The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-11-22
FoR THE HsRALD.
Kincaid's, Noxubee County, Miss.


Nov. I2sh, 1888.
DEAR HgRALD:-This is rather q late fal-
flmeat Of my promise 10 your Junior editor
to send you Communication. 2s lhuTe been
away month aud d bali, be: will redeem
the promise Now aud al the same time 2sk
you to send me the HsRALD for year.
had not beeI West for thirty wears til! this
"trip. At thas time OF life travel possessed
more charms for me than now, for il wac
newer 10 me then, and eTery thing vas
"coleur de rose," bat the Illusions and en-
tAusiasn Of yeash walsh sHsT ave dsesdes
OF years have passed. and was anxiou' only
to get rid of the fatigue and discomfort o!
travel and reach the end Of my journey. Tbs
very hot, hot spell Of weather so very unu.usl
and almost unprecedented in October, was an
experience TO be remembered not only hy
me but by the inhsbitants Of these parts, for
the crops aud the roads and tho cisterns all
felt the effects Of this continuance OF the long
drought Of two previous mouths or longer.
The roads Gere beds OF ashes Almost and
every one said these rosds had never been
pulverized before ai;hin their memory, IS
the nature Of the soil in these prairie lands
causes them 10 pack and glaze by being
travelled on, but in ,his long protrActed
drought, the ease was different. Many OF
the ciSierns were exhausted and some per-
Sons had eyeu &c buy water, and take their
stock for several ailes 10 the rivers aud other
streams for water In some cases valuable
cattle died after these excursions from over
drinking, soon afier leaving the streams.
About the middle OF October the long severe
drought Tss epde land copiens rains re-illed
the cisterus.s szOn the second Of November
we had the first ftos, and itwas large one,
81. Gol. ~ md
boar Another warm spell has been succeed
ed by cold dip sffer hard rain which fe!l
all Saturday night. and this morning CAou-
day. Is clear and bright and windy, after
dull gloomy day, Sunday. This sounds
little like an ext 4cl firm Vennor's almanac
but 1t is original. am domiciled at Oak
Lawn, very retired place, twelve miles
from my post-oftee. dni my,elf as con-
tented and happy here as il had never
travelled anyHheEa else. for home is where
the heart Is" as The old sayingis, and pre-
fer all country wirh one or two congenial
companions or . large town 30 live in. |
could not liVe alone as hermit though
like retirement as much as most persons, and
like Nature in .ker wild as we'll rs her cult-
vased garb, and this place has had and siil
has some Of f5oth, though the remains Of the
latter only give suspicion Of what the ffort
grounds once were though even then these
may not have rivsllcd the gardens of 'Araby
the blest,' however besutiful by contrast~ith
the wild woods around. Of which the eXteu-
sire oak lawn in front beyond the pasture
is ruinons remnant snd there Is dense
forest beyond ;he S..ad. The abundance
Of game adds TO tbe pleasure of the t-ste
especially 20 one mhu !ras been deprived OF
such qualification 10 II. palate.
Books and magazine, are not wanting 10
the inner life at the frc.ide, and the couser-
satiou Of intelligent associates aud inmates
Of the house where music TOO lends her
charms and the esr and fancy are soothed
and interested by songs ofthc olden times as
well as the new, each exciting their own
peculiar associations and emotions, whilst
other feelings or sensations are stirred BY the
grand march or waltzrs, quicksteps or the
masterpieces Of the best musical composers.
The lady Of the house has Kept up her music
all the,e years OF hsreNile moi in Patmos, bui
IN these parts OF Soxubee County, fsceIiopsly
called 'Arksnssw and in The i~euty-eighl
year OF her residence here has only visited
her native Carolina, her native State. but
twice, once before lie war and once during
| The war. The expense OF living out here ID
very considerably 1885 than in the more
thickly settled haunt. or civilization. Wood
is plentiful and coats nothing and ths! is III
item Of expense iu owns. Yours &c.
SP.