The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-03-29
SniffIes Travels.

| SniffIes Travels.
| ssSome love to roam where the dark
! seas foam. and the shrill winds whistle
4 free" but not SO Sniffies at this sea-
! son of the year, don't banker after
dark seas, white capped waves, nor
whistling winds, might pay more for
the whistle than it is worth. My soul
| lonoeth not to risk its fraii tenement
on the treacherous sea, if it is the home
of the dolphin, whose back IS niny
gold. And then there is no need Of
/ that risk in travelling between the two
chief emporiums OF the State-New-
berry and Columbia-a ride Of two
hours with little jolting and jerking,
and youare overit. Occasionally doIyi-
! sit the city-about once in ten days
and it being rare occurrence cannot
but speak Of it. Although the train
was nearly two hours behind time when
it reached Newberry on Thursday, we
reached Columbia the same night.
This time travelled with the youngest
Sniffles, who asked as we were wh:sked
through the streets, s'where was Nc
/ Kenzies candy store?" That boy Is
! a chip of the old block, and will make
his mark-with burnt stick.
Columbia reminds one very much OF
Newberry, there are houses and peo-
pie there, and streets, and then there
will be a cotton mill, inst like ours, and
both are on high boom and looking
forward to grand results. If Newber-
| rv ever Goes back on SniiIes, he will
remove his capital to Columbia. In
one thing I noticed a. difference be-
| tween the two cities. here no express
sion was given to the feelings in regard
to the terrible accident which lately
befell the good Queen OF England and
other sorrowing countries, there it was
/ the reverse, owing no doubt to the ed
itorial of Mr.. Pope in the Register,
and which he sympathized with her Ma
iesty. in that he too had skinned his
knee. He did not say how he had skin
ned it, this was an oversight. Colun-
bia was profoundly stirred by it, and
several fellows made frequent visits to
all Of the bar rooms, to see other fell
| lows and get the latest Information
it was received in liquid form. One
gentleman was so grieved that he would
| not take any sugar in his own.
1t will be gratifying to the editor
who never goes abroad, but stays home
attending to his business,-to learn of
the estimation in which the Herald is
held. I happened to meet many Of
your subscribers there, and they all had
good, CHEEKY word for your paper
all except one -ytomer renewed, and
his backbone weakened because there
was another baby in the house, and
his expenses were enormously increas-
ed. Poor fellow, how sorry felt for
you, Mr.. Editor. l give you few
names of the fellows who stuck, and
will continue to stick while a button
remains on Gabe's coat: w. C. Swat
field thinks it the best paper in the
State, his wife and children look for
and read it with pleasure that veteran
ieweler, VIM. Glaze, says send it on,
family look upon it as household ne
cessity; N. L.. Kinard says his wife
lulls her twins to sleep while reading
of the exploits of Sniffies, thatit is bet
ter than a dose of Winslow's Soothing
Syrup; j. Fl. Kinard says it is the Joy
of the house Asher Palmer, the Tin
man, says the tin shall always be rea-
| dy for the Herald; E. E. Jackson says
1 don't dare TO 90 home Thursday night
| without the Herald; Reese, the barber
saws he shaves easier after reading it !;
| and w. j. Duffie, the book dealer, says
it contains more Of interest than Web
ster's blue back speller, the words are
better arranged. Well / might 60 on
till never, and give you score of such
good words, and tell of the dinners in
Yited to, and the soft beds to recline
on, but know that you know all about
these good folks already, and it is good
sense to know when to stop.
Columbia is wee bit ahead Of New
berry in that you get oysters there on
the half shell, delicious, fat, large oys-
ters-I had some, a treat from A. c..
Jones, who already knows where the
best things are kept. / had the pleas
ure of beholding his genial chief, Capt.
j. n. Lipscomb, and in course of chat
was assured that he thinks highly Of
A. C. j. The dust inthe land commits
sion Office is gone where the woodbine
twineth, but the leg of the broken sol
der which surmounted the Confederate
monument is still in need of soap and
| water, no doubt the means are not yet
| ready.
Do you take to sea-crabs, fresh, ten
der sea-crabs, with oodles of rich, yel-
low eggs, packed away in their shells,
well Just 60 to DR.. Jackson, and tell
him you are hungry for sea-crab
pres ,ription, that is all you have to do.
Silas Johstone and B. j. Ramage know
the ropes, and pronounce his prescrip-
| tions Al.
C.F. Jackson is another friendro OF
the Herald, and new subscriber, he
likes Snifhes, his wife, and likewise his
children. He has large store, lots OF
pretty goods, besides three pretty girl
clerks, and several male clerks, not so
pretty, but all reS1y and willing to sell
cheaply. smiled Oh the three pretty
clerks, its~cHe Of my failings, and they
returned it. G. F. J. presented Mrs.
Sniffley with dress pattern. Long
maybe live. stop.
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