The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-07-23
a Letter from tho Hub.
NEwroN CEsrnn, MASS,
,Juiv. 1890.

| "ouio you lihG-a lew nOtcS from
the Hub? Leaving Orangeburg by
fast express on the night Of the 25th
ult., we rolled rapidiysas we supposed
from hot weather, to where cooling
brcezes would fan Size heated brow !;
but in this as in too many human aN-
pectations only to De disappointed,
for the thermometer has ranged in
tho nineties and sometimes above q
hundred nearly all the ,time since we
came North. Signof drouth appear
all the way through to Massachusetts.
Through North Carolina, cotton
and corn were small and suffering fcr
rain-the former disappears soon af:
ter you pass the iine5of Virginia, and
corn and tobacco seem to be the lead.
ing products. ! failstoS sec whc: Elm
either Of these is bettar agricultural
State than South Carolina. The die
ference in the market for spring vege-
tables is very greaSbetwcen South
Carolina and Massacllusetts. 1t really
seems o little strange to be eating old
potatoes in July wien we had been
using new Irisllepotatees since early
in May. On our way wess spent the
Sabbath in New York; stopping a,
the Astor. House. which is now kept
on the European plan,Sand from its
central location and fnearncss to all
the means OF rapid transit affords
very convenient headquarters for bus
mess or sightseeing. Sunday morn
| ing we took tho Horse cars three or
four miles up town, tosDr. John Halls
Presbyterian Church.sWe heard a
good sermon--thougL not 80 FORUM
ate as to hear that distinguished di-
vine, he having just left on his vaca-
ton to Europe. The congregation
is large and wealthy and pays the
pastor "a salary ofsiftaen thousand
doilars.a yea. 'SVethiik an Orange
burg divine could gstaalong comforts
ably on half that sim annually. The
arrangement for ventilation, warming
and cooling the audience room,is we
presume. peculiar t. this house alone.
In TIC eeilar afs TWO large Circular
fans propelled by steam forcing q
fresh supply of heated air for winter,
and the same machinery forces sup
ply of air cooled by passing through
watery vapor during the summer.
The morning we worshippcd there the
thermometer indicated loo degrees
outside, but inside it was very pleas
ant, cooling breeze passing all
the while through the audience room.
At'night we heard an instructive SER
mon in the old St. John Street
Church, in the lower part Of the city,
built by contribution sent over bv
N1r. Wesley himself. This is kept as
one.of the old landmarks of Method
ism in New York. The congregation
was made up Of strangers like myself
and citizens who come from the eel
lars and attics Of this part of the city.
What contrast to tue morning
In the club" itself there is nothing
exciting just now. AS the warm
weather approaches the last of, June
then come the school anniversaries
exhibitions and college commence.
ments, diplomas and honorary degrees
are the order Of the day. The fourth
Of July, with its civic celebrations,
orations, Chircse crackers and pyro
tcchn!c displays ii night being over,
the people arc off for the sea shore
and mountain resorts in quest of q
cooler temperature. Just think Of it,
blankets during the night and fires
i'll the sitting DOM morning and even
ing on Mount Washington. business
! is usually dull during the hot season
"-but the merchants have had a live
ly time the past year. The political
pot has scarcely begun to boil yet
but the fires are being kindled up
1t is generally conceded that both
parties have put forward their strong
est candidates. Gen. Hancock, one
of the candidates for President, is
said to be grandson of John Haa.
cock of Revolutionary fame. The
old Hancock mansion in our boyhood
stood on Bcacont street near tho
State House and was the object oi
both curiosity and veneraLion; SC
much SO that when The site was pur.