Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
oad Church.

An 0td CnurC1s F
 Th@ TrihzDe tells me that s. Andrew 6 eazzsA e t1e Ashley, which has not been gzs1 szzse EAe var. has been repaired, and w@ opezsa s0r divine service & few Sul- &1x~ E-
 kw@ hGIEt by the British in 17O6, and @ mEnzEe1 about ten miles from Charles snm o1 SAe south side of the Ashley river @ S. A1&EeEs Parish, once one of the ~sM1zkS=zs and most thiekly settled Couu- t4. e< Parishes as they are called in SszzA CM<usina-
 Ax we lived o1 the north-side of the Ezss< we lad tO cross it every Sunday to ms@@ma cAzreA, and such a primitive way aE ezgszs@g t-a FUpeferFy worked by two ~&rEua@- They fastened each of them -@Aaaws eAmb EItA groove to the rore and tA<@ sAOEed tn. boat along. one walk ERw 6essse tAe 0sher from the stern to the pRsw. &D1 ever and over again until we were @cz0S& The boat was just large S~w1 sD hold 2 carriage and pair of boe=ez. w7.A platform on one side for tzz& F@Ez@wr< Many stately vehicles, wEA klsssxSc Rz@ez, and arms emblazon- @8 wa EAe F4neEs. filled with gorgeous &zznss a@a knee -bukIed squires have slow " erw~~e3 tAis rOpe-ferry in the olden 6m@- IR I75l, President and Mrs. Wash @9S~@. a@a sz7te. went over it on their 1T ss S4vxx1Ah- Fortunately the Ash kw a uzxr0x. hat Tn many places it is sz<< SKY Es@k deep. xith a vely rapid ezrzxz& Nc rTver that have ever seen ETu@ me szeA an idea of power moving sa. sE8%@szy but swiftly, to do its work R< @uze grand soai borne along by an ~Sx<-MsserSng purpose flashing with sum- ERA& hese, dark with shadows there, vet sra~ASmzzg and deepening as it presses e1wzra tsw1rd the unknown sea beyond.
 Oa sAe sozEA S5de we entered broad ru@3 KAzE zk1rsed forest; and, so thickly s@hs@es~a h. its shade as almost to szzuez It fr0a slght, stood the old stone eA@wA AEarrO~ lane had been opened bs~s@g so Tsz threshold tall trees of varie- ~ kwswa to Houthern woods mingled their se2<Aez over It. and around them twined EazG@es~bas vlneA The spring verdure 0f tAs dec2daOzs trees, and the great w&@e ua@gn0szA blossoms. seemed to add a 1m<ker hue Co the evsrgreens. Long w-a@GA4 oG gray moss were swinging from EA< Eve-02k trees, and the Wierd light, and SAe expressive stiffness, made us al- Dsz4 Ehisk that we were about to partici- F4ze n so@e drUidlcaI rite. But the jes- sEzEse fss&oOzlng itself across the way in g1<sHazas Of blossoms heightened the pie slrx Eks a r1y of sunshine
 S. A2arSEs stands, like other churches SsxxAG2 at thzt period, surrounded by the Er@Se2 of those who once Uorshiped be- u.s~SA Ekz rOOs. and who now sleep in its @@es@3 a&A3e- Most of the tombs were wr sA1- so@e of them inscribed with the a<Z8 0< EAs LAadgrayes; others bore EzgzE204 EzzeS-- Some commemorated RsSSA1Eso1Ary heroes; and many tabular @=zz@ezAa. perhaps put there before the s&Gs<A w@s bzllt, had crumbled, and the 1EsssEzmg w@s eEaccd, but it was a spot san cO1ssrzzGed by many burial rite.
 T@e e@@rch Is erucifOrm. the pulpit and AsrA@z1 sanding in the transepts; the pews are eE dark stained wood and nearly ~E@ze. and the aiales are paved with we'll
 z. dAzA slIeA .#-.
 
 n w&z . soss1n place to worship in with sAa& 3s@s. sll 1Oss hanging all around. and tAs~s @s@s3srizg stones, half buried in tAe saIhea Ie@ves- Ny thoughts would sgr1v fr0@ the good mans discourse to GA@wmwx1k1ea sermon outside those gray w4zAS covered w1Eh the stains of more sA@m cemszEy and half.
 AS | l0oked from the open, sharp point @1 wS@&ow a stray sunbeam fell upon one s< sAe t&bse monuments, and bird sang trs@ a drOOplng bOugh just over it, typi- oz1 of tk1t fight of ours to the ''better cszzsxy-
 May years have passed since worship ea n N Andrews on the Ashley; but the sEErit 0G the place IS borne to me some- SS@& n ny dreams: and the fragrance of SAA sszEhEn woods comes back to me w7th the memories of my youth.
 M s. R.