The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-07-26
ON THE WAY AND BY THE WAY.

LEAVING GLENN'S-PLEASANT RIDE
FEWER HILLS AND ROCKs-REV.
J.B. B.CAMPBELI-REy.W WHITE
FooRD sMITH-GOO
STREETS-A TALE
LEAVE FOR GAFF-
NEY-A WET
TING.
L left Glenn's on Saturday morning
last. while the dew on the grass was
shining, and fortified by as good cup
of coffee as ever man drank. and a
dish OF the browniest brown OF the IN
evitable chicken fry, 1 was able to get
over the twelve miles which lie be-
tween the Springs and Spartanburg.
The ride was much pleasanter
going from than to the Springs,
then I was tired, tagged out, and
broken to pieces. The two weeks rest
enabled me to place
THE BROKEN PIECES TOGETHER,
the water cemented the parts. and l
was restored. The road, too, seemed
straighter. the miles shorter, the breeze
softer, the hills fewer, the holes not so
large, nor the stumps, rocks and bouid-
ers so often in the way. This trans
formation scene may have been the
result OF my changed condition. Ar
rived at Spartanbug I headed for the
Parsonage House OF
THE REV. ]. B. CAMPBELL,
and could not possibly have received
more cordial welcome had l
been "long lost brother,'' a sister or
mother. It was refreshing. Such a
dinner as the good wife and mother
had prepared is sometimes made the
theme of lengthy eulogy. will not do
this; suffice it was good and carried me
in mind to home and home dinners.
Mrs. Campbell enjoys better health
than when in Newberry, while the
scions of the family from primary
down to the { .fve-year baby are the
pictures of Bealth. l have seldom
met happier family. Sunday listen
ed to the old man eloquent, the
REV. WHIIEtOOHD SM11i
in the Methodist church. He is heavy
with age, and heavy with honors reap
ed in the Masters service, and while
he is not as strong and animated, nor
as forcible as when heard him in old
Trinity in Charleston, and later i'll the
Columbia Washington Street church
in my younger dayssyet | recognized
some of the old fire. He is now about
Is years of age. Some of the streets
of Spartanburg are delightful road
beds since the work OF macadamiZa-
ton has been done, and no longer will
the unfortunate teamSter suffer ruin
and wreck in loss of wagon and horses
as was the case here two winters ago.
l am told that one horse was actually
drowned in the mud. and two others
dragged. out scarcely breathing.
RUMoR TELLS A TALE,
but about its being ''o'er true" depon-
ent sayeth not. 1t is in this wise,
the top of q hat was seen floating on
the surface ola sheet of mud in Church
street, and upon some one taking hold
of the hat to draw it out q voice was
heard to issue from the stirring, oozy
depths below, ':let go that hat, it
belongs to me-" The party below was
asked if he ':was not in q bad fix"
''oh. no." said he, mot at all, but my
horses and wagon below me are, and
l am trying to get them OUT 1 did
not hear whether they ever came to
the surface or not, but Smiths swamp.
as the spot was called, is now filled up,
and sealed over with granite, and there
is no way of getting down to ascertain
the final end OF that traveller and his
team. leave here this morning at y
for Gaffney City, and regret that can
not in this letter tell of my experience
in that lively and growing city, for the
reason that I am not there yet, and
were to wait until getting there my
letter would be too late. | will have
the pleasure of seeing the ''banquet-
ing'' hall of the late meeting OF the
Press Association, and learn in what
estimation the members are held by
the goodly citizens.
forgot to relate an account OF
AN ACCIDENTAL SHOWER BATH
which suddenly struck me on Friday
night last. Maj. J. P. Kinard, occupy
ing the attic chamber OF my cabin. did
not come in as early as an old gentle
man should have done. He said lie
had been looking ON at the dance. 1
suppose it was true. He crawled up
and prepared for bed. and the noise he
made in dropping shoes and stick on
the floor, in dragging the table, and
sundry other feats kept me awake. At
length there was lull and [ dozed,
thinking that he was in bed, but alas,
there was another sound, it was not so
loud, or harsh, but it proved penetrat-
ing and struck me not in the head, but
on my breast. 1t was water, fortu-
nately clean, mineral water, placed
there for bath. The Major put his
foot in it, like the cow did the pail Of
milk, and I received the flow or my
breast. With yell, which alarmed
my next door neighbors, Isprang from
bed. The Major was OF course sorry
and wanted to bring down his bed for
me, but luckily my friend Capt. S.
offered me part of his bed, and final
ly slept the sleep of the righteous.
Eugene being asleep and on the other
side of the wet was left there.
"X," writing from Prosperity to the
Ne1cs and Courier, says:
The trustees Of Prosperity High
School expect to elect second assis-
tant and thus secure full faculty for
next year. The principal and first as
sistant, already elected, are regular
graduates of Erskine and Newberry.
TIE High School here is of vital i'm
portance to the future development Of
this section. Material growth goes
hand in hand with mental and moral
culture.
The following delegates have been
elected to represent Grace Church