Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1880-05-28
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY g. 1880.
Picket Shots-Soft or Wicked Smiles
.Mellichamp's School Exhibition
Shades and Shadows.

OuTsosT, S. c., May %, 1880.
Editor OrmgeJ",y Times:
Tire Heavens are clear and the
skies are blue in the Fork of the
Edistos,- -rthc sun shines unveiled bv
a cioud-the stars come out spright-
ly unhazea, and Luna, though very
modest queen, travels her rounds
with naked face and with "soft
smile for gil. Corn is growing, and
gives good promise. Cotton flourish
ing, and farmers are already indulg-
ing III sweet visions of silver eagles
i'll the near rifuturc.
The public highways are in apple
pie orders bridges safc-no more
reads to cut and sqnabblc ovcr-our
little sister Bambcrg gets what She
expected out of the Fork, and she is
happy i'll the prospect, of soon being
full grown wolnan,-evcn with a
pin-back and q long train.
The Midnight Line has iumpcd
the track and no longer comes
rmmbling through the Iand''-shr's
ditchcd-collapscd!
"Paysan'l is no longer forkcd or
flashy-his voice is not heard i'm the
land. He is either i'm the grass.
drowned in Robert Swamp-or may
he he has again bctakcn upon himself
he task of manufacturing sermons.
This, rs he tcstifies. generally quicts
him and keeps him still for sometime.
"Paysan' scrmonizing! He must
he does remember the good impress
ions left upon his youthful mind at
Spring Branch in years long past,
and it certainly must crafty the in
structor, who taught his young ideas
how to "forll and flash and sermon
izc," to see the bread cast upon the
waters returning after many DAYS.
But he must rouse himself and ret
ont his lightning and strike around
generally. There are subjects enough
to keep him busy, and it is but lust
to keep things lively.
Critic" docs his duty, and we
get lash element, "pea vines" crust
proof OATS" cotton culture" all from
his section OF the Fork.
Aud, Hslssssed Hs5ssed1!fI Issa now md tiliernT t1iiriT
"stirs up" the candidates, which
causes tue ever polite Col to make
just three bows where he had been
making but two before, and brings
smile to his face" as radiant as a
morning in May. We don't alludc
to the kind of "smilc" which some of
your readers somay think OF when they
see this remark, but the sort which
is used in reference to the "moon" in
the commencement Of this article.
1t is hoped that Critic" and
"4Esculapias" will keep on as it is the
wish of every man to know how to
plant, and who to vote for in the
Convention.
But where is Bob" and "Cmorc?'
Have they all hung their harps upon
the willow? Has that new steamer.
which hear you have over in Orange
burg dampcncd their order, and cur
cd these wretchcd cases of .cacocthcs
scribendi" with which they were
afflicted, by lIydropathic treatment:
COME FORTH GENTLEMEN. All ofthc
roots and gullies in your streets have
not been attended to vet, and the
steamer, / am informed, is under lock
and key now, and rs the novelty of the
thing is somewhat over, she is likely
to stay so, until emergency brings
her into active service She cant
hurt YOU now!
But have ut last come to consider
what was my chief object in writing
mt this time and that is to congratu-
late YOU and thank YOU Mr.. Editor.
for the very delightful entertainment
afforded us at the Court House on
last Thursday evening. was in
duced to leave my post and come
over to- hear and see, and am in
justice compelled to say that your
School Exhibition was second to none
which have ever attended. Such
GOODNESS and precision, such ease and
grace, such distinct utterance and
perfect enuneiation are seldom seen
in those SO young, and show at once
training intelligent and correct, and
which can only he attained by the
most patient and assiduous labor on
the part ef, the instructor. You de
serve the hearty welldone, the liberal
patronage and the substantial sup
port of the community in which YOU
reside; but men are so constituted as
not to realize these great opportuni-
ties until they are past Then re-
grcts are useless.
One thing did much to prevent my
enjoyment on Thursday evening. /
said | came to hear and 500 I did