The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-19
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SrARTANBUnG, August 1S.--I should
have written moro promptly, but un
excess of work the first day or two,
and Welding to the seductive bland
ishmcnts Of social intercourse since
then, must be my excuse. The trip to
this place was uncvcntlul ut first.
AT Chester wo took the Narrow Gauge
for Gastonia, and were much interest
cd In tho way in which tho diminu-
tive engine, with driving wheels only
two md half feet in diameter, wont
putting up and down hill at tho ratio Of
tWcnty odd miles an hour. The grades
arc something marvellous TO one ac-
cnslomcd to tho comparatively level
bed Of the average railroad. At one
point the road has u straight stretch.
with reverse grades Of u hundred and
I'VE feet to tho mile. Looking from
tho rear of tho car while it descended
and assembled on tho other side, tho
dcclivity seemed almost as great as
that in tho "dirt road" leading from
town to Aliens Branch. Tho chcap-
ness of this kind of road lies in tho
ability of the engine to Climb up hill
and to turn sharp corners.
The latter part Of the journey over
tho Narrow Gauge was made in u
binding rain storm, but tho sky had
partially cleared when we reached
Gastonia, thc junction with tho Air
Line. a freight bound westward was
due ut GnStonin ut five o'clock, but IL
was delayed m hour onaccoult Of hot
boxes on all1ho wheels OF fl.ci"ht
cur. lett GnStonia at u LAUNDERING
rate, making between thr!y-iiyv and
forty miles ali hour by actual timing.
Nothing but II conductors cnboosc
with The poorest accommodations was
attached TO the rear, and as the spccd
increased, this caboOsc pitched from
one sido to the other of The Track.
bouncinG and bounding uD and down
III II ds&racctully drunken manner.
Alier about ten miles were passed, a
halt was called and the boxes cooled
alu rcpackcu. Chen another run of
SIN or eight miles at brcak-ncck speed,
until The caboOSr went through a course
oi%ymnastics, and the occupants play
cu battlcduor and shullccock, and tic
blazing boxes threw u glare Oh the
track and then We stopped for repairs.
ih"s were We reduced apparently to
hc altrrGatiyc OF being pitched Unto
'l!c h'ddic incNt week. Or OF setting
up an opposition starving match to
Dr. Ianncr, hy the waySidc. have been
tod since then that lhc freight ears are
~ Inc habi, Of bnmpnG about in that
style, $" that il is almost impossible 10
keep nuc's seat. This reinsurance
w"uld have been worth great deal
on that occasion.
at Black Station, halfway to Spar
tanbnrg, the train stopped again. As
ne prospect for rcachin" our dcstina-
ton at reasonable time for supper, or
tor catching \ hack at tho depot, was
not ha!trrinT, Il council Of war was
held and ii was decided to storm Blun-
toms Hotel at Blacks Station and wait
Tor tho passenger. A good supper
MnS H,NS obtained here. In Il few hours
Inc coaches are 0rthc hamdsomcst con-
s'ruttlon ana run as smooth as GLASS,
so that the Journey in one of those is
pleasing in the extreme.
Arrived at Slmrtanbur~. we mi un
at the Central Hotel, kept by Mr.. ".
:. lipscomh. a prince Of GOOD fellows,
OF whom more anon. The hotel wns
crowded. ann told that for week
or more eighty persons have sat to
dinner each day. Spartonbuy~ is tho
halfway house to t;rcrnyillr. AsLr-
willie, llrndrrsonvilc, Glenn Snrin"s
ana llarlottr, and it catches MANY
Al
"l!n come to stay 4 while.
With 4 population oisomcthinm over
three thousand, Spartanbur" is about
'hree llmcS as large rs Winnsboro.
wing 10 inc large prcpon,lcrancc OF
us WI hl'c population. The two princi-
p'' streets, Main and Church, besides
having substantial business blocks, are
lihcI with many handsome private
reSi''Fnscs, almost every one with ivy
or ''alllnS vines OF some sort uhou,
,he rorclcs. Blue grass grows here
'nN,"fiahl'y; and Tie clipped lawns
ana pats arc peculiarly refreshing to
INC paSscr ny rs he plods along be-
nea,il the burning sun. Several now
n"lIalhsss are III course Of erection.
NV" new hotels, one Of which has
nunurcd rooms and stretches a whole
c''>"' " ~ w Fonlpietcu III the near
iature. The opera house, comfortn-
ply ilWnishc land handsomely frcscocd.
Is an ornament TO the town. Bu,
enough Of this. The twenty thousand
dollar statue of Daniel Morgan, of
C"wrcnS fame, will be placed in the
ccntr" OF the public square, that i; may
n' secured from the Nau,lal hands Tint
have nearly demolished the monument
erected by the Washington Light I'm.
hntry, of Charleston, on the battle
ground itself. The native Snarton is
not quite prepared yet to saw "Scc
Sp@rtanhurg and die" but he evident
~ believes that the stranger within his
gates need go no farther. We arc not m
disposed to dispute il.
The state Normal Institute is in fn,)
blast. Two weeks have passed and
two more will clapSc before its close
II is complete success in every 70.
S?cr. Over Il hundred and sixty mn.
P'ls arc enrolled, representing abnm,
ha'i the counties in the State. Tbc
SESSIONS have been full Of interest. a
tu'i description oft will be given ncyt
ii he. .iT