Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-07-18
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history and its ASSOCIATIONS are thrilling
and suggestive. stopped here on We'd
nesday last to revisit the scene Of our
big show. The main building, the Art
Gallery, Horticultural Hall and Machin-
cry Hall still look bright, stately and
elegant, hut the Centennial Grounds are
worse neglected, and seem more lone
some than I expected. A nameless
beunty and all indescribablc glory have
winged their flight to other cllmes, and
thither has the great world, with iu
choic 6. products, congre0ated. and set
up new temples OF art and Of science.
As strolled along the familiar avenues
and the shady pathways, viewing the
relies "f departed spfendor, seemed 10
be walking in dream. Had been
asleep hundred years and come to n
shabby bi-centennal. typical Of our Ma
tional decay or had the contennary eH-
position been protracted until Ichahod
had knocked the whole affair into "pi?"
On 3 card hung up in the street car that
carried mo to the main entrance, / read
this notice: "The Permanent Intrrna
tional Exhibition. covering twenty-oi
acres OF exhibits, machinery in motion.
with inusic and other attractions, is open
/ for the season of iS7s." And il had
not seen the Centennial liz its bloom, I
could have enjoyed this exhibit oftine-
ry and machinery, the paintings and the
statues, the appliances to facilitate edn.'
cation and tho thousand and one exotics
of Eoftest hues and rarest perfumes TO
say nothing Of the music, which setmed
to vie with the dulcet and exulting
strains or 1876! was glad to see THAT
the quaint. unique and beautiful facade
OF the Egyptian exhibit has been left un-
touched in the main building. The
! Spanish front also remains to remind
one Of the past Both the Egyptian and
the Spanish frontage illustrate the Ma
tional architecture, and differ only az
one star diffsreth from another. was
reioiced too 20 behold once more the fine
collection OF animals, shrubbery and
minerals belonging to Mrs. Maxwell,
the great Rocky Mountain huntress.
This exhibit, which is characteristic oi
the far West, is we'll worthy of very
c,roful examination. never expect t.
see more brilliant specimen OF archi-
lecture than Horticultural Hall if do,
will try to desibe it in full.
From Washington to New York, til"
railway geems to be lined with cities,
towns, and villages. and their suburbs.
Wilmington, Delaware, is an important
manufacturing city. Near it on the
Delaware Bay, there are some of Il o
handsolnest building sites in Ameri'a
The shining waters OF the bay are bound
ed by broad, undulating meadows, which
rise gently to a considerable elevation
where the succeeding plateau commands
magnificent Wow Of tho surrounding
country. Baltimore is p thriving city,
and mere glance ut the place gives in
tmation Of grand destiny. Washing
ton City looks almost desolate now.
"UncIc Sam" has closed his law-making
shop, for the season, and perhaps not Il
single individual, o:.tside OF the Capt.
tai, is sorry for that. In fact, We are in-
iured by az excess OF legislation. We
are more interested in the enforcement
of law, than in the framing OF additional
statutes. Let the people govern them
solves IN private, and then many OF the
public laws will bo laughed at as Il daH
joke
travelled from Greenboro, \. G., 10
Culpepper, Va, i'll the night. This mid
land route includes Lynchburg among
the stations and depots of the line. But
it was too dark to see that place at all
This was disappointment to me, az
wanted To glance mt that section OF the
"Old Dominion" Near Culpeper c. II (,
there is fine view OF the Blue Ridge
Mountains. The grain fields, the mead
ows, the hay ricks, the little corn and
absence OF cotton, showed that nights
travel had taken us far away from tn.
long-leaf pines \ shower OF rain ielI
during tho night and thus We saw the
country to an advantage, and withou,
being blinded by clouds of dust Ma
nassa Junction." exclaimed the Con-
ducter at an unpretendipg railroad vii
lsce. The man of tickets seemed 10 be
suddenly converted into ono OF the
heralds of history, and as such, wanted
to ask him few questions. But he was
too busy to talk abou. me haunted locales
of this region. A friendly darkey in
formed me that the battle grounds were
f,ur or five miles to the Northwest. and
thither my visual organs were naturally
turned. But naught like ghostly shad
ows, or the red dragons of war wore to
b, seen. Nothing in sight but tho quiet
landscape and the soft, blue skies OF u
peaceful Heaven!
From the Congarce to the heart OF
North Carolina, last Tuesday, the roads
were dry and dusty. The crops OF this
section are not green and iourishlng
like those of good old Edgetield. have
seen no region Of country looking more
attractive than the pine vicinity and the
Ridge neishborhood. Columbia looks
rather dull. When the Legislature hands
begin to assemble next fall from the
East. from the West, from North and
from the South, perhaps our State capi'
tai will then become the scene OF Il short
and quick work. undertaken for the
benefit of tho toilins Taxpayers. SO
mote il be!
The weather is rainy in New York to-
day. The days being longer here than
in South Carolina, l am not nstonished
| 10 find the heat more Intense in this city
than in Edgetield. Tomorrow sail for
Europe on the Ethiopia, whic'' lands al
Glasgow, Scotland. 1 will send yon
another letter at my earliest convenience.
Farewell! And may God bless my ma
tive land. +. II,