The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-08-18


Town, then 1 appeal to the great
grand father at Long Branch to let
us have poaoe. Some one Of the
poets has said: ... .'.
"Music has charms to sooths tho savage. )"
Yet the combined efforts of the
oolored band have boen tried, and
thoy wont soothe worth cent. So
in this emergency, what arc we to
do If any ono can tell he will
obligc.
ONE SOREIfY DISTURBED.
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coMMUNICATED.
Mr.. Editor
En- passant wo observe that the
city of Ooko (Which means in the
original Grcck-"wherc the IroL
Horse drinks water" , is rapidly
growing in residences, we think in
Il greater degree than Ridgeway, the
lattor place you krow, laboring under
an insurmountable difficulty. "Laud,
land everywhere and not a
foot to build on" can be bought
Just one thing is necessary to nip
city in the bud and this is it.
Tourists yet unborn will visit this
good placo for town aud weep that
it is not. At Killian's we spoke to a
young gentleman of the yardstick
from the capitol-in search Of capital
amid those arid sands. He was on a
collecting tour, Mr.. Editor, and when
| he SO informed me, [ felt my
diaphragm rise |! I'd just like to sec
IL fellow, deckcd out in the latest
fashicn, dun mo this weather.
mcthinks he'd bo we'll done when
| finished with him, provided always,
| nevertheless, that bis dimensions were
not greater lhau VIZ ."dor con.
| sideration.
Columbia looked refreshed after
her bath, and the carriages looked
s:shiny," and the drivers more bois.
terously importunate, az if their
throats were also slukcd by bath
But we were deaf to the bedlam thoy
created we were passing on to
Shunim
| The country below Columbia is in
sharp contrast with that above it,
Below, you have u beautiful level
prospect, and everything seems to
accord with natures law-ordcr
The fences, cotton and corn rows
should really be called "straight,"
and the railway stations, which you
approach in rapid succession, (onc
being just l760 yards from the othcr,)
are regularly arranged, and being
newly painted, wear IN air of respect
able prosperity. But of all tho
stations the ohiefc is Graniteville, at
once the Venice and tho Lowell OF
South Carolina. The noiseless drives
and the parti.colored boats on tue
sinuous canals produce an air Of
quietudo and beauty have not
found elsewhere.
I wecn Mr.. G.. II. NJ. could
revive horo many NON cries of the
Doge and tho nuptials of the
Adriatio. Tho factory with its ap.
pendages of churches, sch ools, opera
tivcs, cottages &c., is vast in extent
and impresscs you with the fact that
the manufacture Of raw cotton must
produce handsome return both to
laborer, the capitalist, and to the
| contiguous public.
Augusta by gas light is beautiful,
her streets of "magnificent distances"
her stately buildings and beautiful
stores Of fancy merchandise all con-
tribute to make her, what Columbia
once was, tho most beautiful city in
the South.
Through long night in bcrths
(that were borths only in nancy we
jolt to Macon, which is on the
Ocmulgee ,one of tho most fertile por~
tions of middle Georgia. 1t is n
largo city, looming up in manufac-
lures, and the Wholesale or jobbing
trade is quite important The car
shed hero is as fine structure, Of
tho kind, as can be found Suuth of
Now York, and is model of archi.
teetural skill and convenience. The
care shown passengers is really re-
freshing; and all along tho line, since
leaving the G. G. e a. r.. r., wo
find leo in the water cooler.
Columbus is large manufac-
turing town on tho Chattahoocloe