The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-10
For THE HERALD.
PossCN Hollow,
CHRIST CHURCH,
Both August. lS7?

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EDITUR NEWBERRY HERALD II amt
seed any letter lately from about these ar
diggins in your va!orable journal, & as
like that we should continner to have place
in the pictur, I thort would write you a
letter as I seed you was very akkomodatin
to people what likes to write for your paper
& noipg that you will make allowance for
writers what amt got any great eddication.
| amt zsckiy what you may call demizon
Of the valley of Mount Pleasant, caus my
residunce is some way up in Possum Swamp.
but visits that GROWN town very often,
when brings down my poultry & Others
fixins to sell, & feel a great interest in its
gittiu along.
The village has got very full Of people this
summer, & shows great indikation Of i'm
provement, number of houses have
changed owners lately, & several have been
done up in style, new fences put & others
mendel up, & plenty Of whi itewaSh put on,
so that now heap Of houses look like ice
cakes shinin through the trees.
Mr.. Patjen has started vehikle what they
car ambulance, drawed by TWO horses, &
the way it rattess up & down each trip Of the
boats is caution. The driver has long tin
hern what he blose loud & long rs he per-
ccdes TO the wharf to start up the passengers.
We aiut had any more visits from big
alligstors, sence the other day, when mon
strus big fellow what measured II feet 10
inches long, was on the Beach below Mr.
Torck's "Mt. Pleasant House" Mr.. BcqueSt
what was King at the Shutsin Platts last
year, CANNED up s with his unurrin rife,
plaaked ball in the most yulnerble part of
Ills calabash & put an end to his earthly &
waterly kurecr at $50 yards. Several other
shots were fired into him, but it warn't no
use as Mr.. Beques:'s shot did his Dizziness
for him.
Our craps has bin much in grass, but be-
fore laying by, they ginerally was cleaned
off, but the continnered rain worries US now
considerable in gathering Fodder.
ant got much of q ressidunce up hear 70
look at, but it is konyenent & ary. cut &
notchcd the poles, & split the Klapbordcs to
shingle with, & then hired anshunt impe-
kunus darkey to help me put vt up. I gin
him bottle 6 half of Split Skull whiskes
s, big hunk of Tobacy. I tended to gin
him two bottles but tasted some in wun, &
my resulushun failed me, actooated by a re.
gard for his morals, as he wasn't member
of the Tempruuce Sosiety, drank half &
gin him the rest. On Sullivens Island,
hear q gentilman has bilt a montrus house
what cost most s25oOO. 1t has water carryed
all over it in pipes, (not backy pipes, & on q
Top is hupelo & from that you can see all
roun, far ont. Why anybody sbud put in
sich big sum Of mummy in a hous 10 kiver
his he'd. kant find out. My hous aint got
any glasses in the winderS, but it has great
advantage in q free ventilaShun between
| the poles, 4 the floor don't want no karpet,
u no skourlng, cauS its made outer clay
| rammed down hard. wood be glad to see
you q. PosSum Hollow. { ginerally manage
to have some Split Skull on hand for Q
visitor il he don: have no Suhjectshuns to
takin little to kepe the fog Off So 10 moro
at prc$uut from yours to comman.
PETE SWAMPBIRD.