Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-03-25
Anoxrille 8onrual.
KNOXVILLE, MARCH 25. 1875.
For the Knoxville Journal
Letter from south Carolina.

Letter from South Carolina
BEAUFORT, s. c., March, s, 1875
'Tis an old saying, and true as 1t Ii
old, that "one-haif of the world
does not know how the other hall
liyes;r and we here in South Caro-
lima, sitting by open windows, look
ing out upon blooming flowers, can
not possibly know how "you ms up
Norf,' can stand such fearful cold
weather. But we know you do and
come cut bright as new pins when
the sun does choose to pour out the
fullness Of his love about the middle
Of June. Then, oh! then will we
not be envying you? Our vegeta-
bles gone, our flowers parched in
the sun, our blackberries eaten, feas
waltzing down our backs, musqui-
toes presenting their bills at all
hours Of the day, and sandfies put
ting our eyes out.
July will bring rains In torrents,
perhaps, and soften the sands OF the
cotton fields till the islands " fall
over, or the army worm marches in
solid phalanx to destroy all our
hopes. Moulds and mildew settle
upon everything, and fret house
keepers, business men and mer-
chants, for books grow stained and
damp, goods on shelves become
what they were not, and provisions
spoil. Ague is spying to see who Is
behaving we'll and who stops at the
corner grocery, and sleeps out in the
fog, or works in the swamps. Don't
1t take him and shake him for his
nonsense?
Now, dear reader, / have just put
few dark shades into my picture
lest some of you who are well stu
ated should sell your fine prairie
farms and come down to this
land of jonquils in January, think.
ing to better yourselves. Don't do
it. Stick to Iowa. Raise your fine
crops and save money enough to
take short ride of | 200 miles on n
crimson sofa after the iron horse, ev-
cry Christmas and stay month or
two, and enjoy the best Of 1t, and
leave little of your Iowa free soil
every time to help the people, and
they will return your compliment in
sultry summer days, and both will
be the better for it. There are
thousands of Northern people now
here luxuriating in the pleasant air
and odors of this Southern cline.
Florida is overwhelmed by them,
and every nook that can be made ha-
btable il full TO the brim.
Let me whisper in your ears, but
don't tellsit, 80 that BEAUFORT will
hear of it: There are hundreds Of
rooms in these great old castles,
empty and useless, that might be
furnished and made beautiful and
comfortable at small expense; and
the best hotel of the place, made
over anew only three or four years
ago, stands empty for want of a
Northener Of enterprise and capital
to furnish IL and open its doors.
You see all this will be put right
about the time you are ready to
come and enjoy it.
There are no apple trees on the sea
islands; but peach trees grow and
sometimes attain considerable size,
and occasionally produce tolerable
fruit. Just now they are in full
bloom, as are the wild plums, which
are very abundant.
Since the LIST of January Beaufort
has been under the influence of a
small sensation which threatens to
continue until the last of April
perhaps longer. Seven miles from
the city lies plantation called the
Mills Place; 1t seems to have been
good cotton ground and to have had
an owner fond of flowers. The house
is old and small and Is now occupied
by colored family. Everything
about is dilapidated and desolate.
1t is said that once upon time
some say fifty, others thirty, others
again twenty, years since-the own
er set out in a circle several roots of
the Camelia Japonica. These had
grown into fine shrubs and become
such IN attraction at the close Of the
war to Northern admirers Of the
beautiful that several were taken up
and conveyed into shadowy land.
They were of many colors, deep red,
pink, pure white, and red and white
ia various shades. Be it known that
white japonica blossom In full
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