The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-18

together, it is sight ct to be seen. A
sight that will educate and refine the
people. II is q school that will teach
more and better in day than any other
in Il month. a sight that the children
ought TO see and they will never forget.
1t will make them happy for long time
and give them new and nobler ambi-
tion. am glad that so many are going
there for | WAS told that the visitors
average twenty-five thousand day.
Circurses are good for fun and county
fairs for frolic, but these expositions are
developers Of ideas, stimulants of the
mind, pleasing instruction that does not
weary or tire. I wish everybody and
everybody's children could 90. They
have their day for States and editors aud
legislatures and committees receive them
and do them honor, but could not help
wishing there was poor mans day and
the poor man was able to CO. Railroad
fare is cheap, cheap enough, only cent
mile; but the greatest trouble that OBJ
served was in finding, place to stay
when you got there. Three hotels shook
their heads at me sorrowfully when /
asked for quarters, and at last hunted
up kinsman whom I knew was already
crowded, and he gladly took me in. A
Rome boy he was who fought through
the var for patriotism and confederate
money, and then got clerks place in
Louisville and worked his way up, and
Is now partner in house selling three
millions OF dry goods in year. Kin.
folks are mighty gond thing especially
when you find 'em rich and you nre afar
off from home.
left that night for home. and for fear
OF not getting berth with Mr.. Pullman
went down to the depot ct ten o'clock
though the train was not to leave until
twelve. was too late. for the berths
were all taken. The little old dirty gen.
tleman's room Chat is to say the dirty
little room for gentlemen,) was crowded,
not spare seat left, 80 | stepped into
car and reclined my head upon my valise,
and was beginning to ruminate when a
white capped fellow came in and ordered
me out and locked the door and said that
passengers would not be admitted in the
cars until twelve O'Clock. / poked
around the miserable old hull of depot,
and finding no place took an humble
seat on the platform Of another car and
began to ruminnte again. Directly the
same whte.cap came along and said that
platforms were not made to set on, and
asked me where was going, and 1 re-
spectfully informed him that it was none
of his business. The minutes seemed
mighty lcng, but in due time the door
was opened and got seat aud we all
had to double, and big fat man doubled
me. and the train moved Off with hitch
and jerk, and at every station it hitched
ana Jerked worse than ever and the old
engine shreked awfully and finally caved
in, l reckon, for we got to Nashville four
hours behind time, and the Chattanooga
train had left us, and we were all sad
looking and homesick crowd. There are
two depots at Nashville, and they are
nearly as poor apologies for public ac-
commodation as the one Mt Louisville.
You may talk about the great Louisville
and Nashville with its powerful combi.
nations and vast capital. but there is not
a railroad in Georgia that wouldcnt be
ashamed to have such depots and such
accommodations. Atlanta is n paradise
to them. In fact, know of no city in
the South where the comforts OF the
travelling public arc &C considerably
guarded: l know of no railroads rs we'll
managed rs ours. l felt relieved when
we got aboard at Chattanooga, for knew
that all was right | reached home lust
before day on Sunday morning aud
found my folks about half asleep, dream
ing of blood and murder and the gallows,
and it was some time before they would
let me in, for nigger Bob, who is ten
ant on my. place had bloody fight with
Step who Id tenant on nabor Freeman's
place, and Bob had split open Steps
head with an AK and then beat his skull
all in with the poll of it, and Step was
dying and the doctor had put all the
brains back he could find and Bob had
run away and was hid under the house.
and the excitement among the negroes
was very great, and their wives and Chill
dren were wailing around, and so nv
women folks couldn't sleep and had been
up most all the night. On investigation
next morning found that Step had &C.
cused bob Of swindling his children in
weighing their cotton, and Bob had
called him liar and used other language
too tedious to mention-that they went
to town and renewed the quarrel and
come home late at night and quarrelled
again, and Step went at Bob with knife
and diden't have no knife, and Bob went
at Step, with an ak and dident have no
ak, nothing but stick and Bob struck
the first lick and Step struck the first
lick, and Bob was runnin from Step all
the time and Step was n runnin from
Bob. l could hear it most any way from
the two sides and the outsides, and all
day Sunday the darkeys gathered around
aud discussed the situation. Well, it is
very bad. for Step was good ld-fash-
ioned negro and his wife model of neat
ness and good behavior, and they have
ten well behaved children and n lot of
grandchildren. think heap of those
old fashioned negroes-the old family
servants. They are passing away fast
enough without being killed up, and the
new set are on the decline. Uncle
Remus and his sort have gone into his.
tory as lost race, and we ne'er shall see
their like again.
BILL ARP.
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