Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-30
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70 For the
no and Fro on Business.
The old stage road from the Village to
Augusta via Gen. Gary's Highland Farm,
having been wei. worked during the
present season, sis now thrown open to
the publiconce more. In dry weather,
this is the BEST route titpwn by saddle,
or vchicle. The picturesque scenery,
and the tlourishing farms on every side,
will delight the eye of the traveller, and
repay him for the eztra fatigue of an old
fashioned jar TO Hamburg and Angus
ia. II he will bear. to the right about
Burryton, oas to go by Mnj. Andrew
Hammond,s, and Mr.. Robert j. Butler'si
he will have the pleasure of seeing. at
tie base ef:Ihu lalks, some; of the artifi;
ciul lakelessL formed senlarging the
Augusta Canal, From Buffers HILL"
tho view Is magnificent. Up1ifted more
than three huIdrsd feet above lowwater
mark; he will look across the Savannah
Valley, withal its splendid improve
ments ut this; point. to the far Georgia
hills reposjpg in the haze of distance
he may peer: down upon Augusta, as if
sup in a, balloon" ,Heis brought face
to face with Arsenal Hill dotted over with
fno suburban villas. Having staid over
night with friend Butler, saw this
scenery in the twilight, and also by star
light. %, thsprospect is indescribably
beautiful. As the sun is setting, field
and forest, city, vale and hill are all
draped in shades and shadows, so soft,
and yet, so varied, as to carry the he
holder away through vast of new and
sweet imaginings.''I AS the stars, one by
one, greet the visual organs athwart the
"Dome of wavy blue" the gas lights OF
Augusta seem to flash ray for ray, giving
twinkle for twinkle to make night gay,
gladstone and glorious! But enough Of
this.
Mr.. Buffers plantation shows the han
diwork of q mind thoroughly imbued
with practical ideas, and impelled by in
domitable. energy. Here you see field
yielding bale of cotton to the acre, be-
sides roasting ears enough almost to ply
for the cultivation. There, on the river
bottoms, you see a clover patch, that
makes you think of old Virginia. just
below, th, hay, hntlr i'll the fold and IN
thu. I,.r.,. Transports ono ~ the fertile
plains Of ti,c Great West" Corn
abonnts. and super abounds. Asa mat
tor of course, we find on such n farm az
this. I'LL the improved implements Of
modern husbandry. I'll owned Mr. But.
lcr's place, would moi take II million o'
dollars for rit!-especially it If the trade was
upon the hard condition that should
spend the balance Of my days in Han'
kecdom, where all tho panics, and all
other humbugs have their origin. Let
US all wear homespup, aud nluko our
own bread and nleatl-nnt negleptlng the
advantages OF direct trade with lhp ma
tions of Europe. In this way, We may
soon rc-estahlish u complete Indepen.
dcnce, and also stem that tide of corrnp-
ton in Government circles, threatening
to engulph all that We hold dear and So
cred Whatrlo the Yankee stock gam
blers, and thetrsupple servitorsln churcl,
and State, for courses lond and deep,
if we fall down with them, and worship
at the shrine of the golden cay'
PINE HOUSE DEPOT.
This place being near the Court House,
and not very far from Augusta, Granite
vile, and Aiken, did not spring sudden
ly into the dimensions Of village like
some other Depots OH the c. c. tC A. Rail
road. But Of late, building materials
have bern iRgreat demald at this point.
And now tliswhito cottages, and the fine
stores give cheering prof Of their pro
gress, and Improvement. Messrs. Sans
" Carwilc, Mcssrs. Dozier, Vaughn d
Co., the Wise:Brothcrs, and others are
doing great deal of business with no;
only their ncighbors, but with planters
"ur the enlrIHy:" Many of the very
best iarn!s in Bagefeld District are seen
n-thi<y ysipipi:s srti ssnf,V5ntss,
abound and tila whole section Of country
is desirable ia the crtrems. Tho Pine
House Pond is a pleasing feature in the
landscape, and it is susceptible of beauti-
lul establishment. Let us make Home
attraetife.
JpHaST0N's DEPOT.
The topography md gnolngF nf llli"
place, takcii in connection with Tho uon-
tiguous neishborhoods, would firm MI
interesting chapter in Physical Science.
The rich, the savan and the invalid cln
all find something attractive. about thes"
beautiful table lands; and the gentle de.
clivitIes adjacent. The fine cotton fields,
and tho slightly building sites on every
side, seem to invite ca.'itai for p"rna-
nent and extensive improvements. Near
the residence of John Lott, ESQ. tho
Sayuda Ridge meets the E'iisto Riigs at
right angles, forming 9 distinct water
shed to Little salHda. thc Edisto, and
Turkey Greek, Hero then may he found
the cnimi,ldtiN0 point of all that magnifi-
cent Ridge Country between dibort IIol-
low and Hamburg. A sandy plateau
thus elevated and drained, with millions
of the long-leaf pine on every >hand,
must be favorite resort-if not tho very
throne capital--of the blooming IIyRcia.
In short, we have here the same state of
the air, and ofithe soil; the same heights
and slopes, that serve to crowd all the
sparerooms in Aiken with consump.
tives and their friends during the cold
season expect therefore to SEQ, at no
distant day, the Boarding Houses and
the Hotels here as numerous as the stores.
Indeed, the business men ut Jol'nston's
have the ssga1lty to improve all their
advantages,-they have TIC siHJ the
caution, the probity and the enthusiasm,
which never faii to lead men to the high
est round of successful enterprises
WARPs TURN Our.
At this Station, we saw amodel h'rm,
and o model Church. All is beauty, or
der and symmepy, A man of Captain
Clint's libcrality, taste and ambition ~, wiY
have things in "apple-Pie condition"
The example ofsuch men is contagious
Throughout theentire picinags. the or