The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-03
Filthy, Lastly and Shortly.

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sion to continue our narrative Of trarel'to.
It's termination. 1t Was kind and sppreeia.
1--we, and We feel grateful. Its.#il be; re-
irmembered, Fit ought to be, that Hickory
Tavern was left atcShalEpast twelve,
Monday the: 18th, and with, much regret,
not because it was a Tavern, reader, that
name being generally associated with the
traffic Of LIQUOR, but because of other. and
pleasanter associations 1t may be we'll to
mention here, that all the towns through
which We passed in the Western part of
that State, are run by dry or cold water
corporations, and no liquors are there kept
for sale.
The ride from that place to Salisbury, a
distance Of about fifty miles, was through a
pretty rolling country, with we'll cultivated
farms, in which cotton is raised TO no In.
considerable extent It Was ho. ride.
and as the trlin-ou an eAcursion-was
running on slow schedule, to avoid tele-
scoplng the regular train about three hours
ahead-next 10 an impossibilty for
tue other purpose Of giving tie excursion
lists as much of their money in sweltering
sun and other discomfo:ts as were con.
siStent with the views of the conductor, q
nice looking ronng man, with a small red
looking mustache-a5out one.half of the
inhabitants in the highlands have sandy
hair-and a heavy looking engineer, whose
WIFE and daughters were on board, and for
whose benefit a stop was MADE al Third
Creek station, where chlls are hatched,
and lively fight was progressing between
long-legged ~hite-male-na,ive and Y.
c. darkey; in consequence of all which
Salisbury was not reached till about 5
O'Clock, and just as storm of huge proper
tions broke in torrents of rain. .
Salisbury did not look inviting under
these circumstances, ard particularly as the
distance between the Depot and Hotel was
considerable, and had to be footed through
back streets, filed with mud, loose rocks,
old, ding! houses, and a population skedad-
ling in quest OF shelter. At the hotel, the
BoY.den House, kept by full grown man,
and two we'll growl>boys, shelter was found,
and that was about all, for there was no
welcome. The novelty of an arrival at this
house had worn off, There was no kindly
SMILE no lamp in the window. We re.
membered a story about an unfortunate cat
getting into a strange GARRETT seemed
applicable in this case. Six men sat on six
wet, split.bottomed chairs, one L Morgan
tonian and late acquaintance, who was too
uncomfortable to show signs Of recognition,
and his eyes, in sympathy with the damp
chair, were moist, poor fellow. The inscr?p-
tons on the wall being read, and all other
entertainments exhausted, an attempt was
made to interview the landlord. 1t proved
failure, he was not one Of the Jolly sort,
although his abdominal proportions would
Incline one to think so. 1t was impossible
TO discover wha. were its properties, no
analysis could be made of the only two
words he uttered, the one, "ah !" on being
Informed that the present was ou. first visit
to Salisbury, and "yes!" on being asked if
the town;mas advanced in years. We felt
impressed with his dignity, and wondered
how he stumbled on hotel keeping. Per.
ha?s some secret sorrow WAS feeding on
the inner parts of his stomach. or. may be
was ambitiously casting abont to steal q
railroad, everybody steals them in N. C.
1t is strange and altogether incomprehensi-
BILE that so many hotels are attempted to
be run by men totally ,inrapacita;ed for
such work. Their name is legion. Much
relieved, we lef; at y next morning, ar
riving at Charlotte by +, in time for the
train which would soon bring us into con-
tact with home folks. .
The ride down the C. @. & A. r. R. in the
fresh morning air WAS dcliciously pleasant,
as we'll as rapid, the road being in most ex.
ceient condition, and furnished with com.
Portable coaches, and accommodating con.
ductors. At s o'clock we reached Winns-
boro, for TWO days stop-not in the town,
however, but in the country, where we had
the assurance of-(shall We say it9) more
chicken. Our object accomplished, viz:
Of reducing the supply in that neighbor-
hood, it became necessary to leave for
Ridgeway twelve miles below, where the
country had not been eaten out. At this
aourishing little town, kind fellow travel
Ter to Hickory and adjacent country, Mr..
r. S. D., and the rising man of the place,
as well as the most successful merchant, a |
gentleman of anliuble character and finish
ed manners, stood upon the platform with |
smiling welcome, ard in trice, ourselG, |
and two daughters picked up at WinnSboro,
were ushered into his home, and made hap.
py and comfortable by the lady members
of the household. There is one mention
which must be made here, for without it
our history would neither be complete nor
kind friends aware OF our
weakness, which is every day becoming
slarmingly stronger, had secured a large
and ample stock of chickens, and We sigh
now at the thought that only one day was
At our disposal. How many, alas, were left
lnfried.
In the afternoon OF that pleasantly spent
lay visit WAS made to the new church,
almost ready to be turned over to happily
waiting congregation, and we cannot pass