Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-06-29
PLEASANT MIDI ,uER RAMB
LEEGs AND LiYF I wAYsIDE
rRr yAILE1E 1EA ArilloN.

lh2 :sW days nefg 'li route I'D NY
summer quarters in Jersey, it
occurs to me that hatty letter to
you would not be- ia6sand would
perhaps interest al b { oil your read.
ers. There was q gc'on}thing that
consoleti ne whel Eqnitted horne,
aid chat was the / Fing you all in
smiles after The 4tiful rain on
Saturday. FL
With the aSceptn Of The first
hundred miles OF hlore, which CT
course | passed oves tears, my tip
was anusally agreA Ale, uaalgre that
some sharper "snag On to" my va
lise. leaving nc aH Hlntely ahirtless,
coiiasiess, cravatl s gpd--eaaaing me
to lose, I fear, a ID deal Ct my
spiritual view of t|gs."
When my hand Pc and genial
companion, L. S., m Ninety.Six,
now agent FOR the I %ckeye Reaper,
left ne at DanvilVI was quite
lonely, 30 I had to II up on q seat
and wander in draus." In pass
ing though, 7 may sathat before L.
s. left rae, was 4 Der, myself
of no little infol son and in.
eirnction az to The g,Hfbrops, etc. i
need not dwell iurtHR Rrpn ny Jour.
acy nere than To za tour farmers
chat i any Of them Rvi have occa.
SION 10 pass over III & Yginia Mid
land Route, they shol adake in tho
roughly lie lovalA a teeming
Valley G. Avilion. J4after leav.
Ing Charlottesville. aaN ,lbe long
gray streaks Of day arg inning TO
noanl the morning We glide
swiftly into thia Val With The
increasing light Of d loyelineas
"a o7folded. The whole hlley, for
about fifteen or tEanty#les, is al
most one grand and congTloua field
Of corn and wheat, witbeA occasional
patch Of Gals.
To M The Train vas d6ht bound
Ing lines: and just oppoa.d the Val
!oy beine two or three Abs vide,
range .; mountains iopsT3the other.
Tie numarous farm hin land their
surroundings are p. "a models.
The Aonsea look whitetizSnea and
are surrounded by eVtfu! and
abounding vegetable gi;aAns. The
pastures were spacious alpAell filled
Win good looking ca, and fat
stout horses; no mules til saw. but
many docks OF aheep. yet this
is q stoak-law country.
Now and then we pas stock
farm; and as I saw the }ng colts
scampering about, coli hot help
likaning the scene to a. filiar one
lust outside Of your vil5, at the
aone Of one Of our di| hguishea
statesmen, who has reply gone
into the stock raising busiAs.
77-T55;4g, T., ;T4g.~l myaelf a farmdE small
country e as yet; !, :! ;, the
many OF our Old IlFHa B tickle
such sights. By-the-wH b gaze on
here something about ia noticed
l had Fever seen beiore.fng which
the large wheat fields, th4 some Of
regular intervals, OF ale were at
PAGES, little circles Of grt twenty
nuts, or something that ing pea
peanuts. II suggested took to be
discussion concerning by. mind a
whiah | heard very lateAed crops
ward, between several at Clinton.
farmers OF EdgeielJ. the crack
see, as old Col E. con4d don't
mixed crops, .jndiciouided, why
will nc, pay, DR.. L. S. ar planted,
W. 10 the contrary notr Squire H.
! do7sd Of; while cchatanding.
questions, an.i while Eating sach
traia q: thought eug@!owins the
ereosing rapture overdered By in.
O. nay Valley o!AI lbe beauties
-, A'ler n, asked my.
Z jaa!l T>- rot this be
where tn j. Of Injury, >
plenty, a Erronnded by
Of home hg The wants
| arar ,rom{ by, and
cl.,..il,. ..IlIc, crowds iguoble
Bat 9lon3 the cool seqnes- rred - =i,. :,
y" ''''' va tenor u id vals6i life,