Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-30
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
ABLAST FROM BLAIRSVILLE.
BLA1RsyILLE. S. c.. Nav 27. 1878

BLAIRSVILLE, >. u, May III, 1919.
We fear that the ENQUIRER has already
grown weary of the spirit of "horn. blowing"
now nfesting the little villes of York county
to such a fearful extent, and on account of
this we hesitate to let of our steam. But
some of our best citizens have limited that our
burg is small one, and will ever remain so,
if we fail now to raise blast of some kind.
And believing that our people are doing some
things worthy of notice-like the fly on the
coach wheel-we are ready to exclaim "Be-
hold, what a dust we raise!" Hence you
will pardon US for intruding upon your At
tention one other diminutive vile, noted
as much for its antiquity as anything else ;
having its origin in settlement made by
Captain John Blair about the year 1896,
hallway between the nine and ten.mile posts
on the Union road, southwest of Yorkville.
This is Blairsville proper; but since then she
has spread over much larger area, and al.
most every one that gets his mail out Of
Bairsville post-office, believes that the most
interesting portion of the place is at his house
and no where else. Therefore, We will not
make any specific boundary, lest we might
err and offend.
We have any number of gcod-natursd,
healthy-looking inhabitants, most all of Irish
descent and this accounts for our health and
fine spirits. We are not all nonaltogether
temperate; but enough 80 considering our
locaton-only one hours journey from York
Vile, with the Shelby road coming into our
midst directly from Vance's country Of corn
and wine And this is so pure that it never
causes man to do worse than 90 squirrel
hunting in buggy.
Farming seems to be uppernost in the
minds Of our people, as you can see many
broad acres stretching far to the right and
left, dotted with the tiny leaf Of the Aeecy
staple /; and as far as the eye can reach,
waving fields of golden grain, almost ripe for
the sickle, fill the view and gladden. the heart
Of despondent man.
Nor are we behind our sister villes in other
pursuits adpated to the necessities Of the hu-
man race. We have three steam engines
one of mammoth size-to do effective sta.
tionary work, carrying huge circular saw
with the chisel tooth that never aches, and
makes lumber of all kinds abundant and
cheap. The others are of smaller capacity,
suitable to move from house to house, to alle-
viate the labor of the husbandman in pre-
pairing his produce for immediate use and for
market To all of which are attached grist
mills of the different improved styles, making
the staff of life common to all who faithfully
serve the curse of mans disobedience We
have Gotten gins, thrashing machines, sewing
machines, blacksmith shops, wood shops and
store houses plentiful to Tighten the distended
purse and send the customer on his way, re-
joicing over the panic in prices We have
two shoe and boot shops, with as good work
men ia this line as the State affords-both
excellent performers on the violin, and can
and will stock cradles of all kinds-grain
cradles, of course. Here we are also blessed
with suficiency of skillful medical talent,
one Doctor of Divinity and speciality in
Elders So, if we 60 untreated, either phys.
ically or spiritually, it will be sheer negl-
gence Of our own-not of the locality.
Stationed among US also is servant of the
United States in the capacity of mail.car-
rier, But stop! He comes in the list of that
omni.present, miserable class of beings called