Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-09-25
resting place Of TIL sitrus and brave.

resting place 0f TIL strua and brave
On one of the boards I noticed thu
inscription: in as. Padget, Co. D!,slf
s.. G." This was one Of Edge6eld'.
{ sons, and doubtless one that fell az
honor to his native District. A mon.
.unent is soon to. be raised over then
by the noble sons and fair daughter.
of. sturdy old George x *. .s.. a...
The Supreme Court. of the State
was in session-Chief Justice War.
ner, and Associate Justices Mccoy
and a' T;Erlippe were presiding. It re.
minded one of thespalmy days o.
{ Carolina, when, she too had law that
was certain and just; and a;judiciary
that were, abb :. and pure. Some o.
the legal talent which she fostered
and reared is now il Atlanta, and
winning golden opinions. Among
them is Gen. Darlington, to whose
fame new lustre is being continuous.
ly added, and before whom still
brighter prospects are opening up
I must not forget to.mention that
there met the: celebrated Col. Parks,
who is the author sof "Rosin the
Bow" as it is familiarly known by
fddlers. Col. P. Ecomposed it at
Natohez, Miss. in the year 1927.
The circumstances that caused the
writing of this piece were these.
There was then living in that city an
eccentric old bachelor by the uame Of
ROssOm, a teacher byprofession. He
would teach all the week to the en-
tire satisfaction Of 'his ls' patrons, and
on Saturday he would don himself as
a bon t0n, and visit.the ladies; but
on Sundays be would lie inebriated
on the streets. Owing to. this, the
ladies gave him Tie; soubriquet Of
Rossom, the beau So one Sun
day morning as he passed the Office
of Col. P, drunk as usual" one
Mr.. Cox, who had called in, remark
ed: there goes odd Rossom, the
beau and the first thing we all know,
we will have to buryhim." This re-
mark SO amused Col. P. that he i'm
mediately wrote the rhyme. and show
ed it to Mr.. G., who being a vocalist
readily sangi it off to the old Meth
odist tune: It was; sof courae, ,doue
for amusement, butt spread so fast
that in two months.at was sung all
over the land as, the favorite baocha-
nalian; and it SO chagrined poor old
Rossom, that he. left the city and re-
ally did die very SOON. Col. P. was
kind enough to giyeme the original
words (which acsak ~hereMith.
They have been much perverted by
Sambo in his ecstacyS over them. ]
think the Colonel the most entertain
ing gentleman I have ever had the
good fortune to meet. He is remark
ably conversant with the history Of
our country, and is familiar with the
character Of all our great men, from
Patrick Henry down to those of the
psesent day. Perhaps you have seen
his late work, "The Memoirs of Fif-
ty Years It-is highly recommend
ed BY critics, and some eminent au-
thors. i:GHljDa.fa
The Country between Atlanta and
Rome is.very broken, and did not in
terest me until we were on the Rome
branch Of the road. Then the ride
was really romantic one; 1t was
night, and the moon .shone bright
upon the beautiful. Etowah River
which ran hard by the one side until
we reached the"City of Hills" On
the other side was now and then a
mountain and a vale; ;s and near to
me a gallant youth making first love
to.a to-. merrrie lassiie.. As he whispered
his soft, melting confessions, l unused
upon hegentle stream, but could moi
avoid recalling hours that once 70,
me too lqlled "aIn{s5chipg i void
Ijreamained at Rome e'day.' It
is wealthy little city, lying in the
fork of two riv!ers--its, business por.
ton being in the valley, and the resi-.
dences on the hills. The locality is
very pretty indeed, but the buildings
are m rather ordinary In and around
the place there are several iron works
which are enriching that section.
From Rome to Jacksonville, Ala.
the road i runs 1iil through, a valley; and
the crops are as a general thing very
fne-decidedly the best I have. seen
But in certain localities they arc
poor, from the fact that the" crab
(crop) grass !; proved too much for, this
e race color, Or previous condition y
fraternity +, ,.... ~.
] spl,eer.t pet one ,l''s day and night at Jack
5sonville, lthe home Of Gen. Forney
This is favorite summer resort fol-
those who live, j. in TIE I IS Southern por.
tor ton Of the. State, The srlace is hal
surrounded by beautiful crescent Of
mountajps;jjygAaieelA4I ;jjygAa elIs With u stF Female Col
.lege, makes It attractive. and popular
The County in which it is located
.l,.j u.Ranfon,' n hono 4