Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-07-31

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He exprssscd surprise at shs fuss nads
about such 9 triAing matter. Lam glad
to be able 10 furnish this reliable infors
! nation as IL may tend to relieve the
minds of any who, desirious Of visiting
tho place. wero deferred by This bug
bear. vs..
But we have something here mora
fatal than cholera, that is fire. In this
temperature it is as diffic,flt to ..sder-
ctand its uso (exceptfor cooking purpo.
ses.) as it is 10 appreciate the value Of
cholera. But we HAVE fires here. I'll
tell you oil I know about ares, or rather
the last fire. ! was atrolling down on
Saturday afternoon with my usual ener-
getic, business gait. ] met an excited
fcolored lady, she said: aYou walk
along 50, smoking your pipe. Ain't you
know Dir. Dukes Hotel bunnin up
Amt you hear dat bell q ringing" /
snid, my valued friend, I fiatter myself
l know o fire bell when hear it, I am a
member of q fire company. should
rather think 7 knew q fire bell from q
supper bell; That bell which you hear
is the Supper ball Of the Hotel" She
said Snow just look at your watch
You over hear supper bell this time Of
day." I replied gravely. "Yonr ;argu.
n,ent does not convince me, see the
time Of day. and ] can well imagine if
that bell is not for REGULAR supper, it is
for an EXTRA LUNCH of watermelons,
peaches and ice cream. And all stray
boarders are called in thus" she says,
every we'll, you 60 and ,see." So on 1
sauntered with unabated speed. My mind
bewilderod as to whether or not / should
show myself and try for an invitation to
this extra lunch. It was warm and I
hankered after ice cream. When I ar
rived opposite the Hotel sure enough
there was crowd. 9725 full grown and
321l children by actual count. So I
said to myself If loaf in there I'll
contribute one more mouth towards
breaking and utterly annihilating that
hospitable landlord. There are too many
there to treat already. besides which
the bell had ceased, and i am too late
anyhow. ! wandered in however just to
get an accurate count of the people there
and verify the statement above made. I
could not help wondering what the Rad
ieal; candidates were doing to let such.a a
crowd collect without making d speech
for the benefit Of tho Country. Wilhelm
the yard I cast my eyes upwards and
aasy ladder set against fhc house. 1t
was curious ladder q sort OF cross be-
tween rope ladder and our ordinary
ladder. On the ladder stood an indiyid-
ual with a white jacket and q red cap on.
He seemed to be supported by two ath-
letic Comets" CHATS the name Of fire
company.) Each one Of whom held a
pitchfork, aud the prongs Of each pitch
fork were inserted in the heels of each
Red Caps shoes. And SO Red Cap was
kept up. I asked what was that for
And was told that unless some persons
supported him thus, the ladder and ropes
would all break sure and hurt somebody.
I admired the ingenuity of the contri-
vance, and resolved to buy nice trusty
ladder just like tliat as soon as I could
find out tho MAKER. I wanted to rush
up to enjoy a delicious sensation of secu-
rity, removed above and from the dan
gers Of earth; but was forcibly held
back. I made drawing Of the ladder
any way. Well Red Caps business
seemed to be to furnish water to other
Red Gaps who were on the roof of the
house. And the water was handed to
Red Cap in pint cups and drawn from a
handy well, nicely covered over in the
interior of the house, The other Red
Caps above didn't seem to be doing much
more than cutting off the reese G. &c :.Lle
house, and emptying oil the water they
got into the house that way--and it was
saved by running back into the we'll. I
asked what it was all for, and was told
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