Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1880-01-16
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"N''' VIZ, l'''h t'I1'C ~ tithN, Us bl-
portunity offers and humrr prom,t
give you and them n few paragraphs,
such as | may Gull i'll my wanderlnss
and pcrcgrinalions i'll this Lilipu,ian
world, for the Fork of Elisto is n
world within itself.
ou observe in the outset that
ignore the much used "we," so much
In vogue with editors, anl have
adopted the per. onal r,onoun 81" in
stcad. l do this III no spilt of ego
tism. | regard i, rs doing violence
TO grammar, and rs Il manifestation
of inlse modesly to write or speak
OF ones self as eve" cncc any
thing and everything that may be in
dited under the above caption will be
t'one by the first person in the singu-
lar number.
| will further observe that the cd
ltol will not be resp nsiblc for any
thing which may be written under
this caption. Nor will I. Should |.
IN my ignorance or innocence, cxci,c
the ire Of any one who may wan,
salts faction in Il pugili<tc manner, |
will state once for all, for the ben eft
OF all such, that at my own expense
and instance, there is now in transit
Oh board :hc ship Mavournecn.
'broard shouldercd, doubled iislel son
Of Erin of 225 pounds weight, who
will be responsible for all my in
IONS when he arrives expcc; hi,
in a few days. lie is also a s,,icn id
shot with pistol
So much by way Of introduction
and putting myself right on the pu-
giiistic line. A few words as to where
] live, short description Of the
country and its inhabitants, anl that
will end my first epis,lc.
| live in the fork ottwo rivers two
railroads, two swamrs, near the forks
OF the road, in what is called the
Fork Of Edisto. 1t will I've observed
that live in very ''forkvd' coun-
try, and hence anything which en-
nnates from i, will necessarily b,of
.Jorhed nature.
The Fork Of Edisto is almost an
island. 1t is surrounded on three
sides by water, and is bounded on the
Other side and all over and through
the middle by liens and mort.ages.
lhe fertility Of the soil is nnsurpass-
ed for frogs. They may be seen at
almost any season Of fhc year in
growing and furnishing condition
around the ponds and water basins.
We have the sleek and active spring,
and the gross and clumsy bull frog.
We value the latter cn account of
their size and the delicacy of their
taste.
We cherish the antquu,ed notions
of our ioreiathers. We have sort
of vague idea that the world stands
still, and that the sun, in his orbit,
passes around it once in tMcnty.inur
hours. 1t has been handed down TO
us from generation TO generation that
the moon is inhubi;el We accr;t
the doctrine, lut are unable to un.lor
stand how the man stays there when
the moon is undergoing lis changes.
We arc fond Of lerpsichorcan re
laxa:ions A genuine Fork froli is
our idea OF the acme of pleasure.
The double shuttle to Patty catch a
Kat" is species Of Tcrrsichorcan art
IN which the Eorkcrs have but few
equals, and no superiors. y g,urd
fiddle and white oak bow, two Sticks
and rromricr are necessary bcon
duct a Fork frolic in all its spcnd or
The modus opcr"n1i is in this wise
The fiddler takes his seat in a Garner:
the man with the sticks seats himself
flat OH the floor near by, and the
promplel stands on one side Of the
fiddler. Everything heiAy III readiness
the fiddler 'r"sums up his hoS, the
stick man grasps II stick il each
hand, and at the sound OF iii, word
music given by the promrtYr, the