The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-03-26
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TERHS-I.N .4DrikCE
South raru'ina CorrrSponlIcncr.

S'a: e. hav, so;%'aSwhe,e 81 hear tic
r,ma,k, ".S wh"::c YOU wi |, ynu will
fnd jew This phorism viii, in
u abort time he cqu,lly true of the
tliSh. PatIifs '%at Ton'e' is a very
rk.iet, witty, conten'cd specimen Of
,h';ma"ity eut, once let rambling
life enter his head as the beaw ideal
And sum Of Irish blessings, and you
;ruFy make wandering jew Of him,
!" "ll i'tcnts ard purposes. TO will,
and I" DO, with on irishmnn Of means,
arc almost cS'otiy. synonyms and
"i!cn those Npo "ro,, rockoned as
tho po,rcr c:arscs, @ilt Upon, en-
'erne thc "L!esScd Ill of Amiriky,"
carefully, nay, even pcnuriously,
lS'ter together fEc hard earned
di" cs Of many months, to spend as
,carelcssly in the often vain attempt
20 make their fortune, or, failing in
tri,, Etin.tho rdT Tntation Of having
bccnto "fa'rcn rarts."
By moralizing on the Irish obarac-
ter, had almost Forgotten my object
in writing. To close, tho above, per.
nit me to satc that I belong to the
latter class. Leaving :. ireland in
early manhood, ond having been
,iai"6d in a strictly loyal school, ]
game I" Canada, considering it tGe
kdko'Nor diamond in the British
cvronet. iiauding, I expected to find
population entirely different in
feeling from tho hardy race, whom I
was proud to oall my oountrymcn !;
imagine MY JOY; whcM I found d pco:
lie whose loyalty was as intense
"ho.c love of everything British as
ardent, whose hospitality evcn great
er, than my loyal, outypokcn, hot.
lh""drd, Ahslo.[rish countrymcn three
,h"nsand miles nway. But tho dream
!"t realizing fortune ,nsfanter in
canada stil proved dream, and
tho land to the South of tho St. Law
I"noc being represented as n land
No&inG with milk md honey, I, like
TIM, wanlcrihs Israclites of old lonacd
10 drink the milk; and sop tho honey
of,his promised land.
EI"vcn years ago, I crossed tho
frontier, and entered tho State Of
Michigan. Here securing "drum-
mc''s position," l waslonaLlcd to visit
almost all tho Northern States and Sub.
"h'ently making Chicago my head
q"atters | secured tho Wostetn.
Half century ago it would have
BEEN somewhat of boast to be able
to say have sailed on tho bosom
"t old Huron, dined on tho Manitou.
mr. ran the Sault Ste. Marie, slept
OF tho Illinois and WISCONSIN prairios,
EAsed at the summit of tho Rocky
Mountains, floatcd down the "fathcr
Of Waters" almost plo% IFS source, nd
"'rea With Wandering awe. the grand
and majestic cataract CT Niagara. ard
found myself Mt last in comfortable
log cabin in Canada. But such il q
i"ct, and bless you dear Editor uoth-
ins to boast Of now.
Your rcadcrst may ask, woro my
c1rly dreams now realized In an
eSer, | say no. Disappointment met
inc whcrc'cr | went. The feelings Of
tho people among whom l was a
stranger, we're so different from mine,
that thoroughly disglisted, turned
my face Cuhadawards, Yankee goa
headativenoss. | loved, fankee
shrewdness admired, bdt their boast.
ing "@hipall creation buncumbe" |
could not stand, 80 after four wears
bye:
Stttling dawn, for six years, my
rambling fever abated, but ono year
ago last fall, broke out again with
more than usual virulcnoe. Where
TO 60 was now the question. 70 tho
N"rthern or Western States1 Ex-
Perisnco answered no. The only al
ternntiyo remaining was either the
Eastern or Southcrn: Many m
empty purse had taught me cautious
hess. They we're stern teachers, vet
their lessons wcro indcliblc: In tho
course Of ny past pc4isrinattons,
h"d Deem Introduced to Several genuine
down casters: their casual ac1uaint-
nnce satisfied mc-it was enough.
80 being relieved from my dilemma
Ly memory, baggcd my %earahles,
aud was southward bound-for Dixie.
It was beautiful morning in the
fall Of 1871, that | stood MT the Strat.
ford depot, patiently awaiting the mr.
rival Of tho morning train for Buffalo.
confess to a slight twingc of terror
on stepping aboard, as I had read 80
much IN your ever truthful contcm-
porary, the '.G----" Of Grand
Trunk ''smash.ups" and "ofash- -ups,''
that, | sat like the Irish cook, who
had been stealing pancakes; when
caaght by her mistress she sat down
upon them, but parrot being in the
kitchen had watched the operation
and sceing How tho thing was done,
quietly Informed tho lady, "hot un..
DEF"
However despite my fcar;sj and
tremblings, I arrived in Fort Eric
safe and sound. Our train being on
board tho ferry boat I stood on sock
and looked a loDc, look at fho oonntrv