The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-01
"A iiot,i IN iceland.


''lt WAS Lot Inr lion. | ucIOck," s,Nt
Il cOlI,s p,liucl'.. ''wiIuu we Knocked III
oul nOt.I u..r, 1rnri,g We should i,,,, =
to r'l.ae The strYuuls OF tho est :biisn-
III, lit /" .n..,L all ,n,rmncr, but tho lit tie
r,uLu Iaceu Iundiolu Was still on his
leg n, ana the hose ploceLdlls from the
ku, 81, l,aluDCr shuw,d d u4 that the house
Was slnl open to Tho public Tuo carly.
Closing lnuvenuent his not yet reached
keS hjav.K.
lhrlc Is no neceSs ty to sleep long IN
an atmosphere such rs you have here:
yGlt sleep at double quick, dong us
much III one nour us you usually 60 III
two. he dcnr htIui u.r Ia too sweet 10
DC wn-icA in c,p; 1t requires waiting
lac uTo 10 vi j J ii, NC wrio lip carl ,
Notwithstanding our late dowu-Iying.
Perhaps silgn. description OF the
hotel may be gi,on here. It IL III I'M
ported house, Two stories high. Below
stairs Is tirsu little square place which
Iuust call the cntrnnc, mall, from which
the Stairs rise right opposite the door,
keeping akulust tho wall; doo,s open
right and let, lead ng % the gllest-ru, III
on the one hand, nlId two bed ruo.ns on
tho other. W stairs ia the dining room.
Two at either end, and from ono side OF
1t open several bed-chanbcrs, whicA,
Icing occupied, We uld not sec. There
IL accommodation III Tho house for about
twelve people. Tho furniture il PLAN
and strong, and there is II total absence
OF orn&mentntlon, ii we nny except the
white cui:aiLs to the little windows,
AMI lew German pri..ts hanging on
l,.,
III two divisions, are wide open; the
tloors are destitute Of tho nbon.iluble
carpotlngs, without which we fancy we
cannot exist, and the rooms have,
therefore, look Of uiriness, cleanly
sweetness, and henlthiness to wlich our
stully hnOltntlons arc strangers, and
wmcn in England we never see except
IN hospitals or warehouses;, where the
heath of the inmates IL tho first con.
slieration.
Alter breakfast our ponies were our
enrllcst care, and we sought tho assis-
tanoe oi Ioegn, who assured lis that lie
could not get us OF bclore II, which
meant. We were told, something more
than ~. We spoke Tor Jon" AS our
guide, having been told in the house
thai be was an excellent mnn, who
could talk little English, and during
the unoccupled time that WAS Oh our
hands, We carefully examined every
thing that was IL every shop, discover
ING that every article to ent, drink or
wear (alwAys excepting codiish) was i'm.
ported.
By-and'Dy Jon came with tho boxes
In wh,oh our clothes and provisions
we're TO be carried on pony-bac We
had four boxes, epch about eighteen
inches long, as deep ns long, and por-
haps nlne or ton inches wide; three OF
these were filled with Iugsa nj ma aokiu-
toshes, and iuto tho fourth packed two
loaves, which came from the ship, and
sundry lins Of meat, sar,lincs, biscuits
and murmaludo. Our party OF two was
joined hereby two Other L geutlemen from
Manchester.
At last up oamo the ponies, fourteen
OF them; snch Il rough, uukempt, snug,
gy, wilu-lOokIng lot; hall OF them tur.
Mshed with riding saddles or pack 81 /.
dies tho est with no harness whatever
upon them. 1t was an imposing caval-
c!.ue, - i..n4 iih, one OF those drCves OF
horses We &C Ii. the str, cts at fair time.
hlIlhS up the whole roadway. and il
took some httlc time Tor the choice of
steeds to ne made and rtIrrup lealhes
to be adjusted"
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Attho,9h tho tlrcu or tour CRYSTALS
OF The ee.nine precious topaz remark,
able TOR size and clearness have been
found near PlKe's Peak. Mr.. H. II.
Cross assets that the st.ne which is
cut in Colorado and sold as topaz to
tourists il i, not topaz at all. but SIM
Ply smoky quartz,or the caiIngorm stono
OF Scotland.