Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-07-28
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eturned from in eALenuef 'o"i
trough our State, from Joh9t0o TO
Nalhalla, and thinking sPrt &C
,ount of my trip might not prove
lninteresting to your many faders,
venture this communicate 10 and
rust Won will find room for it Iu your
paper.
AS we pass through the upRr por
ton Of our county, We no'f the
crops are looking we'll for thl time
ofthe year; especially isthis th@ @ase in
the Ninety-Six section, l.hou b eve
ry one was complaining Of f dry
weather. We spend two dayp|eas.
antly at Ninety-siz with frie1 and
then turning our face uoriwsrd,
start in earnest upon the log trip
-shest- iieo hoforo US.
We soon come to Cokesbury b dis
tance of fifteen miles from ninety
Six, here we strike a beautifNI Iandy
country, and Tor a distance Of wen
ty miles along the railroad it ltrik
ingly resembles the Ridge bring
Country. Cokesbury with its wide
shady streets is a beautiful Pace
Hodges Depot only two miles di liant
is evidently building up; and Ckes
bury, like old Cambridge, ia des |ned
at some fnture day to be only ting
of the past. At Donaidsville, the
nezt station from Hodges . ssF
the railroad and pass throua a billy
country for twenty one mills to An
derson G. H. We are aurrised to
Gnd Anderson such a furnishing
place; its public square has all the
appearances Of q city. Mny fine
private residences can be seq on al
most every street, and the tsau'iful
and we'll kept flower gardens front
Of them, we have never seen nrpass-
ed anywhere.
E., roatc from here to Senec City,
We pass through Old Pendleto, still
a place Of some importance We
found a visit to the factory interest
ing, although it was not rdnhr 81
the time. Seneca City is beautiu ally
situated, and is fast building up Ii
bids fair soon to be one Of the pos,
furnishing towns Of the upper q Iun
try.
IValhalla, distant ter miles .fpm
here, We reach just at sunset on 'ul
second days travel from Nm ty Slz
Here we meet many kind friends Vho
make our visit delightful one to Us.
This is still good business place; i S
inhabitants are mostly Gelmaus,
sturdy a-d industrious set of people
They have . church here in which
preaching is done in their own AN
guage. They also have q breFery
surrounded by q beautiful park, waere
around little tables, late in the alter
noon, they can be seel taking theil
beer.
We had not been many days here
before it was proposed to visit Fun
mel Hill Mountain, distant ten miles
So getting up small party, which j
made lively and gay by the addition
of two charming young ladies' W
start eAr'y Oh & co0 morning: aIS !
we drive rapidly onward over tn
hard country road inhale the freal
mountain air, and view the magniii
cent scenery around us, our spiri;
rise to the Importance Of the occa
sion, and we begin to experience tn
first real pleasure OF our trip. ar
irving at the base OF the mountain
We begin our ascent by clrcuitou
route, and after an houra drive W
come to small level place surround
ed by bushes and ale told we are a
the top. We drive on a short dis
tance towards the tunnel, when sud
denly coming to an open place on tn
mountain side, we obtain a view tha
is al ce sublime and beautiful. L
front Of us a beautiful landscape
covered with great forests and dot
ted with farms sand Villages, stretche
itself away until it is lost 70 viey
upon the distant crest Of the mist,
hor!4ou. Walh4lla lies almost at ou
feet, while Anderson c. Il, is seen a
white spot forty miles away. Ee
hind US the ragged peaks OF the Blu
Ridge laisethe ms=lves grantH : ass,ens
the sky. A short distance from hrl'
We come to The tunnel, an immens'
piece Of work cut through solid rocl
ior over mile, at cost of million
dollars. After all this work, thi
Blue Ridge road was abandoned, ant
from present appearances Will neve'
be built. From the tunnel We g
down the Mountain nearly a mile tt
the falls, called Irequena, after al
Indian maiden who is said to have leal
ed Of these rocks into the toaming rap
ids below, because her iatherseparatec
her from her swe theart. WhetLel
this legendis true or not, 1t is in
deed good place 10 commit sIclas
A large branch falls over the rocks
for distance o. about seventy-hvt
feet. With much difficulty we sue