The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-08-20

August 9th, 1878.
,at. EH.tpr:
When left home, my understand.
ing VI our contract waa, that should
furnish you lottcr once a week, for
which you wore to forward me the
"NEws" during my absence. have
paid the irst insta lmcnt, and now en-
close tho second, but VIC must have ga
fresh understanding Of tho bargain"
for have not to this date received
paper or letter from upy one iu our
town, and can only conjecture that
the warm weather, perhaps, has put
you all, into state or spirit Of SON.
nambulism..
Since wrote you last, tho visitors
Mt this plaoo have Increased to tho un.
comfortable number of thirteen hun"
dred and seventy, md "still they
come." Other watering places in the
'lnountains arc increasing in liko pro-
portion. Our own State is now rep
resented by some forty-tive to fifty,
thrco-fourths Of whom are gentlemen.
Tho greater portion Of tho arrivals for
the past week being from New York
and Philadelphia, most Of whom rop-
resent much beauty, Intelligence, and
considerable wealth. I We have
among the visitors, man Ioportod to
held ten millions Of real estate q
.yonag lady of "swoct sixteen" upon
whom has bccn settled one and daV
millions q widow lady from CalIfor-
MIA. "no married u mincr when the
gold fevor broke out, aud who sports
in the ball room, on her person
one hundred thousand dollars in dia
EAonds. When pho dances, she
gives better illumination than tho
chanlcliers, but not to be personal
sic is at least forty-iive, and by no
means handsome.
There is, too, n decided improve.
ment IN tho "status" Of society. We
have tic bar and the bench, the pull
pit aud the plantation, tho college
aud commerce, with tho bcaux and
tho belle, not forgetting tho ubigui-
tous polit,clanB, many Of whom CON-
tribute whatever cultivated intcl>
lect can produce, in genial CONVEX sa-
ton, or social intercourse, to make
life pleasant and agreeable, by an un-
usual ard aasiGiouI attention to tbo
wants and comfort of each other, all,
however, with their own peculiar
characteristics tho Western man,
with hia open, candid and blunt OK
prcsSio,s; ; tho Northern man, with
his agrorabln, conversational persons :;
and The %ru,horncr, with hia more
refined and political manners the
latter, here as elsewhere, command.
inS the most attention and respect,
especially from the faircr portion OF
society, and it would make your hear;
glow with Il spirit of patriotism, to
hear the words of sympathy 90 often
expressed for the lown-trodhcn State
of South Caroliia and Louisiana,
under their present administrations.
Such IN individual as u Radical,
Scala"aG, or an open advocate Of
Grant, ianot known on these prem SOS
One Of the latter arrived here on Fri.
day last: and being known, found the
place "too hot" aud took tho night
train for Washington.
We havo here this week volun-
tcor company Of somo eighty young
soldiers from Richmond, who encamp
near the Springs, aud add much to
the interest aud pleasure of tho visi-
tots, especially tho young ladies
sna children, older persons no doubt
enjoying their splendid drill and
spirited music. There aro also sew.
cral cadets from the Military Institute.
This is now considered tho gay and
crowded week of tho season, aud will
SO continue until The l3t Of Septcm-
bor. No doubt many engagements
will bo made among tho young
person, if not, it's not for tho want
Of trying. TO hear and soc what
takes place, either in the parlor or
the ball room, you would think some
of them here living no'v OH tho Nectar
OF Cupid, though they in future
may be compelled to cure their mala.
dy, with dose of strychninc. One
individual already this season, was
found at the bottom Of Tho "l.oycrs
!tap." llc was bachelor, but it is
not known whc;hcr he took the fatal
leap (some ninety feet down prcc-
p'cc) crazy with love or saturated
with whiskcy. The coroncr's inquest
inclined to tho latter. Ono of the
mes: remarkable virtues OF tho Sui.
phur Spring of this place consists of
the fact that whoever drinks dozen
glasses day, cannot possibly tako a
glass of ardent spirits, without a
lc;hcscmo and nausuatiug spell of
tcmclhihg alike TO sea sickness.
With moro than five hundred gontlo.
'ncn here, | have not acen but one
call for vino at dinner, and the pro-
prIetor told me, that last season his
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