Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-06-08
BETw ZEN THE RIVERS.
(For the orangcburg Times
SANTEE, ORANGEBU sG, S. c.,
June 3rd., 1878.

cuuC clo 1910.
Wr. Editor:
"lives there man with soul so
dead' to the beauties Nature dis
plays with lavish hand in every part
of our "sweet sunny South" us to be
unwilling occasionally to HE him
away to some rural retreat afar from
the care and burden of his daily
walks, and there, to pass ~ restful
day of calm enjoyment beneath the
free blue sky amidst the cool recesscs
of our forests primeval? IF there
is such person, | beg tn he excused
from an intro ductinn. IL seems TO
be a provincial custom here, to de-
vote the forIiet" 'lav after Easter to
the diviDiLit> w"n p'">tusr r", wood
and stream, which interpreted liter
ally, means, to devote our best en-
deavors to spend pleasant day in
the woods, by stream if possible,
and obtain, if not the favor of thes e
diviniIies, the more nppreciabie one
of picnic dinner. BE that as it
may, last Thursday beheld many
persons cn rontc for landing on
Santee River which has the reputa-
ton of having been a tavorite resort
for picnics nearly forty years ago.
Then, however, they were conducted
differently from the present method,
for, one or two large planters gave
feast, and invited everybody else
without the now indispensable bask-
ct as ticket Of admission to til e
festivities. Wealth and pride, worth
and fashion, youth and beauty, were
assembled in those prosperous days
of yore; not only from the fne o lj
d sEiet Of 0rangeburg, but from
s uinter and Clarendon came many
representatives aristocrntic society,
and even regions more remote sent
numerous happy hearts cover the
river" to pa ticipate in the delights
of those social gatherings. But. all,
me! "it amt like it used to be-" and
we must be content to merely imi-
tate those a"fe-dcl|""s:sccnes.
The place selected for our picnic,
is eminently adapted for such pur-
poses, as oversadowing oaks of great
size and beauty efItctually vanish
the heat of day, inviting roads walled
with green, entice the lille strollers
to follow the windings of the river
and penetrate the hooks and glens of
the deep old forest, while a very
picturesque appearance is presented
at an ancient mili-seat where
solemn silence broods over the tall
trees robed in their drapcry of long
gray moss, undisturbsd by the low
continuous murmer beneath where
"The blue waters rise and fall
In sleepy sunshine mantling all"
as they gurgle down the broken
declivity. A steep embankmeDt
obstructs the view of the river, but
on descending to the base ofthis
bluff, an imposing scene is presented
The river makes several graceful
curves;-the sky, the green banks,
the silent flow, the broad expanse,
and the historic associations dear to
every child of Cardinals oil,-noth-
ing is wanting but the dark tint of
the Edisto to make it tperle' tly en-
chanting; unfortunately, though, for
the harmony of thought aud scene,
the remark Of a disappointed touris t
is applicable here, it being true of
this stream as he affirmed in more
expressive than elegant phraseology,
of "the beautiful blue Danube, that
it is n dirty, yellow, muddy fraud"
| beg your pardon for descending to
this anti.climan, but the association
OF ideas is rs ungovernable with me,
as little boys appetites at picnics.
That suggests another idea. When
writing Edisto, thought Of the past,
the Orangeburg TIMES, News, TAG.
Payer, and all papers that ever wore
that prefix, and ] did wish most
heartily that come of you would find
new name for your papers. One
designated thus has been sufficient to
proclaim the right of our County seat