Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1877-05-17

Only an armour-b bearer, yet may share
Gloryimmortal, and a bright crown wear
II. in the battle, to my trust Pm true,
8 Nine shall be the honors in the Grand
Raview.
chsrisa.-Hoas 30 the battle cryl etc.
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For the Advertiser.
Mysaas. EDrroas, Eaying recently
had occasion to make short tour among
those hospltable people Of shattsrfeld,
& in the upper portion Of our District, ]
thought it might not be altogether unin.
teresting to you and the balance of man.
kind to hear something about them. But
just as We begin to enter the suburbs OF
that place we win And living ct Shin
burg, just beyond Liberty Hill, Mr.. w.
81. Yeldell, (more Familiarity known as
s Pony Yeldell) one of Gov. Hampton's
Trial Justices, who though young in
years seems to be the right man in the
right piace-the more so because he did
no. seek the Office but the sfice sought
him, and because he is not hunting up
sid encouraging litigation and difficult
ties between neighbors, butts trying to
have them amicably settled. lie is a
son-in-law of our highly and nalieiri6e=
loved fellow citizan, afr: G. j. Sheppard,
OF Liberty Hill, than whom it is said no
more honest man has been made. And
without -detracting, or even wishing to
detract, one single iota from the honesty
of our friend Sheppard, itmay be truth.
fully said, that our friend Poney is just
as honest as his Father-in-iaw can be.
But have digressed. Let US return to
Shatterfeld.< Beyond Shinburg you will
begin to enter Shatterfield. There are
the Edwards, Stones, Hendersons, Mi
nors, Haucocks, Hollingsworths, Rush's,
Johnsons, Films and Quattlebaums, and
host of other good citizens toe runner
Gus to mention--all we'll to do farmers
whose farms are generally in repair, with
as good small grain Crops as any have
seen in the District, and the first cotton
/ have seen up this spring.
Although this land is not so good as it
is in some other parts OF the District, its
owners know how. to- manage it; and
this brings to mind the old adage which
says there is more in the man than
there is in the land, and this is literally
true of the people Of Shatterfeld; for
besides their own homemade composts
they give it just wha!it needs and that
is plenty OF good elbow grease, and arc
mot scorching it 10 death with CONNER
ciai fertilizers. They also have but few
if any free negroes 10 be bedeviled with
and like the little boy who said he had
no bread and did not want any, and if
they have no free negroes neither do
believe they wan. any. Let it be ex-
pressly understood that that little boy
did neither grow or live in Shatterfeld. |
They also raise their own provisions and
do not keep their smoke houses and corn
cribs in Augusta or any other foreign |
market, and their by-word is, 81 live at
home and board at the same place."
They also raise their own stock-horses,
mules, COWS, sheep, &c. From one to |
three colts may be seen at the same farm.
I have visited Shatterfeld at intervals for
s,rsy-yoarp- rys-1zvrer- --earrrO--s.-->-y--~-t
GREETING that had gone there, for those
people, plain and unassuming, always
have something good to eat, and have it
SO bountifully and are so kind and hos
pitable with it if you are not good hand
to say no and to refuse good offer, you
will eat more than you want or ought to
eat before you know it. Shatterfield is
also good place for longevity. For
instance, old Mr.. Henry Rush and his
wife. He having lived his four score
and four years and she nearly four score
having lived together over fifty years,
and tc see their great grandchildren
growing up around then;. He is now
afflicted with paralysis and dimness of
sight, but she seems to be lively and |
cheerful and as active as many not more |
than half her age. Then there is old |
Uncle Billy and Aunt Polly his wife who
have long since lived out the allotted
time to man on earth-being each above
four score years of age, having lived
together nearly if not quite three score
years. Rush and wife are Baptisas {;
Johnson and wife are Methodists; AID to
find more pious and better people than
these T would not know where to go
And there is Mr.. William Finn, although
above three score and ten years Of age,
at times almost as sprightly as man of
twenty years, and but for his gray hairs
would not be judged to be over forty or
fifty years of age; and his mother (by
the way who was the the grandmother
Of the youngest Mrs. Christian at Edge
field G. H..) who departed this life few
years ago, was nearly if not quite one
hundred years of age at her death.
When our troubles with the Northern
States were about TO commence Shatter
field withheld not her choicest sons, but
sent them forth at oncet to the front and
many of them came back home no more,
but died at their posts with their armor
on, fighting the battles Of their country
and filled soldiers graves as all true SOL
diers will do. And it is we'll known how
nobly and promptly Shatterfield acted
when our struggle commenced last sum-
mer for home-rule and honest govern
ment; and last but not least we all know
how firm and manly one Of her leading
spirits, viz: Capt. James Callison, now
stands upon the watch tower Of his
country at Columbia, still battling for
the good OF our common cause and
country. So you may weigh Shatter
field in the balance whenever you choose
and she will never be found wanting.
80 HAP. 8
Concerning the curious superstition
about thirteen at dinner, we have just
come across this singular incident in
8 recent English book Some years