Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-24
Notes from the Northwest.


Not tie great Northwest where the
Modocs Skeep things.so warm, but the
Northwest country from this town
where. the Lakes Ive-in the section
where hundred years ago, seven OF
eight Blocker brothers lived, and loved,
and made money, built big houses, and
begat sons and daughters. We have been
on visit to our friend, Felix Lake, Esq.
jr., who not only treated US with the
most refined and unstinted hospitality,
but lovingly dragged us up and down
and through, Turkey Creek, and then
made us swing the Dutch circle-across
the covered bridge to- Pleasant Lane,
thence, through the homes Of the Ouztses,
and Timmermans, and Skaters, and Buz-
! yards, to McKendry's Chapel, thence to
an enormous turkey and numerous other
enormous good things at DR.. D. G. Tomp-
kins's, and thence, round Mrs. Lowry's
corner, through Ave or six million acres
of forest land of Mr.. S. W. Nicholson,
home again-his home, not ours. Driven
the while by Capt George Lake id that
staving four-seated. thing, with two ostur-
dy, blacks. Now wasn't that "awfui jol-
ly," as the "hoodlums" say?
M A FISHING PARTY.
A fishing party on Turkey Creek-Sam
Hughes, Albert Nicholson, James Fra
:zier, Ships Blocker, Lake boysAprinci-
pally around a big hole half mile above
the covered bridge-and we have deli
eious fish for breakfast.
A PANORAMA AT PLEASANT LANE.
The same party attend Mr.. Hays's
Panorama on Saturday night at Pleasant
Lane. We sit on the floor because there
is nothing else to sit on and gaze at all
the noted characters of the Old Testa-
ment-dressed in red, blue, yellow and
green; all TERRIBLY etnaeiated. The Is
raeItes pass through the Red Sea with
Enfield rifles and fixed bayonets! Twen-
ty-iye CENTS admission, and .''eheap at
half the price,"
STRlhERS In URhE1 OHEEhs
AS we return from the dress parade Of
the children OF Israel, at II at night, we
stop on the covered. bridge to gaze at
"strikers'-negro fellows, with bare
legs, huge gigs and faring torches, wa
ding UP the creek, spearing front, red
horse and suckers They. already have
their bags full of booty. Very pictu-
rescue sight to us.
McKENDRY's CHAPEL.
McKendry's Methodist--in
the heart of Germany. Never was there
before. Beautiful grove-large and com
Portable Church--large congregation
fine sermon from Rev. Mr.. Thomas
very solemn and impressive administra.
ton of the Holy Sacrament. Didn't stay
long enough to get into the merits OF
things. Took it for granted all the young
people we saw were named QUITS or
Zimmerman. A gentleman said to us as
we looked around: 1t ought never to be
forgotten in Edgefeld how these young
Ouztses fought in the war-and how
many of them fell upon the field.
THE PATRONS OF HUsBANDRY AT MEET
ING STREET.
AT "Dr. Clint's," an upper story is be-
ing added to the store building as Hall
for the use of the Meeting Street Grange.
This Grange is the largest and most en-
thusiastic in our County. But it ought
to be, considering that Clint is the Big
AIodoc of the Society in our part of the
world. After the enormous turkey and
the numerous other enormous good
things, Clint told us the following anec-
dote-or rather dream of some one up
there concerning noted character of
that region, now no more. This person,
while he lived, went to the Baptists, and
they wouldn't have him; then to the
Methodists, and they wouldn't have
him; then to the Lutherans, and they
wouldn't have him; then he died and
went to hell, and the devil wouldn't
have him; and now he is roaming lonely
around Mt Carmel Church, feeding upon
pine mast.
CROP PROSPECTS.