Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-08
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DuRsIEY GLoUcEsrERsHIRE, ENGLAND,

3my kipsman, Is'toppihg 4Gariet of
EGlolcestershire England, and as I had
promised inmy last to write you again,
propose to give you the situation,
mode and management of his farm. It
is situated on a shelf at the base of a
peak or hill, the top ofwhich is about
three hundred fee. above the level Of
the sea, from the topof which youhaye
an extended view for many. miles
around; to the west you see the Welch
range Of mountains, from which you
see the smoke arising from hundreds
Of iron furnaces and coal mines. It is
the great iron country of England and
here, too, coal is in abundance, apear-
antiy provided by Him who rules all
things Alright for the benefit OF his
children OH earth. Without coal the
iron mines would be useless. You can
alse see the great forest of Dean, which
is continuation Of those mountains
it is thickly wooded; from the top of
the mountains it slopes down to othe
river Severn, which you can see in its
serpentine form away down in the deep
vale; on those slopes yeu can see the
diversified fields, farm houses, villages
and village churches, cropping up in
every direction. This side 0t the river
Severn is one Of the richest wales in
England, suited to dairy farming,
whilst the hills are for sheep and small
grain. Standing on the top of the
peak, beneath your feet for miles and
miles around, passes before your vision
one of the grandest panoramas ever
painted by nature. The Welch noun
tains, the river Severn, the vale of
Severn, the Cotswold hills, Stinchcomb
hill, Nibley hill on which is erected a
monument two hundred feet high in
honor of Tyndall the first translator of
the new Testament, (and who became
martyr for so doing and more than
q dozen villages with their village
churches and their steeples pointing
heavenward; there, if it be Sunday,
ylu hear the chime of a hundred bells
calling the people to the house of God
there to render him thanks and praise
for all his mercies and goodness to
them. Rere toe you can see the towers
and battlements of Bcrkley Castle, an |
old feudalpiIe built by one ofthe fol- |
lowers of William the Conauerer.
Rodger de Berkeley, whose successors |
were afterwards deprived of it by
Henry II for espousing the cause of |
Stephen. He conferred it upon Robert /
Fitzhardings, who then assumed the
name of Baron de Berkeley. The |
castle, which is one of the finest speci-
mems of ancient fendal fortresses in
England, was begun in the 18th year
of King Henry the first, and completed
in about the year 1113. On the over.
throw Of King Edward the Fl by the |
barons, the King was confined in prison
at Kenilworth IN Warwickshire. where
he signed his abdication, aud was after
wards conveyed to this Castle, where
after being most cruelty treated and
tinsulted, he was barbarously murder
ed BY his keepers, in small chamber
III the tower or keep, which still con-
tains the original furniture. It is now
in dilapidated condition, caused by
the hand of. time. The Castle and
estates are now in possession of Lord
Fitzhardings,a descendant of the orig
inal family. At the town of Berkley,
where the castleis situated DR. Edward
Jenner was born; He it was who first
introduced vaccination; there he was
| buried, and monument erected to his
memory in Gloucester Cathedral.
| Around the baseof this peak or hill
generally descending down to the plain
or dale, is situated my kinsmans farm
containing about three hundred acres
of land, Gall being underIayed with a
bed of rich marl, one hundred acres
Of which is arabic land. have here
given You somewhat the situation of
his farm with its surroundings, hoping
] have not tired you. I will now en-.
deayor to give you somewhat of his
mode and management. His farm is
a diversified one, consisting of dairy,
small grain and sheep; milking about
thirty hne short-ho COWS; the annual
profit Of each is about 15tbs or sixty
dollars, which consists of butter cheese
and calves. In the spring, summer
and fall they are kept on rich pasture
land; in winter they are housed when
necessary, and fed on hay and clover,
abundance of which is made on the
farm. Each year about one:fourth of
the COWS 60 out, and are fattened for
the butcher, when their weight will
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