most of the way, and even then my
blind horse fell into slough (but not of
despond) which 1 suppose, on account of
its peculiar location, che did not see."
80 great was this fall that I firmly. be-
lieve the chickens would have been kill
ed, had I not taken the precaution, to
perform that ceremony, before we started.
| Kfter several similar inconveniences,
but no mishaps, we arrived safely on the
ground about II o'clock. Carriages bug
gies and wagons were thicker. than the
| masts Of vessels around the wharyes of
o sea-port. town. .,s5,.. Is
IS Nv g rode up. on the outskirts of this.
Living mass. snhad nnH m Q. in.
as secluded spot as possible, for fear of
his becoming agitated by the "sight'' of
the crowd, and proceeded TO- the arbor in
front of the stand. s.,ies.-.. h,
About, five hundred persons or over
were present, among whom was a,goodly,i
representation from Orangeburg.
The piazza of the school house, which
| was used for the speakers, was gracefully
decorated with flowers and evergreens.-,
know the school boys never. did it.
| a tl4. THE EXAMINATION III
Was in progress when we arrived. The
pupils were examined in Geography,
Grammar, Arithmetic and Algebra, and
so far as we heard they did credit to
themselves as well as their teacher. We
think Mr.. Sheridan understands his bus.
iness, and trust that he. will obtain the
patronage he deserves. For want of
time portion of the examination was
dispensed with, and. at about 1 e'cleck
the invitation to-
Brought every one present to-tables which
were literally weighed down with good
things. Herea again Orangeburg was we'll
represented. For.in every "Crook'' and
corner, the grounds were "All-bright.'
with happy "burghers" who had come.
/
from town, as the result proved, not only
to see and be seen, but to do and be do
ing, "st least until dinner was over"
Each plate which at first presented to
the eye beautiful "cone" (Kohn) was
soon converted into every conceivable
shape from an irregular frustum to q
natural" cylinder, Which was finally
reached.
If there is any other city in the coun-
try which can outItrip Orangeburg in
other matters, it is certain that none fur
nished "Bette(r)sons" on this OCCASION
This most interesting part of the pro-
gramme having been concluded, the
crowd slowly reassembled at the arbor
to enjoy the;
EXHIBITION 49,,
Of fjuvenile oratorys -
This exercise was opened by three Gin
most part) original speeches by
Clarence Holman on Education"
james l.. Sheridan on physical Ele-